Jay Adler
46 movies · 14 TV shows
- Known for
- Acting
- Born
- Sep 25, 1896
- Died
- Sep 23, 1978 (age 81)
- Place of birth
- New York City, New York, USA
Biography
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Jay Adler (September 26, 1896 – September 23, 1978) was an American actor in theater, television, and film.
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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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Known for
Jay Adler: movies and TV shows
Acting (60)
- 1974 The Yin and the Yang of Mr. Go
as Dr. Yul
- 1974 Macon County Line
as Impound Yard Man
- 1973 Bummer
as Sid Rosen
- 1972 Grave of the Vampire
as Zach
- 1969
- 1965 The Family Jewels
as Attorney
- 1963
- 1963 He's Alive
as Gibbons
- 1962 Who's Got the Action?
as Motorist
- 1962
- 1961 The Lawbreakers
as Abe Hirsch
- 1960
- 1960
- 1960 All the Fine Young Cannibals
as Sammy Trist (uncredited)
- 1959 Curse of the Undead
as Bartender
- 1959 The Story on Page One
as Lauber (uncredited)
- 1959
- 1959
- 1959
- 1958
- 1958
- 1958 Saddle the Wind
as Hank (uncredited)
- 1958 Seven Guns to Mesa
as Ben Avery
- 1958 The Brothers Karamazov
as Pawnbroker
- 1957
- 1957
- 1957 Hell on Devil's Island
as Toto
- 1957 Sweet Smell of Success
as Manny Davis (uncredited)
- 1956 Crime of Passion
as Mr. Nalence
- 1956 Lust for Life
as Waiter
- 1956
- 1956 The Catered Affair
as Sam Leiter
- 1956 The Killing
as Leo the Loanshark
- 1956 Runaway Daughters
as Mr. Rubeck
- 1955 Illegal
as Joseph Carter
- 1955 Man with the Gun
as Cal (uncredited)
- 1955 Love Me or Leave Me
as Orry
- 1955 Murder Is My Beat
as Bartender Louie
- 1955 The Big Combo
as Detective Sam Hill
- 1954 Down Three Dark Streets
as Uncle Max - aka Charles Martell
- 1954 The Long Wait
as Joe the Bellhop
- 1954
- 1953 99 River Street
as Christopher
- 1953 Vice Squad
as Frankie Pierce
- 1953 The Juggler
as Papa Sander - Susy's Father (uncredited)
- 1952 The Bad and the Beautiful
as Mr. Z (uncredited)
- 1952
- 1952
- 1952 Assignment: Paris
as Henry (uncredited)
- 1952 Dreamboat
as Desk Clerk (uncredited)
- 1952 The Turning Point
as Sammy Lester (uncredited)
- 1952 My Six Convicts
as Steve Kopac
- 1952 Scandal Sheet
as Bailey (uncredited)
- 1951 Cry Danger
as Williams
- 1950 Three Secrets
as Editor (uncredited)
- 1950 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)
- 1938 Penrod and His Twin Brother
as Johnson
- 1938 No Time to Marry
as Hess