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Actor Reuven Bar Yotam ("Salomonico") has passed away
Actor Reuven Bar Yotam (Berioti) passed away in a hospital in Los Angeles at the age of 85. He became famous mainly from "Salomonico" films in the 1970s.
In 1980 he left the country and participated in guest roles in several American series, including "Seinfeld"
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Sagi Ben Nun
Monday, 08 February 2021, 13:57
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Reuven Bar Yotam, about two weeks before his death, in a Los Angeles hospital (Photo: courtesy of the family, Nissan Beriot)
Actor Reuven Bar Yotam (Berioti) died in a hospital in Los Angeles at the age of 85. Bar Yotam became famous mainly from "Salomonico" films in the 1970s, in 1980 he left the country and was a guest on several American series including "Seinfeld".
His son, Nissan Bar Yotam, told Walla!
Culture: "Dad died of old age, just collapsed. He lived in the United States, and I had the privilege of visiting him about two weeks ago. I was with him for two weeks where I cared for him and returned to Israel. He was an amazing father to me. We were always in touch, even after moving to the United States and remarrying. I think he's the biggest miss in the country, and it's a pity. We did not pay him enough in the country. After some great movies he left for America. There could have been a huge here. It's his fate and his luck. He wrote all his movies and to this day we enjoy his copyright. "Amazing. I love him."
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Bar Yotam was born in December 1935, the son of a father from Greece and a mother from Turkey, and grew up in Haifa.
Already at the age of 13, he played in the children's and youth theater "Bamatnu", and later played in the Ohel Theater and the Haifa Theater.
He also starred in a small role in the Italian-English film "Two Enemies" starring David Niven and Alberto Surdi.
In Israeli cinema, he began his career in the war film "Target Tiran" from 1968, written and directed by Rafael Nussbaum.
He later stood out in the lead role in the films "Salomonico" and the sequel "It will be good Salomonico", and it was announced that the character was inspired by his father and his family from Salonika.
He starred in a number of other films including "Bloomilch Canal" (1969), "Bloomfield" (1971), "The Convincing Ltd." (1973), "Operation Jonathan" (1977).
In 1980 he emigrated to the United States and left his wife and children in the country. He has starred in several small roles in Hollywood movies and series, including the mini-series "Masada," as well as guest roles in the series "LA Lawyers," "Nikita," "Blues for the Uniform Blues," "McGuire" and "Seinfeld," and in the movie "Don't Mess with Zohan. "in the United States remarried.
in 2016 out of the documentary" pillows little, "directed by two Rasd, describes the journey of the halo Bar Yotam, who claimed that Reuven Bar Yotam is her biological father, and that she had a long affair with her mother before he left the country Bar Yotam denied being her biological father.
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