Meier Tzelniker

Meier Tzelniker (1 January 1894 – 8 October 1980) was a Yiddish-speaking actor born in Hotin County, Romania. He appeared mainly in Yiddish theatre, but was sometimes a character actor in English-language plays and films, such as It Always Rains On Sunday (1947) and Expresso Bongo (1959).

Biography
Meier Tzelniker was born in Hotin-Bessarabia, Romania, the son of a yeast manufacturer. Meier was a boy chorister in a synagogue when he got his first stage role in Yiddish theatre, and toured eastern Europe with a Yiddish theatre company.

Selected filmography

 * Mr. Emmanuel (1944) - Mr. Silver
 * It Always Rains on Sunday (1947) - Solly, his father
 * Last Holiday (1950) - Baltin
 * Venetian Bird (1952) - Mayor of Mirave
 * The Teckman Mystery (1954) - John Rice
 * Make Me an Offer (1954) - Wendl
 * The Woman for Joe (1955) - Sol Goldstein
 * The Extra Day (1956) - Lou Skeat
 * Stars in Your Eyes (1956) - Maxie Jago
 * The Long Haul (1957) - Nat Fine
 * A Night to Remember (1958) - Mr. Isador Straus
 * Expresso Bongo (1959) - Mayer
 * Jungle Street (1960) - Mr. Rose
 * Let's Get Married (1960) - Schutzberger
 * A Circle of Deception (1960) - Barman
 * His and Hers (1961) - Felix McGregor
 * The 25th Hour (1967) - Abramovici
 * The Sorcerers (1967) - The Jewish Baker
 * The Killing of Sister George (1968) - Mr. Katz