David Kossoff

About David Kossoff

Who is it?: Actor, Writer
Birth Day: November 24, 1919
Birth Place:  London, England, United Kingdom
Died On: 23 March 2005(2005-03-23) (aged 85)\nHatfield, Hertfordshire, England
Birth Sign: Sagittarius
Cause of death: Liver cancer
Occupation: Actor
Years active: 1952–1994
Spouse(s): Margaret Jenkins (m. 1947; d. 1995)
Children: 3; including Paul Kossoff

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David Kossoff was born on November 24, 1919 in  London, England, United Kingdom, is Actor, Writer. David Kossoff was born on November 24, 1919 in London, England. He was an actor and writer, known for The Mouse That Roared (1959), 1984 (1956) and The Young Lovers (1954). He was married to Margaret Jenkins. He died on March 23, 2005 in Hatfield, Hertfordshire, England.
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Biography/Timeline

1883

Kossoff was born in London, the youngest of three children, to poor Russian-Jewish immigrant parents. His father, Louis Kossoff (1883–1943), was a tailor, while another son, the eldest named Alec, changed his surname to Keith (aka Alan Keith); the middle sister was named Sarah Rebecca (Sadie). In its obituary of David Kossoff, The Scotsman wrote how he was "a man of deep convictions and proud of his Jewish origins".

1942

Kossoff started working in light entertainment on British television in the years following World War II. His first stage appearance was at the Unity Theatre in 1942 at the age of 23. He took part in numerous plays and films. He was a Member of the Society of Artists and Designers. In addition to this, he was a Fellow of the Royal Society of Arts.

1953

In 1953, he played the character Lemuel "Lemmy" Barnet in the British sci-fi radio series Journey into Space.

1958

His best-known television roles were the hen-pecked husband Alf Larkin in The Larkins, first broadcast in 1958, and a Jewish furniture maker in A Little Big Business. Film credits included The Young Lovers (1954 - for which he won a British Academy Film Award as Most Promising Newcomer to Film), A Kid for Two Farthings (1955), his role as Morry in the Oscar-winning The Bespoke Overcoat (1956), Professor Kokintz in The Mouse that Roared (1959), starring Peter Sellers, and its sequel The Mouse on the Moon (1963) with Bernard Cribbins. He played Sigmund Freud's father in Freud: The Secret Passion (1962) with Montgomery Clift in the lead.

1971

He was also well known for his story-telling skills, particularly with regard to reinterpreting the Bible. His best-known book, also a television series, is The Book of Witnesses (1971), in which he turned the Gospels into a series of monologues. He also retold dozens of Old Testament and Apocrypha stories in Bible Stories (1968).

1976

He married Jennie and had two sons, Paul and Simon. Following the death in 1976 of his son Paul, Guitarist with the band Free, Kossoff established the Paul Kossoff Foundation which aimed to present the realities of drug addiction to children. Kossoff spent the remainder of his life campaigning against drugs. In the late 1970s and early 1980s, he toured with a one-man stage performance about the death of his son and its effect on the family.

2005

He died in 2005 of liver cancer at age 85. He was cremated and interred at the Golders Green Crematorium.