Carl Jaffe
Born: 1902-03-21 in Hamburg, Germany
Died: 1974-03-12
Known For: Acting
Biography
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!.
Filmography
1976
- The Joke as Rabbi
1974
- Playhouse as Rabbi
1971
- Fiddler on the Roof as Isaac (uncredited)
1968
- Dad's Army as Captain Winogrodzki
1967
- The Double Man as Police Surgeon
- Battle Beneath the Earth as Dr. Galissi
1965
- Up Jumped a Swagman as Analyst
1964
- Theatre 625 as Captain
1962
- Man of the World as Hadi
- Doomsday at Eleven as Stefan
1961
- The Roman Spring of Mrs. Stone as Baron Waldheim
1960
- Danger Man as Professor Barkoff
- Man on a String
1959
- Operation Amsterdam as Diamond Merchant
- First Man into Space as Dr. Paul von Essen
- Subway in the Sky as dt. Kriminalbeamter
1958
- Behind Closed Doors
- I Accuse! as Colonel Maximilian von Schwarzkoppen
- Escapement as Doctor Hoff
- Rockets Galore as Dr Hamburger
- Battle of the V-1 as General
1957
- The Case of The Smiling Widow as Nicholls
- The Traitor as Stefan Toller
1956
- Port of Escape as Ship's Officer
- House of Secrets as Walter Dorffman
- The Hostage as Dr. Pablo Gonzuelo
- Satellite in the Sky as Professor Bechstein
1955
- Cross Channel as Otto Dagoff
1954
- The Awakening as The Tailor
1953
- Appointment in London as German General
- Park Plaza 605 as Boris Roff
- Desperate Moment as Cellblock Guard Becker
1952
- Ivanhoe as Austrian Monk
1951
- A Tale of Five Cities as Charlotte's Brother
1950
- State Secret as Janovic Prada / Tugboat Captain
- Lilli Marlene as Propaganda Chief
- The Dancing Years as Headwaiter
1949
- I Was a Male War Bride as Jail Officer (uncredited)
1948
- The Blind Goddess as Johan Meyer
1945
- I Didn't Do It as Hilary Vance
- The Man from Morocco as German General
1944
- Two Thousand Women as Sergeant Hentzner
1943
- The Life and Death of Colonel Blimp as von Reumann
- The Night Invader as Count von Biebrich
- Warn That Man as Schultz
- Squadron Leader X as Luftwaffe Colonel
1942
- Uncensored as Kohlmeier
1941
- Gasbags as Gestapo Chief
1940
- Law and Disorder as Foreign Agent
- All Hands as Captain
- An Englishman's Home as Martin
1939
- Over the Moon as Michel
- The Lion Has Wings as Unnamed Character
- The Saint in London as Stengler
1938
- Second Best Bed as Georges Debonnet