Jeffrey Sayre

Personal Info

Known For
Acting
Born
December 3, 1900 (73 years old)
Died
September 26, 1974
Place of Birth
Chicago, Illinois, USA
Popular Genres
Drama Crime Comedy
Career Span
1936 – 1975

Jeffrey Sayre

6 wins
72 nominations
6 Oscars
183 credits

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Personal Info

Born
Dec 3, 1900
From
Chicago, Illinois, USA
Known For
Acting
Career
1936 – 1975

Known For

North by Northwest
North by Northwest
1959
as Hotel Lounge Patron / Man at Mt. Rushmore Cafeteria (uncredited)
The Man with the Golden Arm
The Man with the Golden Arm
1955
as Club Safari Patron (uncredited)
Witness for the Prosecution
Witness for the Prosecution
1957
as Clerk at Old Bailey (uncredited)
Ocean's Eleven
Ocean's Eleven
1960
as Customer at Drucker's (uncredited)
The Big Sleep
The Big Sleep
1946
as Croupier (uncredited)
Yours, Mine and Ours
Yours, Mine and Ours
1968
as Wedding Guest (uncredited)
Out of the Past
Out of the Past
1947
as Man in Nightclub Cloakroom (uncredited)
My Dear Secretary
My Dear Secretary
1948
as Dance Floor Extra (uncredited)
Gilda
Gilda
1946
as Gambler (uncredited)
An Affair to Remember
An Affair to Remember
1957
as Ballet Audience Member (uncredited)
Blackbeard's Ghost
Blackbeard's Ghost
1968
as Croupier
Conquest of the Planet of the Apes
Conquest of the Planet of the Apes
1972
as Restaurant Chef (uncredited)

Frequent Collaborators

Bess Flowers
Bess Flowers
3 shared projects
in "The Big Sleep"
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Stuart Hall
3 shared projects
in "The Big Sleep"
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William H. O'Brien
William H. O'Brien
3 shared projects
in "The Big Sleep"
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Brandon Beach
2 shared projects
in "Witness for the Prosecution"
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Steve Carruthers
Steve Carruthers
2 shared projects
in "Witness for the Prosecution"
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Kenner G. Kemp
Kenner G. Kemp
2 shared projects
in "The Big Sleep"
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Colin Kenny
Colin Kenny
2 shared projects
in "Witness for the Prosecution"
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Frank Marlowe
Frank Marlowe
2 shared projects
in "The Man with the Golden Arm"
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John Roy
2 shared projects
in "Witness for the Prosecution"
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Scott Seaton
Scott Seaton
2 shared projects
in "Witness for the Prosecution"
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Arthur Tovey
Arthur Tovey
2 shared projects
in "Witness for the Prosecution"
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Bert Stevens
Bert Stevens
2 shared projects
in "Witness for the Prosecution"
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Award Recognition

6
Wins
72
Nominations
6
Oscars

Complete Filmography

1975

The Strongest Man in the World as Crumply Crunch Executive (uncredited) Award

1974

Willie Dynamite as Conventioneer (uncredited)

1973

The Outfit as Horse Auction Attendee (uncredited)

1972

Conquest of the Planet of the Apes as Restaurant Chef (uncredited) Award
Probe as Hotel Guest (uncredited)
Now You See Him, Now You Don't as Budget Meeting Attendee (uncredited)

1971

The Million Dollar Duck as Man in Refinery Office (uncredited) Award
The Marriage of a Young Stockbroker as Man in the Bar (uncredited)

1969

True Grit as Courtroom Spectator (uncredited) Award
The Computer Wore Tennis Shoes as Man Seated in Control Room (uncredited) Award
The Good Guys and the Bad Guys as Barfly (uncredited)
The Comic as Pallbearer at Funeral (uncredited)

1968

Yours, Mine and Ours as Wedding Guest (uncredited) Award
Blackbeard's Ghost as Croupier Award

1967

The St. Valentine's Day Massacre as Party Guest (uncredited)
Point Blank as Spectator (uncredited)
Don't Make Waves as Reporter (uncredited)

1966

The Silencers as Club Patron (uncredited)
Not With My Wife, You Don't as Party Guest (uncredited)
Any Wednesday as Art Gallery Visitor (uncredited)
Hold On! as Benefit Attendee (uncredited)

1965

Inside Daisy Clover as Technician (uncredited)
A Patch of Blue
Brainstorm as Lawyer (uncredited)
A Very Special Favor as Restaurant Patron / Bar Patron (uncredited)

