Trivia

Inducted into the Toy Industry Hall of Fame in 2003.

Worked with Elvis Presley to create an Elvis plastic figurine (which was never released).

Co-invented toys with his son Martin including Shark Attack.

Designed spy devices and gadgets for the TV show The Girl from U.N.C.L.E.

Holds nearly 300 patents.

During World War II he served as a radar technician on the U.S.S. Batfish submarine.

Had two siblings, brother Bernard who was five years older and sister Bunny (Bernice) who was two years younger.

Father of Academy Award winning filmmaker Lyn Goldfarb, daughter Fran Goldfarb and Martin Goldfarb.

Invented over 800 toys including the Merry-Go-Sip, Busy Biddy, Yakity-Yak Talking Teeth, Battling Tops, KerPlunk, Stompers, Vac-U-Form, Shark Attack!, Arcade Basketball, Hydro Strike, Giant Bubble Gun, Baby Beans, Numbers Up, Quiz Wiz, Poppin Hoppies, Beware the Spider!, Chutes Away, Marblehead, and Snakes Alive.

Worked with Hank Saperstein to design and manufacture toy premiums for Kelloggs Cereal.

Began inventing toys after leaving the US Navy after World War II leading to his partnership with toy entrepreneur Marvin Glass.

He was the first American to receive the I.D.I.O.T. (International Designer and Inventor of Toys) at the UK Toy Inventors' Dinner at the London Toy Fair.

In 2010 he received the TAGIE (Toy and Game Innovation) Lifetime Achievement Award from the Chicago Toy and Game Group.

Parents were Jewish immigrants from Poland and Romania.