Louis Harold "Lou" Jacobi (born December 28, 1913) is a Canadian character actor.
Jacobi was born in Toronto, Ontario to Jewish parents Fay and Joseph Jacobi. Slightly overweight and sporting a moustache, he appeared in several films and television commercials, particularly in the 1970s.
Notable film roles include: Mr. Van Daan in The Diary of Anne Frank, Irma La Douce, a transvestite husband in Woody Allen's Everything You Always Wanted to Know About Sex (But Were Afraid to Ask), playing Kurt Gödel in I.Q., and one of the uncles in Barry Levinson's Avalon. In Amazon Women on the Moon, his character is sucked into his television by a remote control (similar to the film Pleasantville). He also played in the movie "Penelope" (1966) with Natalie Wood and Ian Banen.
He made a spoof record album for Capitol Records called Al Tijuana and his Jewish Brass in he which he acted as a master of ceremonies/bandleader of dance band that plays songs such as "Downtown." He also was part of a group that made the comic shtick recordsYou Don't Have to Be Jewish and When You're in Love, the Whole World Is Jewish.
In 1999, Jacobi was inducted into Canada's Walk of Fame.
References
^ a b Lou Jacobi Biography (1913-)
External links
Lou Jacobi at the Internet Movie Database
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