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Jay Novello Biography

Date of Birth:
Aug 22, 1904Birth Place:
Chicago, Illinois, USA

Biography

Italian-American Jay Novello was a swarthy wee character actor who emerged from the early days of radio to portray furtive, twitchy ethnic types and fastidious, comically prissy characters in nearly 200 film and television roles. Throughout the 1930s and '40s, he established himself as a big-screen bit player with dozens of uncredited appearances in such madcap larks and spirited adventure films as the gleefully frenzied Laurel and Hardy outing "The Bullfighters." Around the time, he landed one of his most substantial roles in the pastoral divine-intervention drama "The Miracle of Our Lady of Fatima" ('52); the iconic funny-lady Lucille Ball fully tapped his comedic potential and cast him in several recurring parts on various television projects. On her flagship sitcom, the inimitable "I Love Lucy," he memorably played a hammy, histrionic fussbudget who holds a séance in a desperate attempt to contact his deceased pooch in the afterlife. The performance launched his nearly t
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10 Things You Should Know About Jay Novello

Here are 10 things you should know about Jay Novello, born 119 years ago today. The prolific character actor worked steadily for 50 years in radio, pictures and on television.

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Jay Novello

American actor (1904–1982)

Jay Novello (born Michael Romano, August 22, 1904 – September 2, 1982) was an American radio, film, and television character actor.

Radio career

Novello began his 47-year acting career in the 1930s, performing as a character on radio. He played Jack Packard on the Hollywood version of I Love a Mystery.[1] He portrayed Cairo police Captain Sam Sabaaya on Rocky Jordan,[1]: 287–288  Jamison the butler on the radio version of Lone Wolf, and Judge Glenn Hunter on One Man's Family. He also had roles on Escape, Crime Classics, Lux Radio Theater, Suspense, and Yours Truly, Johnny Dollar. He also played a recurring role as Mr. Negley, the mailman on the radio show My Favorite Husband.

Film

During his film career, Novello's roles often alternated between pompous or fussy professionals and assorted ethnic characters, such as Italians, Spaniards, or Mexicans. One of his earliest and more familiar film appearances is in the 1945 Laurel and Hardy comedy The Bullfigh

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