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Yehuda Barkan is a Actor Israelien born on 29 march 1945 at Netanya (Israel)
Yehuda Barkan (Hebrew: יהודה ברקן; born March 29, 1945) is an Israeli actor, film producer, film director and screenwriter.
After his military service, Barkan joined the Dizengoff Command Band (להקת פיקוד דיזנגוף), a band which was based on the characteristics of an Israeli military band, which was composed of veteran members of military bands whom performed songs and skits.
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.
In 1975 Barkan got married. From his first marriage Barkan had three children. During the 1980s Barkan married again.
In November 2008 Barkan was arrested by the Israeli Tax Authority on suspicion of tax evasion.
At the beginning of the 2000s, Barkan became a Baal Tshuva, got married for the third time and moved to the religious moshav Beit Gamliel with his family. From his first marriage Barkan has four children.
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Birth name Yehuda Ezekiel Berkowitz
Nationality Israel
Birth 29 march 1945 (79 years) at Netanya (Israel)
Nationality Israel
Birth 29 march 1945 (79 years) at Netanya (Israel)
Biography
Yehuda Ezekiel Berkowitz (later Barkan) was born in Netanya. He studied at the Bialik and ORT in schools in Netanya. During his military service in the IDF Barkan served in a Combat Engineering Corps unit and the Northern Command Military band.After his military service, Barkan joined the Dizengoff Command Band (להקת פיקוד דיזנגוף), a band which was based on the characteristics of an Israeli military band, which was composed of veteran members of military bands whom performed songs and skits.
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.
In 1975 Barkan got married. From his first marriage Barkan had three children. During the 1980s Barkan married again.
In November 2008 Barkan was arrested by the Israeli Tax Authority on suspicion of tax evasion.
At the beginning of the 2000s, Barkan became a Baal Tshuva, got married for the third time and moved to the religious moshav Beit Gamliel with his family. From his first marriage Barkan has four children.
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Festival At The Poolroom (1975)
, 1h35Directed by Boaz Davidson
Origin Israel
Genres Comedy
Themes Films about religion, Films about Jews and Judaism
Actors Yehuda Barkan, Ze'ev Revach, Tuvia Tzafir, Yosef Shiloach, Mosko Alkalai
Roles Gavriel 'Gavri' Levi / Azriel Levi
Rating74%
The story is about two twin brothers, Azriel and Gavriel (both played by Yehuda Barkan). Azriel is a shy and religious Jew who works in a fruit shop in Jaffa. Gavriel, is a hoodlum and a good-for-nothing hustler who runs a Snooker Bar. Gavriel and his friend Hanuka make easy money by swindling innocent people into gambling on Snooker games. One day Gavriel is forced to renew contact with his brother, because he is in trouble with a gangster who won the bet on a snooker game, and the only way to pay is by selling the family estate which is co-owned by Gavriel and his brother Azriel.
Charlie And A Half (1974)
, 1h36Directed by Boaz Davidson
Origin Israel
Genres Drama, Comedy, Romance
Themes Films about religion, Films about Jews and Judaism
Actors Yehuda Barkan, Ze'ev Revach, Tuvia Tzafir, Reuven Shefer
Roles Charlie Ben Chanania
Rating66%
Charlie gets by through fleecing suckers with a three-card Monte. He passes himself off as a rich businessman. Miko is a street kid who spends his time with Charlie instead of going to school. His sister tries to raise him on her own, unsuccessfully.
Escape to the Sun (1972)
, 1h58Directed by Menahem Golan
Genres Drama, Thriller, Action
Actors Laurence Harvey, Josephine Chaplin, Lila Kedrova, John Ireland, Jack Hawkins, Clive Revill
Roles Yasha Bazarov
Rating57%
A group of people wish to flee the Soviet Union to escape anti-semitism and political repression, but their activities soon attract the attention of the KGB secret police. The film is based on a short story by author Uri Dan, and in turn based loosely on the events of the June 1970 "Leningrad hijack affair", in which a group of mostly Jews and two non-Jews unsuccessfully attempted to steal Soviet airplane and fly it to freedom.
, 1h20Directed by Jesús Franco
Origin France
Genres Comedy, Adventure
Themes Seafaring films, Transport films, Films based on Robinson Crusoe
Actors Anne Libert, Yehuda Barkan, Howard Vernon, Herbert Weißbach, Paul Müller, Max Nosseck
Roles Robinson Smith
Rating43%
Préparateur en pharmacie, Robinson Smith vit sous la domination de son épouse, charmante mais acariâtre, et de sa belle-mère castratrice. Il rêve d'une île du Pacifique où des femmes sublimes l'envieraient comme il se doit. Après avoir présenté un gaz susceptible de supprimer la toxicité des pots d'échappement des voitures à une importante compagnie pétrolière, mais qui ne s'avère être qu'un puissant soporifique, Robinson décide de tout quitter pour s'embarquer seul vers son île de rêve, en compagnie de son chimpanzé et de son perroquet.
Lupo! (1970)
, 1h50Directed by Menahem Golan
Origin Israel
Genres Drama
Themes Films about religion, Films about Jews and Judaism
Actors Yehuda Barkan
Rating61%
His home slated to be torn down, his business in serious financial trouble and his only daughter poised to leave the nest with her wealthy fiancé, small-time Tel Aviv second hand store owner Lupo (Yehuda Barkan) still finds the strength to keep his life, and his pride, together. But as he fights overeager housing authorities and charms his daughter's future in-laws, he finds himself the romantic target of a loud local widow.