Yank Azman

{{Infobox person

| name =Yank Azman

| image = yanktoronto.jpg

| caption = Yank Azman

| birth_name = Jankiel (Jank) Zajfman (aka Jack Zaifman)

| birth_date = {{Birth date and age|1947|10|19}}

| birth_place = Bad Wörishofen, Germany

| occupation = Actor, voice actor, antique dealer

| yearsactive = 1969–present

| spouse = {{marriage|Pulver Zajfman|1969}}

| URL = http://www.yankazman.com

}}

Yank Azman (born October 19, 1947) is a Canadian television and film actor.

Early life

Azman was born in a displaced persons camp in Bad Wörishofen, Germany to Cesia (née Waishand), a sales clerk, and Kuba Zajfman, a tailor and furrier, Holocaust survivors from Chmielnik, Poland.{{cite web|url=http://saraschildren.com/meet_garfinkels/pages/photo12.htm |title=Cesia and Kuba Zaifman Today |publisher=Saraschildren.com |access-date=February 15, 2012}} They emigrated to Canada in 1948 and settled in Toronto where he attended Harbord Collegiate Institute, William Lyon Mackenzie Collegiate Institute and later the Ontario College of ArtFox, Hyla Wults. "Collectibles". The Globe and Mail April, 20. 1995. (now known as OCAD University) and the University of Toronto.

Career

Although his first stage appearance was at age six,"Concert-ed Enthusiasm For Concert" Toronto Telegram. P. 24. April 4, 1954. his professional acting career began with the CBC Television series Toby in 1968. By the 1970s after training at Young People's Theatre and The Second City, he was working in improvisational and children's theatre with Gilda RadnerKareda, Urjo "Candy-rock show needs audience participation" Toronto Star. Dec 21, 1971 and in 1974 was cast as one of an ensemble (which included Valri Bromfield and Jayne Eastwood) to star on the CTV comedy series Funny Farm.{{cite web|url=http://www.tvarchive.ca/database/17084/funny_farm,_the/details/ |title=The Funny Farm |publisher=TVArchive.ca |access-date=February 15, 2012}} During the 1970s he appeared on stage at: Factory Theatre's Hurray for Johnny Canuck{{cite web|url=http://home.interlog.com/~jmackenz/factory/seasons/7475season/canuck.html |title=Factory Theatre | Hurray for Johnny Canuck |publisher=Home.interlog.com |access-date=February 15, 2012}} with Maury Chaykin and Jim Henshaw; Theatre Passe Muraille in Bethune; and Theatre New Brunswick as Brighella in Goldoni's Servant of Two Masters{{cite web|url=http://www.lib.unb.ca/Texts/Theatre/tnb/searchTNBCalendar.cgi?end_date=&location=ALL&search_string=servant&start_date= |title=TNB Performance Calendar |publisher=Lib.unb.ca |access-date=February 15, 2012}} among others. Since then he has worked steadily in film and television{{cite web|url=http://movies.nytimes.com/person/131012/Yank-Azman/filmography |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20121021230143/http://movies.nytimes.com/person/131012/Yank-Azman/filmography |url-status=dead |archive-date=October 21, 2012 |title=New York Times |department=Movies & TV Dept. |publisher=Baseline & All Movie Guide |date=2012 |access-date=February 15, 2012}} with such roles as Tom Shaughnessy on My Life as A Dog and frequent guest appearances on such shows as Murdoch Mysteries.

Second career

He began a lifelong interest in art and antiques after being inspired by Painters Eleven artist Harold Town while working together on the Canadian Centennial project at William Lyon Mackenzie C.I.Hale, Barrie "Students Build a Town Wall" Toronto Telegram. p.40. March 31, 1967 In 1979, he started supplying antiques as propsTaylor, Bill. "The older, the better".Toronto Star. May 2, 2002 for the movies and to retail stores such as Polo Ralph LaurenSkoggard, Ross, "The Collector" Toronto Star. May 10, 1992 and then opened a shop at the Harbourfront Antique Market. Toronto Life Magazine called him the "friendliest dealer in town.""Best and Worst of the City" Toronto Life p.December 25, 2001 He has made numerous guest appearances as an antiques experthttp://www.canadianbusiness.com/after_hours/article.jsp?content=20031106_133646_3028 MoneySense Sept/Oct 2003 on such television shows as Room Service with Sarah Richardson on HGTV,{{cite web|url=http://www.roomservice.ca/episodes/episodes.php?epid=45&selseason=2 |title=room service |publisher=Roomservice.ca |access-date=February 15, 2012}} Breakfast Television on Citytv and in 2002 he hosted a television pilot called Flea Market Millionaire{{cite news|title=Discovery_Adds_Two_More_Series|url=http://www.multichannel.com/article/53225-Discovery_Adds_Two_More_Series.php}} for the Discovery Channel.

Azman has also lectured on antiques at the CITT (Canadian Institute of Theatre Technology) at Ryerson University (now Toronto Metropolitan University)[http://www.citt.org/newsletter/2006-05.pdf ] {{webarchive |url=https://web.archive.org/web/20061001044527/http://www.citt.org/newsletter/2006-05.pdf |date=October 1, 2006 }} and on Material Culture at the Faculty of Liberal Studies at Ontario College of Art & Design.

Voice acting

Azman has long worked as a voice actor and has voiced several characters in animated series such as Starcom: The U.S. Space Force and The Adventures of Tintin.

Personal life

Azman is married to Canadian artistIndex of Canadian Artists "http://www.lareau-law.ca/peintres_1Z.html"National Gallery of Canada database "http://www.pro.rcip-chin.gc.ca/bd-dl/aac-aic-eng.jsp?emu=en.aich:/Proxapp/ws/aich/user/wwwe/Record&upp=0&m=1&w=NATIVE%28%27ARTIST+ph+words+%27%27pulver+zajfman%27%27%27%29&order=native%28%27every+AR%27%29" & antique dealer Pulver ZajfmanVine, Ira. "Valentines Taken to Heart"The Globe and Mail. p. 18, Feb.7, 1981 and lives in Toronto and Miami Beach. He is a member of Mensa{{Cite journal| title = Regular Contributors | journal = MC2 Journal of Mensa Canada | publisher = Mensa Canada |date=July 1990 | issue = 237 | page = 27 }} and has a mild form of dyscalculia.

Filmography

Year ! Title ! Role ! Notes
class="wikitable"
1989	Sing	Mr. Frye
1989	Millennium	Evacuation Worker
1995	Butterbox Babies	Mr. Stone
1998	Bone Daddy	MacDougall
2001	Judgment Day	Colin McMahon