Leo Fuchs

Leo Fuchs

Known for

Acting

Born

May 15, 1911

Birthplace

Lemberg, Galicia, Austria-Hungary [now Lviv, Ukraine]

Died

December 31, 1994 (aged 83)

Biography

​From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia.  

Leo Fuchs (May 15, 1911 — December 31, 1994) was a Polish-born Jewish American actor. According to YIVO, born Avrum Leib Fuchs in Warsaw; according to Schechter, born in Lemberg, Galicia, then Poland, now Lviv, Ukraine).

Fuchs performed in many Yiddish and English plays and movies throughout the mid-twentieth century, and was famed as a comic, a dancer, and a coupletist. He wrote much of his own material and toured widely.

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Best known work

The Six Million Dollar Man
The Six Million Dollar Man
1974
The Frisco Kid
The Frisco Kid
1979
Sanford and Son
Sanford and Son
1972
Avalon
Avalon
1990
Green Acres
Green Acres
1965
The Story of Ruth
The Story of Ruth
1960
Mister Ed
Mister Ed
1961
thirtysomething
thirtysomething
1987
The Ed Sullivan Show
The Ed Sullivan Show
1948
Climax!
Climax!
1954

Filmography

  1. 1997

    Vaudeville

    as Self (archive footage)

  2. 1990

    Avalon

    as Hymie Krichinsky

  3. 1987

    thirtysomethingTV
  4. 1979

    The Frisco Kid

    as Chief Rabbi

  5. 1974

    The Six Million Dollar ManTV

    as Dr. Avni (1 episode)

  6. 1972

  7. 1972

  8. 1965

  9. 1964

  10. 1961

  11. 1960

  12. 1960

  13. 1954

    Climax!TV

    as Moe (1 episode)

  14. 1954

  15. 1948

    The Ed Sullivan ShowTV

    as Self (1 episode)

  16. 1940

    American Matchmaker

    as Nat Silver / Uncle Shya

  17. 1937

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