Caption: Still of William Powell, Oliver Blake, Richard Hall, Sam Levene and Henry O'Neill in Shadow of the Thin Man (1941)
Actor
Born: August 28, 1905
Star sign: Virgo
Known for: ...And Justice for All. (1979), Sweet Smell of Success (1957), The Killers (1946), Crossfire (1947)
Source: IMDB
Sam Levene was the actor who originated "craps-shooter extraordinaire" Nathan Detroit in the seminal American musical "Guys and Dolls" on the Great White Way in the original 1950 production. Levene was not a good singer and had trouble staying in key, so his solo number "Sue Me" had to be written in one octave to compensate for his lack of pipes. ...