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Sam Jaffe
Sam Jaffe

Sam Jaffe

ActingBorn March 10, 1891Died March 24, 1984 (age 93) New York City, New York, U.S.

Biography

From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia.   Sam Jaffe (March 10, 1891 – March 24, 1984) was an American actor, teacher, musician and engineer. In 1951, he was nominated for the Academy Award for Best Supporting Actor for his performance in The Asphalt Jungle (1950) and appeared in other classic films such as Ben-Hur (1959) and The Day the Earth Stood Still (1951). He may be best remembered for playing the title role in Gunga Din (1939), and the High Lama in Lost Horizon (1937). Description above from the Wikipedia article Sam Jaffe  licensed under CC-BY-SA, full list of contributors on Wikipedia.

Filmography

2004
On Location with Gunga Din

as Gunga Din (archive footage)

Movie
1984
On the Line

as El Gabacho

Movie
1984
Nothing Lasts Forever

as Father Knickerbocker

Movie
1981TV
1980
Battle Beyond the Stars

as Dr. Hephaestus

Movie
1980
Gideon's Trumpet

as 1st Supreme Court Justice

Movie
1975
Medical Story

as Dr. Gershowitz

TV
1974TV
1973
The Snoop Sisters

as Issac Waldersack

TV
1973
Kojak

as Papa

TV
1973
Saga of Sonora

as Old Sam

Movie
1971
Mooch Goes to Hollywood

as Sam Jaffe - Party guest (uncredited)

Movie
1971
Enemies

as Gittelman

Movie
1971Movie
1971
Columbo

as Henry Willis

TV
1970Movie
1970
Quarantined

as Mr. Berryman

Movie
1970
The Dunwich Horror

as Old Whateley

Movie
1969Movie
1969
The Great Bank Robbery

as Brother Lilac Bailey (art forger)

Movie
1967Movie
1967
A Guide for the Married Man

as Technical Adviser (Shrink)

Movie
1967
Guns for San Sebastian

as Père Joseph

Movie
1966
Tarzan

as Dr. Singleton

TV
1966
Batman

as Zoltan Zorba

TV
1964
Daniel Boone

as Jed Tolson

TV
1961
Ben Casey

as David Zorba

TV
1961TV
1961
Cain's Hundred

as Louis Speckter

TV
1961
The Defenders

as Dr. William Graham

TV
1960
The Islanders

as Papa Mathews

TV
1960
The Westerner

as Old Man McKeen

TV
1959
Ben-Hur

as Simonides

Movie
1958Movie
1958
Naked City

as Lazslo Lubasz

TV
1957
The Spies

as Sam Cooper

Movie
1955TV
1955TV
1953
Main Street to Broadway

as Self (uncredited)

Movie
1951
Hallmark Hall of Fame

as 1st Supreme Court Justice

TV
1951
The Day the Earth Stood Still

as Prof. Jacob Barnhardt

Movie
1951Movie
1951
Under the Gun

as Samuel Gower

Movie
1950
The Asphalt Jungle

as Doc Erwin Riedenschneider

Movie
1949
Rope of Sand

as Dr. Francis Kittridge Hunter

Movie
1949
The Accused

as Dr. Romley

Movie
1947
Gentleman's Agreement

as Professor Fred Lieberman

Movie
1947
13 Rue Madeleine

as Mayor Galimard

Movie
1943
Stage Door Canteen

as Sam Jaffe

Movie
1939
Gunga Din

as Gunga Din

Movie
1937
Lost Horizon

as High Lama

Movie
1934
We Live Again

as Gregory Simonson

Movie
1934
The Scarlet Empress

as Grand Duke Peter

Movie

Personal Info

DepartmentActing
BirthdayMarch 10, 1891
Day of DeathMarch 24, 1984
Place of Birth New York City, New York, U.S.
Popularity0.9