Carl Jaffe

Carl Jaffe was a German actor who built his career on the stage before moving into film. He was born in Hamburg and trained there, and also in Kassel and Wiesbaden, later going to Berlin to develop his work as a performer. In 1933 he adopted the stage name Frank Alwar. In 1936 he moved to the United Kingdom, where he remained for the rest of his life. From then on he took roles in more than 50 films and a great many television productions. He was often chosen for German or Central European parts, most of them supporting, in dramas with war, crime or espionage backgrounds. His films included The Life and Death of Colonel Blimp (1943), The Roman Spring of Mrs. Stone (1961), The Lion Has Wings, Two Thousand Women and Operation Amsterdam. On television he appeared in Danger Man, Dad's Army and Oh, Brother!.