2000 Toured as Tevye in "Fiddler on the Roof"
1999 Returned to the NYC stage in "The Gathering"
1998 Appeared in the shorts "Trickle" and "Boing"
1997 Acted the part of Profesor Pochenko in "The Shadow Conspiracy"
1989 Portrayed Henry Kissinger in the ABC movie "The Final Days", based on the book by Bob Woodward
1987 - 1988 Appeared as recurring character Martin Dimitrov on CBS' "Falcon Crest"
1985 Had recurring role as Warnick on ABC's "Dynasty"
1977 Appointed by President Carter to serve a five-year term on the National Council for the Arts
1976 Acted in ABC movie "Victory at Entebbe"
1976 Played what is reportedly his favorite role in "Zorba!" on tour of US cities
1972 Headlined the national tour of the stage musical "The Rothschilds"
1968 Delegate to the Democratic convention
1967 Reprised role of de Baudricourt for NBC "Hallmark Hall of Fame" production of "St. Joan"; also played Mr Van Daan in ABC's version of "The Diary of Anne Frank"
1966 Portrayed the Captain in "The Russians Are Coming, the Russians Are Coming"
1964 Played noted linguist Zoltan Karpathy in George Cukor's film version of "My Fair Lady"
1959 Created the role of Captain Georg von Trapp in Broadway production of "The Sound of Music" opposite Mary Martin; received Tony nomination
1958 Nominated for Best Supporting Actor Academy Award for his role as moderate Sheriff Max Muller who refuses to get caught up in or intimidated by the mob psychology in Stanley Kramer's "The Defiant Ones
1957 Played the second-in-command on the German U-boat in "The Enemy Below", directed by Dick Powell
1955 Broadway debut as Inspector Massoubre in "Tonight in Samarkand"; later that year portrayed Robert de Baudricourt in Broadway production of "The Lark", starring Julie Harris
1955 Made TV debut on ABC's dramatic anthonlogy series, "Star Tonight"
1951 Directed by Peter Ustinov in West End production of "The Love of Four Colonels"
1951 Feature acting debut in "The African Queen", playing first officer of the 'Luisa'
1949 Appeared in West End production of "A Streetcar Named Desire", directed by Laurence Olivier; eventually assumed role of Harold 'Mitch' Mitchell
1948 London stage debut in "You Can't Take It with You"
1944 Co-founded Israel Chamber Theatre (date approximate)
1943 Theatrical debut as the Village Clerk of "Tevye the Milkman" in Tel Aviv
Emigrated to then-Palestine (now Israel) at age 13
Moved to England to study
Toured US cities as Tevye in "Fiddler on the Roof" in the late 1960s and 1970s
Was frequent guest star on CBS' "Murder, She Wrote": played Crenshaw in a 1987 episode; world famous opera singer Bertolucci in 1989's "When the Fat Lady Sings"; Uri Lermentov in "The List of Uri Lerm