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B.S. Pully
Newark, New Jersey, USA
B.S. Pully, (born Murray Lerman, May 14, 1910 – January 6, 1972) was a New York nightclub comedian and stage actor who created the role of Big Jule in the musical Guys and Dolls.…
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B.S. Pully, (born Murray Lerman, May 14, 1910 – January 6, 1972) was a New York nightclub comedian and stage actor who created the role of Big Jule in the musical Guys and Dolls. He was noted for his blue humor and thick, gravelly voice. Born in Newark, New Jersey, Pully began his career on the Borscht Belt and achieved fame originating the Big Jule role in the original Broadway production of Guys and Dolls, appearing in more than 1,000 performances. He also played the role in the 1955 film version. Other notable film roles include the gruff Christmas tree vendor in 1945's A Tree Grows in Brooklyn and Joe the Bartender in 1945's Nob Hill. Pully died of a heart attack in Thomas Jefferson University Hospital in Philadelphia, PA, at age 61. He was buried in Cedar Park Cemetery, Emerson, New Jersey.
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1970
Myra Breckinridge
Movie Tex
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1969
The Love God?
Movie J. Charles Twilight
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1965
Get Smart
TV show One-Way Al
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1962
The Merv Griffin Show
TV show Self
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1960
The Bellboy
Movie Steve
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1955
Guys and Dolls
Movie Big Jule
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1953
Main Street to Broadway
Movie Self (uncredited)
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1953
Taxi
Movie Amchy (uncredited)
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1950
The Bob Hope Show
TV show Self
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1945
Within These Walls
Movie Harry Bowser
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1945
Nob Hill
Movie Joe the Bartender
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1945
Don Juan Quilligan
Movie Ed Mossrock
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1945
A Tree Grows in Brooklyn
Movie Christmas Tree Vendor
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1944
Greenwich Village
Movie Brophy
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1944
Pin Up Girl
Movie Sergeant in Canteen (uncredited)
