Salem Ludwig

Salem Ludwig
Born	(1915-07-31)July 31, 1915 Brooklyn, New York, United States
Died	April 1, 2007(2007-04-01) (aged 91) New York City, New York, United States
Years active	1938 - 2007

Salem Ludwig (July 31, 1915 – April 1, 2007) was an American character actor and highly esteemed acting instructor.

Born in Brooklyn, New York, Ludwig was blacklisted in 1957 and could only find minimal stage work. He had many film and television credits and remained active, even after his 90th birthday, until his death at age 91. A biographical film, An Actor's Life was made by budding director/actress Carol Schaye, who wanted to portray actors as talented, working individuals rather than just the character they see. He was represented by Theatrical Agent Archer King.

He is known for many films including: Life on the Ledge (2005, Grandfather), Unfaithful (2002, Man with Suitcase), The Business of Strangers (2001, Man at Pool), Fast Food, Fast Women (2000, Leo), The Object of My Affection (1998, Mr Shapiro), I'm Not Rappaport (1996, Walter), For Love Or Money (1993, Customer), Family Business (1989, Nat), Heartburn (1986, Judge), Endless Love (1981, Mr Switzer), The Arab Conspiracy (1976, Ghassan Kaddara), I Love You, Alice B. Toklas (1968, Mr Fine), What's So Bad About Feeling Good? (1968), Three Sisters (1966, Ferapont), America, America (1963, Odysseus Topouzoglou), and Never Love a Stranger (1958, Moishe Moscowitz).

His television roles included attorney Solomon Rabinowitz, in an early episode of All in the Family Rabinowitz memorably advised Archie Bunker not to pursue a whiplash case, telling him "In a court of law, you can't beat a station wagon full of nuns." (The nuns would all have been witnesses against Archie.) He also played 2 roles on the NBC-TV afternoon daytime soap opera The Doctors in 1967 as Dr. Roth and again in 1975 as George Watson. in 1985 he played Jules Rosenfeld, the dry cleaner, in the CBS-TV comedy series Kate & Allie.

Filmography

Year	Title	Role	Notes
1958	Never Love a Stranger	Moishe Moscowitz
1963	America, America	Odysseus Topouzoglou
1966	Three Sisters	Ferapont
1968	What's So Bad About Feeling Good?	Witter	Uncredited
1968	I Love You, Alice B. Toklas	Mr. Fine
1974	The Rehearsal
1976	The Arab Conspiracy	Ghassan Kaddara
1981	Endless Love	Mr Switzer
1986	Heartburn	Judge
1986	Désordre	Réceptionniste
1989	Family Business	Nat
1993	For Love Or Money	Customer
1996	I'm Not Rappaport	Waiter
1997	Lesser Prophets	Uncle Paulie
1998	Wrestling with Alligators	Old Man
1998	The Object of My Affection	Mr Shapiro
2000	Fast Food Fast Women	Leo
2001	The Business of Strangers	Man at Pool
2002	Unfaithful	Man with Suitcase
2005	Life on the Ledge	Grandfather
2007	The Savages	Mr. Sperry
2009	A Killing on Brighton Beach	Moisheh	(final film role)

External links

• Salem Ludwig at IMDb
• Salem Ludwig at the Internet Broadway Database
• Salem Ludwig at the University of Wisconsin's Actors Studio audio collection
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