Jed Harris

Jed Harris (born Jacob Hirsch Horowitz; February 25, 1900 – November 15, 1979) was an Austrian-born American theatrical producer and director. His many successful Broadway productions in the 1920s and 1930s include ''Broadway'' (1926), ''Coquette'' (1927), ''The Royal Family'' (1927), ''The Front Page'' (1928), ''Uncle Vanya'' (1930), ''The Green Bay Tree'' (1933) and ''Our Town'' (1938). He later directed the original Broadway productions of ''The Heiress'' (1947) and ''The Crucible'' (1953). Provided by Wikipedia