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Carl Jaffe

Acting Born Mar 21, 1902 Hamburg, Germany 24 credits

Biography

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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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Known for

Playhouse

as Rabbi

Theatre 625

as Captain

Danger Man

as Professor Barkoff
Film

Johnny Handsome

as Captain Winogrodzki

Man of the World

as Hadi
Film

Fiddler on the Roof

as Isaac (uncredited)
Film

The Roman Spring of Mrs. Stone

as Baron Waldheim
Film

Operation Amsterdam

as Diamond Merchant
Film

First Man into Space

as Dr. Paul von Essen

Full filmography

  • Playhouse (1974) as Rabbi
  • Theatre 625 (1964) as Captain
  • Danger Man (1960) as Professor Barkoff
  • Dad's Army (1968) as Captain Winogrodzki
  • Behind Closed Doors (1958)
  • Man of the World (1962) as Hadi
  • Ivanhoe (1952) as Austrian Monk
  • Fiddler on the Roof (1971) as Isaac (uncredited)
  • The Life and Death of Colonel Blimp (1943) as von Reumann
  • The Roman Spring of Mrs. Stone (1961) as Baron Waldheim
  • The Awakening (1954) as The Tailor
  • State Secret (1950) as Janovic Prada / Tugboat Captain
  • The Double Man (1967) as Police Surgeon
  • Operation Amsterdam (1959) as Diamond Merchant
  • First Man into Space (1959) as Dr. Paul von Essen
  • I Was a Male War Bride (1949) as Jail Officer (uncredited)
  • Battle Beneath the Earth (1967) as Dr. Galissi
  • I Accuse! (1958) as Colonel Maximilian von Schwarzkoppen
  • The Saint in London (1939) as Stengler
  • The Joke (1976) as Rabbi
  • Battle of the V-1 (1958) as General
  • The Traitor (1957) as Stefan Toller
  • Park Plaza 605 (1953) as Boris Roff
  • Man on a String (1960)