Luther Adler Overview:

Character actor, Luther Adler, was born Lutha Adler on May 4, 1903 in New York City, NY. Adler appeared in over 60 film and TV roles. His best known films include Kiss Tomorrow Goodbye, D.O.A., M, and The Last Angry Man. Adler died at the age of 81 on Dec 8, 1984 in Kutztown, PA and was laid to rest in New Mount Carmel Cemetery in Glendale, NY.

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A distinguished stage actor, Luther Adler, hailed from a famous acting family. His squat build, olive complexion and heavy-jowled features consigned him mainly to roles as oily villains and kings of the underworld. His film appearances were surprisingly few, although he did crop up on TV's Hawaii Five-O in the 1970s with another of his unctuous crime czars. His second marriage was to actress Sylvia Sidney from 1938 to 1946. He played Hitler twice.

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Luther Adler Quotes:

Louis Bork: A double-cross has its price.


Louis Bork: A wise boy like you should know I'm not kidding when I say I think I'm gonna kill you, Danny, just as sure as you're sitting there pretending you're not scared. I'd do it now like that
[Snapping his fingers]
Louis Bork: without a thought except I want my money first. I'm funny that way.


Adolf Hitler: Where's Goering?
Staff Member: He's on his way.
Adolf Hitler: Well, when you are fat you don't move so fast.
[laughter]


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He has an entry in Jean Tulard's 'Dictionnaire du Cinéma/Les Acteurs' published in Paris in 2007 by Robert Laffont/Bouquins (pg. 12).

May be the only Jewish actor to have played Adolf Hitler three times - in The Desert Fox, The Magic Face and The Twilight Zone.

When his older sister Stella Adler went to Hollywood and signed with Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer, the studio changed her name to Stella Ardler. Luther, whose acting career was primarily on the stage, asked her why M.G.M. hadn't changed her name to Beverly Wilshire.

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