Carl Jaffe
Actor
Biography
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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
The Life and Death of Colonel Blimp
as von Reumann 1943
Ivanhoe
as Austrian Monk 1952
I Was a Male War Bride
as Jail Officer (uncredited) 1949
First Man into Space
as Dr. Paul von Essen 1959
The Roman Spring of Mrs. Stone
as Baron Waldheim 1961
Battle Beneath the Earth
as Dr. Galissi 1967
The Double Man
as Police Surgeon 1967
Satellite in the Sky
as Professor Bechstein 1956
State Secret
as Janovic Prada / Tugboat Captain 1950
The Saint in London
as Stengler 1939
Appointment in London
as German General 1953
Operation Amsterdam
as Diamond Merchant 1959
The Lion Has Wings
as Unnamed Character 1939
Subway in the Sky
as dt. Kriminalbeamter 1959
Two Thousand Women
as Sergeant Hentzner 1944
Park Plaza 605
as Boris Roff 1953