Jay Adler
Born: 1896-09-25 in New York City, New York, USA
Died: 1978-09-23
Known For: Acting
Biography
From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia Jay Adler (September 26, 1896 – September 23, 1978) was an American actor in theater, television, and film. Born in New York City, he was the eldest son of actors Jacob and Sara Adler, and the brother of five actor siblings, including stage actor Luther and drama coach Stella. The Adlers were a Jewish-American acting dynasty in New York City's Yiddish Theater District and they played a significant role in theater from the late 19th century to the 1950s. Stella Adler became the most influential member of their family. During a long acting career of minor character roles, Jay Adler appeared in more than 40 films and 37 television series between 1938 and 1976. He appeared in The Big Combo (1955), Stanley Kubrick's The Killing (1956) and Jerry Lewis' The Family Jewels (1965). In 1961, Adler appeared both in the episode "The Lady and the Lawyer" of the television series The Asphalt Jungle and in The Lawbreakers, a theatrical film version of the episode. Jay Adler died at age 81 in Woodland Hills, California and was buried in the Mount Carmel Cemetery, Glendale, New York.
Filmography
1974
- Macon County Line as Impound Yard Man
1973
- Bummer as Sid Rosen
1972
- Grave of the Vampire as Zach
1970
- The Yin and the Yang of Mr. Go as Dr. Yul
1969
- The Bill Cosby Show as Mr. Abrams
1965
- The Family Jewels as Attorney
1963
- The Fugitive as Arthur Tibbetts
1962
- Belle Sommers
- Who's Got the Action? as Motorist
1961
- The Lawbreakers as Abe Hirsch
1960
- The Barbara Stanwyck Show as Waxman
- Checkmate as Baines
- All the Fine Young Cannibals as Sammy Trist (uncredited)
1959
- The Twilight Zone as Tramp
- The Untouchables as Sammy Archer
- The Detectives as Chickie Meyers
- Curse of the Undead as Bartender
- The Story on Page One as Lauber (uncredited)
1958
- Wanted: Dead or Alive as Ferris
- 77 Sunset Strip as Dave Levenson
- The Brothers Karamazov as Pawnbroker
- Saddle the Wind as Hank (uncredited)
- Seven Guns to Mesa as Ben Avery
1957
- Perry Mason as Herman
- Have Gun, Will Travel as Bottellini
- Sweet Smell of Success as Manny Davis (uncredited)
- Hell on Devil's Island as Toto
1956
- Runaway Daughters as Mr. Rubeck
- Lust for Life as Waiter
- Crime of Passion as Mr. Nalence
- The Catered Affair as Sam Leiter
- The Killing as Leo the Loanshark
1955
- Illegal as Joseph Carter
- The Big Combo as Detective Sam Hill
- Love Me or Leave Me as Orry
- Man with the Gun as Cal (uncredited)
- Murder Is My Beat as Bartender Louie
1954
- The Long Wait as Joe the Bellhop
- The Lone Wolf as Anton Morgay
- Down Three Dark Streets as Uncle Max - aka Charles Martell
1953
- Vice Squad as Frankie Pierce
- 99 River Street as Christopher
- The Juggler as Papa Sander - Susy's Father (uncredited)
1952
- The Ford Television Theatre as Pawnbroker
- Dreamboat as Desk Clerk (uncredited)
- The Turning Point as Sammy Lester (uncredited)
- The Bad and the Beautiful as Mr. Z (uncredited)
- The Prisoner of Zenda
- Assignment: Paris as Henry (uncredited)
- Scandal Sheet as Bailey (uncredited)
- My Six Convicts as Steve Kopac
1951
- Cry Danger as Williams
1950
- Three Secrets as Editor (uncredited)
- The Underworld Story as Munsey's Assistant (uncredited)
1939
- Murder in Soho as Drunk with two girls
1938
- The Saint in New York as Eddie (Uncredited)
- Penrod and His Twin Brother as Johnson
- No Time to Marry as Hess