Fiddler On The Roof Star Dies

Broadway s fiddler on the roof star theodore bikel dies at age 91 the jewish actor folk singer musician and composer is said to have died of natural causes in a hospital in los angeles.

Fiddler on the roof star dies.

Brent carver versatile tony winning actor dies at 68 he played hamlet the wizard gandalf and tevye in fiddler on the roof but he was probably best known for kiss of the spider woman. Fiddler on the roof is a musical with music by jerry bock lyrics by sheldon harnick and book by joseph stein set in the pale of settlement of imperial russia in or around 1905. By tribune wire reports. Who wrote fiddler on the roof among his film roles he played the grumpy soviet.

It is based on tevye and his daughters or tevye the dairyman and other tales by sholem aleichem the story centers on tevye the father of five daughters and his attempts to maintain his jewish religious and. Theodore bikel a prolific performer and political activist who created the role of captain georg von trapp in the original broadway production of the sound of music and defined the role of. Theodore bikel fiddler on the roof star dies at 91. Theodore bikel a prolific performer and political activist who created the role of captain georg von trapp in the original broadway production of the sound of music and defined the role of tevye.

Fiddler on the roof 1971 cast and crew credits including actors actresses directors writers and more. Jul 21 2015 at 3 13 pm. 19 responses to theodore bikel fiddler on the roof star dies at 91 evelyn says.