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Leon Belasco (born Leonid Simeonovich Berladsky) (11 October 1902 Odessa, Ukraine – 1 June 1988, Orange, California, USA) was a Russian-American musician and actor who had a 60-year career in film and television from the 1920s to the 1980s, appearing in more than 100 films. Belasco attended St. Joseph College in Yokohama, Japan, and trained as a musician in Japan and Manchuria. For several years he appeared as the first violinist with the Tokyo Symphony. When his family moved to California, Belasco found occasional work in Hollywood. He made his film debut in 1926 in the silent film The... MORE

Leon Belasco (born Leonid Simeonovich Berladsky) (11 October 1902 Odessa, Ukraine – 1 June 1988, Orange, California, USA) was a Russian-American musician and actor who had a 60-year career in film and television from the 1920s to the 1980s, appearing in more than 100 films. Belasco attended St. Joseph College in Yokohama, Japan, and trained as a musician in Japan and Manchuria. For several years he appeared as the first violinist with the Tokyo Symphony. When his family moved to California, Belasco found occasional work in Hollywood. He made his film debut in 1926 in the silent film The Best People. To supplement his income, he played the violin. Later he formed his own band, which mainly performed in hotels in and around New York City. The Andrews Sisters were introduced through his band. During a season break from a hotel engagement, he returned to Hollywood, first appearing in Broadway Serenade and Topper Takes a Trip (1938). He acted in 13 films in 1942, including Holiday Inn, Casablanca, Yankee Doodle Dandy, and Road to Morocco. He appeared with the Marx Brothers in their last film together, Love Happy (1949). Being able to speak Russian, he was a dialogue director in Norman LESS