David Opatoshu
- Birthday
- Jan 30, 1918
Bio: David Opatoshu began his stage career in New York's Yiddish theatre in the late 1930s. Though he worked extensively in English-language plays, films and TV programs, the scholarly looking Opatoshu never completely severed his ties with his roots. His first film was the all-Yiddish The Light Ahead (1939); from 1941 through 1945, he delivered the news in Yiddish on… More Bio: David Opatoshu began his stage career in New York's Yiddish theatre in the late 1930s. Though he worked extensively in English-language plays, films and TV programs, the scholarly looking Opatoshu never completely severed his ties with his roots. His first film was the all-Yiddish The Light Ahead (1939); from 1941 through 1945, he delivered the news in Yiddish on New York radio station WEVD; in the 1970s, he was directing and starring in ethnic stage productions; and in 1985, he narrated a documentary film on the Yiddish theatre in America, Almonds and Raisins. Occasionally cast as a villain in mainstream productions, Opatoshu's "good" characters (notably his courageous political activists in 1960's Exodus and 1981's Masada) far outweigh his bad. A veteran of hundreds of television productions, David Opatoshu won an Emmy for his performance in "A Prayer for the Goldsteins," a 1990 episode of the weekly series Gabriel's Fire. ~ Hal Erickson, Rovi
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Filmography
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Conspiracy: The Trial of the Chicago 8 (1987)
- Judge Julius Hoffman
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Forty Days of Musa Dagh (1983)
- Henry Morgenthau Sr.
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Flash Gordon: The Greatest Adventure of All (1982)
- Actor
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Forced Vengeance (1982)
- Sam Paschal
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Beyond Evil (1980)
- Dr. Solomon
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David Opatoshu Videos
Forced Vengeance
20 seconds
Party Girl
29 seconds
Conspiracy: The Trial Of The Chicago 8
3 minutes 25 seconds
Americathon
3 minutes 42 seconds
The Defector
30 seconds
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