Bomba Tzur Explained

Bomba Tzur
Native Name:	בומבה צור
Native Name Lang:	Hebrew
Birth Name:	Yosef Welzer
Birth Date:	26 December 1928
Birth Place:	Haifa, Mandatory Palestine
Death Place:	Herzliya, Israel
Years Active:	1947–1979
Children:	3

Yosef "Bomba" Tzur (né Yosef Welzer; 26 December 1928 – 21 March 1979) was an Israeli theatre and film actor, screenwriter, producer, and comedian.

Tzur is best remembered for his roles in the films Dalia And The Sailors (1964), Hole in the Moon (1964), Trunk to Cairo (1965), Fortuna (1966), Blaumilch Canal (1969), and Big Gus, What's the Fuss? (1973).

He was a recipient of the Kinor David award.^{[1] [2] [3] [4] [5] [6] [7]}

Personal life

His first wife was Ila Nodelman, and they had a son named Amnon.^[8] A year after the death of his second wife from cancer, Tzur died from the same disease. He was buried next to his wife in the cemetery in Herzliya.

See also

• Culture of Israel
• Cinema of Israel

Notes and References

1. Book: Cohen . Sarah Blacher . Jewish Wry: Essays on Jewish Humor . 1990 . Wayne State University Press . 978-0-8143-2366-3 . 217 . en.
2. Book: Helman . Anat . Jews and Their Foodways . 2015 . Oxford University Press . 978-0-19-026542-7 . 147 . en.
3. Book: Leaman . Oliver . Companion Encyclopedia of Middle Eastern and North African Film . 16 December 2003 . Routledge . 978-1-134-66252-4 . 253 . en.
4. Book: Kronish . Amy . Safirman . Costel . Israeli Film: A Reference Guide . 2003 . Greenwood Publishing Group . 978-0-313-32144-3 . 152 . en.
5. Book: World Filmography . 1968 . Tantivy Press . 978-0-904208-36-8 . 299 . en.
6. Book: Kronish . Amy . World Cinema: Israel . 1996 . Flicks Books . 978-0-948911-70-5 . 247 . en.
7. Web site: Bomba TZUR . notreCinema.com . 30 May 2022 . en.
8. Web site: אמון אילה . 2023-12-20 . izkor.maaganm.co.il.