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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.

An American actor born in Chicago, Illinois, USA. He married two wives and had one child. His most important works include The Lost World (1960), Atlantis: The Lost Continent...Read more (1961), and Harum Scarum (1965). He worked in radio, film, and television. He was known for doing varied accents, such as Mexican, Spanish, Greek, and Italian. Born to Italian immigrant parents, he mastered Italian before learning English. He also learned some German and Greek, worked in theater, and worked in radio as a dialect specialist. He went to Hollywood to do radio work and played small roles in films, in addition to many television works. He mostly played small parts in films as well as comedic roles. His first work was The Jade Box (1930), and his last work was The Domino Principle (1977). He died in North Hollywood, California, USA on September 2, 1982 of lung cancer.

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