What ethnicity was Louis Zorich?

Louis Zorich is of Serbian ethnicity. He was the son of Serb immigrants from Croatia and is an American by nationality.

Louis Zorich was born on February 12, 1924, in Chicago, Illinois, United States of America. He was born to his parents Anna Gledi and Christ Zorich.

In 1969, Louis Zorich played a “venal Italian cardinal” in Hadrian VII where he was nominated for a Tony Award.

Louis Zorich and his wife founded the Whole Theatre Company in Montclair, New Jersey in 1973, The Whole Theatre Company became New Jersey’s first resident professional theatre and they operated it for 18 years.

Louis Zorich served in the U.S. Army during World War II. He made his Broadway debut in 1961 in Becket.

Louis Zorich portrayed a cab dispatcher in the comedy For Pete’s Sake (1974). Louis Zorich has appeared in Dirty Rotten Scoundrels (1988), the TV crime drama series Columbo, and the comedy TV series Brooklyn Bridge.