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Acting

Sam Levene

Career: Active from 1936 to 1979, busiest in 1942 with 5 main titles.

Leading roles: 7
top three billing

Average score: 63/100

Highest rated: Sweet Smell of Success
90/100

What stands out

Compared with the average well-known movie, over 32 of their titles. Select a trait to filter titles.

Sam Levene Catalog average

Rarely in their work

Contemporary Realism
3.5, average 5.4
Fantasy
0.5, average 1.7
Coming of Age
1.9, average 3.0
Tech & Humanity
0.5, average 1.6

Main genres

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Recurring tags

Film Noir 4
Romantic Comedy 3
Character Study 3
Classic Hollywood 3
Mystery 3
Post-War Era 2
Mistaken Identity 2
Situational Humor 2
Classic Melodrama 2
Hollywood Golden Age 2
Emotional Journey 2
Fast-Paced 2

Works often with

People in at least two of their main titles.

Movies and TV shows

55

Type

Role

Score

Decade

Genre

Group by

1980s

1 title

Murder Sees the Light

Executive Producer

1970s

6 titles · average score 59

Last Embrace

53

as Sam Urdell

...And Justice for All

72

as Arnie

The Royal Family

as Oscar Wolfe

God Told Me To

62

as Everett Lukas

The Money

as Lou Maurice

Such Good Friends

50

as Uncle Eddie

1960s

5 titles · average score 59

A Dream of Kings

57

as Cicero

A Small Rebellion

as Noel Greb

Act One

55

as Richard Maxwell

Bob Hope Presents the Chrysler Theatre

66

TV show

The Aquanauts

TV show · as Lieutenant Maharis

1950s

12 titles · average score 62

The World of Sholom Aleichem

as Mendele

Kathy O'

84

as Ben Melnick

Sweet Smell of Success

90

as Frank D' Angelo

Designing Woman

74

as Ned Hammerstein

Slaughter on 10th Avenue

56

as Howard Rysdale

The Opposite Sex

46

as Mike Pearl

The Matchmaker

as Horace Vandergelder

Three Sailors and a Girl

43

as Joe Woods

Omnibus

75

TV show · as Eddie

With These Hands

as Alexander Brody

Guilty Bystander

41

as Captain Tonetti

Dial 1119

51

as John D. Faron

1940s

24 titles · average score 64

The Babe Ruth Story

59

as Phil Conrad

Crossfire

79

as Samuels

Boomerang!

71

as Morning Record's Reporter Dave Woods

The Killers

88

as Lt. Sam Lubinsky

The True Glory

65

as Commentator

Action in the North Atlantic

71

as Abel 'Chips' Abrams

Gung Ho!

55

as Leo 'Transport' Andreof

I Dood It

46

as Ed Jackson

Shoe Shine Boy

as Lucky

The Big Street

60

as Horsethief

Destination Unknown

as Victor, Elena's Aide

Shadow of the Thin Man

70

as Lieutenant Abrams

1930s

6 titles · average score 70

Golden Boy

70

as Siggie

The Mad Miss Manton

73

as Lieutenant Brent

The Shopworn Angel

71

as 'Leer'

Yellow Jack

60

as Busch

Three Men on a Horse

64

as Patsy

After the Thin Man

81

as Abrams

1920s

1 title

The Talk of Hollywood

as Film Buyer