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Jay Adler

{{Short description|American actor (1896–1978)}}

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| birth_date = {{Birth date|1896|8|4}}

| birth_place = New York City, U.S.

| death_date = {{death date and age|1978|9|24|1896|8|4}}

| death_place = Los Angeles, California, U.S.

| occupation = Actor

| yearsactive = 1933–1976

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Jay Adler (August 4, 1896 – September 24, 1978) was an American actor in theater, television, and film.[https://www.tcm.com/tcmdb/person/947%7C79813/Jay-Adler/ Turner Classic Movies]{{cite book |last1=Wilson |first1=Scott |title=Resting Places: The Burial Sites of More Than 14,000 Famous Persons, 3d ed. |date=2016 |publisher=McFarland |isbn=9781476625997 |page=10 |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=FOHgDAAAQBAJ&q=jay+adler+1896+1978+september&pg=PA10 |accessdate=12 November 2018 |language=en}}

Early life

Born in New York City, he was the eldest son of actors Jacob{{cite news |title=Jay Adler Joins 'My Six Convicts' |url=https://www.newspapers.com/clip/25311668/jay_adler/ |work=Pittsburgh Post-Gazette |date=October 17, 1951 |location=Pennsylvania, Pittsburgh |page=18|via = Newspapers.com|accessdate = November 11, 2018}} {{Open access}} and Sara Adler, and the brother of five actor siblings, including stage actor Luther and drama coach Stella.{{cite news |title=Jay Adler Performs as Broadway Agent |url=https://www.newspapers.com/clip/25311325/the_los_angeles_times/ |work=The Los Angeles Times |date=December 25, 1956 |location=California, Los Angeles |page=Part IV - 8|via = Newspapers.com|accessdate = November 11, 2018}} {{Open access}} 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.

Career

Adler's Broadway credits included Cafe Crown (1942), Blind Alley (1940, 1935), Prelude (1936), and Man Bites Dog'' (1933).{{cite web |title=Jay Adler |url=https://www.ibdb.com/broadway-cast-staff/jay-adler-29406 |website=Internet Broadway Database |publisher=The Broadway League |accessdate=12 November 2018 |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20181112024706/https://www.ibdb.com/broadway-cast-staff/jay-adler-29406 |archivedate=12 November 2018}}

In 1934, Adler joined with Harry Thomashefsky and Boris Bernardi to form the Theater Mart Group, "a cooperative group of players and staff connected with the stage", in New York City.{{cite news |title=Theater Group Formed |url=https://www.newspapers.com/clip/25311880/the_brooklyn_daily_eagle/ |work=The Brooklyn Daily Eagle |date=March 15, 1934 |location=New York, Brooklyn |page=27|via = Newspapers.com|accessdate = November 11, 2018}} {{Open access}} Plans called for production of plays like those done by the city's Group Theatre.

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, accumulating more than 130 total performing credits.

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. In 1962, he appeared in the episode "To Climb Steep Hills" of the adventure drama television series Straightaway.

Politics

A lifelong Democrat, he and his siblings, supported Adlai Stevenson during the 1952 presidential election.Motion Picture and Television Magazine, November 1952, page 33, Ideal Publishers

Death

Jay Adler died at age 81 in Woodland Hills, California and was buried in the Mount Carmel Cemetery in Glendale, Queens, New York City, New York near to his parents.{{cite book |last1=Wilson |first1=Scott |title=Resting Places: The Burial Sites of More Than 14,000 Famous Persons, 3d ed. |date=19 August 2016 |publisher=McFarland |isbn=978-1-4766-2599-7 |page=10 |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=FOHgDAAAQBAJ&q=Jay+Adler |access-date=January 17, 2021 |language=en}}

Partial filmography

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References

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External links

  • {{IMDb name|id=0012175|name=Jay Adler}}
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  • {{Find a Grave|7989821|name=Jay Adler}}

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Category:1896 births

Category:1978 deaths

Category:Male actors from New York City

Category:American male film actors

Category:American male stage actors

Category:American male television actors

Category:American people of Ukrainian-Jewish descent

Category:Jewish American male actors

Category:20th-century American male actors

Category:20th-century American Jews