Carl Jaffe (21 March 1902 – 12 April 1974) was a German actor. Jaffe trained on the stage in his native

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and

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before moving to

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, where his career began to develop. 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 appeared in more than 50 films and many television productions. Throughout his British career he was often cast as German or Central European characters, usually in supporting roles, and often with a war, crime or espionage setting. His film roles include ''

The Lion Has Wings ''The Lion Has Wings'' is a 1939 British, black-and-white, documentary-style, propaganda film, propaganda war film that was directed by Adrian Brunel, Brian Desmond Hurst, Alexander Korda and Michael Powell. The film was produced by London Film ...

'', ''

The Life and Death of Colonel Blimp ''The Life and Death of Colonel Blimp'' is a 1943 British romantic-war film written, produced and directed by the British film-making team of Powell and Pressburger, Michael Powell and Emeric Pressburger. It stars Roger Livesey, Deborah Kerr and ...

'', '' Two Thousand Women'', ''

Operation Amsterdam ''Operation Amsterdam'' is a 1959 black and white British action film, directed by Michael McCarthy (film director), Michael McCarthy, and featuring Peter Finch, Eva Bartok and Tony Britton. It is based on a true story as described in the book ' ...

'' and '' The Roman Spring of Mrs. Stone''. Jaffe's television credits included ''

Danger Man ''Danger Man'' (retitled ''Secret Agent'' in the United States for the revived series, and ''Destination Danger'' and ''John Drake'' in other overseas markets) is a British television series that was broadcast between 1960 and 1962, and again ...

'', ''

Dad's Army ''Dad's Army'' is a British television British sitcom, sitcom about the United Kingdom's Home Guard (United Kingdom), Home Guard during the World War II, Second World War. It was written by Jimmy Perry and David Croft (TV producer), David Crof ...

'' and '' Oh, Brother!''.

Partial filmography

* '' Second Best Bed'' (1938) - Georges Dubonnet * '' Over the Moon'' (1939) - Michel * '' The Silent Battle'' (1939) - Rykoff * '' The Saint in London'' (1939) - Stengler * ''

'' (1939) - Unnamed Character * '' An Englishman's Home'' (1940) - Martin * '' Law and Disorder'' (1940) * '' Gasbags'' (1941) - Gestapo Chief * '' Uncensored'' (1942) - Kohlmeier * '' Squadron Leader X'' (1943) - Luftwaffe Colonel * ''

'' (1943) - von Reumann * '' Warn That Man'' (1943) - Schultz * '' The Night Invader'' (1943) - Count von Biebrich * '' Two Thousand Women'' (1944) - Sergt. Hentzner * '' The Man from Morocco'' (1945) - German General * '' I Didn't Do It'' (1945) - Hilary Vance * '' Gaiety George'' (1946) - Kommandant * '' Counterblast'' (1948) - Heinz * '' The Blind Goddess'' (1948) - Johan Meyer * '' I Was a Male War Bride'' (1949) - Jail Officer (uncredited) * '' State Secret'' (1950) - Janovic Prada * '' The Dancing Years'' (1950) - Headwaiter * '' The Black Rose'' (1950) - Officer (uncredited) * '' Lilli Marlene'' (1950) - Propaganda Chief * ''

A Tale of Five Cities ''A Tale of Five Cities'' ( and released as ''A Tale of Five Women'' in the US) is a 1951 British-Italian international co-production comedy drama film directed by Romolo Marcellini, Emil E. Reinert, Wolfgang Staudte, Montgomery Tully, Irma ...

'' (1951) - Charlotte's Brother * ''

Ivanhoe ''Ivanhoe: A Romance'' ( ) by Walter Scott is a historical novel published in three volumes, in December 1819, as one of the Waverley novels. It marked a shift away from Scott's prior practice of setting stories in Scotland and in the more ...

'' (1952) - Austrian Monk * '' Appointment in London'' (1953) - German General * '' Desperate Moment'' (1953) - Cellblock Guard Becker * '' Park Plaza 605'' (1953) - Boris Roff * '' Betrayed'' (1954) - Major Plaaten (uncredited) * '' Child's Play'' (1954) - Carl Blotz * '' The Awakening'' (1954) - The Tailor * '' Cross Channel'' (1955) - Otto Dagoff * ''

Timeslip ''Timeslip'' is a British children's television series, children's science fiction television series made by Associated TeleVision, ATV for the ITV (TV network), ITV network, and broadcast in 1970 and 1971. It was first shown on Monday evenings ...

'' (1955) - Dr. Marks (uncredited) * '' Port of Escape'' (1956) - Ship's Officer * '' Satellite in the Sky'' (1956) - Bechstein * '' House of Secrets'' (1956) - Walter Dorffman * '' The Hostage'' (1956) - Dr. Pablo Gonzuelo * '' The Traitor'' (1957) - Stefan Toller * ''

Escapement An escapement is a mechanical linkage in mechanical watches and clocks that gives impulses to the timekeeping element and periodically releases the gear train to move forward, advancing the clock's hands. The impulse action transfers energy to t ...

'' (1958) - Dr. Hoff * '' I Accuse!'' (1958) - Col. von Schwarzkoppen * '' Battle of the V-1'' (1958) - General * '' Rockets Galore!'' (1958) - Dr. Hamburger * ''

'' (1959) - Diamond Merchant * ''

First Man into Space ''First Man into Space'' is a 1959 independent film, independently made British-American black-and-white Science fiction film, science fiction-horror film directed by Robert Day (director), Robert Day and starring Marshall Thompson, Marla Land ...

'' (1959) - Dr. Paul von Essen * '' Subway in the Sky'' (1959) - German Detective * '' Man on a String'' (1960) - People's Judge * ''

'' (TV, 1960) - Professor Barkoff * '' The Roman Spring of Mrs. Stone'' (1961) - Baron Waldheim * '' Doomsday at Eleven'' (1963) - Stefan * ''

Operation Crossbow ''Crossbow'' was the code name in World War II for Anglo-American operations against the German V-weapons, long range reprisal weapons (V-weapons) programme. The primary V-weapons were the V-1 flying bomb and V-2 rocket, which were launched agai ...

'' (1965) - German Officer at Rocket Plant (uncredited) * '' Up Jumped a Swagman'' (1965) - Analyst * '' The Double Man'' (1967) - Police Surgeon * '' Battle Beneath the Earth'' (1967) - Dr. Galissi * '' The Enemy Within the Gates'' (''Dad's Army'' episode)(1968) - Captain Winogrodzki * ''

Fiddler on the Roof ''Fiddler on the Roof'' is a musical theatre, musical with music by Jerry Bock, lyrics by Sheldon Harnick, and musical theatre#Book musicals, book by Joseph Stein, set in the Pale of Settlement of Russian Empire, Imperial Russia in or around 19 ...

'' (1971) - Isaac (uncredited)

References

External links

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at BFI Film & TV Database {{DEFAULTSORT:Jaffe, Carl 1902 births 1974 deaths German male stage actors German male film actors German male television actors Male actors from Hamburg 20th-century German male actors Jewish emigrants from Nazi Germany to the United Kingdom