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![]() Aharon Ipalé at the Bel Air Film Festival in 2014.
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Born |
Morocco |
December 27, 1941
Died | June 27, 2016 Tel Hashomer, Israel |
(aged 74)
Other names | Ron Ipale |
Occupation | Actor |
Years active | 1963-2015 |
Spouse(s) | Rachelle F. Ellison (1978-?) |
Children | 1 |
Aharon Ipalé (December 27, 1941 – June 27, 2016) was a Moroccan-born Israeli-American actor, known for his roles in American and British film and television productions. His film credits included Fiddler on the Roof (1971), Innocent Bystanders (1972), Raid on Entebbe (1976), The Concorde ... Airport '79 (1979), The Happy Hooker Goes Hollywood (1980), Xanadu (1980), Who Dares Wins (1982), Eye of the Widow (1991), Son of the Pink Panther (1993), The Mummy (1999), and The Mummy Returns (2001).
Ipalé was born in Morocco on December 27, 1941. He arrived in present-day Israel with his family when he was just two years old as part of the early migration of Moroccan Jews to Israel. Ipalé enrolled in a theater school in London following his service in the Israeli Army. He began his acting career by appearing in British television series and theater productions, including the television mini-series, Christ Recrucified, in which he played the title role of Jesus Christ.
Ipalé was cast as Joshua in the 1973-1974 British mini-series, Moses the Lawgiver, which starred Burt Lancaster as Moses. His work in Moses the Lawgiver earned attention from Hollywood and led to his later work in the United States. His American television credits during the 1970s and 1980s included Hawaii Five-O, Dynasty, Kojak, The Love Boat, MacGyver, Miami Vice and Charlie's Angels.