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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 ...
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- 1924–1954
Dec 2, 2018 · Harry Einstein’s Background And Early Career. A famed comedian, writer and character actor, Harry Einstein was born in Boston, Mass. on May 6, 1904. Though he was known professionally by his Greek-speaking alter-ego “Nick Parkyakarkus,” Einstein was of Jewish-American heritage.
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Dec 28, 2018 · Dec 28, 2018 Ian Harvey. Comedian, writer, and character actor Harry “Parkyakarkus” Einstein (1904-1958) got his first break on national radio in 1934. His popularity snowballed, and by 1945 he was writing and performing his own show, Meet Me at Parky’s, on NBC.
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 from 1936 to 1945. He was also the father of comedians and actors Albert Brooks and Bob Einstein.
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BEVERLY HILLS, Calif., Nov. 24 (UPI) -- Harry Einstein, the "Parkyakarkus" comedian of the Eddie Cantor radio show in the Nineteen Thirties, died backstage early today of a heart attack suffered...
