Biff Elliot Family, Real Name, Spouse, Profession, Eye Color, body stats, Feet Size, Wiki

Biff Elliot Family, Real Name, Spouse, Profession, Eye Color, body stats, Feet Size, Wiki

Biff Elliot (born Leon Shalek, July 26, 1923 â€" August 15, 2012) was

an American actor. He is perhaps best known for his role as popular

detective Mike Hammer in the 1953 version of I, the Jury, and for his

guest appearance as Schmitter in the Star Trek episode "The Devil in

the Dark".Elliot was born in Lynn, Massachusetts, the son of Susan M.

(née Bernstein) and Israel Michael Shalek. All of his grandparents

were Jewish immigrants from Eastern Europe. His father was a former

semi-pro baseball player who had, after retiring, opened a burlap-bag

manufacturing business in Presque Isle, Maine.Elliot had a childhood

nickname "Bith" but later adapted it to "Biff" when he went into

boxing, which he did when he was 16 and his family had moved to

Presque Isle. He then became known as Biff Harris. Eventually Elliot

went on to become the North Maine champion and even reached the New

England regional championship, but once his mother found out about his

boxing, she refused to allow him to continue. In 1943, Elliot signed

up for the United States Army, was placed in the 34th Infantry

Division and later stationed to North Africa.Once the war finished,

Elliot was discharged and decided to return to the University of Maine

in 1945. In college Elliot wrote column for The Maine Campus entitled

Scotch and Soda. He graduated in 1949 and moved to New York City in

hopes of pursuing a writing career. After failing as a writer, Elliot

switched his attention to acting, and began taking courses at the

actors' studio.
Biff Elliot Family, Real Name, Spouse, Profession, Eye Color, body stats, Feet Size, Wiki


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