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Philip "Fyvush" Finkel (Yiddish: פֿײַוויש פֿינקעל; October 9, 1922 – August 14, 2016) was an American actor known as a star of Yiddish theater and for his role as lawyer Douglas Wambaugh on the television series Picket Fences, for which he earned an Emmy Award for Outstanding Supporting Actor in a Drama Series in 1994. He is also known for his portrayal of Harvey Lipschultz, a crotchety history teacher, on the television series Boston Public.

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Fyvush Finkel
Finkel on the red carpet at the 1994 Emmys
Born	Philip Finkel (1922-10-09)October 9, 1922 Brownsville, Brooklyn, New York, U.S.
Died	August 14, 2016(2016-08-14) (aged 93) Manhattan, New York, U.S.
Nationality	American
Occupation	Actor
Years active	1931–2016
Television	Picket Fences Boston Public
Spouse	Trudi Lieberman ​ ​ (m. 1947; died 2009)​
Children	2
Awards	Emmy Award (1994)

Early life

Philip Finkel was born at home in Brownsville, Brooklyn, the third of four sons of Jewish immigrant parents, Mary ("Miryam"), a housewife from Minsk, Belarus, and Harry ("Cwi Hirsh") Finkel, a tailor from Warsaw.[1][2] He adopted the stage name "Fyvush", a common Yiddish given name.[1]

Career

Finkel first appeared on the stage at age 9, and acted for almost 35 years in the thriving Yiddish theaters of the Yiddish Theater District of Manhattan's Lower East Side, as well as performing as a standup comic in the Catskills' Borscht Belt. In 2008, he recalled:

I played child parts till I was 14, 15, then my voice changed. So I decided to learn a trade and went to a vocational high school in New York. I studied to be a furrier, but I never worked at it. As soon as I graduated high school, I went to a stock company in Pittsburgh, a Jewish theater, and I played there for 38 weeks, and that's where I actually learned my trade a little bit as an adult.[1]

He worked regularly until the ethnic venues began dying out in the early 1960s, then made his Broadway theatre debut in the original 1964 production of the musical Fiddler on the Roof, joining the cast as Mordcha, the innkeeper, in 1965.[1][3] The production ran through July 2, 1972. Finkel then played Lazar Wolf, the butcher, in the limited run 1981 Broadway revival,[4] and eventually played the lead role of Tevye the milkman for years[1] in the national touring company.

Shortly afterward, Finkel succeeded Hy Anzell in the role of Mr. Mushnik in the Off-Broadway musical Little Shop of Horrors.[5] Then in 1988, Finkel's work as "Sam" in the New York Shakespeare Festival revival of the Yiddish classic Cafe Crown earned him an Obie Award[6] and a Drama Desk nomination.[7]

Finkel made his movie debut in the English-subtitled, Yiddish sketch-comedy revue Monticello, Here We Come (1950), then after small parts in an episode of the television series Kojak in 1977 and the miniseries Evergreen in 1985, returned to film in the detective comedy Off Beat (1986). That same year saw a role opposite Robin Williams in a PBS American Playhouse adaptation of Saul Bellow's novel Seize the Day, and a role in the film adaptation of Neil Simon's Broadway comedy Brighton Beach Memoirs. An appearance as a lawyer in director Sidney Lumet's Q & A (1990) led TV producer-writer David E. Kelley to cast Finkel as public defender Douglas Wambaugh in the television series Picket Fences (CBS, 1992–1996). For the role, Finkel earned a 1994 Emmy Award, announcing at the televised ceremonies that he had waited 51 years for that moment.^{[citation needed]}

Following the end of Picket Fences, Finkel had a regular role on the short-lived revival of Fantasy Island (ABC, 1998) and then reteamed with writer-producer Kelley to play history teacher Harvey Lipschultz in Boston Public (Fox; 2000–04).^{[citation needed]}

Through the 1990s and 2000s, Finkel appeared in movies including Nixon and The Crew, guested on TV series including Chicago Hope, Law & Order, Early Edition, and Hollywood Squares, and provided voiceovers for episodes of the animated series The Simpsons ("Lisa's Sax") and Aaahh!!! Real Monsters ("Ickis! You'll Be Snorched!") and the animated direct-to-video feature The Brave Little Toaster Goes to Mars. In 2009, he appeared in the Coen brothers' film A Serious Man, and in 2013 had a guest appearance in Blue Bloods ("Men In Black")

Finkel continued to appear onstage in productions such as Fyvush Finkel: From Second Avenue to Broadway (1997)[8] and Classic Stage Company's historical drama New Jerusalem (2007), by playwright David Ives.[9]

Personal life

Finkel was married to Trudi Lieberman from March 1947 until her death in 2009. They had two sons: Ian, a musical arranger and xylophonist, and Elliot, a concert pianist.

