Tenen Holtz

Tenen Holtz (born Alex Elihu Tenenholtz; February 17, 1887 – July 1, 1971)

His first appearance in amateur Yiddish theatre plays occurred in 1903 in the staged readings of the works of Yiddish author Sholom Aleichem. In July 1926, he went to California "to see what all these pictures were about", he said. His film debut came in Upstage.

Selected filmography

Upstage (1926) as Sam Davis Exit Smiling (1926) as Tod Powell Long Pants (1927) as Minor Role (uncredited) The Demi-Bride (1927) as Gaston Frisco Sally Levy (1927) as Isaac Solomon Lapidowitz The Trail of '98 (1928) as Mr. Bulkey Detectives (1928) as Orloff The Cardboard Lover (1928) as Argine Old Gray Hoss (1928) as Man with Soot on Face (uncredited) Bringing Up Father (1928) as Ginsberg Feitelbaum Noisy Noises (1929) as Man practicing with fiddle The Duke Steps Out (1929) as Jake, Duke's Manager House of Horror (1929) as Brown Three Live Ghosts (1929) as Crockery Man Lilies of the Field (1930) as Paymaster The Melody Man (1930) as Gustav The Woman Racket (1930) as Ben Caught Cheating (1931) Three Girls Lost (1931) as Photographer (uncredited) Faithless (1932) as Diner Proprietor (uncredited) Whistling in the Dark (1933) as Herman Lefkovitz Money Means Nothing (1934) as Mr. Silverman British Agent (1934) as Lenin Cipher Bureau (1938) as Simon Herrick Alfred Hitchcock Presents (1962) (Season 7 Episode 20: "The Test") as Sol Dankers Perry Mason (1962) Season 6, Episode 1: "The Case of the Bogus Books" as Mr. Gilfain The Alfred Hitchcock Hour (1963) (Season 1 Episode 32: "Death of a Cop") as Druggist