Ned Glass

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 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. 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.

Partial Filmography

True Confession (1937) - Second Photographer (uncredited) Give Me a Sailor (1938) - Reporter (uncredited) Dick Tracy Returns (1938, Serial) - Kid Stark [Chs. 1, 13] Next Time I Marry (1938) - Reporter (uncredited) Woman Doctor (1939) - Undetermined Role (uncredited) I'm from Missouri (1939) - Teller (uncredited) Coast Guard (1939) - Lookout (uncredited) Glamour for Sale (1940) - Cop (uncredited) Prairie Schooners (1940) - Skinny Hutch (uncredited) Beyond the Sacramento (1940) - Bank Teller George (uncredited) The Richest Man in Town (1941) - Man (uncredited) King of Dodge City (1941) - Bank Teller (uncredited) Go West, Young Lady (1941) - Loiterer (uncredited) Perfect Strangers (1950) - O'Hanlon (uncredited) The Damned Don't Cry! (1950) - Taxi Driver (uncredited) The Great Jewel Robber (1950) - Prisoner in Jail Cell (uncredited) The Underworld Story (1950) - Editor, Atlas News Service (uncredited) Mystery Street (1950) - Dr. Ben Levy, McAdoo's asst. (uncredited) He's a Cockeyed Wonder (1950) - Sam Phillips Storm Warning (1951) - George Athens Lightning Strikes Twice (1951) - Tom - a Rancher (uncredited) The People Against O'Hara (1951) - Preliminary Hearing Judge (uncredited) Callaway Went Thataway (1951) - Mailman (uncredited) It's a Big Country (1951) - Newspaper Office Receptionist (uncredited) Just This Once (1952) - Court Clerk (uncredited) The Girl in White (1952) - Anatomy Professor (uncredited) You for Me (1952) - Harlow Douglas (uncredited) Stop, You're Killing Me (1952) - Sad Sam Callahan (uncredited) Come Back, Little Sheba (1952) - Man at AA Meeting (uncredited) The Bad and the Beautiful (1952) - Wardrobe Man (uncredited) The Clown (1953) - Danny Daylor (uncredited) The War of the Worlds (1953) - Well-Dressed Looter w/ a suitcase of cash (uncredited) I Love Melvin (1953) - Theatre Manager (uncredited) Trouble Along the Way (1953) - Pool-Player (uncredited) Julius Caesar (1953) - Cobbler (uncredited) The Caddy (1953) - Stage Manager (uncredited) Mister Scoutmaster (1953) - News Dealer (uncredited) Jennifer (1953) - Grocery Clerk Geraldine (1953) - Agent (uncredited) The Yellow Tomahawk (1954) - Willy The Steel Cage (1954) - Pete, the Guard (segment "The Hostages") Fright (1956) - Taxi Driver Four Boys and a Gun (1957) - Landlord Hot Rod Rumble (1957) - Auto Parts Dealer Back from the Dead (1957) - The Doctor Black Patch (1957) - Luke the Bar-Keep The Joker Is Wild (1957) - Johnson (uncredited) Hear Me Good (1957) - Funk (uncredited) The Defiant Ones (1958) - Doctor (uncredited) King Creole (1958) - Hotel Desk Clerk (uncredited) Colgate Theatre (1958) – Straight in S1:E6, "McCreedy's Woman" The Five Pennies (1959) - Murray (uncredited) The Rebel Set (1959) - Sidney Horner North by Northwest (1959) - Ticket Seller (uncredited) The Jayhawkers! (1959) - Storekeeper The Last Angry Man (1959) - Butcher (uncredited) Wanted Dead or Alive (1960) S2 E19 "The Monster" - Assay Clerk for gold West Side Story (1961) - Doc Experiment in Terror (1962) - Popcorn Kid Galahad (1962) - Max Lieberman Who's Got the Action? (1962) - Baldy Papa's Delicate Condition (1963) - Mr. Sparrow Charade (1963) - Leopold W. Gideon The Patty Duke Show (1965) - Lawyer Blindfold (1966) - Lippy A Big Hand for the Little Lady (1966) - Owney Price The Fortune Cookie (1966) - Doc Schindler The Monkees (1967) – Sholto in S1:E20, "Monkees in the Ring" Blackbeard's Ghost (1968) - Teller Never a Dull Moment (1968) - Rinzy Tobreski Hogan's Heroes (1968, TV Series) - Max I Dream Of Jeannie (1969) - Mr Beamish The Love Bug (1969) - Toll Booth Attendant Lady Sings the Blues (1972) - The Agent Save the Tiger (1973) - Sid Fivush The All-American Boy (1973) - Arty Bale Goldie and the Boxer (1979) - Al Levinsky Street Music (1981) - Sam