Jacobi, Lou

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Jacobi, Lou (b. 1913), character actor. The strongly ethnic comic was often cast as the grumpy Jewish father but sometimes got to break away from typecasting and surprise audiences with a serious portrayal. He was born in Toronto where he first started acting as a youth. After appearing on the London stage in the early 1950s, Jacobi made an impressive Broadway debut in 1955 as the Jew‐in‐hiding Mr. Van Daan in The Diary of Anne Frank (1955). His noteworthy performances include the synagogue worshiper Schlissel in The Tenth Man (1959); the manufacturer of plastic fruit, Mr. Baker, in Come Blow Your Horn (1961); the Samuel Goldwynish movie producer Lionel Z. Governor in Fade Out—Fade In (1964); the American‐Jewish caterer Walter Hollander caught behind the Iron Curtain in Don't Drink the Water (1966); and two different Jews in Unlikely Heroes (1971).

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