Al Waxman
Al Waxman was born in Toronto, Ontario, Canada on March 2nd, 1935 and is the TV Actor. At the age of 65, Al Waxman biography, profession, age, height, weight, eye color, hair color, build, measurements, education, career, dating/affair, family, news updates, and networth are available.
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Albert Samuel Waxman (March 2, 1935 – January 18, 2001) was a Canadian actor and producer of over 1000 productions in radio, television, film, and stage.
He is best known for his roles in King of Kensington (CBC) and Cagney & Lacey (CBS).
Early life
Waxman was born in Toronto, Ontario, to Jewish immigrants from Poland. Melinda Lunch, a small restaurant, was operated by his parents. Aaron Waxman, his father, died when Al was nine years old.
Career
On CBC Radio, Waxman's career began at the age of twelve, but it wasn't until 1975, when he first appeared on CBC's King of Kensington, Larry King, that he became a Canadian icon.
Burt Lancaster's 1980 film Atlantic City starred him as a wealthy cocaine purchaser with an accumulating amount of cash.
In the highly acclaimed CBS television drama Cagney & Lacey, Waxman starred as the gruff but endearing Lt. Bert Samuels.
Waxman appeared in a number of films and television shows in the 1990s, but he began spending more time in the theatre as an actor and director. Al hosted Missing Treasures, a television show that portrayed missing children in Canada in 1991. He was also a founding member of the Academy of Canadian Cinema & Television.
In 1997, he was named the best actor Gemini Award for his role in the television film Net Worth.
Waxman appeared at the Stratford Festival in 1997, beginning with his critically acclaimed role as Willy Loman in Death of a Salesman. In 2000, he also directed The Diary of Anne Frank at the Stratford Festival. In 2001, he would return to Stratford for his much awaited portrayal of Shylock in The Merchant of Venice. Paul Soles accepted the part of Shylock one month before rehearsals were scheduled, and the play was performed in honor of Waxman.
In Twice in a Lifetime, his last television appearance was as celebrity judge Othneil. The last episode, in which he worked into the afternoon before his elective heart bypass surgery, was about a man who was popular in his neighborhood who needed regular bypass surgery but died during the procedure. Though some portions of the episode were rewritten, Waxman's character is asked rhetorically "why do the good die young" to which he has no answer. "You were such a warrior," he said. His reaction, not just the end of the episode, but also one of Waxman's last lines ever recorded, was: "I had my day."
He published That's What I Am in 1999, which received the Canadian Jewish Book Award.