Baruch Lumet
{{Short description|Polish-American actor (1898–1992)}}
{{Infobox person
| name = Baruch Lumet
| birth_date = {{Birth date|1898|9|16}}
| birth_place = Warsaw, Congress Poland, Russian Empire
| death_date = {{Death date and age|1992|2|8|1898|9|16}}
| death_place =
| years_active = 1939–1980
| spouse = Eugenia Wermus
| children = 2, including Sidney
| relatives = Jenny Lumet (granddaughter)
Jake Cannavale (great-grandson)
}}
Baruch Lumet (Burech Lumet;[http://search.ancestry.com/cgi-bin/sse.dll?gl=ROOT_CATEGORY&rank=1&new=1&so=3&MSAV=0&msT=1&gss=ms_f-2_s&gsfn=eugenia&gsln=lumet&uidh=000 Immigration documents on Burech and Eugenia Gitl Lumet] 16 September 1898 – 8 February 1992) was an American actor best known for his work in the Yiddish theatre.
Early life
Lumet was born in Warsaw, then part of Congress Poland, to a Yiddish-speaking Jewish family.{{cite news |last=French |first=Philip |date=April 10, 2011 |title=Sidney Lumet, giant of American cinema, dies at 86 |url=https://www.theguardian.com/film/2011/apr/10/sidney-lumet-dies-aged-86 |accessdate=April 10, 2011 |work=The Observer |publisher=Guardian Media Group |location=London}}{{cite web |date=2014-12-01 |title=Finding Aid for the Baruch Lumet Papers, 1955-1983 |url=http://www.oac.cdlib.org/findaid/ark:/13030/kt2199p8q5/ |accessdate=2017-01-04 |publisher=Online Archive of California}} He immigrated to the United States from Poland with his wife Eugenia Gitl Lumet (née Wermus) and daughter Felicia (1920–1980) in 1922, where his son, film director Sidney Lumet (1924–2011), was born.
Career
Although he appeared with his son in the film ...One Third of a Nation... in 1939, the elder Lumet made few film appearances, though he played character roles in two of Sidney's films from the 1960s, The Pawnbroker (1964) and The Group (1966). He also appeared in Woody Allen's comedy Everything You Always Wanted to Know About Sex but Were Afraid to Ask, improbably cast as an elderly rabbi with a bondage fetish.
From 1953 to 1960, Lumet was the director of the Dallas Institute of Performing Arts and the Knox Street Theater in Dallas.[http://www.oac.cdlib.org/findaid/ark:/13030/kt2199p8q5/ Finding Aid for the Baruch Lumet Papers, 1955-1983]. Online Archive of California. Retrieved 2018-10-31. Among his students were Jayne Mansfield and Tobe Hooper.
Filmography
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| Year
! Title ! Role ! Notes | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| 1939 | ...One Third of a Nation... | Mr. Rosen | |
| 1950 | Cody of the Pony Express | Frenchy | Serial, Uncredited |
| 1959 | The Killer Shrews | Dr. Marlowe Craigis | |
| 1961 | Alfred Hitchcock Presents | Concertina Player | Season 6 Episode 14: "The Changing Heart" |
| 1961 | Alfred Hitchcock Presents | Man on Stairs | Season 6 Episode 18: "The Greatest Monster of Them All" |
| 1962 | Hemingway's Adventures of a Young Man | Morris | Uncredited |
| 1962 | The Interns | Byrd | Uncredited |
| 1964 | The Pawnbroker | Mendel | |
| 1966 | The Group | Mr. Schneider | |
| 1972 | Everything You Always Wanted to Know About Sex but Were Afraid to Ask | Rabbi Baumel | |
| 1975 | The Wild Party | Tailor |
Sources
- [http://www.oac.cdlib.org/findaid/ark:/13030/kt2199p8q5/ Finding Aid for the Baruch Lumet Papers, 1955-1983], Online Archive of California
References
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External links
- {{IMDb name|0525885}}
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Category:American people of Polish-Jewish descent
Category:Jewish American male actors
Category:Jewish Polish male actors
Category:Polish emigrants to the United States
Category:Male actors from Warsaw