David Opatoshu (born David Opatovsky; January 30, 1918 â€" April 30,
1996) was an American actor. He is best known for his role in the film
Exodus (1960).Opatoshu began his acting career in the Yiddish theater
and made his Broadway debut in the 1937 play Golden Boy. He then
appeared in numerous television series and films. In 1991, he won a
Primetime Emmy Award for his role in the episode "A Prayer for the
Goldsteins" of the television series Gabriel's Fire.His career in
television began in 1949 and lasted through the 1980s. In the fall of
1953, he played a theatrical agent representing Ezio Pinza's title
character in the NBC situation comedy Bonino. Other costars were Mary
Wickes, Chet Allen, and Van Dyke Parks. The series focused upon an
Italian American opera singer trying to rear his six children after
having been widowed.In 1963 he co-starred with James Doohan in an
episode of The Twilight Zone, titled "Valley of the Shadow". He
guest-starred in the 1964 The Outer Limits episode "A Feasibility
Study"; in the 1965 Voyage to the Bottom of the Sea episode "The Price
of Doom'; and in the 1965 two-part episode of The Man from U.N.C.L.E.
called "The Alexander the Greater Affair". In 1967 he played Anan 7 in
the original Star Trek series episode "A Taste of Armageddon", and
also in the 1969 season 3 Ironside episode "L'Chayim", and in Mannix,
in the episode "A Pittance of Faith", as Mr. Lardelli, in the same
year.
1996) was an American actor. He is best known for his role in the film
Exodus (1960).Opatoshu began his acting career in the Yiddish theater
and made his Broadway debut in the 1937 play Golden Boy. He then
appeared in numerous television series and films. In 1991, he won a
Primetime Emmy Award for his role in the episode "A Prayer for the
Goldsteins" of the television series Gabriel's Fire.His career in
television began in 1949 and lasted through the 1980s. In the fall of
1953, he played a theatrical agent representing Ezio Pinza's title
character in the NBC situation comedy Bonino. Other costars were Mary
Wickes, Chet Allen, and Van Dyke Parks. The series focused upon an
Italian American opera singer trying to rear his six children after
having been widowed.In 1963 he co-starred with James Doohan in an
episode of The Twilight Zone, titled "Valley of the Shadow". He
guest-starred in the 1964 The Outer Limits episode "A Feasibility
Study"; in the 1965 Voyage to the Bottom of the Sea episode "The Price
of Doom'; and in the 1965 two-part episode of The Man from U.N.C.L.E.
called "The Alexander the Greater Affair". In 1967 he played Anan 7 in
the original Star Trek series episode "A Taste of Armageddon", and
also in the 1969 season 3 Ironside episode "L'Chayim", and in Mannix,
in the episode "A Pittance of Faith", as Mr. Lardelli, in the same
year.
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