Joseph Buloff

Joseph Buloff

The career of Buloff first actor Vilnius Theatre Company, and his wife, lead actress and daughter of the founder of the company in Poland are among the largest in the history of Jewish theater.

The young actor left Eastern Europe in 1926 and landed in the United States, where he joined the Yiddish Art Theater in Maurice Schwartz. In mid-thirties also acted in English, participating in more than 225 works before 1936, the year of his Broadway debut. Buloff created mythical characters such as Ali Hakim, the Persian peddler, and directed Mr. McThing work on Broadway, but became especially famous for his portrayal of Mahashefah Di (The Sorcerer) Chekhov, who came to represent in Johannesburg in 1950. he made his film debut in 1949 with the film Let's make music.