Leo Fuchs Movies and Career Information

Leo Fuchs (born Laybl Springer, May 15, 1911 — December 31, 1994) was a Polish-born Jewish American actor. He performed in many Yiddish and English plays and movies throughout the mid-twentieth century. Laybl Springer was born in Lemberg, Austria-Hungary (now Lviv, Ukraine) in 1911. In his prime, he was known as "The Yiddish Fred Astaire", appearing both on Broadway and in film. Two of his best-known roles include Hymie Krichinsky in the film Avalon and the doomed Herr Shultz in the original Broadway production of Cabaret, opposite Lotte Lenya.