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Harry Einstein
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Harry Einstein (May 6, 1904 – November 24, 1958), known professionally as Harry Parke and other pseudonyms, most commonly Parkyakarkus ( ), was an American comedian, writer, and character actor. A specialist in Greek dialect comedy, he became famous as the Greek chef Nick Parkyakarkus on the Eddie Cantor and Al Jolson radio programs, and later on a program of his own. He appeared in eleven films (as Parkyakarkus or a close variant) from 1936 to 1945. He was also the father of comedians and actors Albert Brooks and Bob Einstein (who performed as Super Dave Osborne and as Marty Funkhouser in Cur
Film & TV
Boston, Massachusetts, USA
Harry Einstein (May 6, 1904 – November 23, 1958), known professionally as Harry Parke and other pseudonyms, most commonly Parkyakarkus (or a close variant) was an American comedian, writer, and character actor. He was also the father of comedians and actors Albert Brooks and Bob Einstein (aka Super Dave Osborne).
Known for
- Let Me In, I Hear Laughter: A Salute to the Friars Club — Self1999
- Out of This World — Gus Palukas1945
- Earl Carroll Vanities — Walter1945
- Sweethearts of the U.S.A. — Parky1944
- Movie Pests — Peanut-Eating Pest (uncredited)1944
- A Yank in Libya — Parky1942
- The Yanks Are Coming — Parky (as Parkyarkarkus)1942
- Night Spot — Gashouse1938
- The Life of the Party — Parky1937
- New Faces of 1937 — Parky1937
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- Instance of
- human
- Given name
- Harry
- Family name
- Einstein
- Gender
- male
- Citizenship
- United States
- Place of birth
- Boston
- Place of death
- Los Angeles
- Spouse
- Thelma Leeds
- Occupation
- writer
- Languages spoken
- English language
- Native language
- English language
- Image
- Harry Einstein.jpg
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- Harry Parke
- date of death
- 1958-11-24
- cause of death
- myocardial infarction
- manner of death
- natural causes
- date of birth
- 1904-05-06
- ethnic group
- American Jews
- described at URL
- www.nytimes.com/1958/11/25/archives/parkyakarkus-dies-at-banquet-after-giving-comedy-monologue.html
- writing language
- English language
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