Israeli actor Chaim Topol, who sometimes works under the single name Topol, has been in quite a number of movies, but his one iconic hit was the 1971 film adaptation of Fiddler on the Roof.
In this story, set in pre-revolutionary Russia, Topol played the role of Teyve, a milkman and father of several daughters whose modernist tendencies threaten tradition. The greater threat is that the Jewish population of Teyve's village, Anatevka, are made to abandon their homes and relocate.
Topol had the perfect appearance and the perfect voice for this role of a lifetime. The other great Teyve, on Broadway in 1964, was actor Zero Mostel.
Two later movie roles for Topol were in the early 1980s: as Doctor Zarkov in Flash Gordon (1980) and Milos Columbo in the James bond film For Your Eyes Only (1981). Since 1971, he has played Teyve on many a theater stage.
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