It’s good to remember that, when he started his film career, he had to hide the fact the he was Jewish from the public. While today Mayim Bialik or Michelle Trachtenberg can use the name with which they were born, and have any part for which they are suited, until the 1960s and 1970s, if you wanted to be Jewish in Hollywood, you couldn’t actually BE Jewish, unless you wanted to be typecast as a character actor, usually in a comedic role. The American public wouldn’t flock to movies if the leading lady was Betty Perske, Hedwig Kiesler, Sári Gábor, or Shirley Schrift. While it was easier for the men, would believe that Bernard Schwartz would be a romantic lead, or that Issur Danielovich is the name that would bring to mind the star of many an action blockbuster.
May his soul be bound up in the bond of eternal life.