Tenen Holtz
演员
45
电影
4
电视节目
Elihu "Elye" Tenenholtz was born in the Russian hamlet of Azran, near the city of Rovne, in 1887 and came to the US at the age of ten. His first appearance in amateur Yiddish theatricals occurred in 1903, in staged readings of the works of Yiddish author Sholom Aleichem, the first person to do that. He augmented his theater appearances by writing for and editing a Yiddish satirical magazine under the pen-name "Moishe McCarthy". In 1916 he made the leap to the professional Yiddish stage and, befriended by the great doyenne Bessie Thomashevsky, helped her pen her memoirs, the first publication documenting a Yiddish actor's life. By 1920 he was appearing on both the Yiddish art stage with Maurice Schwartz and on Broadway, quickly rising to the top leadership of the Hebrew Actors' Union, the first arts union in America. In 1925 he co-founded a theater company with Celia Adler, half-sister of Luther Adler and "Method" teacher Stella Adler. In 1926 he was summoned to Hollywood and given a five-year contract at MGM. Like most Jewish actors, when he arrived in Hollywood he changed his name (choosing to bifurcate it into "Tenen Holtz"). During that time he regularly appeared in films alongside such stars as Greta Garbo, Norma Shearer, Joan Crawford, Jean Harlow and Marion Davies and under directors like King Vidor and Victor Fleming. This period would prove to be Tenenholtz's most prolific and would account for the majority of the 50+ films in which he would appear.
While in Hollywood he helped jump start its fledgling Yiddish theater, founding a popular Yiddish theater company that included other transplanted Yiddish actors including Muni Weisenfreund (aka Paul Muni, father and son Rudolph Schildkraut and Joseph Schildkraut. When his contract at MGM ended, he moved over to Warner Brothers where he made films with Leslie Howard under the direction of Michael Curtiz. By the late 1930s the only calls he got were from Poverty Row studios, so Tenenholtz moved to nearby Monrovia and opened a chicken ranch. Though he would occasionally go back in front of the camera, he retired from film. By the time TV emerged, he landed a few roles on shows such as Perry Mason (1957) and Alfred Hitchcock Presents (1955). He died in 1971.
作为演员/演员
佩里·梅森
Mr. Gilfain
彼得·古恩
阿尔弗雷德·希区柯克呈现
Sol Dankers
芭芭拉·斯坦威克秀
Bronsky
八点吃晚饭
Butler (uncredited)
展示人物
选角总监
重磅炸弹
White - Lola's Agent (uncredited)
英国代理
列宁
没有什么神圣的
Tearful Waiter (uncredited)
酋长
Bald Henchman at Cabin
微笑退出
Tod Powell
98年的足迹
Mr. Bulkey
百老汇到好莱坞
Booking Agent
Laughing Sinners
Poker-Playing Salesman
Crimen Internacional
Starkhov
新婚套房
火车站酒店跑步者
The Ol' Gray Hoss
Man with Sooty on Face
好莱坞之谜
Benjamin Vogel
大执行官
当铺
黑暗中吹口哨
赫尔曼
奉献精神
服务员
The Duke Steps Out
Jake, Duke's manager
伊甸园
巴黎宫服务员领班(演员表未列出)
The Notorious Sophie Lang
旁观者(未列出)
不忠
Diner Proprietor
密码局
Simon Herrick
Hard to Handle
Tailor (uncredited)
Mutiny on the Blackhawk
后台
萨姆·戴维斯
Gentleman's Fate
托尼