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10 Facts About Louis Zorich

1.

Louis Zorich played sporting goods salesman Burt Buchman, Paul Buchman's father, on the NBC series Mad About You from 1993 to 1999.

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Louis Zorich attended Earle Elementary School before going on to attend Roosevelt University and Goodman School of Drama at the Art Institute of Chicago in his hometown of Chicago.

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Louis Zorich made his Broadway debut in 1961 in Becket starring Laurence Olivier and Anthony Quinn.

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Louis Zorich is moving as the store owner trying to cope with the news of his wife's infidelity.

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Louis Zorich was on the faculty of HB Studio in New York City.

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Louis Zorich edited the anthology What Have You Done: The Inside Stories of Auditioning from the Ridiculous to the Sublime.

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Louis Zorich played the Russian Constable in the movie version of Fiddler on the Roof and a cab dispatcher in the comedy For Pete's Sake.

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Louis Zorich co-starred in the critically acclaimed comedy TV series Brooklyn Bridge as family patriarch Jules Berger.

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Louis Zorich was married to Academy Award-winning actress Olympia Dukakis for 56 years, from 1962 until his death.

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Louis Zorich died at his Manhattan apartment at the age of 93 on January 30,2018.