Riff Markowitz

Active·Active 1971–1991

Riff Markowitz was born in New York in 1938, but moved to Toronto, Canada as a young child. He was always interested in theater and vaudeville and he loved attending shows. He ran away from home at the young age of 15 and became a circus clown. After one season of "clowning around", he lied about his age (saying he was 22) and got a radio ...