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 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.
Acted in
Macon County Line
1974
as Impound Yard Man
Bummer
1973
as Sid Rosen
Grave of the Vampire
1972
as Zach
The Yin and the Yang of Mr. Go
1970
as Dr. Yul
The Family Jewels
1965
as Attorney
The Fugitive
1963
as Arthur Tibbetts
Who's Got the Action?
1962
as Motorist
Belle Sommers
1962
The Lawbreakers
1961
as Abe Hirsch
The Barbara Stanwyck Show
1960
as Waxman
Checkmate
1960
as Baines
All the Fine Young Cannibals
1960
as Sammy Trist (uncredited)
The Story on Page One
1959
as Lauber (uncredited)
The Detectives
1959
as Chickie Meyers
The Untouchables
1959
as Sammy Archer
The Twilight Zone
1959
as Tramp
The Twilight Zone
1959
as Gibbons
Curse of the Undead
1959
as Bartender
77 Sunset Strip
1958
as Dave Levenson
Wanted: Dead or Alive
1958
as Ferris
Saddle the Wind
1958
as Hank (uncredited)
Seven Guns to Mesa
1958
as Ben Avery
The Brothers Karamazov
1958
as Pawnbroker
Perry Mason
1957
as Herman
Have Gun, Will Travel
1957
as Bottellini
Hell on Devil's Island
1957
as Toto
Sweet Smell of Success
1957
as Manny Davis (uncredited)
Crime of Passion
1956
as Mr. Nalence
The Catered Affair
1956
as Sam Leiter
The Killing
1956
as Leo the Loanshark
Runaway Daughters
1956
as Mr. Rubeck
Man with the Gun
1955
as Cal (uncredited)
Illegal
1955
as Joseph Carter
Love Me or Leave Me
1955
as Orry
Murder Is My Beat
1955
as Bartender Louie
The Big Combo
1955
as Detective Sam Hill
Down Three Dark Streets
1954
as Uncle Max - aka Charles Martell
The Long Wait
1954
as Joe the Bellhop
The Lone Wolf
1954
as Anton Morgay
99 River Street
1953
as Christopher
Vice Squad
1953
as Frankie Pierce
The Juggler
1953
as Papa Sander - Susy's Father (uncredited)
The Bad and the Beautiful
1952
as Mr. Z (uncredited)
The Ford Television Theatre
1952
as Pawnbroker
Assignment: Paris
1952
as Henry (uncredited)
Dreamboat
1952
as Desk Clerk
The Turning Point
1952
as Sammy Lester (uncredited)
My Six Convicts
1952
as Steve Kopac
Scandal Sheet
1952
as Bailey (uncredited)
Cry Danger
1951
as Williams
Three Secrets
1950
as Editor (uncredited)
The Underworld Story
1950
as Munsey's Assistant (uncredited)
Murder in Soho
1939
as Drunk with two girls
The Saint in New York
1938
as Eddie (Uncredited)
Penrod and His Twin Brother
1938
as Johnson
No Time to Marry
1938
as Hess