![]() Avg.User Rating: Rate this person: Director, Producer, Cinematographer, Actor, Animator, Editor Born: February 2, 1904 in Russia Death: June 19, 1961 in Seattle, WA Biography:A thin, weasel-like Russian stage actor, "David Hoffman" made his mark in Hollywood films of the 1940s, chiefly at Universal where, as the spirit, he opened the first five "Inner Sanctum" films: "Calling Dr. Death" (1943), "Weird Woman" (1944), "Dead Man's Eyes" (1944), "The Frozen Ghost" (1945), and "Strange Confession" (1945). "Hoffman" was also an effective Hawaiian-based Nazi spy in a couple of chapters of the 1943 serial The Adventures of Smilin' Jack (1943) and portrayed yet another furtive Axis agent in the "Marx Brothers" comedy "A Night in Casablanca" (1946). Often unbilled, "Hoffman" continued in films until the late '50s. He should not be confused with the later director of the same name. ~ Hans J. Wollstein, All Movie Guide
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