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Louis Zorich

Highest Rated: 100% Death of a Salesman (1985)

Lowest Rated: 17% A Hole in One (2004)

Birthday: Feb 12, 1924

Birthplace: Chicago, Illinois, USA

The son of Yugoslavian immigrants, character actor Louis Zorich began his career in Canada following his training at the Goodman School of Theater in his hometown of Chicago, IL. He made his Broadway debut in Jean Anouilh's "Becket" (1960), starring Laurence Olivier and Anthony Quinn, and has returned to the Great White Way in such productions as "Death of a Salesman" (1984) and "She Loves Me" (1993), among others. With his wife Olympia Dukakis, Zorich co-founded the Whole Theater in Montclair, New Jersey in 1972, maintaining it for 18 years before finally having to close it. After appearing in a small role as a cab driver in Don Siegel's "Coogan's Bluff" (1968), Zorich achieved a higher profile as the constable in Norman Jewison's "Fiddler on the Roof" (1971). His other feature credits include "The Muppets Take Manhattan" (1984) and "Dirty Rotten Scoundrels" (1988), both for director Frank Oz, and John Sayles' "City of Hope" (1991). Zorich has achieved his greatest exposure by far from series TV, particularly as the star of CBS' "Brooklyn Bridge" (1991-93) and in the recurring role of Paul Reiser's father on the long-running "Mad About You" (NBC, 1992-99). Louis Zorich died on January 30, 2018 at the age of 93.

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Highest-Rated Movies

100% 75% Death of a Salesman
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85% 76% The Muppets Take Manhattan
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81% 92% Fiddler on the Roof
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67% 62% W.C. Fields and Me
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60% 26% The Don Is Dead
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59% 74% Detachment
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50% 53% For Pete's Sake
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40% 32% Gamera
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30% 58% A Bird of the Air
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25% 74% The Other Side of Midnight
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Filmography

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Outliving Emily 17% 2015 Tim Actor Detachment 59% 74% 2011 Grampa Actor A Bird of the Air 30% 58% 2011 Eli Stowalski Actor Run It 2009 Angelo Actor Running Funny 57% 2007 Stan Actor A Hole in One 17% 2004 Sammy Actor Commandments 24% 37% 1997 Rudy Warner Actor Young at Heart 1995 Joe Garaventi Actor Columbo: Agenda for Murder 1990 Frank Staplin Actor Cheap Shots 1989 Louie Constantine Actor Death of a Salesman 100% 75% 1985 Ben Actor The Muppets Take Manhattan 85% 76% 1984 Pete Actor The Other Side of Midnight 25% 74% 1977 Demonides Actor W.C. Fields and Me 67% 62% 1976 Gene Fowler Actor Sunday in the Country 50% 1974 Dinelli Actor For Pete's Sake 50% 53% 1974 Nick Kasabian Actor Antigone 50% 1974 Actor Newman's Law 1974 Frank Lo Falcone Actor The Don Is Dead 60% 26% 1973 Mitch Actor Honor Thy Father 50% 1973 Joe Notario Actor Made for Each Other 1971 Pandora's Father Actor Fiddler on the Roof 81% 92% 1971 Constable Actor Popi 66% 1969 Penebaz Actor Gamera 40% 32% 1965 Actor Gamera the Invincible 1965 Russian Ambassador Actor
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