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Sam Levene
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Producer, Actor Born: August 28, 1907 in New York City, NY Death: December 17, 1980 in New York City, NY Biography:Adept at playing sardonic, side-of-the-mouth urban types, "Sam Levene" appeared in several top Broadway productions of the early 1930s. At 29 (though looking far older and worldlier), Levene was brought to Hollywood to re-create his stage role as a superstitious gambler in "Three Men on a Horse" (1936). Not long afterward, he made the first of two appearances as New York police lieutenant Abrams in MGM's "Thin Man" series. Since Levene always seemed to have just stepped out of a "Damon Runyon" story, it was only natural that he create the part of crapshooter deluxe Nathan Detroit in the 1950 Broadway production "Guys and Dolls"; his endearingly offkey renditions of the "Frank Loesser" tunes "Oldest Established" and "Sue Me" can still be heard on the original cast album. When he wasn't essaying dese-dem-and-dose roles, Levene was frequently cast as a soft-spoken, philosophical Jew in such films as... Full Biography
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