
Acting
Community Rating
6.0
TMDB estimate
Born
September 25, 1896
Died
September 23, 1978 (age 81)
Born in
New York City, New York, USA
From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia 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.

Macon County Line
as Impound Yard Man
1974

Bummer
as Sid Rosen
1973

Grave of the Vampire
as Zach
1972

The Yin and the Yang of Mr. Go
as Dr. Yul
1970

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

77 Sunset Strip
as Dave Levenson
1958

Wanted: Dead or Alive
as Ferris
1958