2: Actor JERRY ADLER. He's a former Broadway producer, director and stage manager who took up acting at the age of 62. He worked on over 53 Broadway shows before moving to L.A. where he staged managed a soap opera. On a hunch, a friend, who was casting a film, brought Adler in to read. That resulted in his first appearance as an actor in the film noir thriller, "The Public Eye." Since then, ADLER has acted in a number of television shows. He's now starring in the new Woody Allen film, "Manhatten Murder Mystery."
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