
Known for
Acting
Born
November 4, 1928
Birthplace
Jerusalem, Israel
Died
August 17, 1987 (aged 58)
Shaike Ophir (Hebrew: שייקה אופיר; November 4, 1928 – August 17, 1987) was an Israeli film and theater actor, comedian, playwright, screenwriter, director, and the country's first mime.
Yeshayahu (Shaike) Goldstein-Ophir was born in Jerusalem. His family was Masortiim, and his Ashkenazi Jewish ancestry in the city goes back to the mid-19th century. He studied acting as an adolescent but left school in the 1940s to enlist in the Palmach. During the 1948 Arab-Israeli War he escorted convoys to the besieged city of Jerusalem and took part in naval battles.
Thanks to his comic skills he was accepted to the Chezbatron, an army entertainment troupe. In the 1950s, he made a name for himself as a...
1987
as Elf Master
1986
as Lelz
1986
as Father Nicholas
1985
as Kassam
1979
as Schmul
1979
as Superintendent Moshe Cohen, Writer
1978
as Amitz Dolniker
1977
Director, Writer
1977
as Gadi Arnon
1977
1977
Director
1977
as Avram
1975
as Moshe
1975
1974
as Sabbatai Alfandari, Writer
1973
1972
1971
1971
as Constable Sgt. Abraham Azulai
1969
as Police Officer
1968
Writer
1967
1966
as אפס אפס אפס
1964
1964
as Jacko