Jay Novello
| Jay Novello | |
|---|---|
| Born |
Michael Romano August 22, 1904 Chicago, Illinois, U.S. |
| Died | September 2, 1982 (aged 78) North Hollywood, California, U.S. |
| Resting place | San Fernando Mission Cemetery, Los Angeles, California, U.S. |
| Occupation | Radio, film and television actor |
| Years active | 1930–1977 |
| Spouse(s) | Rose Motto (1 child) Patricia C. (Lucy) Lewis (1961–1982) (his death) |
| Children | Yvonne Ann (Romano) Harscher |
Jay Novello (August 22, 1904 – September 2, 1982) was an American radio, film, and television character actor.
Born in Chicago as Michael Romano, of Italian descent. His parents were Joseph Romano and Maria (Salemme) Romano. He had three siblings: John Romano, Joseph Romano, and Theresa (Romano) Rizzo.
Novello began his career on radio in the 1930s. He played Jack Packard on the Hollywood version of I Love a Mystery for a brief period during the mid-1940s. He sometimes employed accents in voicing supporting characters.
His portrayals include Cairo police captain Lt. Sam Sabaaya on Rocky Jordan, Jamison the butler on the radio version of Lone Wolf, and Judge GlennHunter on One Man's Family. He had roles on Escape, Crime Classics, Lux Radio Theater, Suspense, and Yours Truly, Johnny Dollar.
On film, Novello alternated between pompous or fussy professionals and assorted ethnic roles, often as Italian or Hispanic characters. One of his earliest and more familiar film appearances is in the 1945 Laurel and Hardy comedy The Bullfighters, in which Novello plays a Latin restauranteur. Novello was limited mostly to bits in minor films, one of his notable being the officious Spanish consul in Frank Capra's Pocketful of Miracles (1961). Among his other movie credits are roles in such films as Beneath the 12-Mile Reef (1953), The Mad Magician (1954), Lisbon (1956), The Pride and the Passion (1957), This Rebel Breed (1960), The Lost World (1960), Escape from Zahrain (1962), The Man from the Diner's Club (1963), Sylvia (1965), Harum Scarum (1965), What Did You Do in the War, Daddy? (1966), The Caper of the Golden Bulls (1967), The Comic (1969) and The Domino Principle (1977).
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