Baruch Lumet (Burech Lumet;[1] 16 September 1898 – 8 February 1992) was an American actor best known for his work in the Yiddish theatre.
Lumet was born in Warsaw, then part of Congress Poland, to a Yiddish-speaking Jewish family.
[2][3] He immigrated to the United States from Poland with his wife Eugenia Gitl Lumet (née Wermus) and daughter Felicia (1920–1980) in 1922, where his son, film director Sidney Lumet (1924–2011), was born.
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.
[4] Among his students were Jayne Mansfield and Tobe Hooper.