Emerging from Toronto's Yiddish theatre, he began performing as a child in 1924, later working as a drama director and comic before moving to London, where he appeared in productions such as Guys and Dolls. A breakthrough arrived with the role of Mr Van Daan in the 1955 Broadway staging of The Diary of Anne Frank, which he also played in the 1959 film version, followed by further stage work in The…
