Luther Adler
Biography
Luther Adler was an American actor and theater director from a New York acting family, the son of Yiddish theater performers and the brother of Stella Adler. He first acted as a child in the Yiddish play Schmendrick in 1908, and by the late 1920s had appeared on Broadway in plays such as Humoresque and Street Scene. In 1931 he joined the Group Theater as an original member, and Elia Kazan considered him the company's finest actor; he won rave reviews for Success Story in 1932. His screen work included D.O.A. (1949), House of Strangers (1949), Wake of the Red Witch (1948), Cornered (1945), the Rommel film The Desert Fox: The Story of Rommel, and M (1951). His later films were Absence of Malice (1981) and Voyage of the Damned (1976). He also directed for the stage and took over the role of Tevye in Fiddler on the Roof in 1965.
81years old at death
- Born New York City
- Died Kutztown
- Star sign: TaurusThe sign runs April 20 to May 20
Movie Career
- Films
- 17
- Career span
- 36 years1945 to 1981
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Behind the camera
Adler started directing in the early 1940s. His first production, They Should Have Stood in Bed, lasted just 11 performances in 1942, while his next, A Flag Is Born, ran 120 performances in 1946 with newcomer Marlon Brando in a major role.
Luther Adler movies on Netflix
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- Eduard FranzThe Desert Fox: The Story of Rommel (1951) and Wake of the Red Witch (1948)
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