From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia. He was an American actor best known for his work in theatre, but who also worked in film and television. He also directed plays on Broadway. Adler was born Lutha Adler on May 4, 1903 in New York City. He was one of six children born to Russian Jewish actors Sara and Jacob P. Adler. His father was considered to be one of the founders of the Yiddish theater in America. His siblings also worked in theatre; his sister Stella Adler achieved fame as an actress and drama teacher. His brother Jay also achieved some fame as an actor. Adler's father gave him his first acting job in the Yiddish play, Schmendrick, at the Thalia Theater in Manhattan in 1908; Adler was he 5 years old. His first Broadway plays were The Hand of the Potter in 1921; Humoresque in 1923; Monkey Talks in 1925; Money Business and We Americans in 1926; John in 1927; Red Rust (or Rust) and Street Scene in 1929

Filmography

• 1981Absence of Malice — Santos Malderone
• 1976Voyage of the Damned — Professor Weiler
• 1975Mean Johnny Barrows — Don Racconi
• 1975Murph the Surf — Max 'The Eye'
• 1975The Man in the Glass Booth — Presiding Judge
• 1974Crazy Joe — Falco
• Hec Ramsey
• Search — Herr Vollmer
• The Streets of San Francisco
• The Psychiatrist — Dr. Bernard Altman
• 1970The Psychiatrist: God Bless the Children — Dr. Bernard Altman
• Hawaii Five-O — Dominick Vashon, Charles Ogden
• 1968The Brotherhood — Dominick Bertolo
• The Name of the Game
• 1968The Sunshine Patriot — Imre Hyneck
• 1966Cast a Giant Shadow — Jacob Zion
• Mission: Impossible — Leo Vorka
• 1966The Three Sisters — Chebutykin
• Ben Casey
• Straightaway
• Target: The Corruptors!
• Festival — Rabbi Azrael
• Route 66
• The Islanders — Frank Fellino
• 1959The Last Angry Man — Max Vogel
• The Twilight Zone — Arthur Castle
• The Untouchables — Charlie Zenko
• 77 Sunset Strip
• Naked City — Sean Wicklow, Henri Tourelle, Willard Manson, Mr. Kovar
• 1958The Plot to Kill Stalin — Molotov
• Westinghouse Desilu Playhouse — Sal Raimondi
• 1956Hot Blood — Marco Torino
• Playhouse 90 — Irving Werner
• 1955Crashout — Pete Mendoza
• Crossroads — Rabbi Rosenblum
• 1955The Girl in the Red Velvet Swing — Delphin Delmas
• 1954The Miami Story — Tony Brill
• General Electric Theater — Torvald Helmer, Warner Johnson
• The Motorola Television Hour — General Fox
• 1953The Tall Texan — Joshua Tinnen
• 1952Hoodlum Empire — Nicholas 'Nick' Mancani
• 1951M — Dan Langley
• 1951The Desert Fox: The Story of Rommel — Adolf Hitler
• 1951The Magic Face — Rudi Janus / Janus the Great / Adolf Hitler
• 1950Kiss Tomorrow Goodbye — Keith 'Cherokee' Mandon
• Robert Montgomery Presents
• 1950South Sea Sinner — Cognac
• 1950Under My Skin — Louis Bork
• 1949D.O.A. — Majak
• 1949House of Strangers — Joe Monetti
• Studio One — Joe Rundle
• 1948The Loves of Carmen — Dancaire
• 1948Wake of the Red Witch — Mayrant Ruysdaal Sidneye
• 1947Saigon — Lieutenant Keon
• 1945Cornered — Marcel Jarnac
• 1937Lancer Spy — Schratt

Appearances as themselves (1)

• 1971Paradise Lost — Self - Host