Leo Fuchs

Leo Fuchs (May 15, 1911 – December 31, 1994) was a Polish-born American actor. According to YIVO, he was born Avrum Leib Fuchs in Warsaw; according to Joel Schechter, he was born in Lwów, Galicia, then Poland, now called Lviv, Ukraine.

Fuchs performed in many Yiddish and English plays and movies throughout the mid-twentieth century, and was famed as a comic, a dancer, and a coupletist. He wrote much of his own material and toured widely.

Birth and Death Data: Born Lviv (capital city of Lviv Oblast in western Ukraine), Died December 31, 1994 (Los Angeles (seat of Los Angeles County, and largest city in California, United States) )

Date Range of DAHR Recordings: 1961

Roles Represented in DAHR: vocalist

= Recordings are available for online listening.
= Recordings were issued from this master. No recordings issued from other masters.

Recordings

Company Matrix No. Size First Recording Date Title Primary Performer Description Role Audio
Decca 111347 11/8/1961 Hob mich lieb ; Bei mir bist du schoen Cast of Bei mir bist du schoen vocalist  
Decca 111350 11/8/1961 T'ain't kosher Cast of Bei mir bist du schoen vocalist  
Decca 111351 11/8/1961 Hora Cast of Bei mir bist du schoen vocalist  
Decca 111353 11/8/1961 Machst mich feelen yinger Cast of Bei mir bist du schoen vocalist  

Citation

Discography of American Historical Recordings, s.v. "Fuchs, Leo," accessed December 25, 2025, http://adp.library.ucsb.edu/names/107057.

Fuchs, Leo. (2025). In Discography of American Historical Recordings. Retrieved December 25, 2025, from http://adp.library.ucsb.edu/names/107057.

"Fuchs, Leo." Discography of American Historical Recordings. UC Santa Barbara Library, 2025. Web. 25 December 2025.

DAHR Persistent Identifier

URI: http://adp.library.ucsb.edu/names/107057

External Sources

Wikipedia: Leo Fuchs

Discogs: Leo Fuchs

IMDb: Leo Fuchs

Linked Open Data Sources

LCNAR: Fuchs, Leo - https://id.loc.gov/authorities/names/n94033246

Wikidata: Leo Fuchs - https://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q1590884

VIAF: https://viaf.org/viaf/6621617

Fast: https://id.worldcat.org/fast/1516248 - https://id.worldcat.org/fast/1516248

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