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David Opatoshu
David Opatoshu (born David Opatovsky; January 30, 1918 – April 30, 1996) was an American actor. He is best known for his role in the film Exodus (1960).
Opatoshu began his acting career in the Yiddish theater. Following his tenure in the role of "Mr. Carp" in the 1938 national tour of the play Golden Boy, he made his Broadway debut in 1940 in the play Night Music.
After serving with the Army Air Forces in the South Pacific during World War II, Opatoshu returned to Manhattan and worked in radio, theater, television and films. His wartime experiences provided the material for "Between Sea and Sand," a collection of short stories he published in Yiddish in 1946.
His first film, The Light Ahead (1939), directed by Henry Felt and Edgar G. Ulmer, is notable for being entirely in Yiddish. Opatoshu appeared as the homicide detective, Sgt. Ben Miller, in Jules Dassin's film noir, The Naked City (1948) produced by Mark Hellinger. He had a small uncredited role in Dassin's Thieves Highway. In 1953 he appeared in Henri Verneuil's Public Enemy Number One.
In 1958, he played a supporting character in The Brothers Karamazov with his future Star Trek co-star William Shatner. He played the Irgun leader (and Ari Ben Canaan's estranged uncle), a fictional character based on Menachem Begin's role in the Irgun, in Otto Preminger's 1960 film Exodus. He played the father of Benny Rampell in 1963's "The Cardinal" uncredited.
In 1965, he played the supervillain in Tarzan and the Valley of Gold, then portrayed Herr Jacobi, one of the people who help Paul Newman and Julie Andrews escape from East Germany in Alfred Hitchcock's 1966 film Torn Curtain.
In 1967, Opatoshu played Morris Kolowitz, the father of the main character David (Reni Santoni), in Carl Reiner's directorial debut Enter Laughing. In the 1977 film, Raid on Entebbe (based on the actual Operation Entebbe and the freeing of hostages at Entebbe Airport in Entebbe, Uganda on July 4, 1976), he played the part of Menachem Begin.
His career in television began in 1949 and lasted through the 1980s.
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David Opatoshu
David Opatoshu (born David Opatovsky; January 30, 1918 – April 30, 1996) was an American actor. He is best known for his role in the film Exodus (1960).
Opatoshu began his acting career in the Yiddish theater. Following his tenure in the role of "Mr. Carp" in the 1938 national tour of the play Golden Boy, he made his Broadway debut in 1940 in the play Night Music.
After serving with the Army Air Forces in the South Pacific during World War II, Opatoshu returned to Manhattan and worked in radio, theater, television and films. His wartime experiences provided the material for "Between Sea and Sand," a collection of short stories he published in Yiddish in 1946.
His first film, The Light Ahead (1939), directed by Henry Felt and Edgar G. Ulmer, is notable for being entirely in Yiddish. Opatoshu appeared as the homicide detective, Sgt. Ben Miller, in Jules Dassin's film noir, The Naked City (1948) produced by Mark Hellinger. He had a small uncredited role in Dassin's Thieves Highway. In 1953 he appeared in Henri Verneuil's Public Enemy Number One.
In 1958, he played a supporting character in The Brothers Karamazov with his future Star Trek co-star William Shatner. He played the Irgun leader (and Ari Ben Canaan's estranged uncle), a fictional character based on Menachem Begin's role in the Irgun, in Otto Preminger's 1960 film Exodus. He played the father of Benny Rampell in 1963's "The Cardinal" uncredited.
In 1965, he played the supervillain in Tarzan and the Valley of Gold, then portrayed Herr Jacobi, one of the people who help Paul Newman and Julie Andrews escape from East Germany in Alfred Hitchcock's 1966 film Torn Curtain.
In 1967, Opatoshu played Morris Kolowitz, the father of the main character David (Reni Santoni), in Carl Reiner's directorial debut Enter Laughing. In the 1977 film, Raid on Entebbe (based on the actual Operation Entebbe and the freeing of hostages at Entebbe Airport in Entebbe, Uganda on July 4, 1976), he played the part of Menachem Begin.
His career in television began in 1949 and lasted through the 1980s.
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