Salem Ludwig (July 31, 1915 – April 1, 2007) was an American

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and highly esteemed acting instructor. Born in

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, Ludwig was

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ed in 1957 and could only find minimal stage work. He had many film and television credits and remained active, even after his 90th birthday, until his death at age 91. A biographical film, ''An Actor's Life'' was made by budding director/actress Carol Schaye, who wanted to portray actors as talented, working individuals rather than just the character they see.The Reno Gazette-Journal, An Actor's Life 4/26/2002 04:38 pm
/ref> He was represented by Theatrical Agent Archer King. He is known for many films including: ''Life on the Ledge'' (2005, Grandfather), '' Unfaithful'' (2002, Man with Suitcase), '' The Business of Strangers'' (2001, Man at Pool), '' Fast Food, Fast Women'' (2000, Leo), ''

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'' (1996, Walter), ''For Love Or Money'' (1993, Customer), ''

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'' (1989, Nat), ''

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'' (1986, Judge), '' Endless Love'' (1981, Mr Switzer), ''The Arab Conspiracy'' (1976, Ghassan Kaddara), '' I Love You, Alice B. Toklas'' (1968, Mr Fine), '' What's So Bad About Feeling Good?'' (1968), '' Three Sisters'' (1966, Ferapont), ''

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'' (1963, Odysseus Topouzoglou), and '' Never Love a Stranger'' (1958, Moishe Moscowitz). His television roles included attorney Solomon Rabinowitz, in an early episode of ''

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'' Rabinowitz memorably advised

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not to pursue a whiplash case, telling him "In a court of law, you can't beat a

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s." (The nuns would all have been witnesses against Archie.) He also played 2 roles on the NBC-TV afternoon daytime soap opera '' The Doctors'' in 1967 as Dr. Roth and again in 1975 as George Watson. in 1985 he played Jules Rosenfeld, the dry cleaner, in the CBS-TV comedy series Kate & Allie.

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