Leon Belasco
Biography
Leon Belasco was a Russian-American musician and actor born Leonid Simeonovich Berladsky on October 11, 1902. He appeared in over 100 films from the 1920s to the 1980s, including "Can-Can" (1960) and "Road to Morocco" (1942). Belasco was a skilled musician, briefly serving as concertmaster of the Japanese-Russian Symphony Orchestra before moving to California in 1921.