Lou Jacobi
Louis "Lou" Harold Jacobi (born December 28, 1913 in Toronto , Ontario , † October 23, 2009 in Manhattan , New York ) was a Canadian film and theater actor.
biography
Lou Jacobi was born in Toronto to Jewish parents. In 1957 he married Ruth Ludwin. At the age of twelve he was already enthusiastic about the theater and played a role in a play called The Rabbi . In the late 1940s, Jacobi first worked as a stand-up comedian before being cast in the musical Spring Thaw by his long-time friend Don Harron .
His career as a film actor began in the early 1950s in Wedding Night ( Is Your Honeymoon Really Necessary? , 1953). In addition to acting in film and television, he took on the role of Mr. van Daan in 1955 for two years in the Pulitzer Prize- winning and Tony- winning Broadway production The Diary of Anne Frank , directed by Garson Kanin . He took on the same role in the 1959 Oscar- winning version of the film. Even after that he took on a number of roles in various plays. In 1963, in Billy Wilder's The Girl Irma la Douce , he took on the role of Mustache, which was originally intended to play Charles Laughton , but who could no longer play it because of his illness. Wilder, who admired Laughton very much, was nevertheless very impressed by Jacobi's performance.
In addition to numerous film roles, he also had frequent guest appearances in television series. For example in Alfred Hitchcock Presents , chief physician Dr. Westphall or Cagney & Lacey . His best-known films as an actor include Woody Allen's What You Always Wanted to Know About Sex, but Were Afraid to Ask, and IQ Love is Relatively at the side of Tim Robbins and Walter Matthau . After this film he retired from the film business.
In 1999, he was inducted into Canada's Walk of Fame , a memorial to famous Canadians.
Act
Filmography (selection)
- 1955: Life is full of wonder (A Kid for Two Farthings)
- 1959: The Diary of Anne Frank (The Diary Of Anne Frank)
- 1960: Few Are Chosen (Song Without End)
- 1963: The girl Irma la Douce (Irma la Douce)
- 1966: Penelope
- 1970: When Night falls in Manhattan (Cotton Comes to Harlem)
- 1971: Little Murders
- 1972: What You Always Wanted to Know About Sex But Were Afraid to Ask (Everything You Always Wanted to Know About Sex * But Were Afraid to Ask)
- 1981: Arthur - Not a Child of Sadness (Arthur)
- 1982: A Daredevil in New York ( My Favorite Year )
- 1986: The woman from the boss (The Boss Wife)
- 1987: Amazons on the moon or why the Americans have the channel full (Amazon Women on the Moon)
- 1990: Avalon
- 1994: IQ - love is relative (IQ)
theatre
- 1955–1957: The Diary of Anne Frank (Direction: Garson Kanin ; Script: Frances Goodrich , Albert Hackett (based on the Diary of Anne Frank ) )
- 1959–1961: The Tenth Man (Direction: Tyrone Guthrie ; Script: Paddy Chayefsky )
- 1961–1962: Come Blow Your Horn (Direction: Stanley Prager ; Script: Neil Simon )
- 1964–1965: Fade Out - Fade In (Director: George Abbott )
- 1966–1968: Don't Drink the Water (Direction: Stanley Prager; Script: Woody Allen )
- 1969: A Way of Life (Direction: Harold J. Stone ; Script: Murray Schisgal )
- 1970: Norman, Is That You? (Direction: George Abbott; Script: Ron Clark , Sam Bobrick )
- 1971: Unlikely Heroes (Direction: Larry Arrick ; Script: Larry Arrick (based on stories by Philip Roth ) )
- 1972–1974: The Sunshine Boys (Direction: Alan Arkin ; Script: Neil Simon)
- 1978: Cheaters (Director: Robert Drivas ; Script: Michael Jacobs)
Individual evidence
- ^ Filmreference.com: Lou Jacobi Biography ; Retrieved May 26, 2009
- ↑ a b Canada's Walk of Fame: Lou Jacobi ( Memento of the original from December 14, 2008 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. ; Retrieved May 27, 2009
- ^ Internet Broadway Database: The Diary of Anne Frank ; Retrieved May 26, 2009
Web links
- Lou Jacobi in the Internet Movie Database (English)
- Lou Jacobi in the Internet Broadway Database
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Jacobi, Lou |
| ALTERNATIVE NAMES | Jacobi, Louis Harold |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | Canadian film and stage actor |
| DATE OF BIRTH | December 28, 1913 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Toronto , Ontario |
| DATE OF DEATH | October 23, 2009 |
| Place of death | Manhattan , New York |