Sam Jaffe
March 10, 1891 (133 years old) in New York City, New York, U.S.
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.
Known For
Credits
- 2004 · On Location with Gunga Din as Gunga Din (archive footage)
- 1985 · George Stevens: A Filmmaker's Journey as Self (archive footage)
- 1984 · On the Line as El Gabacho
- 1984 · Nothing Lasts Forever as Father Knickerbocker
- 1981 · Foul Play as
- 1980 · Battle Beyond the Stars as Dr. Hephaestus
- 1980 · Gideon's Trumpet as 1st Supreme Court Justice
- 1979 · Buck Rogers in the 25th Century as The Keeper
- 1978 · Flying High as
- 1976 · The Bionic Woman as
- 1975 · Medical Story as
- 1974 · Harry O as
- 1973 · The Snoop Sisters as Issac Waldersack
- 1973 · Kojak as Papa
- 1973 · Saga of Sonora as Old Sam
- 1972 · The Streets of San Francisco as
- 1971 · Mooch Goes to Hollywood as Sam Jaffe - Party guest (uncredited)
- 1971 · Enemies as Gittelman
- 1971 · Bedknobs and Broomsticks as Bookman
- 1971 · Columbo as Henry Willis
- 1971 · Who Killed the Mysterious Mr. Foster? as Toby
- 1971 · Alias Smith and Jones as
- 1971 · The Tell-Tale Heart as
- 1970 · The Old Man Who Cried Wolf as Abe Stillman
- 1970 · Quarantined as Mr. Berryman
- 1970 · Nanny and the Professor as
- 1970 · The Dunwich Horror as Old Whateley
- 1969 · Night Gallery as Bleum
- 1969 · The Great Bank Robbery as Brother Lilac Bailey (art forger)
- 1968 · Guns for San Sebastian as Père Joseph
- 1967 · Tarzan's Jungle Rebellion as Dr. Singleton
- 1967 · A Guide for the Married Man as Technical Adviser (Shrink)
- 1966 · Tarzan as Dr. Singleton
- 1966 · Batman as Zoltan Zorba
- 1964 · Daniel Boone as Jed Tolson
- 1962 · The Merv Griffin Show as Self
- 1961 · Ben Casey as David Zorba
- 1961 · Cain's Hundred as Louis Speckter
- 1961 · The Defenders as Dr. William Graham
- 1960 · The Islanders as Papa Mathews
- 1960 · The Westerner as Old Man McKeen
- 1959 · Ben-Hur as Simonides
- 1958 · Westinghouse Desilu Playhouse as
- 1958 · Naked City as Lazslo Lubasz
- 1958 · The Barbarian and the Geisha as Henry Heusken
- 1958 · The Donna Reed Show as
- 1957 · The Spies as Sam Cooper
- 1955 · Alfred Hitchcock Presents as The Abbot
- 1955 · Alfred Hitchcock Presents as Hal Ballew
- 1953 · Main Street to Broadway as Self (uncredited)
- 1951 · Hallmark Hall of Fame as 1st Supreme Court Justice
- 1951 · The Day the Earth Stood Still as Prof. Jacob Barnhardt
- 1951 · Tales of Tomorrow as
- 1951 · I Can Get It for You Wholesale as Sam Cooper
- 1951 · Under the Gun as Samuel Gower
- 1951 · The day the earth stood still as
- 1950 · The Asphalt Jungle as Doc Erwin Riedenschneider
- 1949 · Rope of Sand as Dr. Francis Kittridge Hunter
- 1949 · The Accused as Dr. Romley
- 1947 · Gentleman's Agreement as Professor Fred Lieberman
- 1947 · 13 Rue Madeleine as Mayor Galimard
- 1943 · Stage Door Canteen as Sam Jaffe
- 1939 · Gunga Din as Gunga Din
- 1937 · Lost Horizon as High Lama
- 1934 · We Live Again as Gregory Simonson
- 1934 · The Scarlet Empress as Grand Duke Peter