Carl Jaffe
From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia Carl Jaffe (21 March 1902 – 12 April 1974) was a German actor. Jaffe trained on the stage in his native Hamburg, Kassel and Wiesbaden before moving to Berlin, where his career took off. In 1933 Jaffe changed his stage name to Frank Alwar, but in 1936, with the situation for Jews in Germany rapidly deteriorating, he made the decision to migrate to the United Kingdom. He remained in the UK for the rest of his life and enjoyed a prolific career, appearing in over 50 films and many television productions. Throughout his British career he was almost invariably cast as German or Central European characters, usually in supporting roles, and often with a war, crime or espionage setting. His more notable films include The Lion Has Wings, The Life and Death of Colonel Blimp, Two Thousand Women, Operation Amsterdam and The Roman Spring of Mrs. Stone. Jaffe's television credits included Danger Man, Dad's Army and Oh, Brother!.
Fiddler on the Roof
as Isaac (uncredited)In a small Jewish community in a pre-Revolutionary Russian village, a poor milkman, determined...
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Ivanhoe
as Austrian MonkSir Walter Scott's classic story of the chivalrous Ivanhoe who joins with Robin of Locksley in...
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The Life and Death of Colonel Blimp
as von ReumannGeneral Candy, who's overseeing an English squad in 1943, is a veteran leader who doesn't have...
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Operation Amsterdam
as Diamond MerchantWhen Germany invades Holland in 1940, a British intelligence officer and two Dutch diamond...
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I Was a Male War Bride
as Jail Officer (uncredited)After marrying an American lieutenant with whom he was assigned to work in post-war Germany, a...
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The Roman Spring of Mrs. Stone
as Baron WaldheimCritics and the public say Karen Stone is too old -- as she approaches 50 -- for her role in a...
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A Tale of Five Cities
as Charlotte's BrotherAn Englishman has been working in the US so long he now speaks with an American accent. He is...
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I Accuse!
as Colonel Maximilian von SchwarzkoppenAlfred Dreyfus, a German-Jewish captain serving in the French Army, is falsely accused of...
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The Saint in London
as StenglerSuave soldier of fortune Simon Templer gets mixed up with a gang of counterfeiters who've...
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First Man into Space
as Dr. Paul von EssenThe first pilot to leave Earth's atmosphere lands, then vanishes; but something with a craving...
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Appointment in London
as German GeneralWing-commander Tim Mason leads a squadron of Lancaster bombers on almost nightly raids from...
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The Double Man
as Police SurgeonIn a complex piece of espionage the Russian secret service attempts to kidnap a high ranking...
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State Secret
as Janovic Prada / Tugboat CaptainVisiting in England, an American surgeon Doctor John Marlowe is decoyed to a middle European...
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The Traitor
as Stefan TollerOne time members of a resistance group come together every year to remember their dead leader,...
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Satellite in the Sky
as Professor BechsteinA bomb dooms the first space satellite, manned by a selfless crew, a stowaway reporter (Lois...
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Up Jumped a Swagman
as AnalystA dreamy Australian singer comes to London to seek his fortune and falls for a down-to-earth...
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I Didn't Do It
as Hilary VanceGormless George Trotter (George Formby) moves down from Manchester to the bright lights of...
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The Case of The Smiling Widow
as NichollsFrom the case files of Scotland Yard, detectives investigate the mysterious death of Peter...
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The Lion Has Wings
as Unnamed CharacterThis early, influential propaganda film blends documentary and studio footage to show the...
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Gasbags
as Gestapo ChiefIt's war time London and the Crazy Gang (Flanagan & Allen, Nervo & Knox, Naughton &...
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The Awakening
as The Tailor"The Awakening" is a 1954 short drama film of Douglas Fairbanks Presents anthology series based...
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House of Secrets
as Walter DorffmanPolice in Paris recruit an English ship's officer (Michael Craig) to help trap counterfeiters by...
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Battle Beneath the Earth
as Dr. GalissiGovernment officials discover a horrible plot: the Chinese are tunneling their way to the United...
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The Blind Goddess
as Johan MeyerJustice, the poets have it, is a blind goddess. Eric Portman stars as the lawyer defending a...
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The Man from Morocco
as German GeneralWith the ending of the Spanish Civil War, a dispirited band of volunteers from the International...
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Subway in the Sky
as dt. KriminalbeamterBerlin provides the backdrop for this crime drama that centers on a military doctor falsely...
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Desperate Moment
as Cellblock Guard BeckerStory of a Dutchman's flight across post-war Germany trying to locate the man who alone can...
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Uncensored
as KohlmeierDuring the Nazi occupation of Belgium during World War II, a Belgian resistance group revives...
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An Englishman's Home
as MartinA German spy is dispatched to Britain to search out targets for a planned invasion.
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Lilli Marlene
as Propaganda ChiefLilli Marlene, a French girl working as a bar maid in her uncle's café in Benghazi, Libya, turns...
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Cross Channel
as Otto DagoffCharter-boat owner "Tex" Parker is framed on a murder rap by a gang of jewel-and-American...
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The Joke
as RabbiBendel is known for his practical jokes and his self-confidence. But when Dr Walden, one of his...
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The Hostage
as Dr. Pablo GonzueloIn this political thriller, set within an unnamed country, revolutionaries try to prevent their...
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Escapement
as Doctor HoffAn insurance investigator tumbles onto a series of similar deaths, by brain hemorrhage, of...
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Rockets Galore
as Dr HamburgerThe inhabitants of Todday are content to live their lives in peace and quiet, until, that is,...
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Man on a String
as uncreditedU.S. spies catch a Moscow-born U.S. citizen helping spies, and they force him to counterspy.
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Two Thousand Women
as Sergeant HentznerDuring the Second World War, three downed English airmen hide out with women's internment camp...
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Park Plaza 605
as Boris RoffSuave private investigator Norman Conquest intercepts a secret message and meets a beautiful but...
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Over the Moon
as MichelYoung Jane Benson just about manages to make ends meet running the large family house in...
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Law and Disorder
as Foreign AgentOn the eve of WWII a young defence lawyer, assisted by his wife, invaigles his way into a gang...
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The Dancing Years
as HeadwaiterThe episodic story of a composer of operettas, Rudi Kleiber, in in old Viennese days, and the...
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Squadron Leader X
as Luftwaffe ColonelEquipped with an RAF uniform, an English accent, a photograph of his "wife" and a packet of...
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Port of Escape
as Ship's OfficerTwo sailors dock in London in search of a good time. But when one of them fatally stabs a man...
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Warn That Man
as SchultzAt the height of World War II, the Germans discover that a certain British personage is to stay...
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All Hands
as CaptainFrom a series of propaganda films made to raise awareness of the risks of idle gossip providing...
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Behind Closed Doors
as uncreditedBehind Closed Doors is an American drama series set during the Cold War hosted by and...
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