Meier Tzelniker

Meier Tzelniker (1 January 1894 – 8 October 1980)[1] was a British actor.[2]

He appeared mainly in Yiddish theatre, but was sometimes a character actor in English-language plays and films, such as It Always Rains On Sunday (1947) and Expresso Bongo (1959).[3][4]

Selected filmography

• Mr. Emmanuel (1944) - Mr. Silver
• It Always Rains on Sunday (1947) - Solly, his father
• Last Holiday (1950) - Baltin
• Venetian Bird (1952) - Mayor of Mirave
• The Teckman Mystery (1954) - John Rice
• Make Me an Offer (1954) - Wendl
• The Woman for Joe (1955) - Sol Goldstein
• The Extra Day (1956) - Lou Skeat
• Stars in Your Eyes (1956) - Maxie Jago
• The Long Haul (1957) - Nat Fine
• A Night to Remember (1958) - Mr. Isador Straus
• Expresso Bongo (1959) - Mayer
• Jungle Street (1960) - Mr. Rose
• Let's Get Married (1960) - Schutzberger
• A Circle of Deception (1960) - Barman
• His and Hers (1961) - Felix McGregor
• The 25th Hour (1967) - Abramovici
• The Sorcerers (1967) - The Jewish Baker
• The Killing of Sister George (1968) - Mr. Katz

References

1. Grave listing at jewishgen.org
2. "Meier Tzelniker".
3. "Photographs of Yiddish production of The Merchant of Venice in 1946".
4. "Meier Tzelniker - Movies and Filmography - AllMovie".

External links

• Meier Tzelniker at IMDb