Actor
Sam Levene
Biography

Sam Levene was a Broadway, film, radio and television actor who in a career spanning 5 decades created some of the most legendary comedic roles in American theatrical history. Levene appeared in a staggering list of 38 Broadway productions, 33 of which were the original Broadway productions, including Nathan Detroit, the craps-shooter extraordinaire, in the 1950 original Broadway production of "Guys and Dolls", Max Kane, the hapless agent, in the original 1932 Broadway production of "Dinner at E ...

Known For
Acting
1988 -- James Stewart: A Wonderful Life | Self (archive footage)
1979 -- ...And Justice for All | Arnie
1979 -- Last Embrace | Sam Urdell
1977 -- The Royal Family | Oscar Wolfe
1976 -- God Told Me To | Everett Lukas
1976 -- The Money | Lou Maurice
1971 -- Such Good Friends | Uncle Eddie
1969 -- A Dream of Kings | Cicero
1966 -- A Small Rebellion | Noel Greb
1963 -- Act One | Richard Maxwell
1959 -- The World of Sholom Aleichem | Mendele
1958 -- Kathy O' | Ben Melnick
1957 -- Slaughter on 10th Avenue | Howard Rysdale
1957 -- Sweet Smell of Success | Frank D' Angelo
1957 -- Designing Woman | Ned Hammerstein
1956 -- The Opposite Sex | Mike Pearl
1953 -- Three Sailors and a Girl | Joe Woods
1950 -- Dial 1119 | John D. Faron
1950 -- With These Hands | Alexander Brody
1950 -- Guilty Bystander | Captain Tonetti
1948 -- Leather Gloves | Bernie
1948 -- The Babe Ruth Story | Phil Conrad
1947 -- Killer McCoy | Happy
1947 -- Crossfire | Samuels
1947 -- Brute Force | Louie Miller #7033
1947 -- A Likely Story | Louie
1947 -- Boomerang! | Morning Record's Reporter Dave Woods
1946 -- The Killers | Lt. Sam Lubinsky
1945 -- The True Glory | Commentator
1944 -- Follow the Boys | Sgt. Leo Andreof (archive footage) (uncredited)
1944 -- The Purple Heart | Lt. Wayne Greenbaum
1943 -- Shoe Shine Boy | Lucky
1943 -- Gung Ho! | Leo 'Transport' Andreof
1943 -- Whistling in Brooklyn | Creeper
1943 -- I Dood It | Ed Jackson
1943 -- Action in the North Atlantic | Abel 'Chips' Abrams
1942 -- Destination Unknown | Victor, Elena's Aide
1942 -- The Big Street | Horsethief
1942 -- Sunday Punch | Roscoe
1942 -- Grand Central Murder | Inspector Gunther
1942 -- Sing Your Worries Away | Smiley Clark
1941 -- Shadow of the Thin Man | Lieutenant Abrams
1941 -- Married Bachelor | Cookie Farrar
1939 -- Golden Boy | Siggie
1938 -- The Mad Miss Manton | Lieutenant Brent
1938 -- The Shopworn Angel | 'Leer'
1938 -- Yellow Jack | Busch
1936 -- After the Thin Man | Lt. Abrams
1936 -- Three Men on a Horse | Patsy
1929 -- The Talk of Hollywood | Film Buyer
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