约瑟夫·瓦尔顿·洛塞 (Joseph Walton Losey,1909年1月14日生于威斯康星州拉克劳斯城La Crosse, Wisconsin——1984年6月22日逝于伦敦)。美国戏剧家、电影导演。年轻时在德国学习戏剧,师从布莱希特(Bertolt Brecht)。随后回到美国,最终步入好莱坞。1950年代,他上了好莱坞黑名单,出走...
Howard da Silva was one of 324 actors, writers and directors who fell victim to the Hollywood blacklisting of the early 1950s, and had his career halted in the blink of an eye. Originally was a steelworker before making his stage debut at age 20 in New York. He made a name for himself on Broadway before going to Hollywood, but kept up his stage work after making the move to films. His most memorable performance came in the 1943 Broadway production of Oklahoma!. In Hollywood, he became a well-liked character actor, appearing in such films as Sergeant York (1941), The Big Shot (1942) and The Lost Weekend (1945).
The actor and Broadvway director Luther Adler was born into a Yiddish theatrical dynasty. One of the six children born to Jacob P. and Sara Adler, he made his debut in the world in New York City on May 4, 1903, originally billed as Lutha J. Adler. His full siblings Charles, Jay, Julia, and Stella (the famous acting teacher) as well as his half-siblings Celia and Abram Adler all appeared on Broadway, and his father Jacob, the biggest star of the Yiddish-language theater, was considered one of the great American actors.