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Josip Elic (born Joseph Elich Jr.; March 10, 1921 – October 21, 2019) was an American actor. He is best known for his role as Bancini in the film One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest (1975).
Oct 25, 2019 · Josip Elic, the familiar character actor who carried Jack Nicholson on his shoulders in One Flew Over the Cuckoo’s Nest, has died. He was 98. Elic died Monday in River Edge, New Jersey, of...
Josip Elic was born on 10 March 1921 in Butte, Montana, USA. He was an actor, known for One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest (1975), Black Rain (1989) and The Producers (1967). He died on 21 October 2019 in River Edge, New Jersey, USA.
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Oct 25, 2019 · Josip Elic, who played Bancini in the classic film "One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest" and appeared in two episodes of "Twilight Zone", passed away at 98. He was a World War II veteran, a comedian and a friend of Lee Meredith.
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Oct 25, 2019 · Josip Elic, who played the asylum inmate Bancini in the 1975 classic film, died at 98 in New Jersey. He also appeared in TV shows such as The Twilight Zone and The Producers.
Josip Elic was a Croatian-American actor who appeared in films such as One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest and Black Rain. He was born in Butte, Montana, in 1921 and died in New Jersey in 2019.
However, he will perhaps be best remembered for his performance as a confused psychiatric hospital patient in 1975’s One Flew Over the Cuckoo’s Nest, in which he hoisted Jack Nicholson onto his shoulders for an ad-libbed scene on a basketball court. Story continues below.
