- He was also a stand-up comic.
- He played the violin.
- Made the spoof record albums "Al Tijuana and his Jewish Brass," essaying the role of a master of ceremonies/bandleader of dance band who plays songs such as "Downtown," and "The Yiddish Are Coming! The Yiddish Are Coming!" He also was part of a group that made the comic records "You Don't Have to Be Jewish" and "When You're in Love, the Whole World Is Jewish".
- Was inducted into Canada's Walk of Fame, and given a cement star outside of the Roy Thomson [Concert] Hall. (May 27, 1999)
- Played "Mr. Hans Van Daan" in both the original 1955 Broadway production of "The Diary of Anne Frank" and in George Stevens' 1959 film The Diary of Anne Frank (1959).
- He is survived by his brother, Avron Jacobovitch, and sister, Rae Jacobovitch, both of Toronto, Ontario, Canada.
- He was the drama director of a Toronto Young Men's Hebrew Association in Ontario, Canada.
- A one-time social director at a summer resort.
- He began acting as a boy, making his stage debut in 1924 at a Toronto theater, playing a violin prodigy in "The Rabbi and the Priest".
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