
Sam Levene
Known for: Acting
Born: August 28, 1905
Died: December 28, 1980
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

With These Hands
1950

Shoe Shine Boy
1943

The World of Sholom Aleichem
1959

The Mad Miss Manton
1938

Destination Unknown
1942

The True Glory
1945

A Small Rebellion
1966

Designing Woman
1957

Dial 1119
1950

The Babe Ruth Story
1948

Guilty Bystander
1950

Last Embrace
1979

Act One
1963

Three Sailors and a Girl
1953

Leather Gloves
1948

A Likely Story
1947

A Dream of Kings
1969

The Money
1976
The Matchmaker
1954

God Told Me To
1976

Shadow of the Thin Man
1941

The Killers
1946

Gung Ho!
1943

I Dood It
1943

Kathy O'
1958

Sweet Smell of Success
1957

Action in the North Atlantic
1943

Crossfire
1947

Golden Boy
1939

Grand Central Murder
1942

Boomerang!
1947

Killer McCoy
1947

The Big Street
1942

Three Men on a Horse
1936

Married Bachelor
1941

Sing Your Worries Away
1942

The Purple Heart
1944

Slaughter on 10th Avenue
1957

The Royal Family
1977

The Shopworn Angel
1938

Sunday Punch
1942

Brute Force
1947

...And Justice for All
1979

Whistling in Brooklyn
1943

After the Thin Man
1936

Such Good Friends
1971

The Talk of Hollywood
1929

The Opposite Sex
1956

Yellow Jack
1938

The Colgate Comedy Hour
1950

Omnibus
1952

The Merv Griffin Show
1962

Studio One
1948

The Aquanauts
1960
Bob Hope Presents the Chrysler Theatre
1963

Follow the Boys
1944

James Stewart: A Wonderful Life
1987