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Fyvush Finkel, born Philip Finkel, was an American actor from New York City, the son of Jewish immigrant parents from Eastern Europe. His career began in the Yiddish theatres of Manhattan where his talent for peppering his singing with comedic inflections gained him notoriety and consistent casting for over thirty years. He finally made his Broadway debut in 1964 as a member of the original production of Fiddler on the Roof, playing Mordcha the innkeeper. During the 1990s he began working in television and came to the attention of producer David E. Kelley, who cast him in two of his successful series: Picket Fences and Boston Public, the former earning him an Emmy (Outstanding Supporting Actor in a Drama Series) in 1994. After Boston Public was cancelled in 2004 he returned to the theatres of New York, eventually retiring after the conclusion of the production of New Jerusalem in 2007. He passed away at his home in New York at the age of 93 due to heart problems.

A Serious Man ( 2009) | IMDb: 7

Comedy , Drama

It is 1967, and Larry Gopnik, a physics professor at a quiet Midwestern university, has just been informed by his wife Judith that she is leaving him. She has fallen in love with one of his more pompous acquaintances Sy Ableman.

Starring:

Michael Stuhlbarg , Richard Kind , Fred Melamed , Sari Lennick , Aaron Wolff , Jessica McManus

Directed by:

Joel Coen , Bac DeLorme , Terrence B. Zinn

Produced by:

Debbie DeLisi , Joel Coen , Cate Honzl

Nixon ( 1995) | IMDb: 7.1

Drama , History

A look at President Richard M. Nixon—a man carrying the fate of the world on his shoulders while battling the self-destructive demands from within—spanning his troubled boyhood in California to the shocking Watergate scandal that would end his Presidency.

Starring:

Anthony Hopkins , Joan Allen , Powers Boothe , Ed Harris , Bob Hoskins , E.G. Marshall

Directed by:

Oliver Stone , Deirdre Horgan , David Sardi

Produced by:

Eric Hamburg , Oliver Stone , Heidi Levitt

For Love or Money ( 1993) | IMDb: 6.2

Comedy , Romance

New York concierge Doug Ireland wants to go into business for himself and refurbish a hotel on Roosevelt Island, N.Y., but he needs an investor. With a few weeks left before his option on the site runs out, Doug agrees to help wealthy Christian Hanover conceal his affair with salesgirl Andy Hart from his wife. Despite his own attraction to Andy, Doug tries to stay focused on getting Christian to invest $3 million in his project.

Starring:

Michael J. Fox , Gabrielle Anwar , Anthony Higgins , Fyvush Finkel , Sandra Reaves-Phillips , LaChanze

Directed by:

Barry Sonnenfeld , Mary Bailey , Mark McGann

Produced by:

Brian Grazer , Pamela Hochschartner , Graham Place

Off Beat ( 1986) | IMDb: 5

Comedy

Joe Gower's job is skating through library shelves, fetching books. A police officer/friend of his is chosen to participate in a charity dance performance. Gower agrees to take his place in the show by posing as a police officer. He falls for a female officer in the show and gets into various scrapes with fellow cops and also crooks. And he dances.

Starring:

Judge Reinhold , Meg Tilly , Cleavant Derricks , Joe Mantegna , John Turturro , Amy Wright

Directed by:

Michael Dinner

Produced by:

Howard Feuer , Joe Roth , Harry J. Ufland

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