Sam Levene

Personal Info

Know For

Acting

Gender

Male

Birthday

1905-08-28 (75 years old)

Deathday

1980-12-28

Place of Birth

Šack, Belarus

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 Eight", Patsy, the comedic gambler, in the 1935 Broadway farce "Three Men on a Horse" , Gordon Miller, the shoestring producer, in the original 1937 Br...

Acting

1957

Sweet Smell of Success

as Frank D' Angelo

1943

Action in the North Atlantic

as Abel 'Chips' Abrams

1944

Follow the Boys

as Sgt. Leo Andreof (archive footage) (uncredited)

1976

God Told Me To

as Everett Lukas

1957

Designing Woman

as Ned Hammerstein

1947

Crossfire

as Samuels

1947

Brute Force

as Louie Miller #7033

1950

Dial 1119

as John D. Faron

1936

After the Thin Man

as Lt. Abrams

1941

Shadow of the Thin Man

as Lieutenant Abrams

1946

The Killers

as Lt. Sam Lubinsky

1956

The Opposite Sex

as Mike Pearl

1944

The Purple Heart

as Lt. Wayne Greenbaum

1948

The Babe Ruth Story

as Phil Conrad

1950

Guilty Bystander

as Captain Tonetti

1939

Golden Boy

as Siggie

1938

The Mad Miss Manton

as Lieutenant Brent

1979

Last Embrace

as Sam Urdell

1942

Grand Central Murder

as Inspector Gunther

1943

Gung Ho!

as Leo 'Transport' Andreof

1947

Boomerang!

as Morning Record's Reporter Dave Woods

1943

1957

Slaughter on 10th Avenue

as Howard Rysdale

1947

Killer McCoy

as Happy

1942

The Big Street

as Horsethief

1943

I Dood It

as Ed Jackson

1942

Destination Unknown

as Victor, Elena's Aide

1963

Act One

as Richard Maxwell

1953

1958

Kathy O'

as Ben Melnick

1941

Married Bachelor

as Cookie Farrar

1929

1948

1977

The Royal Family

as Oscar Wolfe

1938

1947

1942

Sunday Punch

as Roscoe

1950

With These Hands

as Alexander Brody

1969

1976

The Money

as Lou Maurice

1971

Such Good Friends

as Uncle Eddie

1942

Sing Your Worries Away

as Smiley Clark

1943

1938

Yellow Jack

as Busch

1987

James Stewart: A Wonderful Life

as Self (archive footage)

1945

The True Glory

as Commentator

1966

A Small Rebellion

as Noel Greb

1954

The Matchmaker

as Horace Vandergelder

Production

1986

Murder Sees the Light

as Executive Producer

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