Baruch Lumet
Born(1898-09-16)September 16, 1898
Warsaw, Congress Poland, Russian Empire
DiedFebruary 8, 1992(1992-02-08) (aged 93)
Years active1939–1980
SpouseEugenia Wermus
Children2, including Sidney
RelativesJenny Lumet (granddaughter)
Jake Cannavale (great-grandson)

Baruch Lumet (Burech Lumet;[1] 16 September 1898 – 8 February 1992) was an American actor best known for his work in the Yiddish theatre.

Early life

Lumet was born in Warsaw, then part of Congress Poland, to a Yiddish-speaking Jewish family.[2][3] He immigrated to the United States from Poland with his wife Eugenia Gitl Lumet (née Wermus) and daughter Felicia (1920–1980) in 1922, where his son, film director Sidney Lumet (1924–2011), was born.

Career

Although he appeared with his son in the film ...One Third of a Nation... in 1939, the elder Lumet made few film appearances, though he played character roles in two of Sidney's films from the 1960s, The Pawnbroker (1964) and The Group (1966). He also appeared in Woody Allen's comedy Everything You Always Wanted to Know About Sex but Were Afraid to Ask, improbably cast as an elderly rabbi with a bondage fetish.

From 1953 to 1960, Lumet was the director of the Dallas Institute of Performing Arts and the Knox Street Theater in Dallas.[4] Among his students were Jayne Mansfield and Tobe Hooper.

Filmography

Year Title Role Notes
1939 ...One Third of a Nation... Mr. Rosen
1950 Cody of the Pony Express Frenchy Serial, Uncredited
1959 The Killer Shrews Dr. Marlowe Craigis
1961 Alfred Hitchcock Presents Concertina Player Season 6 Episode 14: "The Changing Heart"
1961 Alfred Hitchcock Presents Man on Stairs Season 6 Episode 18: "The Greatest Monster of Them All"
1962 Hemingway's Adventures of a Young Man Morris Uncredited
1962 The Interns Byrd Uncredited
1964 The Pawnbroker Mendel
1966 The Group Mr. Schneider
1972 Everything You Always Wanted to Know About Sex but Were Afraid to Ask Rabbi Baumel
1975 The Wild Party Tailor

Sources

References

  1. ^ Immigration documents on Burech and Eugenia Gitl Lumet
  2. ^ French, Philip (April 10, 2011). "Sidney Lumet, giant of American cinema, dies at 86 | Film | The Observer". The Observer. London: Guardian Media Group. Retrieved April 10, 2011.
  3. ^ "Finding Aid for the Baruch Lumet Papers, 1955-1983". Oac.cdlib.org. 2014-12-01. Retrieved 2017-01-04.
  4. ^ Finding Aid for the Baruch Lumet Papers, 1955-1983. Online Archive of California. Retrieved 2018-10-31.

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