Tenen Holtz

Actor

Born: February 17, 1887
Died: July 1, 1971 (age 84)
From: Volin - Russia

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…

Filmography (45)

Henry Goes Arizona (1939)
Boris - a Ranch Hand (uncredited)
Mutiny on the Blackhawk (1939)
Bridal Suite (1939)
Hotel Runner at Train Station
Let Freedom Ring (1939)
Hunky (uncredited)
Cipher Bureau (1938)
Simon Herrick
International Crime (1938)
Starkhov
Nothing Sacred (1937)
Tearful Waiter (uncredited)
British Agent (1934)
Lenin
The Notorious Sophie Lang (1934)
Bystander (uncredited)
Hollywood Mystery (1934)
Benjamin Vogel
Money Means Nothing (1934)
Mr. Silverman
Dinner at Eight (1933)
Butler (uncredited)
The Chief (1933)
Bald Henchman at Cabin
Big Executive (1933)
Pawnbroker
Bombshell (1933)
White - Lola's Agent (uncredited)
Broadway to Hollywood (1933)
Booking Agent
Hard to Handle (1933)
Tailor (uncredited)
Whistling in the Dark (1933)
Herman
Faithless (1932)
Diner Proprietor
Cock of the Air (1932)
Tall Waiter
Devotion (1931)
Waiter
Sporting Blood (1931)
Gus, Bald Gambling Mobster (uncredited)
Laughing Sinners (1931)
Poker-Playing Salesman
Gentleman's Fate (1931)
Tony
All Teed Up (1930)
Senator Brown
Whispering Whoopee (1930)
Mr. Holtz
The Kibitzer (1930)
Meyer
Lilies of the Field (1930)
Paymaster
House of Horror (1929)
Brown
The Duke Steps Out (1929)
Jake, Duke's manager