Philip Loeb, was an American stage, film, and television actor, director and author.
15 Facts About Philip Loeb
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Philip Loeb was blacklisted under McCarthyism and committed suicide in response.
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Philip Loeb was born March 28,1891, in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania.
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Philip Loeb first performed in a high school production of Lady Gregory's The Workhouse Ward.
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Philip Loeb served in the Army, then worked as stage manager of The Green Goddess.
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Loeb was co-author of the film adaptation of Room Service starring the Marx Brothers, Loeb had previously appeared in the hit Broadway show of the same name which had a 500 performance run at Broadway's Cort Theatre.
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In 1948, Philip Loeb portrayed the role of Jake Goldberg in Gertrude Berg's Broadway play Me and Molly, which was based on Berg's long-running radio show The Goldbergs.
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Philip Loeb quickly became a viewer favorite as Jake, the exasperated, loving husband to Berg's meddlesome, bighearted Molly Goldberg.
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Philip Loeb appeared in the 1950 film adaptation of the series.
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In June 1950, Philip Loeb was named as a Communist in Red Channels: The Report of Communist Influence in Radio and Television.
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Philip Loeb denied being a Communist, but the sponsors of The Goldbergs, General Foods, insisted that he be dropped from the show's cast due to his "controversiality".
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Philip Loeb's last acting job was in the 1953 Broadway production of Time Out for Ginger and its subsequent Chicago production in 1954.
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Philip Loeb was the sole support of a mentally disturbed son, and was burdened with financial problems.
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Philip Loeb was buried in Mount Sinai Cemetery in his native Philadelphia.
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Philip Loeb's suicide was reflected in the character Hecky Brown, played by his real-life friend Zero Mostel, in The Front, Martin Ritt's film examining the Hollywood blacklist.