Lou Holtz (actor)

Lou Holtz (actor)

Lou Holtz (1893 [Some sources say 1898, but "TIME" described him as 51 in 1944.] – September 22, 1980 Beverly Hills) was a famous vaudevillian and comic actor. He flopped on Broadway, first as a song and dance man and then as a comic until he got the idea of telling Jewish dialect stories in blackface (his most famous character, whom he never abandoned, was 'Sam Lapidus'). He rose to the height of "George White's Scandals", abandoned blackface, and ended up playing the Palace for ten straight weeks. Badly affected by the 1929 stock market crash, he diversified from vaudeville into musical comedy, radio, film, show production, and real-estate trading. His movies include "Follow the Leader" (1930), "School for Romance" (1934), and "When Do We Eat?" (1934). He also appeared on the "Ed Sullivan Show" twice in 1957. Holtz appeared on Broadway in "Star Time" (1942), "You Said It" (1931), and many others.

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* [http://www.imdb.com/name/nm1678074/ Holtz' listing on IMDb]
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