Finkel died in Manhattan on August 14, 2016, at the age of 93, as a result of heart problems.[2][10] His son Ian died on November 16, 2020, from COVID-19.[11]

Awards

• American Comedy Award for his performance in Picket Fences (1993)
• Emmy Award for Best Supporting Actor in a Dramatic Series, Picket Fences (1993–94)
• Obie Award for his performance in Cafe Crown (1988–89)

Filmography

Film

Year	Title	Role	Notes
1950	Monticello, Here We Come
1986	Off Beat	Vendor
1986	Seize the Day	Shomier
1986	Brighton Beach Memoirs	Mr. Greenblat
1990	Q&A	Preston Pearlstein
1991	Mobsters	Tailor
1993	The Pickle	Mr. Shacknoff
1993	For Love or Money	Milton Glickman
1995	Aaron's Magic Village	Narrator	English version, Voice
1995	Nixon	Murray Chotiner	Nominated—Screen Actors Guild Award for Outstanding Performance by a Cast in a Motion Picture
1998	The Brave Little Toaster Goes to Mars	Hearing Aid	Voice
2000	The Crew	Sol Lowenstein
2009	A Serious Man	Dybbuk	Nominated—Boston Society of Film Critics Award for Best Cast
2013	The Other Men in Black	Moshe
2015	Deli Man	Himself
2016	Game Day	Max	[12] (final film role)

Television

Year	Title	Role	Notes
1977	Kojak	Simon	Episode: "Kojak Days: Part 1"
1992–1996	Picket Fences	Douglas Wambaugh	87 episodes Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Supporting Actor in a Drama Series Nominated—Viewers for Quality Television Award for Best Supporting Actor in a Quality Drama Series Nominated—Golden Globe Award for Best Supporting Actor – Series, Miniseries or Television Film Nominated—Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Supporting Actor in a Drama Series Nominated—Screen Actors Guild Award for Outstanding Performance by an Ensemble in a Drama Series (1995–96) Nominated—Viewers for Quality Television Award for Best Supporting Actor in a Quality Drama Series (1993, 1995)
1995	Chicago Hope	Douglas Wambaugh	Episode: "Small Sacrifices"
1995	Aaahh!!! Real Monsters	Jackie Jarr	2 episodes
1995	Great Performances	Himself	Episode: "Itzhak Perlman: In the Fiddler's House"
1996, 1999	Early Edition	Phil Kazakian	2 episodes
1996	Rugrats	Shlomo	Episode: "Chanukah"
1997	The Simpsons	Himself as Krusty the Clown	Voice, Episode: "Lisa's Sax"
1998–1999	Fantasy Island	Fisher	13 episodes
2000–2004	Boston Public	Harvey Lipschultz	70 episodes
2000–2003	Hollywood Squares	Himself	10 episodes
2007	The Wedding Bells	Saul Finkelstein	Episode: "For Whom the Bells Toll"
2011	Harry's Law	Abe Gold	Episode: "The Rematch"
2013	Blue Bloods	Moishe	Episode: "Men in Black"

References

External links

• Fyvush Finkel at IMDb 
• Fyvush Finkel at the Internet Broadway Database
• Fyvush Finkel at the Internet Off-Broadway Database
• Fyvush Finkel at Find a Grave
• Profile: Fyvush Finkel, Aveleyman.com; accessed September 22, 2016.

На других языках

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[de] Fyvush Finkel

Philip „Fyvush“ Finkel (* 9. Oktober 1922 in Brooklyn, New York, New York; † 14. August 2016 in Manhattan, New York[1]) war ein US-amerikanischer Schauspieler.

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[es] Fyvush Finkel

Philip Finkel (Nueva York; 9 de octubre de 1922 - ibídem; 14 de agosto de 2016),[1] conocido como Fyvush Finkel, fue un actor estadounidense. La fama le llegó por su rol del abogado Douglas Wambaugh en la serie de televisión Picket Fences, por el cual obtuvo un premio Emmy en 1994. Se hizo conocido también por Harvey Lipshultz, un caprichoso profesor de historia de Estados Unidos, en la serie de televisión de FOX, Boston Public. Además, realizó apariciones de invitado en Hollywood Squares, Los Simpson y Chicago Hope.

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[ru] Финкель, Файвуш

Фа́йвуш Фи́нкель (англ. Fyvush Finkel, идиш ‏פֿײַוויש פֿינקעל‏‎; 9 октября 1922, Нью-Йорк — 14 августа, 2016, Нью-Йорк) — американский актёр. Один из легендарных актёров театра на идише[3][4], также снимался в кино и на телевидении. Лауреат премий «Эмми» и Obie.

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