Sam Jaffe
Acting1891 New York City, New York, U.S.
Biography
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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).
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Known For
Acting History
1984
Nothing Lasts Forever
as Father Knickerbocker
On the Line
as El Gabacho
1980
Battle Beyond the Stars
as Dr. Hephaestus
Gideon's Trumpet
as 1st Supreme Court Justice
Buck Rogers in the 25th Century
TVas The Keeper• 2 eps
1978
1977
Kojak
TVas Papa• 1 eps
1976
1973
The Snoop Sisters
TVas Issac Waldersack
1971
Bedknobs and Broomsticks
as Bookman
Mooch Goes to Hollywood
as Sam Jaffe - Party guest (uncredited)
1970
Quarantined
as Mr. Berryman
The Dunwich Horror
as Old Whateley
The Old Man Who Cried Wolf
as Abe Stillman
1969
The Great Bank Robbery
as Brother Lilac Bailey (art forger)
Night Gallery
as Bleum
1967
Guns for San Sebastian
as Père Joseph
A Guide for the Married Man
as Technical Adviser (Shrink)
Tarzan's Jungle Rebellion
as Dr. Singleton
Tarzan
TVas Dr. Singleton• 2 eps
1966
Batman
TVas Zoltan Zorba• 1 eps
1965
Daniel Boone
TVas Jed Tolson• 1 eps
1962
1961
Naked City
TVas Lazslo Lubasz• 1 eps
Alfred Hitchcock Presents
TVas Hal Ballew / The Abbot• 1 eps
Cain's Hundred
TVas Louis Speckter• 1 eps
1960
The Islanders
TVas Papa Mathews
The Westerner
TVas Old Man McKeen• 1 eps
1959
Ben-Hur
as Simonides
1958
The Barbarian and the Geisha
as Henry Heusken
1957
The Spies
as Sam Cooper
1953
Main Street to Broadway
as Self (uncredited)
1951
The Day the Earth Stood Still
as Prof. Jacob Barnhardt
Under the Gun
as Samuel Gower
I Can Get It for You Wholesale
as Sam Cooper
1950
The Asphalt Jungle
as Doc Erwin Riedenschneider
1949
Rope of Sand
as Dr. Francis Kittridge Hunter
The Accused
as Dr. Romley
1947
13 Rue Madeleine
as Mayor Galimard
Gentleman's Agreement
as Professor Fred Lieberman
1939
Gunga Din
as Gunga Din
1937
Lost Horizon
as High Lama
1934
We Live Again
as Gregory Simonson
The Scarlet Empress
as Grand Duke Peter
1933
Emergency Call
Associate Producer