{{Short description|Israeli actor (1937–2008)}} {{Infobox person | name = Chaim Banai | native_name = חיים בנאי | native_name_lang = Hebrew | image = Haimbanai.JPG | caption = Banai in 2008 | birth_name = | birth_date = {{birth date|1937|5|14|df=y}} | birth_place = Jerusalem, Mandatory Palestine | death_date = {{death date and age|2008|8|10|1937|5|14|df=y}} | death_place = Jerusalem, Israel | occupation = {{hlist|Actor|comedian|radio presenter|storyteller}} | years_active = 1966–2008 | other_names = Haim Banai | spouse = | children = 4 | relatives = Banai family }}
'''Chaim Banai''' ({{langx|he|חיים בנאי}}{{lrm}}; 14 May 1937 – 10 August 2008) was an Israeli actor.<ref>[https://www.ishim.co.il/p.php?s=חיים+בנאי Chaim Banai's filmography], ishim.co.il; accessed 3 April 2026 (in Hebrew)</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.ynetnews.com/articles/0,7340,L-3580604,00.html|title=Actor Chaim Banai dies in Jerusalem at 71|website=Ynet|date=11 August 2008|accessdate=3 April 2026|language=en}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.haaretz.co.il/misc/2008-08-11/ty-article/0000017f-db09-dee4-a9ff-ff7b864d0000|title=השחקן חיים בנאי הלך לעולמו בגיל 71|website=Haaretz|date=11 August 2008|accessdate=3 April 2026|language=he}}</ref>
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