Highest rated movie: Sweet Smell of Success (1957)
Lowest rated movie: Grave of the Vampire (1972)
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Movies starring Jay Adler have generally received positive reviews and hold an average score of 63%.
Sweet Smell of Success - released in 1957 - is Jay Adler's highest rated movie, with a score of 83% based on 341 reviews.
The lowest rated film from Jay Adler is Grave of the Vampire - released in 1972 - with a score of 40% based on 11 reviews.
Jay Adler (September 26, 1896 – September 23, 1978) was an American actor in theater, television, and film.
Born in New York City, he was the eldest son of actors Jacob and Sarah Adler, and the brother of five actor siblings, including stage actor Luther and drama coach Stella. The Adlers were a Jewish-American acting dynasty in New York City's Yiddish Theater District and they played a significant role in theater from the late 19th century to the 1950s. Stella Adler became the most influential member of their family. During a long acting career of minor character roles, Jay Adler appeared in more than 40 films and 37 television series between 1938 and 1976. He appeared in The Big Combo (1955), Stanley Kubrick's The Killing (1956) and Jerry Lewis' The Family Jewels (1965). In 1961, Adler appeared both in the episode "The Lady and the Lawyer" of the television series The Asphalt Jungle and in The Lawbreakers, a theatrical film version of the episode. Jay Adler died at age 81 in Woodland Hills, California and was buried in the Mount Carmel Cemetery, Glendale, New York.
Jay Adler has acted in films with Bess Flowers, Franklyn Farnum, Arthur Tovey and William H. O'Brien.
Jay Adler has worked with these film directors: Vincente Minnelli, Richard Brooks, Robert Parrish and Phil Karlson.
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