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- Alfie Scopp was born on September 15, 1919 in London, England, UK. He was an actor and writer, known for Fiddler on the Roof (1971), Howdy Doody (1954) and Rudolph the Red-Nosed Reindeer (1964). He died on July 24, 2021 in Toronto, Ontario, Canada.
- He was the son of Raynah (Feltheim) and Zalmen Scopp. He was of Belarusian Jewish heritage.
- He played the character role of bookseller Avram in the 1971 film Fiddler on the Roof, which won three Academy Awards and was nominated in seven more categories in 1972.
- Scopp was a Canadian actor who worked mostly in television series, including as a voice actor.
- He began a career in radio during World War II, working for the local station CBG (AM).
- During World War II, he was part of the Royal Canadian Air Force in Newfoundland.
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