Tenen Holtz
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Tenen Holtz | |
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| Born | Elihu Tenenholtz February 17, 1887 Imperial Russia |
| Died | July 1, 1971 (aged 84) |
| Occupation | Actor |
| Years active | 1926-1961 |
Tenen Holtz (born Elihu Tenenholtz; February 17, 1887 – July 1, 1971) was an American actor. He appeared in nearly 60 films between 1926 and 1961.
Biography[]
Holtz was born in Volhynia, Imperial Russia, and came to the United States at ten years of age. His first appearance in amateur Yiddish theatre plays occurred in 1903 in the staged readings of the works of Yiddish author Sholom Aleichem. His final television appearance was as murder victim Otto Joseph in the 1964 Perry Mason episode, "The Case of the Arrogant Arsonist". He died in Los Angeles County, California in 1971, aged 84.
Selected filmography[]
- Upstage (1926)
- Exit Smiling (1926)
- The Demi-Bride (1927)
- Frisco Sally Levy (1927)
- The Trail of '98 (1928)
- Detectives (1928)
- The Cardboard Lover (1928)
- Old Gray Hoss (1928)
- Bringing Up Father (1928)
- Noisy Noises (1929)
- The Duke Steps Out (1929)
- House of Horror (1929)
- Three Live Ghosts (1929)
- Lilies of the Field (1930)
- The Melody Man (1930)
- The Woman Racket (1930)
- Caught Cheating (1931)
- Three Girls Lost (1931)
- Faithless (1932)
- Whistling in the Dark (1933)
- Money Means Nothing (1934)
- British Agent (1934)
- Cipher Bureau (1938)
External links[]
- Tenen Holtz at IMDb
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- 1877 births
- 1971 deaths
- American male film actors
- American male silent film actors
- Jewish American male actors
- Emigrants from the Russian Empire to the United States
- 20th-century American male actors
- American film actor, 1870s birth stubs