---
name: "Luther Adler"
canonical: "https://film.one/person/luther-adler"
fi1m_id: "luther-adler"
imdb_id: "nm0012204"
tmdb_id: 55821
wikidata_id: "Q1425739"
roles: ["Actor"]
born: "4 May 1903"
died: "8 December 1984"
reviewed_on_fi1m: 2
average_fi1m_score: 78
average_as: "actor"
average_over: 2
updated: "2026-10-04T17:31:06.698644+00:00"
licence: "© Fi1m Ltd. Written by AI under a human editor; checked against sources before publication. Quote with attribution and a link to the canonical URL."
---

# Luther Adler

## Identity

Luther Adler

- **Canonical:** https://film.one/person/luther-adler
- **Type:** Person
- **Fi1m ID:** luther-adler
- **IMDb ID:** nm0012204
- **TMDB ID:** 55821
- **Wikidata ID:** Q1425739
- **Same entity:** https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Luther_Adler, https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q1425739, https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0012204/, https://www.themoviedb.org/person/55821

Actor. Born 4 May 1903 in New York City, New York, USA. Died 8 December 1984.

## Details

- **Work:** Actor
- **Born:** 4 May 1903, New York City, New York, USA
- **Died:** 8 December 1984
- **Active:** 1966–1981
- **Also known as:** Lutha Adler
- **Average Fi1m score:** 78, as actor, over 2 titles
- **Fi1m score by decade:** 1960s 82 (1), 1980s 73 (1)
- **Elsewhere:** https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Luther_Adler, https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q1425739, https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0012204/, https://www.themoviedb.org/person/55821

## Streaming the US now

- **Amazon Prime Video:** [*Absence of Malice*](https://film.one/film/absence-of-malice.md) (73)

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## Biography

Luther Adler was an American actor and theatre director. Born Lutha Adler on 4 May 1903 in New York City, he was one of six children of Russian-Jewish actors Sara and Jacob P. Adler. His father was a founder of the Yiddish theatre in America; his sister Stella Adler was an actress and drama teacher, and his brother Jay Adler was also an actor.

Adler made his stage debut as a child in Yiddish theatre and appeared on Broadway from 1921. He was a founding member of the Group Theatre in 1931 and directed plays on Broadway. He began working in film in 1937 and took supporting roles in productions including *D.O.A.* (1949), *House of Strangers* (1949), *The Desert Fox: The Story of Rommel* (1951) and *Absence of Malice* (1981), in which he played Santos Malderone. He also appeared regularly on television.

Adler died on 8 December 1984 in Kutztown, Pennsylvania.

*Sources: en.wikipedia.org, imdb.com.*

## On Fi1m (2)

- *Absence of Malice* (1981), Fi1m 73, as Santos Malderone — [page](https://film.one/film/absence-of-malice.md)
- *Mission: Impossible* (1966), Fi1m 82, as Leo Vorka — [page](https://film.one/tv/mission-impossible-1966.md)

