Jump to content

Meier Tzelniker: Difference between revisions

Edit links
From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Browse history interactively
← Previous editNext edit →
Content deleted Content added
VisualWikitext
Brinabavd (talk | contribs)
248 edits
mNo edit summary
(34 intermediate revisions by 26 users not shown)
Line 1: Line 1:
{{short description|British actor}}
{{Unreferenced stub|auto=yes|date=December 2009}}
{{Use dmy dates|date=April 2022}}
'''Meier Tzelniker''' (1894–1982) was a [[United Kingdom|British]] [[actor]].
'''Meier Tzelniker''' (1 January 1894 – 8 October 1980)<ref>[https://www.jewishgen.org/jcr-uk/Cemeteries/Federation/Rainham/iinntz.htm Grave listing at jewishgen.org]</ref> was a [[Yiddish]]-speaking [[actor]]<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.bfi.org.uk/films-tv-people/4ce2b9f16782c|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170203082812/http://www.bfi.org.uk/films-tv-people/4ce2b9f16782c|url-status=dead|archive-date=3 February 2017|title=Meier Tzelniker|publisher=}}</ref> born in [[Hotin County]], Romania.<ref>{{Cite web |title=Meier Tzelniker |url=https://www.jewishlivesproject.com/profiles/meier-tzelniker |access-date=2022-03-09 |website=Jewish Lives Project |language=en}}</ref> 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).<ref>{{cite web |title=Photographs of Yiddish production of The Merchant of Venice in 1946 |url=https://www.bl.uk/collection-items/photographs-of-yiddish-production-of-the-merchant-of-venice-in-1946 |publisher=}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |title=Meier Tzelniker - Movies and Filmography - AllMovie |url=http://www.allmovie.com/artist/meier-tzelniker-p126436 |publisher=}}</ref>


== Biography ==
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 more notably ''[[Expresso Bongo]]'' (1959).
Meier Tzelniker was born in Hotin-Bessarabia, Romania, the son of a yeast manufacturer. Meier was a boy chorister in a synagogue when he got his first stage role in Yiddish theatre, and toured eastern Europe with a Yiddish theatre company.


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

==References==
<references/>


==External links==
==External links==
* {{IMDB|0879272}}
* {{IMDb name|0879272}}

{{Authority control}}


{{Persondata <!-- Metadata: see [[Wikipedia:Persondata]]. -->
| NAME = Tzelniker, Meier
| ALTERNATIVE NAMES =
| SHORT DESCRIPTION =
| DATE OF BIRTH = 1894
| PLACE OF BIRTH =
| DATE OF DEATH = 1982
| PLACE OF DEATH =
}}
{{DEFAULTSORT:Tzelniker, Meier}}
{{DEFAULTSORT:Tzelniker, Meier}}
[[Category:1894 births]]
[[Category:1894 births]]
[[Category:1982 deaths]]
[[Category:1980 deaths]]
[[Category:British actors]]
[[Category:British male film actors]]
[[Category:Jewish actors]]
[[Category:British male stage actors]]
[[Category:British Jews]]
[[Category:Jewish British male actors]]
[[Category:20th-century British male actors]]
[[Category:Yiddish theatre performers]]




Revision as of 14:34, 10 May 2024

Meier Tzelniker (1 January 1894 – 8 October 1980)[1] was a Yiddish-speaking actor[2] born in Hotin County, Romania.[3] 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).[4][5]

Biography

Meier Tzelniker was born in Hotin-Bessarabia, Romania, the son of a yeast manufacturer. Meier was a boy chorister in a synagogue when he got his first stage role in Yiddish theatre, and toured eastern Europe with a Yiddish theatre company.

Selected filmography

References

  1. ^ Grave listing at jewishgen.org
  2. ^ "Meier Tzelniker". Archived from the original on 3 February 2017.
  3. ^ "Meier Tzelniker". Jewish Lives Project. Retrieved 9 March 2022.
  4. ^ "Photographs of Yiddish production of The Merchant of Venice in 1946".
  5. ^ "Meier Tzelniker - Movies and Filmography - AllMovie".


Stub icon

This article about a British stage actor is a stub. You can help Wikipedia by expanding it.

Retrieved from "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Meier_Tzelniker&oldid=1223197475"