Luther Adler

Luther Adler

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

  • Popularity : 3.357
  • Known For : Acting
  • Birthday : 1903-05-04
  • Place of Birth : New York City, New York, USA
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Luther Adler Movies

  • 1949
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    House of Strangers

    House of Strangers

    6.9 1949 HD

    Gino Monetti is a ruthless Italian-American banker who is engaged in a number of criminal activities. Three of his four grown sons refuse to help...

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  • 1966
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    Cast a Giant Shadow

    Cast a Giant Shadow

    6.3 1966 HD

    An American Army officer is recruited by the yet to exist Israel to help them form an army. He is disturbed by this sudden appeal to his Jewish...

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  • 1951
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    The Desert Fox: The Story of Rommel

    The Desert Fox: The Story of Rommel

    6.6 1951 HD

    The life and career of Erwin Rommel and his involvement in the plot to assassinate Hitler.

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  • 1952
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    Hoodlum Empire

    Hoodlum Empire

    6.1 1952 HD

    It's a deadly play for power when a Mafia chieftain's top gun goes straight and threatens to testify against the big boss and his cruel, nationwide...

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  • 1950
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    Under My Skin

    Under My Skin

    5.9 1950 HD

    Set in Paris, Under My Skin stars John Garfield as a washed-up jockey who has stolen money from a crooked gambler (Luther Adler).

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  • 1947
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    Saigon

    Saigon

    5.3 1947 HD

    After World War II Larry learns that his flying buddy Mike will only live a short time despite the efforts of the doctors. He takes on a profitable...

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  • 1955
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    Crashout

    Crashout

    6.5 1955 HD

    Convict Van Duff engineers a large-scale prison break; the six survivors hide out in a forgotten mine working near the prison, then set out on a...

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  • 1948
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    Wake of the Red Witch

    Wake of the Red Witch

    5.5 1948 HD

    Captain Ralls fights Dutch shipping magnate Mayrant Sidneye for the woman he loves, Angelique Desaix, and for a fortune in gold aboard the Red Witch.

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  • 1951
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    M

    M

    6.3 1951 HD

    Remake of the 1931 Fritz Lang original. In the city, someone is murdering children. The Police search is so intense, it is disturbing the 'normal'...

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  • 1948
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    The Loves of Carmen

    The Loves of Carmen

    6.9 1948 HD

    Gypsy Carmen drives men wild in 1820s Spain, especially the dragoon Don Jose.

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  • 1950
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    Kiss Tomorrow Goodbye

    Kiss Tomorrow Goodbye

    6.7 1950 HD

    Ralph Cotter, a ruthless criminal, escapes violently from a farm prison. Then, he seduces a dead inmate’s sister, gets back quickly into the...

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  • 1949
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    D.O.A.

    D.O.A.

    6.9 1949 HD

    Frank Bigelow is about to die, and he knows it. The accountant has been poisoned and has only 24 hours before the lethal concoction kills him....

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  • 1981
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    Absence of Malice

    Absence of Malice

    6.6 1981 HD

    Megan Carter is a reporter duped into running an untrue story on Michael Gallagher, a suspected racketeer. He has an alibi for the time his crime was...

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  • 1970
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    The Psychiatrist: God Bless the Children

    The Psychiatrist: God Bless the Children

    1 1970 HD

    A hip psychiatrist teams up with an ex-addict to combat drug addiction in a small town in this pilot for "The Psychiatrist."

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  • 1955
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    The Girl in the Red Velvet Swing

    The Girl in the Red Velvet Swing

    6.2 1955 HD

    Broadway showgirl Evelyn Nesbit (Joan Collins) is the object of affection of two men: playboy architect Stanford White (Ray Milland) and wealthy but...

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  • 1968
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    The Brotherhood

    The Brotherhood

    5.9 1968 HD

    The son of a powerful Mafia don comes home from his army service in Vietnam and wants to lead his own life, but family tradition, intrigues and...

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  • 1954
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    The Miami Story

    The Miami Story

    4.9 1954 HD

    Fed up with the raising crime in Miami, the police chief and the leading members of the city council hire a former Miami gangster, gone straight, to...

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  • 1956
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    Hot Blood

    Hot Blood

    5.3 1956 HD

    Stephen Torino, who is tricked by his brother Marco into an arranged marriage with tempestuous Annie Caldash. Annie is willing to give the union a...

