- Known For
- Acting
- Born
- February 17, 1887
- Place of Birth
- Volin - Russia
- Died
- July 1, 1971
Tenen Holtz
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…
Filmography
tvThe Barbara Stanwyck Show
1960 · Bronsky
tvPeter Gunn
1958
tvPerry Mason
1957 · Mr. Gilfain, Otto Joseph
tvAlfred Hitchcock Presents
1955 · Sol Dankers
movieHenry Goes Arizona
1939 · Boris - a Ranch Hand (uncredited)
movieMutiny on the Blackhawk
1939
movieBridal Suite
1939 · Hotel Runner at Train Station
movieLet Freedom Ring
1939 · Hunky (uncredited)
movieCipher Bureau
1938 · Simon Herrick
movieInternational Crime
1938 · Starkhov
movieNothing Sacred
1937 · Tearful Waiter (uncredited)
movieBritish Agent
1934 · Lenin
movieThe Notorious Sophie Lang
1934 · Bystander (uncredited)
movieHollywood Mystery
1934 · Benjamin Vogel
movieMoney Means Nothing
1934 · Mr. Silverman
movieDinner at Eight
1933 · Butler (uncredited)
movieThe Chief
1933 · Bald Henchman at Cabin
movieBig Executive
1933 · Pawnbroker
movieBombshell
1933 · White - Lola's Agent (uncredited)
movieBroadway to Hollywood
1933 · Booking Agent
movieHard to Handle
1933 · Tailor (uncredited)
movieWhistling in the Dark
1933 · Herman
movieFaithless
1932 · Diner Proprietor
movieCock of the Air
1932 · Tall Waiter
movieDevotion
1931 · Waiter
movieSporting Blood
1931 · Gus, Bald Gambling Mobster (uncredited)
movieLaughing Sinners
1931 · Poker-Playing Salesman
movieGentleman's Fate
1931 · Tony
movieAll Teed Up
1930 · Senator Brown
movieWhispering Whoopee
1930 · Mr. Holtz
movieThe Kibitzer
1930 · Meyer
movieLilies of the Field
1930 · Paymaster
movieHouse of Horror
1929 · Brown
movieThe Duke Steps Out
1929 · Jake, Duke's manager
movieShow People
1928 · Casting Director
movieThe Ol' Gray Hoss
1928 · Man with Sooty on Face
movieThe Cardboard Lover
1928 · Albine
movieDetectives
1928 · Orloff
movieThe Trail of '98
1928 · Mr. Bulkey
movieBringing Up Father
1928 · Ginsberg Feitelbaum
movieThe Garden of Eden
1928 · Headwaiter at Palais de Paris (uncredited)
movieThe Latest from Paris
1928 · Abe Littauer
movieThe Law of the Range
1928 · Cohen
movieFrisco Sally Levy
1927 · Isaac Solomon Lapidowitz
movieLong Pants
1927 · Minor Role (uncredited)
movieThe Demi-Bride
1927 · Gaston
movieUpstage
1926 · Sam Davis
movieExit Smiling
1926 · Tod Powell
movieSalome of the Tenements
1925 · Banker Ben (as Elihu Tenenholz)