Jay Novello (born Michael Romano, August 22, 1904 â€" September 2,
1982) was an American radio, film, and television character
actor.Novello was born in Chicago to Joseph Romano and Maria (Salemme)
Romano. He had three siblings: John, Joseph, and Theresa (later Mrs.
Rizzo).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 for a brief period during the
mid-1940s. He sometimes employed accents in voicing supporting
characters. He portrayed Cairo police captain Lieutenant Sam Sabaaya
on Rocky Jordan,: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.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 Bullfighters,
in which Novello plays a Latin restaurateur.
1982) was an American radio, film, and television character
actor.Novello was born in Chicago to Joseph Romano and Maria (Salemme)
Romano. He had three siblings: John, Joseph, and Theresa (later Mrs.
Rizzo).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 for a brief period during the
mid-1940s. He sometimes employed accents in voicing supporting
characters. He portrayed Cairo police captain Lieutenant Sam Sabaaya
on Rocky Jordan,: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.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 Bullfighters,
in which Novello plays a Latin restaurateur.
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