Ned Glass
Biography
Ned Glass was a Polish-born character actor who spent decades playing nervous, cowardly or shifty types in over eighty movies and about a hundred television parts. Born in Radom, he grew up in New York City, worked in vaudeville and reached Broadway in 1931 in Elmer Rice's Counsellor-at-Law, acting and directing there until Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer signed him in 1936. His screen debut came in 1937, uncredited, in True Confession, and he was later a regular in Columbia shorts and Three Stooges comedies. His parts included a railroad ticket agent in North by Northwest (1959), the drugstore owner Doc in West Side Story (1961) and Leopold W. Gideon in Charade (1963). Other films included Kid Galahad (1962), The Fortune Cookie (1966), Blackbeard's Ghost (1968), The Love Bug (1968), Lady Sings the Blues (1972) and Save the Tiger (1973). On television he played Sgt. Andy Pendleton on The Phil Silvers Show and Sol Cooper on Julia, earning an Emmy nomination in 1969.
78years old at death
- Born Radom
- Died Encino
- Star sign: AriesThe sign runs March 21 to April 19
Movie Career
- Films
- 18
- Career span
- 23 years1950 to 1973
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First role
Glass worked in vaudeville before appearing on Broadway in 1931 in the Elmer Rice play Counsellor-at-Law, and he acted and directed on Broadway until 1936.
Ned Glass movies on Netflix
Best known for
The films on Netflix they are best known for, with the part played in each.
Most often with
Robert Stevenson directed two of these films, Daniel Mann two. Walter Matthau appears in three of them, more than any other actor. Pick a number on the chart or a name in the list to see the films they share.
Films together
Walter Matthau's page
Cary Grant's page
Jack Lemmon's page
Douglas Fowley's page
Dean Jones's page
Les Tremayne's page
Robert StevensonDirector, 2 films, 1968
All films by Robert Stevenson
Daniel MannDirector, 2 films, 1953 to 1962
All films by Daniel Mann
Also two films together8 more actors
- Mae ClarkeA Big Hand for the Little Lady (1966) and Callaway Went Thataway (1951)
- Terry MooreCome Back, Little Sheba (1953) and He's a Cockeyed Wonder (1950)
- Milton SelzerLady Sings the Blues (1972) and A Big Hand for the Little Lady (1966)
- Philip OberNorth by Northwest (1959) and Come Back, Little Sheba (1953)
- Paul FordA Big Hand for the Little Lady (1966) and Who's Got the Action? (1962)
- John IndrisanoWho's Got the Action? (1962) and Callaway Went Thataway (1951)
- James T. CallahanLady Sings the Blues (1972) and Experiment in Terror (1962)
- Gil LambBlackbeard's Ghost (1968) and The Love Bug (1968)
When several people share the same number of films, the ones with the most films on Netflix are in the chart.
Box office
What Ned Glass's films earned in cinemas worldwide.
Combined worldwide box office
$155 million
9 of the 18 films have a worldwide figure.
Of the 18 films: 9 worldwide figure; 1 us gross only; 8 figure not found.
- 9Worldwide figure
- 1US gross only
- 8Figure not found
Highest grossing
The eight biggest films earned 99% of the total. The bars are drawn to scale.
- 1$51M33.0% of the total
- 2$44M28.2% of the total
- 3$20M12.7% of the total
- 4$13M8.7% of the total
- 5$13M8.6% of the total
- 6$6.8M4.4% of the total
- 7$3.0M1.9% of the total
- 8$2.5M1.6% of the total
$1.4 millionfrom the other 1 film with a worldwide figure, 1% of the total
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Official profiles and reference pages.