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Sam Levene (born Scholem Lewin; August 28, 1905 – December 28, 1980) was a Russian-American Broadway, films, radio, and television actor and director. In a career spanning over five decades, he appeared in over 50 comedy and drama theatrical stage productions. He also acted in over 50 films across the United States and abroad.
He also appeared in one of the ultimate New York movies, the classic Sweet Smell of Success (1957). Sam Levene died of a heart attack on December 28, 1980. He was 75 years old.
- August 28, 1905
- December 28, 1980
Dec 31, 1980 · 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.
Dec 29, 1980 · Sam Levene, the actor who in a career spanning more than 50 years created some of the legendary comic roles of the American theater, was found dead last night in his apartment in the St. Moritz...
Dec 29, 1980 · NEW YORK -- Sam Levene, whose classic comic characters entertained theater and movie audiences for half a century, died last weekend at 75.
Samuel Levine [Birthname] Comments. Sam Levene was born Scholem Lewin on August 28, 1905 in Russia. He created the role of Nathan Detroit in Guys and Dolls, a character librettist Abe Burrows wrote specifically for Levene. Following a career that spanned well over 50 years, he was posthumously inducted into both the Theatre Hall of Fame (1984 ...
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Known as a dependable character actor, Levene appeared in 50 films, including 14 at MGM, which included two appearances as Police Lieutenant Abrams in the "Thin Man" series. During his five-decade Hollywood career, Levene established himself as one the great film noir stalwarts.
