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Jay Adler
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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…
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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.
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The Yin and the Yang of Mr. Go
as Dr. Yul
Macon County Line
as Impound Yard Man
Bummer
as Sid Rosen
Grave of the Vampire
as Zach
The Family Jewels
as Attorney
He's Alive
as Gibbons
Who's Got the Action?
as Motorist
Belle Sommers
The Lawbreakers
as Abe Hirsch
All the Fine Young Cannibals
as Sammy Trist (uncredited)
Curse of the Undead
as Bartender
The Story on Page One
as Lauber (uncredited)
Saddle the Wind
as Hank (uncredited)
Seven Guns to Mesa
as Ben Avery
The Brothers Karamazov
as Pawnbroker
Hell on Devil's Island
as Toto
Sweet Smell of Success
as Manny Davis (uncredited)
Crime of Passion
as Mr. Nalence
Lust for Life
as Waiter
The Catered Affair
as Sam Leiter
The Killing
as Leo the Loanshark
Runaway Daughters
as Mr. Rubeck
Illegal
as Joseph Carter
Man with the Gun
as Cal (uncredited)
Love Me or Leave Me
as Orry
Murder Is My Beat
as Bartender Louie
The Big Combo
as Detective Sam Hill
Down Three Dark Streets
as Uncle Max - aka Charles Martell
The Long Wait
as Joe the Bellhop
99 River Street
as Christopher
Vice Squad
as Frankie Pierce
The Juggler
as Papa Sander - Susy's Father (uncredited)
The Bad and the Beautiful
as Mr. Z (uncredited)
The Prisoner of Zenda
Assignment: Paris
as Henry (uncredited)
Dreamboat
as Desk Clerk (uncredited)
The Turning Point
as Sammy Lester (uncredited)
My Six Convicts
as Steve Kopac
Scandal Sheet
as Bailey (uncredited)
Cry Danger
as Williams
Three Secrets
as Editor (uncredited)
The Underworld Story
as Munsey's Assistant (uncredited)
Murder in Soho
as Drunk with two girls
The Saint in New York
as Eddie (Uncredited)
Penrod and His Twin Brother
as Johnson
No Time to Marry
as Hess