R.I.P. Fyvush Finkel of 'Picket Fences'
The Yiddish theater mainstay died Sunday at the age of 93.
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Fyvush Finkel, best known for his role of Douglas Wambaugh on the drama Picket Fences, died Sunday at the age of 93.
Finkel earned an Emmy Award for Outstanding Supporting Actor in a Drama Series for his portrayal of the bombastic lawyer. The series ran for four seasons in the 1990s and picked up a total of fourteen Emmys.
TV Guide ranked Douglas Wambaugh as the 47th greatest television character of all time in 2002.
After Picket Fences wrapped in 1996, Finkel appeared in a failed reboot of Fantasy Island that only lasted 13 episodes. In 2000, the actor joined the critically acclaimed cast of Boston Public, which lasted for four seasons.
Although Finkel's television career started later in his life — one of his earliest appearances was on an episode of Kojak, "Kojak's Days: Part 1" — he had an outstanding career in theater. Finkel became a mainstay in the Yiddish theater scene on the Lower East Side of Manhattan before making his Broadway debut in 1965 as Mordcha the innkeeper in the original production of Fiddler on the Roof.
He continued to work in theater until Picket Fences debuted in 1992, joining the traveling production of Fiddler on the Roof and Little Shop of Horrors in the 1980s.
Finkel's son confirmed to the New York Times his father passed away Sunday after dealing with heart problems.
Filmography
Film
Year Title Role Notes
1950 Monticello, Here We Come
1986 Off Beat Vendor
1986 Seize the Day Shomier
1986 Brighton Beach Memoirs Mr. Greenblat
1990 Q&A Preston Pearlstein
1991 Mobsters Tailor
1993 The Pickle Mr. Shacknoff
1993 For Love or Money Milton Glickman
1995 Aaron's Magic Village Narrator English version, Voice
1995 Nixon Murray Chotiner Nominated—Screen Actors Guild Award for Outstanding Performance by a Cast in a Motion Picture
1998 The Brave Little Toaster Goes to Mars Hearing Aid Voice
2000 The Crew Sol Lowenstein
2009 A Serious Man Dybbuk Nominated—Boston Society of Film Critics Award for Best Cast
2013 The Other Men in Black Moshe
2015 Deli Man Himself
2016 Game Day Max [12] (final film role)
Television
Year Title Role Notes
1977 Kojak Simon Episode: "Kojak Days: Part 1"
1992–1996 Picket Fences Douglas Wambaugh 87 episodes
Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Supporting Actor in a Drama Series
Nominated—Viewers for Quality Television Award for Best Supporting Actor in a Quality Drama Series
Nominated—Golden Globe Award for Best Supporting Actor – Series, Miniseries or Television Film
Nominated—Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Supporting Actor in a Drama Series
Nominated—Screen Actors Guild Award for Outstanding Performance by an Ensemble in a Drama Series (1995–96)
Nominated—Viewers for Quality Television Award for Best Supporting Actor in a Quality Drama Series (1993, 1995)
1995 Chicago Hope Douglas Wambaugh Episode: "Small Sacrifices"
1995 Aaahh!!! Real Monsters Jackie Jarr 2 episodes
1995 Great Performances Himself Episode: "Itzhak Perlman: In the Fiddler's House"
1996, 1999 Early Edition Phil Kazakian 2 episodes
1996 Rugrats Shlomo Episode: "Chanukah"
1997 The Simpsons Himself as Krusty the Clown Voice, Episode: "Lisa's Sax"
1998–1999 Fantasy Island Fisher 13 episodes
2000–2004 Boston Public Harvey Lipschultz 70 episodes
2000–2003 Hollywood Squares Himself 10 episodes
2007 The Wedding Bells Saul Finkelstein Episode: "For Whom the Bells Toll"
2011 Harry's Law Abe Gold Episode: "The Rematch"
2013 Blue Bloods Moishe Episode: "Men in Black"
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