Tenen Holtz
Birthday
1887/02/17
Day of death
1971/07/01 (84 years old)
Gender
Male
Place of Birth
Volin - Russia
Also know as
Alexander Elihu Tenenholtz
Biography
Elihu "Elye" Tenenholtz was born in the Russian hamlet of Azran, near the city of Rovne, in 1887 and came to the US at the age of ten. His first appearance in amateur Yiddish theatricals occurred in 1903, in staged readings of the works of Yiddish author Sholom Aleichem, the first person to do that. He augmented his theater appearances by writing for and editing a Yiddish satirical magazine under the pen-name "Moishe McCarthy". In 1916 he made the leap to the professional Yiddish stage and, befr...Read more
Acting
(1933) Bombshell
as White - Lola's Agent (uncredited)
(1927) The Demi-Bride
as Gaston
(1927) Frisco Sally Levy
as Isaac Solomon Lapidowitz
(1933) Dinner at Eight
as Butler (uncredited)
(1931) Sporting Blood
as Gus, Bald Gambling Mobster (uncredited)
(1938) International Crime
as Starkhov
(1933) Hard to Handle
as Tailor (uncredited)
(1928) The Ol' Gray Hoss
as Man with Sooty on Face
(1926) Upstage
as Sam Davis
(1931) Devotion
as Waiter
(1931) Laughing Sinners
as Poker-Playing Salesman
(1934) British Agent
as Lenin
(1931) Gentleman's Fate
as Tony
(1932) Cock of the Air
as Tall Waiter
(1928) The Cardboard Lover
as Albine
(1934) Money Means Nothing
as Mr. Silverman
(1928) The Garden of Eden
as Headwaiter at Palais de Paris (uncredited)
(1934) Hollywood Mystery
as Benjamin Vogel
(1928) The Law of the Range
as Cohen
(1930) The Kibitzer
as Meyer
(1928) Detectives
as Orloff
(1926) Exit Smiling
as Tod Powell
(1933) Whistling in the Dark
as Herman
(1933) Broadway to Hollywood
as Booking Agent
(1939) Let Freedom Ring
as Hunky (uncredited)
(1939) Mutiny on the Blackhawk
as ---
(1939) Henry Goes Arizona
as Boris - a Ranch Hand (uncredited)
(1928) The Trail of '98
as Mr. Bulkey
(1928) Bringing Up Father
as Ginsberg Feitelbaum
(1939) Bridal Suite
as Hotel Runner at Train Station
(1938) Cipher Bureau
as Simon Herrick
(1930) All Teed Up
as Senator Brown
(1928) Show People
as Casting Director
(1937) Nothing Sacred
as Tearful Waiter (uncredited)
(1929) The Duke Steps Out
as Jake, Duke's manager
(1933) The Chief
as Bald Henchman at Cabin
(1929) House of Horror
as Brown
(1928) The Latest from Paris
as Abe Littauer
(1925) Salome of the Tenements
as Banker Ben (as Elihu Tenenholz)
(1930) Whispering Whoopee
as Mr. Holtz
(1932) Faithless
as Diner Proprietor
(1933) Big Executive
as Pawnbroker
(1930) Lilies of the Field
as Paymaster
(1934) The Notorious Sophie Lang
as Bystander (uncredited)
(1957) Perry Mason
as Mr. Gilfain
(1955) Alfred Hitchcock Presents
as Sol Dankers
(1958) Peter Gunn
as ---
(1960) The Barbara Stanwyck Show
as Bronsky
(1957) Perry Mason
as Otto Joseph