Yehuda Barkan
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| Born | Yehuda Ezekiel Berkowitz March 29, 1945 |
| Died | October 23, 2020 (aged 75) |
| Years active | 1965–2020 |
Yehuda Barkan (
Biography
Yehuda Ezekiel Berkowitz (later Barkan) was born in
At the beginning of the 2000s, Barkan became a baal teshuva and moved to the religious moshav Beit Gamliel with his family.
In November 2008 Barkan was questioned by the Israeli Tax Authority on suspicion of
Barkan died on October 23, 2020, after contracting COVID-19 during the COVID-19 pandemic in Israel.[1]
Music career
After his military service, Barkan joined the Dizengoff Command Band (להקת פיקוד דיזנגוף), a band composed of veteran members of military bands who performed songs and skits.
Media and film career
In the early 1970s, Barkan participated in a sketch on the Israeli radio show Hamim VeTaim (חמים וטעים) in which Barkan and his colleagues, Moshe Timor, Shlomo Bar-Aba and others, made live prank calls. This became the inspiration for his later practical joke films.
During the 1970s and 1980s Barkan participated in many Israeli "
During the 1980s Barkan began to direct and produce films, including the
In 1994, shortly after the start of Israeli commercial television Channel 2 began its broadcasting, Barkan started hosting his own practical jokes show called Lo Dofkim Cheshbon. The show was cancelled shortly after.
In 1999 Barkan participated in two last films: Look into my eyes and Volcano Junction, in which he played small supporting roles.
In 2003 Barkan took part in the documentary film Zehirut Matzlema along with Nurit Geffen and Josie Katz.
In 2004 Barkan appeared in the drama series Ahava BaShalechet along with Lea Koenig.
Barkan enjoyed a career resurgence in the 2010s. He played the part of a grandfather of a young child with autism in the Israeli television series Yellow Peppers, and beginning in 2017 played a rabbi in the television series Kipat Barzel.[4]
Selected filmography
Films
- 1967: He Walked Through the Fields
- 1970: Lupo! – Lupo[5]
- 1971: Katz and Karasso
- 1971: The Highway Queen (Malkat Hakvish) – Arik[6]
- 1972: Escape to the Sun – Yasha Bazarov[7]
- 1974: Charlie Ve'hetzi (Charlie and a Half) – Charlie[8]
- 1975: Hagiga B'Snuker[9]
- 1985: Smell and Smile (Kompot Na'alyim)[10]
- 1987: Cool Dad (Abba Ganuv)
- 1987: Nipagesh Basivuv[11]
- 1989: Cool Dad 2 (Abba Ganuv 2)
- 1990: Neshika Bametzach (The Day We Met) – Arik Schwartzman
- 1991: Cool Dad 3 (Abba Ganuv 3)
- 1992: Ma'am, Open, It's Me
- 1993: Looking for a husband on four legs
- 1999: Look me in the eyes
- 1999: Vulcan Junction
- 2000: Mosh
- 2003: Every Jew is Gold
- 2013: Matat
- 2015: Tobiansky
- 2015: Tales of Tales of Rabbi Nachman
- 2019: Love in Shlikes - Beno
Television
- 2011: Yellow Peppers
- 2017: Kipat Barzel
References
- ^ a b c "Iconic Israeli actor and director Yehuda Barkan dies of COVID-19 at age 75". The Times of Israel. October 24, 2020. Retrieved October 24, 2020.
- ^ "חדשות - שליפות nrg - שליפות עם יהודה ברקן". Nrg.co.il. Retrieved 2010-12-25.
- ^ כהן, אבי (1995-06-20). "ynet יהודה ברקן חשוד בהעלמת מס במאות אלפים - חדשות היום". Ynet. Ynet.co.il. Retrieved 2010-12-25.
- ^ Brown, Hannah (October 24, 2020). "Yehuda Barkan, actor and director, dies from coronavirus at 75". The Jerusalem Post. Retrieved October 24, 2020.
- ^ Kronish & Safirman 2003, p. 98.
- ^ Kronish & Safirman 2003, pp. 76–7.
- ^ Kronish & Safirman 2003, p. 63.
- ^ Kronish & Safirman 2003, p. 44.
- ^ Anklewicz 2000, p. 1785.
- ^ "Smell and Smile". Letterboxd.
- ^ "Nipagesh Basivuv". Letterboxed.
External links
- Anklewicz, Larry (2000). Guide to Jewish Films on Video. KTAV Publishing House, Inc. ISBN 9780881256055.
- Kronish, Amy; Safirman, Costel (2003). Israeli Film: A Reference Guide. Greenwood Publishing Group. ISBN 9780313321443.
- Yehuda Barkan at IMDb
- The Turkey Prince on YouTube, starring Yehuda Barkan as the king
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