| Christina Aziz |
An American actor, born in Lynn, Massachusetts, USA, as Leon Shalek. He married two times and had no children. His most important works include Alfred Hitchcock Presents (1960-1961), I, the Jury (1953), and That's Life! (1986 ).
He was the youngest of three siblings, and his ancestors were Jewish immigrants from Eastern Europe. His father owned a business that made burlap sacks. His older brother was a famous radio and television broadcaster and sports commentator.
He was a boxer in his youth and became the champion of North Maine, then he trained in acting at the Actors Studio in New York. He joined the University of Maine to study journalism and worked on television programs while studying at college, but his studies were interrupted when he served in the US Army during World War II, and after his release from the army, he continued his studies at college, where he graduated in 1949, then continued his film and television work.
He became a member of the Screen Actors Guild and the Academy of Television Arts and Sciences and was a prominent element in classic war films in the fifties and sixties. He worked as an acting coach in the Film Industry Workshops for a long time, and after he presented the TV series The Law and Harry McGraw (1987), he worked in radio sports broadcasting for CBS. He passed away in Studio City, Los Angeles, California, USA on August 15, 2012.
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