Leo Fuchs
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. Description above from the Wikipedia article Dee Leo Fuchs, licensed under CC-BY-SA, full list of contributors on Wikipedia.
- Known for
- Acting
- Born
- 1911-05-15 · Lemberg, Galicia, Austria-Hungary [now Lviv, Ukraine]
- Died
- 1994-12-31
Known for
- The Six Million Dollar Man (1974) — Dr. Avni
- The Frisco Kid (1979) — Chief Rabbi
- Sanford and Son (1972)
- Avalon (1990) — Hymie Krichinsky
- Green Acres (1965)
- The Story of Ruth (1960) — Sochin
- Mister Ed (1961)
- thirtysomething (1987)
- The Ed Sullivan Show (1948) — Self
- Climax! (1954) — Moe
- American Matchmaker (1940) — Nat Silver / Uncle Shya
- December Bride (1954)
- Peter Loves Mary (1960)
- Awake and Sing! (1972) — Jacob
- I Want to be a Boarder (1937) — Chaim
- Vaudeville (1997) — Self (archive footage)