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Sam Levene had a legendary show business career spanning 54 years, appearing in over 100 productions, including 50 films, 39 Broadway shows, many of them hit...
Nov 8, 2013 · I became a Sam Levene fan backwards. You see, the first film in which I saw Sam onscreen (if I may so address him without seeming too bold) was in one of his last movies, Jonathan Demme’s 1979 Hitchcockian thriller Last Embrace For me, Sam Levene stole the show as Sam Urdell, the crotchety but likable head of a secret Jewish society who helps troubled secret agent hero Roy Scheider before he ...
Sam Levene Actor [IMDB on Sam Levene]: Although Levene created the role of Nathan Detroit in the original Broadway production of "Guys and Dolls" in 1950, he did so with a decided handicap for a musical comedy leading man: He couldn't sing.
Dec 31, 1980 · Sam Levene Actor dies. By ARTHUR EVERETT Associated Press Writer. NEW YORK (AP) Sam Levene, who created the role of the Damon Runyon crap game operator Nathan Detroit in the Broadway musical “Guys and Dolls,” is dead at the age of 75. Levene died of an apparent heart attack in the suite where he resided at the St. Moritz Hotel here.
Sam Levene. Actor: After the Thin Man. Sam Levene was the actor who originated "craps-shooter extraordinaire" Nathan Detroit in the seminal American musical "Guys and Dolls" on the Great White Way in the original 1950 production.
Sam Levene became an actor because he wanted to prove that he had enough poise to be a salesman. To hone his skills, the dress-cutter auditioned at the American Academy of Dramatic Arts--and got a scholarship. He made his Broadway debut in 1927 and, within a decade, was recreating his roles on the silver screen. Building his reputation as a...
