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
Lou Jacobi columnist William Safire so vividly that he cited it when writing about the meaning of the word 36 years later. Jacobi also made two dozen feature films. His film debut was in the 1953 British comedy, "Is Your Honeymoon Really Necessary?" with the country’s blond sex symbol of the day, Diana Dors. Other notable films in which he appeared include, "Irma La Douce", "Penelope", "Everything You Always Wanted to Know About Sex* (*But Were Afraid to Ask)" (1972) as Sam Musgrave, a middle-aged married man experimenting with women's clothes, "Arthur" (1981) as the lucky florist, "My Favorite Year" (1982) as