Harry Einstein
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Harry Einstein (May 6, 1904 – November 24, 1958), known professionally as Harry Parke and other pseudonyms, most commonly Parkyakarkus ( ), was an American comedian, writer, and character actor. A specialist in Greek dialect comedy, he became famous as the Greek chef Nick Parkyakarkus on the Eddie Cantor and Al Jolson radio programs, and later on a program of his own. He appeared in eleven films (as Parkyakarkus or a close variant) from 1936 to 1945. He was also the father of comedians and actors Albert Brooks and Bob Einstein (who performed as Super Dave Osborne and as Marty Funkhouser in Cur
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- Instance of
- human
- Given name
- Harry
- Family name
- Einstein
- Gender
- male
- Citizenship
- United States
- Place of birth
- Boston
- Place of death
- Los Angeles
- Spouse
- Thelma Leeds
- Occupation
- writer
- Languages spoken
- English language
- Native language
- English language
- Image
- Harry Einstein.jpg
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- Harry Parke
- date of death
- 1958-11-24
- cause of death
- myocardial infarction
- manner of death
- natural causes
- date of birth
- 1904-05-06
- ethnic group
- American Jews
- described at URL
- www.nytimes.com/1958/11/25/archives/parkyakarkus-dies-at-banquet-after-giving-comedy-monologue.html
- writing language
- English language
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- Personal life and early career
- ''Meet Me at Parky's''
- Later years
- Death
- Aftermath
- Family
- Filmography
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- References
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Harry Einstein (May 6, 1904 – November 24, 1958), known professionally as Harry Parke and other pseudonyms, most commonly Parkyakarkus ( ), was an American comedian, writer, and character actor. A specialist in Greek dialect comedy, he became famous as the Greek chef Nick Parkyakarkus on the Eddie Cantor and Al Jolson radio programs, and later on a program of his own. He appeared in eleven films (as Parkyakarkus or a close variant) from 1936 to 1945. He was also the father of comedians and actors Albert Brooks and Bob Einstein (who performed as Super Dave Osborne and as Marty Funkhouser in Curb Your Enthusiasm).
==Personal life and early career== Einstein was born in Boston, Massachusetts, the son of Sarah (née Klayman), who came from a Jewish family in Russia; and Charles Einstein, a Jewish pawnbroker from Austria, who had an importing business. Einstein attended The English High School in Boston.
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