About
Director of commercially and critically successful comedies My Cousin Vinny and Nuns on the Run.
Before Fame
He appeared with the Cambridge University Footlights Club revue Cambridge Circus on Broadway and on The Ed Sullivan Show.
Trivia
He played Motel the Tailor in the original West End production of Fiddler on the Roof.
Family Life
He married psychotherapist Rita Eleanora Merkelis in 1967.
Associated With
His acclaimed 1992 comedy My Cousin Vinny earned Marisa Tomei an Academy Award for Best Supporting Actress.
