13 Facts About Yehuda Barkan

Yehuda Barkan was an Israeli actor, film producer, film director, and screenwriter.

Yehuda Barkan was noted for his appearance in Israeli comedy cult classics of the 1970s, and for producing and directing candid camera "prank films" in the 1980s.

Yehuda Barkan's father was born in Poland while his mother was born in Czechoslovakia.

Yehuda Barkan studied at the Bialik and ORT schools in Netanya.

At the beginning of the 2000s, Yehuda Barkan became a baal teshuva and moved to the religious moshav Beit Gamliel with his family.

In November 2008, Yehuda Barkan was questioned by the Israeli Tax Authority on suspicion of tax evasion.

Yehuda Barkan died on October 23,2020, after contracting COVID-19 during the COVID-19 pandemic in Israel.

Also during the 1980s, Yehuda Barkan produced and directed comic drama films, most notably the Abba Ganuv film series and the film Neshika Bametzach released in 1990 alongside Michal Yanai.

In 1994, shortly after the start of Israeli commercial television Channel 2 began its broadcasting, Yehuda Barkan started hosting his own practical jokes show called Lo Dofkim Cheshbon.

In 1999, Yehuda Barkan participated in two last films: Look into my eyes and Volcano Junction, in which he played small supporting roles.

In 2003, Yehuda Barkan took part in the documentary film Zehirut Matzlema along with Nurit Geffen and Josie Katz.

In 2004, Yehuda Barkan appeared in the drama series Ahava BaShalechet along with Lea Koenig.

Yehuda Barkan 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.