1964

Fate Is the Hunter as Airline Employee (uncredited)
Man's Favorite Sport? as Bar Patron (uncredited)
Looking for Love as Nightclub Patron (uncredited)
Youngblood Hawke as Party Guest (uncredited)
Sex and the Single Girl as Man at Stocking Show (uncredited)
A House Is Not a Home as Party Guest
Robin and the 7 Hoods as Courtroom Spectator (uncredited)

1963

The Wheeler Dealers as Restaurant Patron (uncredited)
The Man from Galveston as Hotel Guest (uncredited)

1962

Sweet Bird of Youth as Man at Political Rally
How the West Was Won as Auction Guest (uncredited)
Kid Galahad as Bevis (uncredited)
Mr. Hobbs Takes a Vacation as Dance Guest (uncredited)
Hemingway’s Adventures of a Young Man as Dinner Guest (uncredited)
Cape Fear as Bar Patron (uncredited)
If a Man Answers as Taxicab Driver (uncredited)
Advise & Consent as Senate Staff Clerk (uncredited)

1960

Ocean's Eleven as Customer at Drucker's (uncredited) Award
Seven Ways from Sundown
Seven Thieves as Croupier (uncredited)

1959

North by Northwest as Hotel Lounge Patron / Man at Mt. Rushmore Cafeteria (uncredited) Award
Imitation of Life as Audience Member

1958

Auntie Mame as Front Row Audience at Play (uncredited) Award
The Young Lions as Drunk (uncredited)
Party Girl as Courtroom Spectator (uncredited)
Houseboat as Country Club Patron (uncredited)
The Tunnel of Love as Party Guest (uncredited)
Home Before Dark as New Year's Eve Party Reveller

1957

Witness for the Prosecution as Clerk at Old Bailey (uncredited) Award
An Affair to Remember as Ballet Audience Member (uncredited) Award
Bombers B-52 as Nightclub Patron (uncredited)
The Joker is Wild as Elevator Passenger / Slot Machine Player (uncredited)
My Man Godfrey as Party Guest (uncredited)
Ride Out for Revenge as Townsman (uncredited)
The Quiet Gun as Courtroom Spectator (uncredited)
Appointment with a Shadow as Club Patron

1956

The Opposite Sex as Man Leaving Phone Booth (uncredited)
The Eddy Duchin Story as Nightclub Patron (uncredited)
Hollywood or Bust as Crap Table Stickman
There's Always Tomorrow
Around the World in Eighty Days as Extra (uncredited)
Rock Around the Clock as Club Patron (uncredited)

1955

The Man with the Golden Arm as Club Safari Patron (uncredited) Award
Illegal as Party Guest (uncredited) Award
Guys and Dolls as Diner at Mindy's (uncredited)
It's Always Fair Weather as Party Waiter (uncredited)
I Died a Thousand Times as Tropico Guest (uncredited)
I'll Cry Tomorrow as Man in TV Audience (uncredited)
A Life at Stake as Bar Patron (uncredited)
Three for the Show as Theatre Patron in Loge (uncredited)
My Sister Eileen as Nightclub Patron (uncredited)

1954

Black Widow as Photographer (uncredited)
Phffft as Party Guest (uncredited)
Target Earth as Army Staff Officer
The Far Country as Townsman (uncredited)

1953

The Blue Gardenia as Police Recorder (uncredited)
Let's Do It Again as Party Guest (uncredited)
Call Me Madam as Ball Guest (uncredited)
Angel Face as Court Clerk (uncredited)

1952

The Bad and the Beautiful as Waiter (uncredited) Award
The Merry Widow as Club Patron (uncredited)
Carrie as Restaurant Patron (uncredited)
This Woman Is Dangerous as Casino Employee (Uncredited)
The Half-Breed as Croupier (uncredited)

1951

The House on Telegraph Hill as Police Stenographer (uncredited)
Storm Warning as Townsman at Recreation Center (uncredited)
The Stooge as Theatre Patron (uncredited)
Painting The Clouds With Sunshine as Croupier / Stickman (uncredited)

1950

Woman on the Run as Police Detective (uncredited)
The Baron of Arizona as Townsman (uncredited)
No Man of Her Own as Country Club Patron (uncredited)
The Good Humor Man as Police Detective (uncredited)
Gun Crazy as Court Clerk (uncredited)
Destination Murder as Nightclub Patron (Uncredited)

1949

In the Good Old Summertime as Supper Club Patron / Party Guest (uncredited)
Red, Hot and Blue as Nightclub Patron (uncredited)
Slightly French as Party Guest (uncredited)
White Heat as Plant Detective (uncredited)
Miss Grant Takes Richmond as Nightclub Patron (uncredited)
All the King's Men as Party Guest (uncredited)
Cover Up as Theatre Patron (Uncredited)
The Great Sinner as Roulette Stickman (uncredited)

