David Kossoff

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David Kossoff


Born
in London, The United Kingdom
November 24, 1919

Died
March 23, 2005


Kossoff was born in London, the youngest of three children, to poor Russian Jewish immigrant parents. In its obituary of David Kossoff, The Scotsman wrote how he was "a man of deep convictions and proud of his Jewish origins".

Kossoff started working in light entertainment on British television in the years following World War II. His best known television roles were the hen-pecked husband Alf Larkin in The Larkins, first broadcast in 1958, and a Jewish furniture maker in A Little Big Business.

He was also well known for his story-telling skills, particularly with regard to reinterpreting the Bible. His best known book, also a television series, is The Book of Witnesses (1971), in which he turned the Gospels into a series of monologues. He a ...more

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Average rating: 4.1 · 182 ratings · 27 reviews · 31 distinct works
Bible Stories
4.23 avg rating — 30 ratings — published 1902 — 17 editions
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Small Town Is a World: The ...
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The book of witnesses
3.97 avg rating — 30 ratings — published 1971 — 16 editions
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The Voices of Masada
3.82 avg rating — 22 ratings — published 1973 — 10 editions
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YOU HAVE A MINUTE LORD? : A...
4.06 avg rating — 18 ratings — published 1977 — 9 editions
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The Three Donkeys: A Bible ...
4.29 avg rating — 7 ratings — published 1972 — 2 editions
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The little book of Sylvanus...
really liked it 4.00 avg rating — 7 ratings — published 1975 — 8 editions
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The Christmas Story in Mast...
3.50 avg rating — 4 ratings — published 1981 — 5 editions
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You Have a Minute, Lord?: A...
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Sweet Nutcracker
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