Sam Jaffe
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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Acting History
2004
On Location with Gunga Din as Gunga Din (archive footage)
1984On the Line as El Gabacho
1984Nothing Lasts Forever as Father Knickerbocker
1981Foul Play
1980Battle Beyond the Stars as Dr. Hephaestus
1980Gideon's Trumpet as 1st Supreme Court Justice
1979Buck Rogers in the 25th Century as The Keeper
1978Flying High
1976The Bionic Woman
1975Medical Story
1974Harry O
1973The Snoop Sisters as Issac Waldersack
1973Kojak as Papa
1973Saga of Sonora as Old Sam
1972The Streets of San Francisco
1971Mooch Goes to Hollywood as Sam Jaffe - Party guest (uncredited)
1971Enemies as Gittelman
1971Bedknobs and Broomsticks as Bookman
1971Columbo as Henry Willis
1971Who Killed the Mysterious Mr. Foster? as Toby
1971Alias Smith and Jones
1971The Tell-Tale Heart
1970The Old Man Who Cried Wolf as Abe Stillman
1970Quarantined as Mr. Berryman
1970Nanny and the Professor
1970The Dunwich Horror as Old Whateley
1969Night Gallery as Bleum
1969The Great Bank Robbery as Brother Lilac Bailey (art forger)
1967Tarzan's Jungle Rebellion as Dr. Singleton
1967A Guide for the Married Man as Technical Adviser (Shrink)
1967Guns for San Sebastian as Père Joseph
1966Tarzan as Dr. Singleton
1966Batman as Zoltan Zorba
1964Daniel Boone as Jed Tolson
1962The Merv Griffin Show as Self
1961Ben Casey as David Zorba
1961Ben Casey
1961Cain's Hundred as Louis Speckter
1961The Defenders as Dr. William Graham
1960The Islanders as Papa Mathews
1960The Westerner as Old Man McKeen
1960In the Presence of Mine Enemies as Emmanuel
1959Ben-Hur as Simonides
1958Westinghouse Desilu Playhouse
1958Naked City as Lazslo Lubasz
1958The Barbarian and the Geisha as Henry Heusken
1958The Donna Reed Show
1957The Spies as Sam Cooper
1955Alfred Hitchcock Presents as The Abbot
1955Alfred Hitchcock Presents as Hal Ballew
1953Main Street to Broadway as Self (uncredited)
1951Hallmark Hall of Fame as 1st Supreme Court Justice
1951The Day the Earth Stood Still as Prof. Jacob Barnhardt
1951Tales of Tomorrow
1951I Can Get It for You Wholesale as Sam Cooper
1951Under the Gun as Samuel Gower
1950The Asphalt Jungle as Doc Erwin Riedenschneider
1949Rope of Sand as Dr. Francis Kittridge Hunter
1949The Accused as Dr. Romley
1947Gentleman's Agreement as Professor Fred Lieberman
194713 Rue Madeleine as Mayor Galimard
1943Stage Door Canteen as Sam Jaffe
1939Gunga Din as Gunga Din
1937Lost Horizon as High Lama
1934We Live Again as Gregory Simonson
1934The Scarlet Empress as Grand Duke Peter