Reuven Shefer ( he, ראובן שפר; June 7, 1925 – March 22, 2011) was an Israeli theater and film actor.
Biography
Shefer was born in
Tel Aviv
Tel Aviv-Yafo ( he, תֵּל־אָבִיב-יָפוֹ, translit=Tēl-ʾĀvīv-Yāfō ; ar, تَلّ أَبِيب – يَافَا, translit=Tall ʾAbīb-Yāfā, links=no), often referred to as just Tel Aviv, is the most populous city in the G ...
. In 1957 Shefer joined the band "The Theatre Club Quartet" (רביעיית מועדון התיאטרון). Shefer played through two decades in the Giora Godik Theater and the
Haifa Theatre
The Haifa Theatre ( he, תיאטרון חיפה; ''Teat'ron Kheifa'') is the first municipal theater company of Haifa, Israel.
Background
Haifa Theater, Israel's first municipal theater, was established by Haifa mayor Abba Hushi. Together with the ...
and in 1973 he joined the
Cameri Theater. During his career Shefer played varied prominent roles in theater.
Through his career Shefer also acted in films including: ''
Sallah Shabati'' (1964), ''
Moishe Ventalator'' (1966), ''
Ervinka'' (1967), ''
Blaumilch Canal
Blaumilch Canal (international release title: The Big Dig) is a 1969 Israeli comedy satire written and directed by Ephraim Kishon, depicting the madness of bureaucracy through a municipality's reaction to the actions of a lunatic.
History
To fil ...
'' (1969), ''
Azit the parachuting dog'' (1972), ''
Salomonico'' (1974) and ''
Charlie and a half'' (1974).
[Liron Sinai]
השחקן ראובן שפר הלך לעולמו
YNet
Shefer also dubbed cartoon series, such as ''
Maya the Honey Bee'' (as Philip the top-hatted grasshopper), the TV series ''
Pippi Longstocking'', and ''
Alice in Wonderland
''Alice's Adventures in Wonderland'' (commonly ''Alice in Wonderland'') is an 1865 English novel by Lewis Carroll. It details the story of a young girl named Alice who falls through a rabbit hole into a fantasy world of anthropomorphic creatur ...
'' (as the
Mad Hatter
The Hatter is a fictional character in Lewis Carroll's 1865 book ''Alice's Adventures in Wonderland'' and its 1871 sequel ''Through the Looking-Glass''. He is very often referred to as the Mad Hatter, though this term was never used by Car ...
).
Death
Shefer died on 22 March 2011 at his home in Tel Aviv at the age of 85. He was buried at
Yarkon Cemetery.
Filmography
See also
*
Culture of Israel
The roots of the culture of Israel developed long before modern Israel's independence in 1948, and traces back to ancient Israel ( 1000 BCE). It reflects Jewish culture, Jewish history in the diaspora, the ideology of the Zionist movement that de ...
*
Cinema of Israel
Cinema of Israel ( he, קולנוע ישראלי, Kolnoa Yisraeli) refers to film production in Israel since its founding in 1948. Most Israeli films are produced in Hebrew, but there are productions in other languages such as Arabic and Englis ...
References
External links
*
{{DEFAULTSORT:Shefer, Reuven
1925 births
2011 deaths
Israeli male film actors
Israeli male stage actors
Israeli male voice actors
Male actors from Tel Aviv
Burials at Yarkon Cemetery