Personal Info
Known For
Acting
Gender
Male
Birthday
11/4/1928
Place of Birth
Jerusalem, Israel
Also Known As
שייקה אופירShaï K. OphirYeshayahu Goldstein-Ophir
Shaike Ophir
Biography
Shaike Ophir (Hebrew: שייקה אופיר; November 4, 1928 – August 17, 1987) was an Israeli film and theater actor, comedian, playwright, screenwriter, director, and the country's first mime.
Yeshayahu (Shaike) Goldstein-Ophir was born in Jerusalem. His family was Masortiim, and his Ashkenazi Jewish ancestry in the city goes back to the mid-19th century. He studied acting as an adolescent but left school in the 1940s to enlist in the Palmach. During the 1948 Arab-Israeli War he escorted convoys to the besieged city of Jerusalem and took part in naval battles.
Thanks to his comic skills he was acce...
Known For
Sleeping Beauty
as Elf Master
Diamonds
as Moshe
America 3000
as Lelz
The Delta Force
as Father Nicholas
Carlos
Unknown Role
Operation Thunderbolt
as Gadi Arnon
The House on Chelouche Street
as Haim
The Fifth Column
Unknown Role
Daughters, Daughters
as Sabbatai Alfandari
Moishe Air-Condition
Unknown Role
El Dorado
as Shneider
The Magician of Lublin
as Schmul
The Big Dig
as Police Officer
Ervinka
Unknown Role
Fish, Football and Girls
Unknown Role
The Policeman
as Constable Sgt. Abraham Azulai
Wrong Number
as Superintendent Moshe Cohen
King Solomon's Mines
as Kassam
The Fox in the Chicken Coop
as Amitz Dolniker
Dalia and the Sailors
as Jacko