17 Facts About Ned Glass

Nusyn "Ned" Glass was a Polish-born American character actor who appeared in more than eighty films and on television more than one hundred times, frequently playing nervous, cowardly, or deceitful characters.

Ned Glass emigrated to the United States at an early age and grew up in New York City.

Ned Glass worked in vaudeville, and appeared on Broadway in 1931 in the Elmer Rice play Counsellor-at-Law.

Ned Glass continued to act and direct on Broadway until 1936, when he was signed as a Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer contract player.

Ned Glass was a frequent member of Columbia Pictures' short subjects dept.

Ned Glass was reportedly briefly blacklisted, during which time he found work as a carpenter.

Ned Glass appeared uncredited in the 1952 film The Bad and the Beautiful as the costumer for "The Doom of the Cat Men," a purportedly B-picture for Harry Pebbel.

Ned Glass began showing up on television in 1952, when he was cast on an episode of The Red Skelton Show.

Ned Glass later was frequently seen on CBS in Jackie Gleason's The Honeymooners sketches.

Ned Glass appeared in the syndicated crime drama, Sheriff of Cochise, starring John Bromfield and in the ABC western series, The Rebel, starring Nick Adams.

Ned Glass appeared too in David Janssen's crime drama, Richard Diamond, Private Detective.

Ned Glass portrayed Doc, the drugstore owner, in the Hollywood version of West Side Story.

Ned Glass played "Sol Cooper" on the Diahann Carroll vehicle Julia from 1968 to 1971, and was nominated in 1969 for an Emmy Award for his performance in the "A Little Chicken Soup Never Hurt Anybody" episode.

Ned Glass played "Uncle Moe Plotnick" on the short-lived series Bridget Loves Bernie.

Ned Glass was married to actress Kitty McHugh, sister of character actor Frank McHugh and bit player Matt McHugh.

Ned Glass later married actress Jean Burton, but that marriage ended in divorce.

Ned Glass died in Encino Hospital in Encino, California, on 15 June 1984 at the age of 78, after a long illness.