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Fyvush Finkel

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Uses the stage name Fyvush, a Yiddish translation of his legal name, Philip.
Once studied to be a furrier.
Was a fixture on the Yiddish theater circuit in New York City and the Catskill Mountains during the early part of his acting career.
Spent 12 years playing various roles, including patriarch Tevye, in Broadway and touring productions of Fiddler on the Roof.
Found success on television in his seventies with roles on two series from writer-producer David E. Kelley: Picket Fences and Boston Public.