Luther Adler Biography (1903-1984)

Born Lutha Adler, May 4, 1903, in New York City; died December 8, 1984, in Kutztown, PA; son of Jacob and Sarah (Lewis) Adler; married Sylvia Sidney (divorced); married Julia Roche; children: one son.

Nationality
American
Gender
Male
Birth Details
May 4, 1903
New York, New York, United States
Death Details
December 8, 1984
Kutztown, Pennsylvania, United States

Famous Works

  • Credits
  • STAGE DEBUT--Schmendrick, Thalia, NY, 1908.
  • Credits; PRINCIPAL STAGE APPEARANCES
  • Joe and Samuel Elkas, The Hand of the Potter, Provincetown, NY, 1921.
  • Leon Kantor, Humoresque, Vanderbilt, NY, 1923.
  • Zizi, The Monkey Talks, Sam H. Harris, NY, 1925.
  • Sam Madorsky, Money Business, National, NY, 1926.
  • Phil Levine, We Americans, Sam H. Harris, NY, 1926.
  • Old Man, John, Klaw, 1927.
  • The Music Master, 1927.
  • Is Zat So?, NY, 1927.
  • Give and Take, 1927.
  • Sam, Street Scene, Playhouse, NY, 1929.
  • Piotr, Red Rust, Martin Beck, NY, 1929.
  • Don Fernando, Night Over Taos, 48th Street, NY, 1932.
  • Sol Ginsberg, Success Story, Maxine Elliott, NY, 1932.
  • Julian Vardaman, Alien Corn, Belasco, NY, 1933.
  • Dr. Gordon, Men in White, Broadhurst, NY, 1933.
  • Emperor Norton and Tang Sing, Gold Eagle Guy, Morosco, NY, 1934.
  • Moe Axelrod, Awake and Sing, Belasco, NY, 1935.
  • Marcus Katz, Paradise Lost, Longacre, NY, 1935.
  • Doctor, The Case of Clyde Griffiths, Barrymore, NY, 1936.
  • Joe Bonaparte, Golden Boy, Belasco, NY, 1937.
  • Mr. Prince, Rocket to the Moon, Belasco, NY, 1938.
  • Chatterton, Thunder Rock, Mansfield, NY, 1939.
  • Lawrence Ormont, Two on an Island, Broadhurst, NY, 1940.
  • Golba, The Russian People, Guild, NY, 1942.
  • Mr. Rochester, Jane Eyre, 1943.
  • Harry, Uncle Harry, Chicago, 1944.
  • Captain Angelini, Common Ground, Fulton, NY, 1945.
  • Noll Turner, Beggars Are Coming to Town, Coronet, NY, 1945.
  • Miguel Riachi, Dunnigan's Daughter, Golden, NY, 1945.
  • Tevya, A Flag Is Born, Music Box, NY, 1946.
  • Commissar Corotchenko, Tovarich, City Center, NY, 1952.
  • The Play's the Thing, Boston, 1952.
  • Shylock, The Merchant of Venice, City Center, NY, 1953.
  • Shpichelsky, A Month in the Country, Phoenix, NY, 1956.
  • Casale, A Very Special Baby, Playhouse, NY, 1956.
  • A View from the Bridge, 1960.
  • Lenin, The Passion of Josepf D, Barrymore, NY, 1964.
  • Chebutykin, The Three Sisters, Morosco, NY, 1964.
  • Tevye, Fiddler on the Roof, Imperial, NY, 1965.
  • The Tenth Man, 1966.
  • General St. Pe, Waltz of the Toreadors, Ivanhoe, Chicago, 1969.
  • Gregory Solomon, The Price, Theatre on the Mall, Paramus, NJ, 1970.
  • FILM DEBUT--Cornered, 1945.
  • Credits; PRINCIPAL FILM APPEARANCES
  • Saigon, 1948.
  • The Loves of Carmen, 1948.
  • House of Strangers, 1949.
  • D.O.A., 1949.
  • South Sea Sinner, 1950.
  • Under My Skin, 1950.
  • Kiss Tomorrow Goodbye, 1950.
  • M, 1951.
  • Hoodlum Empire, 1952.
  • The Miami Story, 1954.
  • Crashout, 1955.
  • The Girl in the Red Velvet Swing, 1955.
  • Hot Blood, Columbia, 1956.
  • The Last Angry Man, Columbia, 1959.
  • Cast a Giant Shadow, United Artists, 1966.
  • The Brotherhood, Paramount, 1968.
  • Crazy Joe, Columbia, 1974.
  • Murph the Surf, American International, 1975.
  • The Man in the Glass Booth, 1975.
  • Voyage of the Damned, Avco-Embassy, 1976.