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name: "Salem Ludwig"
canonical: "https://film.one/person/salem-ludwig"
roles: ["Actor"]
born: "31 July 1915"
died: "1 April 2007"
reviewed_on_fi1m: 1
average_as: "actor"
average_over: 1
updated: "2026-09-20T04:14:27.933645+00:00"
licence: "© Fi1m Ltd. Written by AI under a human editor; checked against sources before publication. Quote with attribution and a link to the canonical URL."
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# Salem Ludwig

Actor. Born 31 July 1915 in New York, New York, USA. Died 1 April 2007.

## Details

- **Work:** Actor
- **Born:** 31 July 1915, New York, New York, USA
- **Died:** 1 April 2007
- **Elsewhere:** https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Salem_Ludwig, https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q583434, https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0525052/, https://www.themoviedb.org/person/137269

## Biography

Salem Ludwig (31 July 1915 – 1 April 2007) was an American character actor. Born in Brooklyn, New York, he made his stage debut in 1938 and his New York debut after military service. He was a member of the Actors Studio and studied the Stanislavsky method with Robert Lewis and Tamara Daykarhanova.

Blacklisted in 1957, Ludwig found only limited stage work for a period but later accumulated many film and television credits. These include *America America* (1963) as Odysseus Topouzoglou, *Three Sisters* (1966) as Ferapont, *Heartburn* (1986) as a judge, *Family Business* (1989) as Nat, *The Object of My Affection* (1998) as Mr Shapiro, *Unfaithful* (2002) as the man with a suitcase and *The Savages* (2007) as Mr Sperry. Television roles included appearances in *All in the Family*, *Law & Order* and *The Sopranos*.

He also worked as an acting instructor at HB Studio in New York alongside Uta Hagen and continued performing on stage and screen into his nineties.

*Sources: en.wikipedia.org, playbill.com, imdb.com.*

## On Fi1m (1)

- *America America* (1963), Fi1m 84, as Odysseus Topouzoglou — [page](https://film.one/film/america-america.md)

## Complete filmography (34)

Every credit, newest first. Titles without a page can be requested for review on the HTML page.

- *A Killing on Brighton Beach* (2009), as Moisheh
- *The Savages* (2007), as Mr. Sperry
- *Unfaithful* (2002), as Man with Suitcase
- *Law & Order: Criminal Intent* (2001), series, as Mr. Seligman
- *The Business of Strangers* (2001), as Man at Pool
- *Ed* (2000), series, as Professor Kaplan
- *Fast Food Fast Women* (2000), as Leo
- *The Sopranos* (1999), series, as Mr. Capri — Fi1m 94, [page](https://film.one/tv/the-sopranos.md)
- *The Object of My Affection* (1998), as Mr. Shapiro
- *Lesser Prophets* (1997), as Uncle Paulie
- *I'm Not Rappaport* (1996), as Waiter
- *Flux* (1996), as Harry
- *For Love or Money* (1993), as Customer
- *Law & Order* (1990), series, as David Judd — Fi1m 72, [page](https://film.one/tv/law-and-order.md)
- *Family Business* (1989), as Nat
- *Wiseguy* (1987), series, Actor
- *Disorder* (1986), as Réceptionniste
- *Heartburn* (1986), as Judge
- *Kate & Allie* (1984), series, Actor
- *Endless Love* (1981), as Mr. Switzer
- *The Defection of Simas Kudirka* (1978), as Assistant Supervisor
- *The Next Man* (1976), as Ghossan Kaddara
- *The Rehearsal* (1974), Actor
- *All in the Family* (1971), series, as Solomon Rabinowitz — Fi1m 82, [page](https://film.one/tv/all-in-the-family.md)
- *McCloud* (1970), series, Actor
- *I Love You, Alice B. Toklas!* (1968), as Father
- *What's So Bad About Feeling Good?* (1968), as Witter
- *The Three Sisters* (1966), as Ferapont
- *America America* (1963), as Odysseus Topouzoglou — Fi1m 84, [page](https://film.one/film/america-america.md)
- *Road To Reality* (1960), series, Actor
- *Never Love a Stranger* (1958), as Moishe Moscowitz
- *Hallmark Hall of Fame* (1951), series, as Canonicus
- *Tales of Tomorrow* (1951), series, Actor
- *She Loves Me Not* (1949), as Mugg Schnitzel

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