George Tyne

Martin Yarus (February 6, 1917 – March 7, 2008), better known as George Tyne, was an American stage and film actor and television director. He was blacklisted in 1951.

Early life

Tyne was born Martin Yarus in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania to Charles and Mollie Yarus, who emigrated from Russia. Early in life he moved with his parents to Brooklyn, N.Y., where he attended James Madison High School.

Career Tyne began his acting career under the name Buddy Yarus. He used that name when appearing in the 1945 war film Objective Burma!, and in the Laurel and Hardy film The Dancing Masters (1943). As "George Tyne" he appeared in A Walk in the Sun, Sands of Iwo Jima and Thieves Highway.

Tyne also appeared on Broadway in a number of roles, including the hit 1954 play Lunatics and Lovers.

Prior to his blacklisting, Tyne's last movie role was in the 1951 war film Decision Before Dawn. During the period of his blacklisting he worked mainly as a stage actor. He appeared in supporting roles in the 1954 off-Broadway revival of Threepenny Opera, the 1954 comedy Lunatics and Lovers, and Romanoff and Juliet (1957).

Tyne's film and television career picked up in the mid-1960s. He moved to the west coast and worked as an actor in small roles and as a television director.

In his testimony, Tyne called actor Lee J. Cobb a "stool pigeon" for naming him as part of a "Communist group" in Hollywood in 1943. Tyne refused to say whether he knew Cobb, and said, "I think the privilege offered by the fifth amendment is wonderful for those who wish to take advantage of it, but I'm not standing on it." Tyne refused to identify a Communist Party card, shown to him by the committee counsel, which was made out to "Buddy" Yarus. Tyne said, "All these questions are an invasion of any personal and private ideas and associations."

In March 1957, Tyne, Seger and Sullivan were indicted by a federal grand jury in New York for refusing to answer HUAC questions during its August 1955 hearings. All were charged with contempt of Congress. Tyne was acquitted in 1961 on technical grounds.

Death Tyne died in Los Angeles, California in 2008. He is interred at Westwood Village Memorial Park Cemetery.

Selected acting and directing credits

As film actor

Doughboys in Ireland (1943) - Jimmy Martin The Iron Major (1943) - Boston College Player (uncredited) The Dancing Masters (1943) - Gangster (uncredited) The Racket Man (1944) - Soldier (uncredited) Ladies Courageous (1944) - Pilot (uncredited) Sailor's Holiday (1944) - Assistant Director (uncredited) Four Jills in a Jeep (1944) - Soldier (uncredited) Once Upon a Time (1944) - Jitterbug Dancer (uncredited) The Eve of St. Mark (1944) - Polinski (uncredited) Stars on Parade (1944) - Soldier (uncredited) Louisiana Hayride (1944) - Joe - Assistant Director (uncredited) Mr. Winkle Goes to War (1944) - Johnson (uncredited) Main Street After Dark (1945) - Serviceman in Police Station (uncredited) Objective, Burma! (1945) - Pvt. Soapy Higgins (uncredited) Brewster's Millions (1945) - Cab Driver (uncredited) A Walk in the Sun (1945) - Pvt. Jake Friedman Life with Blondie (1945) - Cassidy (uncredited) Miss Susie Slagle's (1946) - Davies (uncredited) Deadline at Dawn (1946) - Soft Drink Proprietor (uncredited) Rolling Home (1946) - Joe Seven Were Saved (1947) - Sergeant Blair They Won't Believe Me (1947) - Lieutenant Carr Body and Soul (1947) - Charlie's Friend (uncredited) Open Secret (1948) - Harry Strauss Call Northside 777 (1948) - Tomek Zaleska (uncredited) The Red Pony (1949) - Charlie (uncredited) The Lone Wolf and His Lady (1949) - Paul Braud (uncredited) Sword in the Desert (1949) - Dov Thieves' Highway (1949) - Charles - Dock Henchman (uncredited) Sands of Iwo Jima (1949) - Pfc. Harris The Outriders (1950) - Outrider at Dance (uncredited) Side Street (1950) - Det. Roffman (uncredited) No Way Out (1950) - Whitey (uncredited) Decision Before Dawn (1951) - Sgt. Griffin Circus World (1964) - Madrid Bartender (uncredited) Not with My Wife, You Don't! (1966) - Sgt. Dogerty Don't Make Waves (1967) - Newspaperman #1 The Counterfeit Killer (1968) - George The Boston Strangler (1968) - Dr. Kramer The Lost Man (1969) - Plainclothesman Marlowe (1969) - Oliver Hady Tell Them Willie Boy Is Here (1969) - Le Marie Skin Game (1971) - Bonner Mr. Ricco (1975) - Lt. Barrett I Will, I Will... for Now (1976) - Dr. Morrison Romantic Comedy (1983) - Doctor #2 The Lonely Guy (1984) - Director at Party (final film role)

As television director Good Morning World (1967) The Good Guys (1969) The Odd Couple (1970-1972) The Paul Lynde Show (1972-1973) Love, American Style (1971-1973) Needles and Pins (1973-1974) The Bob Newhart Show (1973-1974) The San Pedro Beach Bums (1977) M*A*S*H (1975-1978) The Love Boat' (1978-1980)