Topol Tevye Fiddler On The Roof

He has been married to galia topol since october 23 1956.

Topol tevye fiddler on the roof. Topol however quickly faded into obscurity after the film fiddler on the roof as did the rest of the cast actually with one exception and that was michael glaser as the character perchik one of the daughter s suitors would enjoy some great television success in the kitschy mid 1970 s tv series starsky and hutch as cool. A fiddler on the roof. Fiddler on the roof. 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.

Fiddler on the roof is a 1971 american epic musical comedy drama film produced and directed by norman jewison it is an adaptation of the 1964 broadway musical of the same name with music composed by jerry bock lyrics by sheldon harnick and screenplay by joseph stein and based on stories by sholem aleichem starring topol norma crane leonard frey molly picon and paul mann the film. Topol was born on september 9 1935 in tel aviv palestine as chaim topol. They have three children. Topol was born on september 9 1935 in tel aviv palestine as chaim topol.

He is an actor known for fiddler on the roof 1971 flash gordon 1980 and for your eyes only 1981. 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. On january 20 2009 topol began a farewell tour of fiddler on the roof as tevye opening in wilmington delaware. They have three children.

He was forced to withdraw from the tour in boston owing to a shoulder injury and was replaced by theodore bikel and harvey fierstein both of whom had portrayed tevye on broadway.