Iconic Israeli Actor Chaim Topol Reflects Upon His Long Career

Now, nearly 80 and still involved in theater, he is being awarded the Jewish state's most prestigious honor this week — the Israel Prize for lifetime achievement.

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Aron Heller

April 21, 2015

AP - He was Tevye the milkman of "Fiddler on the Roof" fame, James Bond's wingman in "For Your Eyes Only" and a nutty professor in the 1980's cult classic "Flash Gordon."

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