Baruch Lumet "The Pawnbroker" (1964) and "The Group" (1966). He also appeared in Woody Allen's comedy "Everything You Always Wanted to Know About Sex But Were Afraid to Ask", improbably cast as an elderly rabbi with a bondage fetish. From 1953 to 1960, Lumet was the director of the Dallas Institute of Performing Arts and the Knox Street Theater in Dallas. Among his students there were Jayne Mansfield and Tobe Hooper. Baruch Lumet Baruch Lumet ("Burech Lumet"; 16 September 1898 – 8 February 1992) was a Polish Jewish actor best known for his work in the Yiddish theatre. Lumet was born in
Tony Randall Oscar, and the TV spots were filmed on the same set as "The Odd Couple". During the series run he had a small role in "Everything You Always Wanted to Know About Sex * But Were Afraid to Ask" (1972). In 1973, he was originally hired to play the voice of Templeton the gluttonous rat in "Charlotte's Web", but was replaced at the last minute by Paul Lynde, due to his voice sounding too sophisticated and the director wanting Templeton to have a nasal voice. From 1976–78, he starred in "The Tony Randall Show", playing a Philadelphia judge. He had