Lou Jacobi

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Actor

Birth Date: December 28, 1913

Death Date: October 23, 2009

Birth Place: Toronto, Ontario, Canada

Hefty, balding character actor, sometimes mustachioed, whose explosive manner has been instantly recognizable on many years of TV comedy. Typically cast in ethnic roles as Jews, Italians, or Russians, Jacobi has also kept busy in TV commercials, most notably his Clio Award-winning work in a series of Hertz advertisements. He has also had a very active theater career, with roles in such plays as "Spring Thaw" (1949), "Come Blow Your Horn" (1961), "Don't Drink the Water" (1966), "The Sunshine Boys" (1974) and "Cheaters" (1978).

Although his most memorable early film role was as Mr. Van Daan, opposite Shelley Winters as one of the attic-confined Dutch Jews in "The Diary of Anne Frank" (1959), Jacobi has most often played alternately overbearing or put-upon men in such comedies as "Arthur" (1981) and "My Favorite Year" (1982), and such family sagas as "Avalon" (1990).

Credits

I.Q.Stream

Actor
Kurt Gödel
Movie
1994
43%

I Don't Buy Kisses Anymore

Actor
Irving Fein
Movie
1992

AvalonStream

Actor
Gabriel Krichinsky
Movie
1990
86%

Amazon Women on the Moon

Actor
Murray
Movie
1987

Melba

Actor
Jack
Show
1986

The Boss' Wife

Actor
Harry Taphorn
Movie
1986

Isaac Littlefeathers

Actor
Abe
Movie
1984

My Favorite YearStream

Actor
Uncle Morty
Movie
1982
97%

Chu Chu and the Philly Flash

Actor
Landlord
Movie
1981

ArthurStream

Actor
Plant Store Owner
Movie
1981
86%

Off Your Rocker

Actor
Max Adler
Movie
1980

The Lucky Star

Actor
Elia Goldberg
Movie
1980

Tales of the Unexpected

Actor
Waiter
Show
1979

The Magician of Lublin

Actor
Wolsky
Movie
1979

Better Late Than Never

Actor
Milton Cohen
Movie
1979

Roseland

Actor
Stan (The Waltz)
Movie
1977

Next Stop, Greenwich Village

Actor
Herb
Movie
1976

Barney MillerStream

Guest Star
Harry Tannenbaum
Series
1975

Coffee, Tea or Me

Actor
Waiter
Movie
1973

Sanford & SonStream

Guest Star
Series
1972

The Judge and Jake Wyler

Actor
Lieutenant Wolfson
Movie
1972

Everything You Always Wanted to Know About Sex (But Were Afraid to Ask)Stream

Actor
Sam
Movie
1972
88%

Little Murders

Actor
Judge Stern
Movie
1971

Love, American Style

Actor
Mr. Silversmith
Series
1969

The Courtship of Eddie's FatherStream

Guest Star
Series
1969

That GirlStream

Guest Star
Series
1966

Penelope

Actor
Ducky
Movie
1966

The Last of the Secret Agents?

Actor
Papa Leo
Movie
1966

The Trials of O'Brien

Guest Star
Archie Vasoulian
Show
1965

Kibbe Hates Fitch

Actor
Lieutenant Lou Finch
Show
1965

The Man from U.N.C.L.E.Stream

Guest Star
Series
1964
100%

Irma La DouceStream

Actor
Moustache
Movie
1963
76%

Alfred Hitchcock HourStream

Actor
Series
1962

The Dick Van Dyke ShowStream

Guest Star
Lou Sorrell
Series
1961

Song Without End

Actor
Potin
Movie
1960

The Diary of Anne FrankStream

Actor
Mr. Hans Van Daan
Movie
1959

A Kid for Two Farthings

Actor
Blackie Isaacs
Movie
1956

Charley Moon

Actor
Rosenberg
Movie
1955

Rheingold Theatre

Actor
Show
1953

Is Your Honeymoon Really Necessary?

Actor
Captain Noakes
Movie
1953

What's My Line?Stream

Guest
Game Show
1950