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Jay Adler

Born 1896-09-25
Died 1978-09-23
📍 New York City, New York, USA

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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 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
1974
Macon County Line
as Impound Yard Man
1974
Bummer
as Sid Rosen
1973
Grave of the Vampire
as Zach
1972
The Bill Cosby Show
as Mr. Abrams
1969
The Family Jewels
as Attorney
1965
The Fugitive
as Arthur Tibbetts
1963
Who's Got the Action?
as Motorist
1962
Belle Sommers
1962
The Lawbreakers
as Abe Hirsch
1961
The Barbara Stanwyck Show
as Waxman
1960
Checkmate
as Baines
1960
All the Fine Young Cannibals
as Sammy Trist (uncredited)
1960
Curse of the Undead
as Bartender
1959
The Story on Page One
as Lauber (uncredited)
1959
The Detectives
as Chickie Meyers
1959
The Untouchables
as Sammy Archer
1959
The Twilight Zone
as Tramp
1959
The Twilight Zone
as Gibbons
1959
77 Sunset Strip
as Dave Levenson
1958
77 Sunset Strip
as Abel Gomates
1958
77 Sunset Strip
as Bennie
1958
Wanted: Dead or Alive
as Ferris
1958
Saddle the Wind
as Hank (uncredited)
1958
Seven Guns to Mesa
as Ben Avery
1958
The Brothers Karamazov
as Pawnbroker
1958
Perry Mason
as Herman
1957
Have Gun, Will Travel
as Bottellini
1957
Hell on Devil's Island
as Toto
1957
Sweet Smell of Success
as Manny Davis (uncredited)
1957
Crime of Passion
as Mr. Nalence
1956
Lust for Life
as Waiter
1956
The Catered Affair
as Sam Leiter
1956
The Killing
as Leo the Loanshark
1956
Runaway Daughters
as Mr. Rubeck
1956
Man with the Gun
as Cal (uncredited)
1955
Illegal
as Joseph Carter
1955
Love Me or Leave Me
as Orry
1955
Murder Is My Beat
as Bartender Louie
1955
The Big Combo
as Detective Sam Hill
1955
Down Three Dark Streets
as Uncle Max - aka Charles Martell
1954
The Long Wait
as Joe the Bellhop
1954
The Lone Wolf
as Anton Morgay
1954
99 River Street
as Christopher
1953
Vice Squad
as Frankie Pierce
1953
The Juggler
as Papa Sander - Susy's Father (uncredited)
1953
The Bad and the Beautiful
as Mr. Z (uncredited)
1952
The Prisoner of Zenda
1952
The Ford Television Theatre
as Pawnbroker
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)
1952
Cry Danger
as Williams
1951
Three Secrets
as Editor (uncredited)
1950
The Underworld Story
as Munsey's Assistant (uncredited)
1950
Murder in Soho
as Drunk with two girls
1939
The Saint in New York
as Eddie (Uncredited)
1938
Penrod and His Twin Brother
as Johnson
1938
No Time to Marry
as Hess
1938