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Josip Elic

Actor

Josip Elic

Born March 10, 1921 in Butte, Montana, USADied October 21, 201918 films

Josip Elic was born on March 10, 1921 in Butte, Montana, USA as Jr. Joseph Elich. He was an actor, known for One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest (1975), Black Rain (1989) and The Producers (1967). He died on October 21, 2019 in River Edge, New Jersey, USA

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One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest posterFirst watchOne Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest19758.4as BanciniA petty criminal fakes insanity to serve his sentence in a mental ward rather than prison. He soon finds himself as a leader to the other patients—and an enemy to the cruel, domineering…View film

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Filmography

18 films as actor
  1. 1989Black RainJoe, the Bartender
  2. 1979The Halloween That Almost Wasn'tZabaar the Zombie
  3. 1977The World's Greatest LoverHeadwaiter
  4. 1977Great DayMoose
  5. 1975One Flew Over the Cuckoo's NestBancini
  6. 1973From the Mixed-Up Files of Mrs. Basil E. FrankweilerWorkman
  7. 1972The Stoolie1st Hijacker
  8. 1972Dirty Little BillyJawbone
  9. 1971Who Is Harry Kellerman and Why Is He Saying Those Terrible Things About Me?Chomsky
  10. 1969TrilogyHaHa
  11. 1968For Love of IvyOff-Broadway Family
  12. 1968The ProducersViolinist
  13. 1966A Christmas MemoryHaHa
  14. 1964Santa Claus Conquers the MartiansShim
  15. 1962Convicts 4Vic the Barber
  16. 1962Third of a Man
  17. 1961Pocketful of MiraclesDarcey's Henchman (uncredited)
  18. 1960Murder, Inc.Alpert