Tutte Lemkow

Infobox actor
name = Tutte Lemkow


caption = Tutte Lemkow
birthdate = 28 August 1918
birthplace = Oslo, Norway
deathdate = 10 November 1991
deathplace = London, England

Tutte Lemkow (28 August 1918 – 10 November 1991) was a Norwegian actor and dancer, player of many, mostly villainous parts in British television series and films. His chief claim to mainstream familiarity was his role as The Fiddler in the film version of "Fiddler on the Roof". He also appeared as a dancer in John Huston's 1952 film "Moulin Rouge" and Blake Edwards' "A Shot In The Dark" as the Cossack who drinks the poison intended for Peter Sellers' Inspector Clouseau.

Lemkow was born in Oslo, Norway of Jewish heritage. [ [http://select.nytimes.com/gst/abstract.html?res=F60716FF385D137B93C5A9178DD85F418785F9 Stage: Kafka Double Bill; Tutte Lemkow Provides Eerie Mixture of Theat... - Free Preview - The New York Times ] ] He was married to Swedish actress Mai Zetterling from 1944 to 1953. Lemkow and Zetterling have a daughter, Etienne and a son, Louis, who is professor of environmental sociology at the Autonomous University of Barcelona. Tutte Lemkow died in London.

He played three roles in "Doctor Who" with William Hartnell's Doctor: Kuiju in "Marco Polo" (1964), and Ibrahim in "The Crusade" and Cyclops in "The Myth Makers" (both 1965). He also appeared in the Morecambe and Wise comedy film "The Intelligence Men" (1965).

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