Personal Info
Known Credits
44
Gender
Male
Birthdate
1887-02-17 (138 Y.O)
Place Of Birth
Volin - Russia
Also Known For
Alexander Elihu Tenenholtz
Tenen Holtz
Biography
Elihu "Elye" Tenenholtz was born in the Russian hamlet of Azran, near the city of Rovne, in 1887 and came to the US at the age of ten. His first appearance in amateur Yiddish theatricals occurred in 1903, in staged readings of the works of Yiddish author Sholom Aleichem, the first person to do that. He augmented his theater appearances by writing for and editing a Yiddish satirical magazine under the pen-name "Moishe McCarthy". In 1916 he made the leap to the professional Yiddish stage and, befr ...
Acting
1939 --
Henry Goes Arizona
| Boris - a Ranch Hand (uncredited)
1939 --
Mutiny on the Blackhawk
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1939 --
Bridal Suite
| Hotel Runner at Train Station
1939 --
Let Freedom Ring
| Hunky (uncredited)
1938 --
Cipher Bureau
| Simon Herrick
1938 --
International Crime
| Starkhov
1937 --
Nothing Sacred
| Tearful Waiter (uncredited)
1934 --
British Agent
| Lenin
1934 --
The Notorious Sophie Lang
| Bystander (uncredited)
1934 --
Hollywood Mystery
| Benjamin Vogel
1934 --
Money Means Nothing
| Mr. Silverman
1933 --
Dinner at Eight
| Butler (uncredited)
1933 --
The Chief
| Bald Henchman at Cabin
1933 --
Big Executive
| Pawnbroker
1933 --
Bombshell
| White - Lola's Agent (uncredited)
1933 --
Broadway to Hollywood
| Booking Agent
1933 --
Hard to Handle
| Tailor (uncredited)
1933 --
Whistling in the Dark
| Herman
1932 --
Faithless
| Diner Proprietor
1932 --
Cock of the Air
| Tall Waiter
1931 --
Devotion
| Waiter
1931 --
Sporting Blood
| Gus, Bald Gambling Mobster (uncredited)
1931 --
Laughing Sinners
| Poker-Playing Salesman
1931 --
Gentleman's Fate
| Tony
1930 --
All Teed Up
| Senator Brown
1930 --
Whispering Whoopee
| Mr. Holtz
1930 --
The Kibitzer
| Meyer
1930 --
Lilies of the Field
| Paymaster
1929 --
House of Horror
| Brown
1929 --
The Duke Steps Out
| Jake, Duke's manager
1928 --
Show People
| Casting Director
1928 --
The Ol' Gray Hoss
| Man with Sooty on Face
1928 --
The Cardboard Lover
| Albine
1928 --
Detectives
| Orloff
1928 --
The Trail of '98
| Mr. Bulkey
1928 --
Bringing Up Father
| Ginsberg Feitelbaum
1928 --
The Latest from Paris
| Abe Littauer
1928 --
The Garden of Eden
| Headwaiter at Palais de Paris (uncredited)
1928 --
The Law of the Range
| Cohen
1927 --
Frisco Sally Levy
| Isaac Solomon Lapidowitz
1927 --
The Demi-Bride
| Gaston
1926 --
Exit Smiling
| Tod Powell
1926 --
Upstage
| Sam Davis
1925 --
Salome of the Tenements
| Banker Ben (as Elihu Tenenholz)