Spoiler : Born in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania 6/25/1924. Son of character actor Baruch Lumet. Married actress Rita Gam (?-?); Gloria Vanderbilt Stokowksi (?-?); Gail Jones (?-?). Father of actress Jenny Lumet. Child actor on stage and radio. Served during WWII as a radar man in the Armed Forces. Off Broadway director before joining CBS-TV as an associate director in 1950, then became a full director in 1951. Associate director or director for television programs including episodes of Mama (1950-1957); Danger for CBS (1951-1955); Studio One on CBS (1951-1958); Omnibus (1952-1956); You Are There (1953-1957); Best Of Broadway (1954-1955). Emmy Award in 1960 for directing The Iceman Cometh.