Jay Adler
- Known for
- Acting
- Born
- Sep 25, 1896
- Died
- Sep 23, 1978 (aged 81)
- Place of birth
- New York City, New York, USA
- Credits
- 60
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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.
Known for
The Killing
1956Movie
Leo the Loanshark
The Twilight Zone
1959TV
Tramp, Gibbons
Sweet Smell of Success
1957Movie
Manny Davis (uncredited)
The Bad and the Beautiful
1952Movie
Mr. Z (uncredited)
Lust for Life
1956Movie
Waiter
The Big Combo
1955Movie
Detective Sam Hill
Filmography
The Yin and the Yang of Mr. Go
1974Movie
Dr. Yul
Macon County Line
1974Movie
Impound Yard Man
Bummer
1973Movie
Sid Rosen
Grave of the Vampire
1972Movie
Zach
The Bill Cosby Show
1969TV
Mr. Abrams
The Family Jewels
1965Movie
Attorney
The Fugitive
1963TV
Arthur Tibbetts
He's Alive
1963Movie
Gibbons
Who's Got the Action?
1962Movie
Motorist
Belle Sommers
1962Movie
The Lawbreakers
1961Movie
Abe Hirsch
The Barbara Stanwyck Show
1960TV
Waxman
Checkmate
1960TV
Baines
All the Fine Young Cannibals
1960Movie
Sammy Trist (uncredited)
Curse of the Undead
1959Movie
Bartender
The Story on Page One
1959Movie
Lauber (uncredited)
The Detectives
1959TV
Chickie Meyers
The Untouchables
1959TV
Sammy Archer
The Twilight Zone
1959TV
Tramp, Gibbons
77 Sunset Strip
1958TV
Dave Levenson, Abel Gomates, Bennie
Wanted: Dead or Alive
1958TV
Ferris
Saddle the Wind
1958Movie
Hank (uncredited)
Seven Guns to Mesa
1958Movie
Ben Avery
The Brothers Karamazov
1958Movie
Pawnbroker
Perry Mason
1957TV
Herman
Have Gun, Will Travel
1957TV
Bottellini
Hell on Devil's Island
1957Movie
Toto
Sweet Smell of Success
1957Movie
Manny Davis (uncredited)
Crime of Passion
1956Movie
Mr. Nalence
Lust for Life
1956Movie
Waiter
On Trial
1956TV
Mora
The Catered Affair
1956Movie
Sam Leiter
The Killing
1956Movie
Leo the Loanshark
Runaway Daughters
1956Movie
Mr. Rubeck
Illegal
1955Movie
Joseph Carter
Man with the Gun
1955Movie
Cal (uncredited)
Love Me or Leave Me
1955Movie
Orry
Murder Is My Beat
1955Movie
Bartender Louie
The Big Combo
1955Movie
Detective Sam Hill
Down Three Dark Streets
1954Movie
Uncle Max - aka Charles Martell
The Long Wait
1954Movie
Joe the Bellhop
The Lone Wolf
1954TV
Anton Morgay
99 River Street
1953Movie
Christopher
Vice Squad
1953Movie
Frankie Pierce
The Juggler
1953Movie
Papa Sander - Susy's Father (uncredited)
The Bad and the Beautiful
1952Movie
Mr. Z (uncredited)
The Prisoner of Zenda
1952Movie
The Ford Television Theatre
1952TV
Pawnbroker
Assignment: Paris
1952Movie
Henry (uncredited)
Dreamboat
1952Movie
Desk Clerk (uncredited)
The Turning Point
1952Movie
Sammy Lester (uncredited)
My Six Convicts
1952Movie
Steve Kopac
Scandal Sheet
1952Movie
Bailey (uncredited)
Cry Danger
1951Movie
Williams
Three Secrets
1950Movie
Editor (uncredited)
The Underworld Story
1950Movie
Munsey's Assistant (uncredited)
Murder in Soho
1939Movie
Drunk with two girls
The Saint in New York
1938Movie
Eddie (Uncredited)
Penrod and His Twin Brother
1938Movie
Johnson
No Time to Marry
1938Movie
Hess