From a post of June 28, 2020 —
"David Solomon Katz was born in Brooklyn to Jewish immigrant parents from
Eastern Europe on Oct. 23, 1916, and grew up in a neighborhood famous for
the gangsters of Murder Inc. …."
Further context —
"His early movie credits include 'The Lusty Men' (1952), a western, directed by
Nicholas Ray and starring Susan Hayward and Robert Mitchum…."
— Bruce Weber in The New York Times , Sept. 9, 2010