Ned Glass

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Polish-American actor (1906-1984)

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nameNed Glass
imageNed Glass in Charade.jpg
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birth_nameNusyn Glass
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birth_placeRadom, Congress Poland, Russian Empire
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death_placeEncino, California, U.S.
occupationActor
years_active1931–1982
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* {{marriageKitty McHugh
* {{marriageJean (or Jhean) Burton
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Nusyn "Ned" Glass (April 1, 1906 – June 15, 1984) was a Polish-born American character actor who appeared in more than eighty films and on television more than one hundred times, frequently playing nervous, cowardly, or deceitful characters. Notable roles he portrayed included Doc in West Side Story (1961) and Gideon in Charade (1963). Short and bald, with a slight hunch to his shoulders, he had a nasal voice and a pronounced New York City accent. He also played a stage coach driver in Season 1, episode 1 of the TV series “Bonanza.”

Early life

Glass was born in Radom, Congress Poland, Russian Empire, to a Jewish family. He emigrated to the United States at an early age and grew up in New York City. He attended City College.

Career

Glass worked in vaudeville, He continued to act and direct on Broadway until 1936, when he was signed as a Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer contract player.

He made his first film appearance in 1937 with an uncredited role in True Confession, and his first credited film appearance came in two episodes of the serial Dick Tracy Returns (1938). Beginning in 1937, Glass worked regularly in films, helped by friends such as producer John Houseman. He was a frequent member of Columbia Pictures' short subjects department roster, and a favorite of directors Jules White and Del Lord. White prominently featured Glass in The Three Stooges' 1940 short Nutty But Nice and costarred him with Buster Keaton in the 1939 short Mooching Through Georgia. A Toluca Lake neighbor friend of Moe Howard of The Three Stooges, which inspired the myth that Moe arranged for Glass to have parts in Stooges' films; actually, Howard had little to no input into casting. Glass also appeared in other Three Stooges shorts Three Little Sew and Sews (1939), From Nurse to Worse (1940), You Nazty Spy! (1940) and I'll Never Heil Again (1941). He did not appear in any films released between 1942 and 1947, possibly because of military service, but he generally worked in a handful of films almost every year thereafter, playing small roles and bit parts, including additional Three Stooges shorts Hokus Pokus (1949), Three Hams on Rye (1950) and Flagpole Jitters (1956). He was reportedly briefly blacklisted, during which time he found work as a carpenter. Glass appeared uncredited in the 1952 film The Bad and the Beautiful as the costumer for The Doom of the Cat Men, a film within a film. He played a railroad ticket agent in Alfred Hitchcock's North by Northwest (1959). Highlights of Glass's film career include playing Doc, the drugstore owner, in West Side Story (1961), Popcorn in Blake Edwards's thriller Experiment in Terror (1962), and bad guy Leopold W. Gideon in Stanley Donen's Charade (1963). Other film appearances included the Elvis Presley film Kid Galahad (1962), Who's Got the Action? (1962), Papa's Delicate Condition (1963), Blindfold (1965), A Big Hand for the Little Lady (1966), The Fortune Cookie (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 the TV movie Goldie and the Boxer (1979). His final film appearance was in the low-budget comedy Street Music (1981).

Glass began showing up on television in 1952, when he was cast on an episode of The Red Skelton Show. He later was frequently seen on CBS in Jackie Gleason's The Honeymooners sketches. He played Sol Cooper on the Diahann Carroll vehicle Julia from 1968 to 1971, and was nominated in 1969 for an Emmy Award for his performance in the "A Little Chicken Soup Never Hurt Anybody" episode. Glass 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 the episode "Field Associate" and also in 1975, in the episode "You Dirty Rat", as Mr. Sam Becker, the exterminator, from Becker & Sons. His final TV appearance was as a pickpocket on Cagney & Lacey in 1982.

Personal life

Glass was married to actress Kitty McHugh, sister of character actor Frank McHugh and bit player Matt McHugh. Kitty committed suicide on 3 September 1954. Glass later married actress Jean (also known as Jhean) Burton, but that marriage ended in divorce.

Death

Glass died in Encino Hospital in Encino, California, on 15 June 1984 at the age of 78, after a long illness.

Partial Filmography

References

References

  1. Blog, Movie Movie Blog. (Nov 12, 2015). "Ned Glass (1906-1984) – More than just an actor".
  2. [http://www.allmovie.com/cg/avg.dll?p=avg&sql=2:27183 Ned Glass] at [[AllMovie]]
  3. [https://web.archive.org/web/20110818040029/http://www.tcm.com/tcmdb/person/72084%7C116527/Ned-Glass/
  4. "''Counsellor-at-Law''". [[Internet Broadway Database]].
  5. {{IBDB name. 23331
  6. "Ned Glass".
  7. (June 25, 1984). "Ned Glass, an Actor, Dies". [[The New York Times]].

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