Ludwig Satz

Ludwig Satz (18 February 1891 – 31 August 1944[1]) was an actor in Yiddish theater and film, best known for his comic roles.

At the age of 18 he formed his own theater company in Galicia; he emigrated to the U.S. in 1912.

[3] He played the male lead in the 1931 film His Wife's Lover (Zayn Vaybs Lubovnik), which was billed as the "first Jewish musical comedy talking picture".

He starred in A Galitsianer Khasene (A wedding in Galitsia) (music by Herman Wohl, lyrics Boris Rozenthal) with Zina Goldstein and in Ven di zun geyt oyf (Sunrise) with Ola Lilith.

[3] He died in New York City in 1944 survived by his widow, Lillie (née Feinman, daughter of actress Dinah Stettin); three daughters (Celia, Mimi, and Frances); two brothers, Alexander and Eli, the last "an actor known professionally as Eli Mintz".

Satz played an atypically serious role in 1937's Moshiach Kumt ("The Messiah is Coming")
Ludvig Zats (Ludwig Satz)