1948

My Dear Secretary as Dance Floor Extra (uncredited) Award
Wallflower
Mystery in Mexico as Airline Passenger

1947

Out of the Past as Man in Nightclub Cloakroom (uncredited) Award
Lured as Concertgoer (uncredited) Award
Monsieur Verdoux as Wedding Guest (uncredited)
Miracle on 34th Street as Courtroom Reporter (uncredited)
The Judge Steps Out as Wedding Guest (uncredited)
Johnny O'Clock as Card Player
The Private Affairs of Bel Ami
High Barbaree as Night Officer of the Deck (uncredited)

1946

The Big Sleep as Croupier (uncredited) Award
Gilda as Gambler (uncredited) Award
Deception as Headwaiter (uncredited)
Notorious as Party Guest (uncredited)
Crack-Up as Diner in Restaurant (Uncredited)
Without Reservations as U.S. Senator (uncredited)
Tomorrow Is Forever as Hamilton Employee
Devotion as Guest at Thornton's Ball (uncredited)
Sister Kenny as Elizabeth's Dance Partner (uncredited)
The Notorious Lone Wolf as Wheelright's Assistant Jeweler (uncredited)
Three Strangers as Waiter
The Secret Heart as Dance Extra
Blue Skies as Guest at Hole in the Wall
The Postman Always Rings Twice as Reporter (uncredited)
Meet Me on Broadway as Man at Table During Nightclub Number (uncredited)
Lover Come Back as Reporter at Party

1945

Mildred Pierce as Diner Customer (uncredited)
Christmas in Connecticut as Officer in Restaurant (uncredited)
Lady on a Train
Bud Abbott and Lou Costello in Hollywood as Nightclub Patron (uncredited)
Adventure as Wheel of Fortune (uncredited)
Week-End at the Waldorf as Oasis Diner (uncredited)
The Falcon in San Francisco as Nightclub Patron (uncredited)

1944

Mr. Skeffington as Nightclub Guest (uncredited)
The Fighting Seabees as Lt. Cmdr. Kane (uncredited)

1943

The Hard Way as Chorus Boy (Uncredited)

1942

Saboteur as Saboteur (uncredited)
The Big Street as Nightclub Patron (Uncredited)
Ride 'Em Cowboy as Rodeo Spectator (uncredited)
Nazi Agent as Restaurant Patron (uncredited)
The Fleet's In as Sailor
Men of San Quentin as Jimmy

1941

Two-Faced Woman as Wine Steward (uncredited)
Manpower as Power Company Telephone Operator (uncredited)
In the Navy as Sailor (uncredited)
Blonde Inspiration as Reporter (uncredited)
Hold That Ghost as Chorus Boy (uncredited)

1940

Knute Rockne All American as Jeff - Reporter on Train (uncredited)
'Til We Meet Again as Steward (uncredited)
Brother Rat and a Baby as El Mecca Club Waiter
On the Spot as Hype Innes

1939

Dark Victory as Doctor (uncredited)
The Roaring Twenties as Order-Taker (uncredited)
Charlie Chan at Treasure Island as Man at Landing Gate
The Oklahoma Kid as 'Times' Reporter (uncredited)
A Child Is Born as Second Drugstore Clerk (uncredited)
Secret Service of the Air as Road Gang Guard
Persons in Hiding as Onlooker at Arrest (uncredited)
Indianapolis Speedway as Racetrack Official
Torchy Runs for Mayor as A. Dalzell - First Editor (uncredited)
Mutiny in the Big House as Milo

1938

I Am the Law as Thug (uncredited)
Gold Diggers in Paris as Jimmy - Club Ballé Waiter
International Settlement as Gangster
Over the Wall as Convict

1937

Confession as Actor (uncredited)
Ready, Willing and Able as Reporter at Party
Midnight Taxi as Buck
Talent Scout as Story Researcher (uncredited)
Marked Woman as Graham's Trial Assistant (uncredited)

1936

Great Guy as Sugar Clerk (Uncredited)
36 Hours to Kill as Gangster Fritz
Crash Donovan as Headwaiter (uncredited)
Sworn Enemy as Hood at Table (uncredited)
General Spanky as Man at Bulletin Board

Photos & Videos

Featured in Trailers

North by Northwest
The Man with the Golden Arm
Witness for the Prosecution
Ocean's Eleven
The Big Sleep
Yours, Mine and Ours
Out of the Past
Gilda
An Affair to Remember

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