Character actor Lou Jacobi dies at 95

Played Hans Van Daan in Broadway, movie version of ‘Diary of Anne Frank’

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Shelley Winters and Lou Jacobi are seen in the 1959 movie, "The Diary of Anne Frank." They played Petronella and Hans Van Daan, parents of Anne's crush, Peter Van Daan.

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updated 7:44 p.m. ET Oct. 25, 2009

NEW YORK - Longtime character actor Lou Jacobi has died at the age of 95.

The Canadian-born Jacobi died Friday at his home in Manhattan. The death was confirmed by social worker Leonie Nowitz, who had been overseeing Jacobi's care.

Jacobi made his Broadway debut in 1955 in "The Diary of Anne Frank," playing one of the occupants of the Amsterdam attic where the Franks were hiding. He played the same role in the 1959 film version.

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He appeared in some two dozen other movies, including the Dudley Moore comedy "Arthur," Woody Allen's "Everything You Always Wanted to Know About Sex" and Barry Levinson's "Avalon."

Jacobi also appeared in a number of TV shows, including "The Man From U.N.C.L.E." and "That Girl." He was a regular on "The Dean Martin Show" on NBC for two seasons in the early 1970s.