Freddie Roman, a stand-up comedian who told jokes to mostly Jewish audiences in the Catskills, then brought borscht-belt humor to Manhattan when he conceived and performed in the hit show “Catskills on Broadway,” died on Nov. 26 in Boynton Beach FL. He was 85.

Mr. Roman began his comedy career in the Catskills in the early 1960s, when that resort area in upstate New York was thriving. At one hotel after another, he told one-liners and stories that delighted audiences spending their weekends and summer vacations there.

He spread his Catskills-bred shtick around the country for five decades, working  often in Las Vegas, Atlantic City, and Florida as he followed his older audiences south.