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  • 1974
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    Crazy Joe

    Crazy Joe

    6 1974 HD

    The rise and fall of a Mafia gangster, based on the life of murdered New York gangster "Crazy" Joey Gallo.

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  • 1937
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    Lancer Spy

    Lancer Spy

    6 1937 HD

    An Englishman impersonates an imprisoned German officer and "returns" to Germany to become a national hero. A female German spy is assigned to check...

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  • 1968
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    The Sunshine Patriot

    The Sunshine Patriot

    6 1968 HD

    An American spy tries desperately to get out from behind the Iron Curtain with some crucial microfilm with the Communist security police close on his...

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  • 1951
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    The Magic Face

    The Magic Face

    6.8 1951 HD

    Actor becomes Hitler's valet, murders him, takes his place and ruins Nazi Germany's war efforts.

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  • 1953
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    The Tall Texan

    The Tall Texan

    5.5 1953 HD

    Groups of desperate travelers journey together throughout the Southwest and soon find trouble when they all get gold fever. The action and drama are...

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  • 1945
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    Cornered

    Cornered

    6 1945 HD

    A World War II veteran hunts down the Nazi collaborators who killed his wife.

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  • 1959
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    The Last Angry Man

    The Last Angry Man

    6.857 1959 HD

    Dr. Sam Abelman is a Jewish doctor contentedly spending his autumn years serving his own Brooklyn neighborhood. But when his nephew, would-be...

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  • 1975
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    Murph the Surf

    Murph the Surf

    1 1975 HD

    Based on a true story, details the daring 1964 theft of the J.P. Morgan jewel collection from New York's American Museum of Natural History. Called...

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  • 1975
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    Mean Johnny Barrows

    Mean Johnny Barrows

    5.4 1975 HD

    A Vietnam veteran gets caught in a mob war with a couple of double-crossers.

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  • 1971
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    Paradise Lost

    Paradise Lost

    10 1971 HD

    Playwright Clifford Odets' portrait of the Great Depression unfolds in the modest two-family home of Leo and Clara Gordon as misfortune strikes them...

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  • 1958
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    The Plot to Kill Stalin

    The Plot to Kill Stalin

    1 1958 HD

    In late 1952, an aging and increasingly paranoid Stalin puts in motion a purge against his doctors, with antisemitic overtones. His lackeys,...

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  • 1975
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    The Man in the Glass Booth

    The Man in the Glass Booth

    6 1975 HD

    Arthur Goldman is a rich Jewish industrialist, living in luxury in a Manhattan high-rise. He banters with his assistant Charlie, often shocking...

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  • 1966
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    The Three Sisters

    The Three Sisters

    1 1966 HD

    In a small Russian town at the turn of the century, three sisters and their brother live but dream daily of their return to their former home in...

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  • 1976
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    Voyage of the Damned

    Voyage of the Damned

    5.9 1976 HD

    A luxury liner carries Jewish refugees from Hitler's Germany in a desperate fight for survival.

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  • 1950
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    South Sea Sinner

    South Sea Sinner

    5 1950 HD

    A tramp steamer lands sick crewman Jake Davis on rubber-growing island Oraka, from which voluptuous, bedroom-eyed saloon singer Coral is about to be...

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  • 1958
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    77 Sunset Strip

    77 Sunset Strip

    6.7 1958 HD

    Stu Bailey and Jeff Spencer are the wisecracking, womanizing private-detective heroes of this Warner Brothers drama. They work out of an office...

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  • 1970
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    The Psychiatrist

    The Psychiatrist

    6 1970 HD

    The Psychiatrist is an American television series about a young psychiatrist with unorthodox methods of helping his patients. Roy Thinnes played the...

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  • 1968
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    Hawaii Five-O

    Hawaii Five-O

    7.1 1968 HD

    Hawaii Five-O is an American police procedural drama series produced by CBS Productions and Leonard Freeman. Set in Hawaii, the show originally aired...

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  • 1960
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    Route 66

    Route 66

    6.4 1960 HD

    Route 66 is an American TV series in which two young men traveled across America in a Chevrolet Corvette sports car. The show ran weekly on Fridays...

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  • 1972
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    The Streets of San Francisco

    The Streets of San Francisco

    6.983 1972 HD

    Two police officers, the older Lt. Stone and the young upstart Inspector Keller, investigate murders and other serious crimes in San Francisco. Stone...

