Carl Jaffe

Born: 1902-03-21

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!.


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Ivanhoe

as Austrian Monk
Released: 1952-07-31

Sir Walter Scott's classic story of the chivalrous Ivanhoe who joins with Robin of Locksley in...

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Fiddler on the Roof

as Isaac (uncredited)
Released: 1971-11-03

In a small Jewish community in a pre-Revolutionary Russian village, a poor milkman, determined...

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The Life and Death of Colonel Blimp

as von Reumann
Released: 1943-07-26

General Candy, who's overseeing an English squad in 1943, is a veteran leader who doesn't have...

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First Man into Space

as Dr. Paul von Essen
Released: 1959-02-27

The first pilot to leave Earth's atmosphere lands, then vanishes; but something with a craving...

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A Tale of Five Cities

as Charlotte's Brother
Released: 1951-03-01

An Englishman has been working in the US so long he now speaks with an American accent. He is...

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I Was a Male War Bride

as Jail Officer (uncredited)
Released: 1949-08-26

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 Waldheim
Released: 1961-12-28

Critics and the public say Karen Stone is too old -- as she approaches 50 -- for her role in a...

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State Secret

as Janovic Prada / Tugboat Captain
Released: 1950-09-11

Visiting in England, an American surgeon Doctor John Marlowe is decoyed to a middle European...

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Port of Escape

as Ship's Officer
Released: 1956-05-01

Two sailors dock in London in search of a good time. But when one of them fatally stabs a man...

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The Double Man

as Police Surgeon
Released: 1967-04-25

In a complex piece of espionage the Russian secret service attempts to kidnap a high ranking...

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The Hostage

as Dr. Pablo Gonzuelo
Released: 1956-12-01

In this political thriller, set within an unnamed country, revolutionaries try to prevent their...

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Satellite in the Sky

as Professor Bechstein
Released: 1956-07-21

A bomb dooms the first space satellite, manned by a selfless crew, a stowaway reporter (Lois...

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I Accuse!

as Colonel Maximilian von Schwarzkoppen
Released: 1958-03-05

Alfred Dreyfus, a German-Jewish captain serving in the French Army, is falsely accused of...

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Battle Beneath the Earth

as Dr. Galissi
Released: 1967-10-01

Government officials discover a horrible plot: the Chinese are tunneling their way to the United...

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The Blind Goddess

as Johan Meyer
Released: 1948-09-14

Justice, the poets have it, is a blind goddess. Eric Portman stars as the lawyer defending a...

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Operation Amsterdam

as Diamond Merchant
Released: 1959-01-12

When Germany invades Holland in 1940, a British intelligence officer and two Dutch diamond...

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Over the Moon

as Michel
Released: 1939-10-12

Young Jane Benson just about manages to make ends meet running the large family house in...

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Two Thousand Women

as Sergeant Hentzner
Released: 1944-11-06

During the Second World War, three downed English airmen hide out with women's internment camp...

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House of Secrets

as Walter Dorffman
Released: 1956-10-23

Police in Paris recruit an English ship's officer (Michael Craig) to help trap counterfeiters by...

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The Lion Has Wings

as Unnamed Character
Released: 1939-11-03

This early, influential propaganda film blends documentary and studio footage to show the...

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Appointment in London

as German General
Released: 1953-02-17

Wing-commander Tim Mason leads a squadron of Lancaster bombers on almost nightly raids from...

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The Traitor

as Stefan Toller
Released: 1957-03-01

One time members of a resistance group come together every year to remember their dead leader,...

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Uncensored

as Kohlmeier
Released: 1942-08-24

During the Nazi occupation of Belgium during World War II, a Belgian resistance group revives...

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Lilli Marlene

as Propaganda Chief
Released: 1950-12-08

Lilli Marlene, a French girl working as a bar maid in her uncle's café in Benghazi, Libya, turns...

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The Dancing Years

as Headwaiter
Released: 1950-07-19

The episodic story of a composer of operettas, Rudi Kleiber, in in old Viennese days, and the...

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Escapement

as Doctor Hoff
Released: 1958-03-04

An insurance investigator tumbles onto a series of similar deaths, by brain hemorrhage, of...

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I Didn't Do It

as Hilary Vance
Released: 1945-08-06

Gormless George Trotter (George Formby) moves down from Manchester to the bright lights of...

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Warn That Man

as Schultz
Released: 1943-07-13

At the height of World War II, the Germans discover that a certain British personage is to stay...

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The Saint in London

as Stengler
Released: 1939-06-30

Suave soldier of fortune Simon Templer gets mixed up with a gang of counterfeiters who've...

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The Man from Morocco

as German General
Released: 1945-04-17

With the ending of the Spanish Civil War, a dispirited band of volunteers from the International...

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The Awakening

as The Tailor
Released: 1954-07-14

"The Awakening" is a 1954 short drama film of Douglas Fairbanks Presents anthology series based...

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Squadron Leader X

as Luftwaffe Colonel
Released: 1943-03-01

Equipped with an RAF uniform, an English accent, a photograph of his "wife" and a packet of...

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Man on a String

as uncredited
Released: 1960-05-20

U.S. spies catch a Moscow-born U.S. citizen helping spies, and they force him to counterspy.

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Park Plaza 605

as Boris Roff
Released: 1953-09-11

Suave private investigator Norman Conquest intercepts a secret message and meets a beautiful but...

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Desperate Moment

as Cellblock Guard Becker
Released: 1953-03-17

Story of a Dutchman's flight across post-war Germany trying to locate the man who alone can...

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Rockets Galore

as Dr Hamburger
Released: 1958-10-19

The inhabitants of Todday are content to live their lives in peace and quiet, until, that is,...

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Up Jumped a Swagman

as Analyst
Released: 1965-12-21

A dreamy Australian singer comes to London to seek his fortune and falls for a down-to-earth...

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Gasbags

as Gestapo Chief
Released: 1941-02-01

It's war time London and the Crazy Gang (Flanagan & Allen, Nervo & Knox, Naughton &...

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Cross Channel

as Otto Dagoff
Released: 1955-09-29

Charter-boat owner "Tex" Parker is framed on a murder rap by a gang of jewel-and-American...

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Subway in the Sky

as dt. Kriminalbeamter
Released: 1959-11-01

Berlin provides the backdrop for this crime drama that centers on a military doctor falsely...

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The Case of The Smiling Widow

as Nicholls
Released: 1957-01-01

From the case files of Scotland Yard, detectives investigate the mysterious death of Peter...

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An Englishman's Home

as Martin
Released: 1940-01-27

A German spy is dispatched to Britain to search out targets for a planned invasion.

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All Hands

as Captain
Released: 1940-05-31

From a series of propaganda films made to raise awareness of the risks of idle gossip providing...

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The Joke

as Rabbi
Released: 1976-05-26

Bendel is known for his practical jokes and his self-confidence. But when Dr Walden, one of his...

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Behind Closed Doors

as uncredited
First aired: 1958-10-02

Behind Closed Doors is an American drama series set during the Cold War hosted by and...

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