## Complete filmography (56)

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

- *Absence of Malice* (1981), as Santos Malderone — Fi1m 73, [page](https://film.one/film/absence-of-malice.md)
- *Voyage of the Damned* (1976), as Professor Weiler
- *Mean Johnny Barrows* (1975), as Don Racconi
- *Murph the Surf* (1975), as Max 'The Eye'
- *The Man in the Glass Booth* (1975), as Presiding Judge
- *Crazy Joe* (1974), as Falco
- *The Streets of San Francisco* (1972), series, Actor
- *Search* (1972), series, as Herr Vollmer
- *Hec Ramsey* (1972), series, Actor
- *The Psychiatrist* (1971), series, as Dr. Bernard Altman
- *The Psychiatrist: God Bless the Children* (1970), as Dr. Bernard Altman
- *Hawaii Five-O* (1969), series, as Dominick Vashon, Charles Ogden
- *The Sunshine Patriot* (1968), as Imre Hyneck
- *The Brotherhood* (1968), as Dominick Bertolo
- *The Name of the Game* (1968), series, Actor
- *Mission: Impossible* (1966), series, as Leo Vorka — Fi1m 82, [page](https://film.one/tv/mission-impossible-1966.md)
- *Cast a Giant Shadow* (1966), as Jacob Zion
- *The Three Sisters* (1966), as Chebutykin
- *Straightaway* (1961), series, Actor
- *Ben Casey* (1961), series, Actor
- *Target: The Corruptors!* (1961), series, Actor
- *Festival* (1960), series, as Rabbi Azrael
- *Route 66* (1960), series, Actor
- *The Islanders* (1960), series, as Frank Fellino
- *The Last Angry Man* (1959), as Max Vogel
- *The Untouchables* (1959), series, as Charlie Zenko
- *The Twilight Zone* (1959), series, as Arthur Castle — Fi1m 84, [page](https://film.one/tv/the-twilight-zone.md)
- *77 Sunset Strip* (1958), series, Actor
- *Westinghouse Desilu Playhouse* (1958), series, as Sal Raimondi
- *Naked City* (1958), series, as Sean Wicklow, Willard Manson, Henri Tourelle, Mr. Kovar
- *The Plot to Kill Stalin* (1958), as Molotov
- *Playhouse 90* (1956), series, as Irving Werner
- *Hot Blood* (1956), as Marco Torino
- *Crossroads* (1955), series, as Rabbi Rosenblum
- *The Girl in the Red Velvet Swing* (1955), as Delphin Delmas
- *Crashout* (1955), as Pete Mendoza
- *The Miami Story* (1954), as Tony Brill
- *The Motorola Television Hour* (1953), series, as General Fox
- *The Tall Texan* (1953), as Joshua Tinnen
- *General Electric Theater* (1953), series, as Torvald Helmer, Warner Johnson
- *Hoodlum Empire* (1952), as Nicholas 'Nick' Mancani
- *The Desert Fox: The Story of Rommel* (1951), as Adolf Hitler
- *The Magic Face* (1951), as Rudi Janus / Janus the Great / Adolf Hitler
- *M* (1951), as Dan Langley
- *South Sea Sinner* (1950), as Cognac
- *Kiss Tomorrow Goodbye* (1950), as Keith 'Cherokee' Mandon
- *Under My Skin* (1950), as Louis Bork
- *Robert Montgomery Presents* (1950), series, Actor
- *D.O.A.* (1949), as Majak
- *House of Strangers* (1949), as Joe Monetti
- *Wake of the Red Witch* (1948), as Mayrant Ruysdaal Sidneye
- *Studio One* (1948), series, as Joe Rundle
- *The Loves of Carmen* (1948), as Dancaire
- *Saigon* (1947), as Lieutenant Keon
- *Cornered* (1945), as Marcel Jarnac
- *Lancer Spy* (1937), as Schratt

## Gallery

- ![Publicity photo of Luther and Stella Adler for their appearance in the play Awake and Sing!.](https://film.one/media/person/467592/gallery-c9766225081f.jpg) Publicity photo of Luther and Stella Adler for their appearance in the play Awake and Sing!. — Vandamm Studio, New York., Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons (https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/e/ef/Luther_adler_stella_adler_1936.JPG?utm_source=commons.wikimedia.org&utm_campaign=imageinfo&utm_content=thumbnail_unscaled)
- ![Promotional photograph for the Broadway production of Rocket to the Moon, featuring Eleanor Lynn and Luther Adler (1939)](https://film.one/media/person/467592/gallery-d6edd4f2620a.jpg) Promotional photograph for the Broadway production of Rocket to the Moon, featuring Eleanor Lynn and Luther Adler (1939) — Stage Publishing Company, Inc., photograph by Alfredo Valente, Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons (https://thumb.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/c/ce/Rocket-to-the-Moon-Lynn-Adler.jpg/1280px-Rocket-to-the-Moon-Lynn-Adler.jpg?utm_source=commons.wikimedia.org&utm_campaign=imageinfo&utm_content=thumbnail)
- ![Luther Adler](https://film.one/media/person/467592/gallery-c4ac56faabd5.jpg) Luther Adler — Film screenshot, Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons (https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/3/38/Luther_Adler_in_DOA.jpg?utm_source=commons.wikimedia.org&utm_campaign=imageinfo&utm_content=thumbnail_unscaled)
- ![Luther Adler](https://film.one/media/person/467592/gallery-45768c6cba32.jpg) Luther Adler — Image via TMDB

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