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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.