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  • 1958
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    Naked City

    Naked City

    5.3 1958 HD

    Naked City is a police drama series which aired from 1958 to 1963 on the ABC television network. It was inspired by the 1948 motion picture of the...

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  • 1948
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    Studio One

    Studio One

    4.727 1948 HD

    An American radio–television anthology series, created in 1947 by Canadian director Fletcher Markle, who came to CBS from the CBC. Studio One,...

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  • 1953
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    General Electric Theater

    General Electric Theater

    6 1953 HD

    General Electric Theater is an American anthology series hosted by Ronald Reagan that was broadcast on CBS radio and television. The series was...

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  • 1966
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    Mission: Impossible

    Mission: Impossible

    7.594 1966 HD

    Mission: Impossible is an American television series that was created and initially produced by Bruce Geller. It chronicles the missions of a team of...

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  • 1960
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    The Islanders

    The Islanders

    8 1960 HD

    The Islanders is an American adventure television series which aired on ABC from 1960 to 1961, starring William Reynolds, James Philbrook, and Diane...

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  • 1959
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    The Twilight Zone

    The Twilight Zone

    8.4 1959 HD

    A series of unrelated stories containing drama, psychological thriller, fantasy, science fiction, suspense, and/or horror, often concluding with a...

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  • 1972
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    Hec Ramsey

    Hec Ramsey

    6.8 1972 HD

    Hec Ramsey is a television Western, a production of Jack Webb's production company, Mark VII Limited, in association with Universal Studios,...

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  • 1961
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    Straightaway

    Straightaway

    1 1961 HD

    Straightaway is a 26-week half-hour adventure/drama television series which aired on ABC during the 1961–1962 season – the story of two...

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  • 1961
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    Target: The Corruptors!

    Target: The Corruptors!

    3.5 1961 HD

    Target: The Corruptors! is an American crime drama series starring Stephen McNally which aired on ABC from September 29, 1961 to June 8, 1962. The...

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  • 1958
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    Westinghouse Desilu Playhouse

    Westinghouse Desilu Playhouse

    5.25 1958 HD

    Westinghouse Desilu Playhouse is an American television anthology series produced by Desilu Productions. The show ran on CBS television between 1958...

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  • 1968
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    The Name of the Game

    The Name of the Game

    6.8 1968 HD

    The Name of the Game is an American television series starring Tony Franciosa, Gene Barry, and Robert Stack that ran from 1968 to 1971 on NBC,...

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  • 1972
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    Search

    Search

    6.9 1972 HD

    Search is an American science fiction series that aired on Wednesday nights on NBC at 10 pm ET, from September 1972 to August 1973. It ran for 23...

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  • 1961
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    Ben Casey

    Ben Casey

    5.7 1961 HD

    Ben Casey is an American medical drama series which ran on ABC from 1961 to 1966. The show was known for its opening titles, which consisted of a...

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  • 1950
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    Robert Montgomery Presents

    Robert Montgomery Presents

    5.167 1950 HD

    Robert Montgomery Presents is an American dramatic television series which was produced by NBC from January 30, 1950 until June 24, 1957. The live...

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  • 1958
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    Naked City

    Naked City

    5.3 1958 HD

    Naked City is a police drama series which aired from 1958 to 1963 on the ABC television network. It was inspired by the 1948 motion picture of the...

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  • 1958
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    Naked City

    Naked City

    5.3 1958 HD

    Naked City is a police drama series which aired from 1958 to 1963 on the ABC television network. It was inspired by the 1948 motion picture of the...

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  • 1958
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    Naked City

    Naked City

    5.3 1958 HD

    Naked City is a police drama series which aired from 1958 to 1963 on the ABC television network. It was inspired by the 1948 motion picture of the...

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  • 1953
    imgS10 E34

    General Electric Theater

    General Electric Theater

    6 1953 HD

    General Electric Theater is an American anthology series hosted by Ronald Reagan that was broadcast on CBS radio and television. The series was...

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  • 1968
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    Hawaii Five-O

    Hawaii Five-O

    7.1 1968 HD

    Hawaii Five-O is an American police procedural drama series produced by CBS Productions and Leonard Freeman. Set in Hawaii, the show originally aired...

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  • 1948
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    Studio One

    Studio One

    4.727 1948 HD

    An American radio–television anthology series, created in 1947 by Canadian director Fletcher Markle, who came to CBS from the CBC. Studio One,...

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