Yehuda Barkan (Hebrew: ×™×"ו×"×" ×'× ×¨×§×Ÿâ€Ž; born March 29, 1945)
is an Israeli actor, film producer, film director and
screenwriter.Yehuda Ezekiel Berkowitz (later Barkan) was born in
Netanya, to a family of Romanian-Jewish descent. He studied at the
Bialik and ORT in schools in Netanya. During his military service in
the IDF Barkan served in a Combat Engineering Corps unit and the
Northern Command Military band.After his military service, Barkan
joined the Dizengoff Command Band (ל×"קת פיקו×" ×"×™×–×
×'וף), a band which was based on the characteristics of an Israeli
military band, which was composed of veteran members of military bands
whom performed songs and skits.In the early 1970s, Barkan participated
in a sketch on the Israeli radio show Hamim VeTaim (חמי×
×•×˜×¢×™× ) in which Barkan and his colleagues, Moshe Timor, Shlomo
Bar-Aba and others, made live prank calls. This became the inspiration
for his later practical joke films.
is an Israeli actor, film producer, film director and
screenwriter.Yehuda Ezekiel Berkowitz (later Barkan) was born in
Netanya, to a family of Romanian-Jewish descent. He studied at the
Bialik and ORT in schools in Netanya. During his military service in
the IDF Barkan served in a Combat Engineering Corps unit and the
Northern Command Military band.After his military service, Barkan
joined the Dizengoff Command Band (ל×"קת פיקו×" ×"×™×–×
×'וף), a band which was based on the characteristics of an Israeli
military band, which was composed of veteran members of military bands
whom performed songs and skits.In the early 1970s, Barkan participated
in a sketch on the Israeli radio show Hamim VeTaim (חמי×
×•×˜×¢×™× ) in which Barkan and his colleagues, Moshe Timor, Shlomo
Bar-Aba and others, made live prank calls. This became the inspiration
for his later practical joke films.
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