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Sam Jaffe

Actor, Producer
Born March 10, 1891Died March 24, 1984 (93 years)
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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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  • The Dunwich Horror
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  • Damon and Pythias
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Known For

  • Ben-Hur
  • The Day the Earth Stood Still
  • The Asphalt Jungle
  • Bedknobs and Broomsticks
  • The Scarlet Empress
  • Lost Horizon
  • Battle Beyond the Stars
  • The Dunwich Horror
  • The Barbarian and the Geisha
  • 13 Rue Madeleine
  • Guns for San Sebastian
  • Rope of Sand
  • Damon and Pythias
  • The Accused
  • The Spies
  • Nothing Lasts Forever
  • Gideon's Trumpet
  • We Live Again
  • The Snoop Sisters
  • The Great Bank Robbery

Filmography

2005
1984
On the Line · as El Gabacho
1984
Nothing Lasts Forever · as Father Knickerbocker
1980
1980
Gideon's Trumpet · as 1st Supreme Court Justice
1979
Buck Rogers in the 25th Century (TV Series) · as The Keeper
1979
The Horror Show · as Cast
1978
Flying High (TV Series)
1977
The Love Boat (TV Series) · as Professor Roscoe Weber
1976
The Bionic Woman (TV Series)
1975
Medical Story (TV Series)
1975
S.W.A.T. (TV Series) · as Dr. Brunner
1974
Mooch · as Sam Jaffe - Party Guest (uncredited)
1974
QB VII (TV Series) · as Dr. Tessler
1973
Kojak (TV Series) · as Papa
1973
Harry O (TV Series)
1972
The Snoop Sisters (TV Series) · as Issac Waldersack
1972
1972
Ghost Story (TV Series) · as De Witt
1971
Enemies · as Gittelman
1971
1971
Columbo (TV Series) · as Henry Willis
1971
Owen Marshall, Counselor At Law (TV Series) · as Henry Noll
1971
1970
The Old Man Who Cried Wolf · as Abe Stillman
1970
Quarantined · as Mr. Berryman
1970
1970
The Dunwich Horror · as Old Whateley
1969
The Great Bank Robbery · as Brother Lilac Bailey (art Forger)
1969
Night Gallery · as Bleum
1969
Night Gallery (TV Series) · as Bleum (segment "escape Route")
1969
Love, American Style (TV Series) · as Mr. Palvecko (segment "love And The Wishing Star")
1968
Guns for San Sebastian · as Père Joseph
1967
A Guide for the Married Man · as Technical Adviser (shrink)
1966
Tarzan (1966) (TV Series) · as Dr. Singleton
1966
Batman (TV Series) · as Zoltan Zorba
1964
Daniel Boone (TV Series) · as Jed Tolson
1961
Ben Casey (TV Series) · as David Zorba
1961
Cain's Hundred (TV Series) · as Louis Speckter
1961
The Defenders (TV Series) · as Dr. William Graham
1960
The Law and Mr. Jones (TV Series) · as Martin Berger
1960
The Islanders (TV Series) · as Papa Mathews
1960
The Westerner (TV Series) · as Old Man Mckeen
1959
Ben-Hur · as Simonides
1959
The Play of the Week (TV Series) · as Cast
1959
Bonanza (TV Series) · as Joshua Norton
1959
The Untouchables (TV Series) · as Luigi Valcone
1958
1958
The Barbarian and the Geisha · as Henry Heusken
1958
Naked City (TV Series) · as Lazslo Lubasz
1958
1958
Shirley Temple's Storybook (TV Series) · as Zacharias
1957
The Spies · as Sam Cooper
1956
Playhouse 90 (TV Series) · as Emmanuel
1955
Alfred Hitchcock Presents (TV Series) · as The Abbot
1951
Hallmark Hall Of Fame (TV Series) · as 1st Supreme Court Justice
1951
The Day the Earth Stood Still · as Prof. Jacob Barnhardt
1951
Tales of Tomorrow (TV Series)
1951
1951
Under the Gun · as Samuel Gower
1950
The Asphalt Jungle · as Doc Erwin Riedenschneider
1949
Man Against Crime (TV Series) · as Cast
1949
The Big Story (TV Series) · as Hal Studer
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
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

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