FIDDLER on the Roof star Chaim Topol was a secret Mossad agent, his family claim.
The Israeli legend — who starred with Roger Moore in Bond movie For Your Eyes Only — lived a secret double life of “adventure and courage”.
For Your Eyes Only star Chaim Topol was a secret Mossad agent, his family claims
The actor, who died last month aged 87, worked for Israel’s spy service in between gigs.
Topol used his London home as a base to target embassies, airports and airlines of Arab enemies, according to his widow Galia, and children Adi and Omer, who spoke to Israeli newspaper Haaretz.
On one occasion he bugged an Arab country’s embassy using the flat next door and pretended to be a dental patient to cover for drilling noise.
Omer said: “I don’t know exactly what the appropriate definition is for the missions and duties he performed.
“But what is clear is that Dad was involved in secret missions on behalf of the Mossad.
“His status in those years was that of an international star, and he could go anywhere he wanted.
“He had the ability to deliver documents and take pictures without anyone questioning anything.
“But he was no James Bond or anything like that!”
