Sam Jaffe

ActorProducerProduction Mar 10 (died age 93) New York City, New York, U.S. 1933–2004 (71 year career)

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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 …

Known For

Film

Ben-Hur

Simonides

Film

The Day the Earth Stood Still

Prof. Jacob Barnhardt

Film

Bedknobs and Broomsticks

Bookman

Film

The Asphalt Jungle

Doc Erwin Riedenschneider

Film

Gentleman's Agreement

Professor Fred Lieberman

Film

Lost Horizon

High Lama

Film

The Scarlet Empress

Grand Duke Peter

Film

Gunga Din

Filmography

Acting (65)

Movies (37)

On Location with Gunga Din

2004

as Gunga Din (archive footage)

On the Line

1984

as El Gabacho

4.1

Nothing Lasts Forever

1984

as Father Knickerbocker

6.2

Battle Beyond the Stars

1980

as Dr. Hephaestus

5.4

Gideon's Trumpet

1980

as 1st Supreme Court Justice

6.0

Saga of Sonora

1973

as Old Sam

Mooch Goes to Hollywood

1971

as Sam Jaffe - Party guest (uncredited)

4.3

Bedknobs and Broomsticks

as Bookman

The Tell-Tale Heart

Enemies

as Gittelman

Who Killed the Mysterious Mr. Foster?

as Toby

Quarantined

as Mr. Berryman

The Dunwich Horror

as Old Whateley

The Old Man Who Cried Wolf

as Abe Stillman

Night Gallery

as Bleum

The Great Bank Robbery

1969

as Brother Lilac Bailey (art forger)

6.3

A Guide for the Married Man

1967

as Technical Adviser (Shrink)

5.8

Guns for San Sebastian

1967

as Père Joseph

7.0

Tarzan's Jungle Rebellion

1967

as Dr. Singleton

5.0

In the Presence of Mine Enemies

1960

as Emmanuel

Ben-Hur

1959

as Simonides

7.9

The Barbarian and the Geisha

as Henry Heusken

The Spies

as Sam Cooper

Main Street to Broadway

1953

as Self (uncredited)

6.5

The Day the Earth Stood Still

1951

as Prof. Jacob Barnhardt

7.5

Under the Gun

1951

as Samuel Gower

6.1

I Can Get It for You Wholesale

1951

as Sam Cooper

5.8

The Asphalt Jungle

1950

as Doc Erwin Riedenschneider

The Accused

as Dr. Romley

Rope of Sand

as Dr. Francis Kittridge Hunter

5.6

Gentleman's Agreement

1947

as Professor Fred Lieberman

13 Rue Madeleine

as Mayor Galimard

Stage Door Canteen

as Sam Jaffe

Gunga Din

as Gunga Din

Lost Horizon

as High Lama

The Scarlet Empress

as Grand Duke Peter

We Live Again

as Gregory Simonson

Television (28)

Foul Play

1981

5.0

Buck Rogers in the 25th Century

as The Keeper

Flying High

The Bionic Woman

Medical Story

Harry O

Kojak

as Papa

The Snoop Sisters

as Issac Waldersack

The Streets of San Francisco

Columbo

as Henry Willis

Alias Smith and Jones

1971

7.0

Nanny and the Professor

Batman

as Zoltan Zorba

Tarzan

as Dr. Singleton

Daniel Boone

as Jed Tolson

The Merv Griffin Show

1962

as Self

6.2

The Defenders

1961

as Dr. William Graham

Ben Casey

as David Zorba

Ben Casey

as David Zorba

Cain's Hundred

as Louis Speckter

The Islanders

as Papa Mathews

The Westerner

as Old Man McKeen

Naked City

as Lazslo Lubasz

The Donna Reed Show

Westinghouse Desilu Playhouse

1958

5.8

Alfred Hitchcock Presents

as The Abbot

Tales of Tomorrow

Hallmark Hall of Fame

1951

as 1st Supreme Court Justice

8.6

Crew (2)

Movies (2)

Damon and Pythias

Producer

Emergency Call

Associate Producer