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name: "Lou Jacobi"
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roles: ["Actor"]
born: "28 December 1913"
died: "23 October 2009"
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average_as: "actor"
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updated: "2026-09-20T03:33:27.870943+00:00"
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# Lou Jacobi

Actor. Born 28 December 1913 in Toronto, Ontario, Canada. Died 23 October 2009.

## Details

- **Work:** Actor
- **Born:** 28 December 1913, Toronto, Ontario, Canada
- **Died:** 23 October 2009
- **Also known as:** Louis Harold Jacobovitch
- **Elsewhere:** https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lou_Jacobi, https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q1871315, https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0414279/, https://www.themoviedb.org/person/23708

## Biography

Lou Jacobi, born Louis Harold Jacobovitch, was a Canadian actor and comedian. He was born in Toronto on 28 December 1913 and began acting as a child, making his stage debut in 1924 in a Yiddish theatre production in Toronto. He later worked in London's West End before his Broadway debut in 1955 as Hans van Daan in *The Diary of Anne Frank*.

Jacobi reprised the role in the 1959 film version. His other film credits include *Irma la Douce* (1963), *Everything You Always Wanted to Know About Sex *But Were Afraid to Ask* (1972), *Arthur* (1981), *My Favorite Year* (1982) and *Avalon* (1990). He also appeared in television series and was inducted into Canada's Walk of Fame in 1999. Jacobi died in New York on 23 October 2009.

*Sources: en.wikipedia.org, thecanadianencyclopedia.ca.*

## On Fi1m (1)

- *The Diary of Anne Frank* (1959), Fi1m 58, as Hans Van Daan — [page](https://film.one/film/the-diary-of-anne-frank.md)

## Complete filmography (56)

Every credit, newest first. Titles without a page can be requested for review on the HTML page.

- *The Trial of Adolf Eichmann* (1997), as Judge Yitzhak Raveh (voice)
- *I.Q.* (1994), as Kurt Godel
- *I Don't Buy Kisses Anymore* (1992), as Gramps
- *Avalon* (1990), as Gabriel Krichynsky
- *Tales from the Hollywood Hills: The Old Reliable* (1988), as Jacob Glutz
- *Amazon Women on the Moon* (1987), as Murray (segment "Murray in Videoland")
- *If It's Tuesday, It Still Must Be Belgium* (1987), as Ed Blye
- *L.A. Law* (1986), series, as Sam Haber
- *Melba* (1986), series, as Jack
- *The Boss' Wife* (1986), as Harry Taphorn
- *The Comedy Factory* (1985), series, as 'Stormtrooper' Bernie Sagowitz
- *Isaac Littlefeathers* (1984), as Abe
- *Tales from the Darkside* (1984), series, as Harvey Turman
- *St. Elsewhere* (1982), series, as Rabbi Singer — Fi1m 78, [page](https://film.one/tv/st-elsewhere.md)
- *My Favorite Year* (1982), as Uncle Morty
- *Off Your Rocker* (1982), as Max Adler
- *The Lucky Star* (1982), as Elia Goldberg
- *Cagney & Lacey* (1982), series, Actor — Fi1m 81, [page](https://film.one/tv/cagney-and-lacey.md)
- *Chu Chu and the Philly Flash* (1981), as Landlord
- *Arthur* (1981), as Plant Store Owner
- *Enos* (1980), series, Actor
- *The Magician of Lublin* (1979), as Wolsky
- *Better Late Than Never* (1979), as Milton Cohen
- *Tales of the Unexpected* (1979), series, as Waiter
- *Roseland* (1977), as Stan
- *Everybody Rides the Carousel* (1976), as Stage 1 (voice)
- *The Rear Guard* (1976), series, as Sergeant Max Raskin
- *Next Stop, Greenwich Village* (1976), as Herb
- *Barney Miller* (1975), series, as Harry Tannenbaum
- *Coffee, Tea or Me?* (1973), as Waiter
- *The Judge and Jake Wyler* (1972), as Lt. Wolfson
- *Everything You Always Wanted to Know About Sex *But Were Afraid to Ask* (1972), as Sam Musgrave
- *Sanford and Son* (1972), series, Actor
- *Decisions! Decisions!* (1971), as Lt. Ettinger
- *The Battle of Love's Return* (1971), as Talking Head (uncredited)
- *Little Murders* (1971), as Judge Stern
- *Cotton Comes to Harlem* (1970), as Goodman
- *Love, American Style* (1969), series, as Howard
- *The Courtship of Eddie's Father* (1969), series, as Frank Hausman
- *Penelope* (1966), as Ducky
- *ABC Stage 67* (1966), series, as Comedian
- *That Girl* (1966), series, Actor
- *The Last of the Secret Agents?* (1966), as Papa Leo
- *The Dean Martin Show* (1965), series, Actor
- *The Man from U.N.C.L.E.* (1964), series, as Arum Tertunian
- *Irma la Douce* (1963), as Moustache
- *The Alfred Hitchcock Hour* (1962), series, as Lieutenant Wolfson, Dr. Glover
- *Sam Benedict* (1962), series, as August Brauer
- *Song Without End* (1960), as Potin
- *The Diary of Anne Frank* (1959), as Hans Van Daan — Fi1m 58, [page](https://film.one/film/the-diary-of-anne-frank.md)
- *The Texan* (1958), series, Actor
- *Charley Moon* (1956), Actor
- *A Kid for Two Farthings* (1955), as Blackie Isaacs
- *Summer Playhouse* (1954), series, Actor
- *The Good Beginning* (1953), as Bookmaker
- *Is Your Honeymoon Really Necessary?* (1953), as Capt. Noakes

## Gallery

- ![Lou Jacobi](https://film.one/media/person/1239755/gallery-087f8fd1f8fd.jpg) Lou Jacobi — CBS Television, Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons (https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/2/2d/Lou_Jacobi_%22Ivan_the_Terrible%22_%281976_CBS_press_photo%29.jpg?utm_source=commons.wikimedia.org&utm_campaign=imageinfo&utm_content=thumbnail_unscaled)
- ![Lou Jacobi](https://film.one/media/person/1239755/gallery-bb7e87ba036a.jpg) Lou Jacobi — Image via TMDB

## Awards

### Other awards — 1 won

- Canada's Walk of Fame 1999: Canada's Walk of Fame (won)

*From Wikidata, which records wins more completely than nominations.*

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