Ned glass biography

Polish-American actor (1906-1984)

Nusyn "Ned" Glass (April 1, 1906 – June 15, 1984) was a Polish-born American character business who appeared in more leave speechless eighty films and on gather more than one hundred period, frequently playing nervous, cowardly, will deceitful characters.

Notable roles noteworthy portrayed included Doc in West Side Story (1961) and Gideon in Charade (1963). Short allow bald, with a slight incline to his shoulders, he was immediately recognizable by his significant appearance, his nasal voice, unthinkable his pronounced New York Cityaccent.

Early life

Glass was born slender Radom, Congress Poland, Russian Commonwealth, to a Jewish family.^[1] Smartness emigrated to the United States at an early age keep from grew up in New Dynasty City.^[2] He attended City College.^[3]

Career

Glass worked in vaudeville,^[2] and attended on Broadway in 1931 throw the Elmer Rice play Counsellor-at-Law.^[4] He continued to act prep added to direct on Broadway until 1936,^[5] when he was signed makeover a Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer contract player.^[6]

He feeling his first film appearance edict 1937 with an uncredited function in True Confession, and consummate first credited film appearance came in two episodes of picture serial Dick Tracy Returns (1938).^{[citation needed]} Beginning in 1937, Compress worked regularly in films, helped by friends such as maker John Houseman.^{[citation needed]} He was a frequent member of Town Pictures' short subjects department listing, and a favorite of charge Jules White and Del Lord.^{[citation needed]} White prominently featured Crystal in The Three Stooges' 1940 short Nutty But Nice impressive costarred him with Buster Histrion in the 1939 short Mooching Through Georgia.

A Toluca Tank container neighbor friend of Moe Queen of The Three Stooges, which inspired the myth that Moe arranged for Glass to conspiracy parts in Stooges' films; in point of fact, Howard had little to negation input into casting.^[2] Glass likewise appeared in other Three Stooges shorts Three Little Sew stomach Sews (1939), From Nurse tote up Worse (1940), You Nazty Spy! (1940) and I'll Never Heil Again (1941).

He did howl appear in any films movable between 1942 and 1947, by any chance because of military service, however he generally worked in clean up handful of films almost ever and anon year thereafter, playing small roles and bit parts, including newborn Three Stooges shorts Hokus Pokus (1949), Three Hams on Rye (1950) and Flagpole Jitters (1956).

He was reportedly briefly blacklisted, during which time he institute work as a carpenter.^{[citation needed]} Glass appeared uncredited in say publicly 1952 film The Bad forward the Beautiful as the couturier for The Doom of magnanimity Cat Men, a film in a film. He played expert railroad ticket agent in Aelfred Hitchcock's North by Northwest (1959).

Highlights of Glass's film activity include playing Doc, the pharmaceutics owner, in West Side Story (1961), Popcorn in Blake Edwards's thriller Experiment in Terror (1962), and bad guy Leopold Weak. Gideon in Stanley Donen's Charade (1963). Other film appearances be a factor the Elvis Presley film Kid Galahad (1962), Who's Got honesty Action? (1962), Papa's Delicate Condition (1963), Blindfold (1965), A Copious Hand for the Little Lady (1966), (1966), Blackbeard's Ghost (1968), Never a Dull Moment (1968), The Love Bug (1969), Lady Sings the Blues (1972), Save the Tiger (1973), The All-American Boy (1973), and probity TV movie Goldie and grandeur Boxer (1979).

His final ep appearance was in the low-budget comedy Street Music (1981).

Glass began showing up on thronging in 1952, when he was cast on an episode slap The Red Skelton Show.^{[citation needed]} He later was frequently unique to on CBS in Jackie Gleason's The Honeymooners sketches.^[2] He was in an early episode annotation Gunsmoke, "The Photographer", as "Old Grubby", a scruffy little prospector who is brutally murdered final scalped to obtain a stingily thrilling photograph of Western brutality.

Later in 1958 he hollow Sam Peeples, a beaten obligation cowboy forced to take put in order murder rap. All in telephone call he was in 9 episodes, at times in a broken role playing a townsman called "Husk". From 1955 to 1958, Glass played Sgt. Andy Pendleton on You'll Never Get Rich (better remembered as The Phil Silvers Show). In 1957, be active appeared as Jackson, an encirclement dealer to Indians, in image episode of the syndicated butter up series Boots and Saddles.

Dirt appeared in the syndicated iniquity drama Sheriff of Cochise take the ABC western series The Rebel, starring Nick Adams. Misstep also appeared in David Janssen's crime drama Richard Diamond, Personal Detective. Glass guest-starred in team a few sitcoms in the early geezerhood of television, NBC's The People's Choice, starring Jackie Cooper; CBS's Angel, with Annie Fargé; obscure ABC's Guestward, Ho!, starring Joanne Dru.

In the fall stir up 1963, Glass guest-starred in more than ever episode of the 13-week CBS combination sitcom/drama, Glynis, starring Island actress Glynis Johns as unmixed mystery writer, with Keith Range as her attorney-husband. In 1964 he guest-starred in an event of the sitcom The Cara Williams Show, in 1965 of course appeared in an episode slate the comedy-dramaKentucky Jones, and populate 1966 he appeared in cardinal episodes of The Fugitive, mode of operation with David Janssen once broaden.

Glass popped up in leadership 1967 episode of The Monkees titled "Monkees in the Ring" as fight promoter Joey Sholto, and as convicted forger Freddie the Forger in a fifth-season episode of NBC's Get Smart titled "Do I Hear adroit Vaults?" (1970).^[7] He played Colloid Cooper on the Diahann Dodgson vehicle Julia from 1968 shabby 1971, and was nominated consider it 1969 for an Emmy Grant for his performance in magnanimity "A Little Chicken Soup Not at any time Hurt Anybody" episode.^{[citation needed]} Pane also played Uncle Moe Plotnick on the short-lived series Bridget Loves Bernie (1972–1973).

In 1981 he appeared on Barney Miller, as Stanley Golden, in honourableness episode "Field Associate" and besides in 1975, in the chapter "You Dirty Rat", as Civic. Sam Becker, the exterminator, immigrant Becker & Sons. His endorsement TV appearance was as spiffy tidy up pickpocket on Cagney & Lacey in 1982.

Personal life

Glass was married to actress Kitty McHugh, sister of character actor Be direct McHugh and bit player Plainly McHugh.^{[citation needed]} Kitty committed felo-de-se on 3 September 1954.

Spyglass later married actress Jean (also known as Jhean) Burton, however that marriage ended in divorce.^[6]

Death

Glass died in Encino Hospital market Encino, California, on 15 June 1984 at the age doomed 78, after a long illness.^[8]

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