Biography
After graduating from London's Royal Academy of Dramatic Art, he won acclaim for his work in West End productions of "A Streetcar Named Desire" (1949, directed by Laurence Olivier) and "The Love of Four Colonels" (1951, directed by Peter Ustinov) before making his Broadway debut in "Tonight in Samarkand" (1955). Though he also played Robert de Baudricourt in "The Lark" that year on Broadway, a part he would reprise for the 1967 NBC "Hallmark …
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Career Milestones
2000 | Toured as Tevye in "Fiddler on the Roof" | |
1999 | Returned to the NYC stage in "The Gathering" | |
1998 | Appeared in the shorts "Trickle" and "Boing" | |
1997 | Acted the part of Profesor Pochenko in "The Shadow Conspiracy" | |
1989 | Portrayed Henry Kissinger in the ABC movie "The Final Days", based on the book by Bob Woodward | |
| Was frequent guest star on CBS' "Murder, She Wrote": played Crenshaw in a 1987 episode; world famous opera singer Bertolucci in 1989's "When the Fat Lady Sings"; Uri Lermentov in "The List of Uri Lermentov" (1991); and Inspector Van Horn in a 1994 episode | ||
1987 | Appeared as recurring character Martin Dimitrov on CBS' "Falcon Crest" | |
1985 | Had recurring role as Warnick on ABC's "Dynasty" | |
1977 | Appointed by President Carter to serve a five-year term on the National Council for the Arts | |
1976 | Played what is reportedly his favorite role in "Zorba!" on tour of US cities | |
1976 | Acted in ABC movie "Victory at Entebbe" | |
1972 | Headlined the national tour of the stage musical "The Rothschilds" | |
| Toured U.S. cities as Tevye in "Fiddler on the Roof" in the late 1960s and 1970s | ||
1968 | Delegate to the Democratic convention | |
1967 | Reprised role of de Baudricourt for NBC "Hallmark Hall of Fame" production of "St. Joan"; also played Mr Van Daan in ABC's version of "The Diary of Anne Frank" | |
1966 | Portrayed the Captain in "The Russians Are Coming, the Russians Are Coming" | |
1964 | Played noted linguist Zoltan Karpathy in George Cukor's film version of "My Fair Lady" | |
1959 | Created the role of Captain Georg von Trapp in Broadway production of "The Sound of Music" opposite Mary Martin; received Tony nomination | |
1958 | Nominated for Best Supporting Actor Academy Award for his role as moderate Sheriff Max Muller who refuses to get caught up in or intimidated by the mob psychology in Stanley Kramer's "The Defiant Ones" | |
1957 | Played the second-in-command on the German U-boat in "The Enemy Below", directed by Dick Powell | |
1955 | Made TV debut on ABC's dramatic anthonlogy series, "Star Tonight" | |
1955 | Broadway debut as Inspector Massoubre in "Tonight in Samarkand"; later that year portrayed Robert de Baudricourt in Broadway production of "The Lark", starring Julie Harris | |
1951 | Feature acting debut in "The African Queen", playing first officer of the 'Luisa' | |
1951 | Directed by Peter Ustinov in West End production of "The Love of Four Colonels" | |
1949 | Appeared in West End production of "A Streetcar Named Desire", directed by Laurence Olivier; eventually assumed role of Harold 'Mitch' Mitchell | |
1948 | London stage debut in "You Can't Take It with You" | |
| Moved to England to study | ||
1944 | Co-founded Israel Chamber Theatre (date approximate) | |
1943 | Theatrical debut as the Village Clerk of "Tevye the Milkman" in Tel Aviv | |
| Emigrated to then-Palestine (now Israel) at age 13 | ||
Awards
1958 | Academy Award for Actor In a Supporting Role in The Defiant Ones |