Sam Jaffe
Born: 1891-03-10 in New York City, New York, U.S.
Died: 1984-03-24
Known For: Acting
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 from the Wikipedia article Sam Jaffe licensed under CC-BY-SA, full list of contributors on Wikipedia.
Filmography
2004
- On Location with Gunga Din as Gunga Din (archive footage)
1984
- On the Line as El Gabacho
- Nothing Lasts Forever as Father Knickerbocker
1981
1980
- Battle Beyond the Stars as Dr. Hephaestus
- Gideon's Trumpet as 1st Supreme Court Justice
1979
- Buck Rogers in the 25th Century as The Keeper
1978
1976
1975
1974
1973
- Kojak as Papa
- Saga of Sonora as Old Sam
- The Snoop Sisters as Issac Waldersack
1971
- Columbo as Henry Willis
- Alias Smith and Jones
- Bedknobs and Broomsticks as Bookman
- Mooch Goes to Hollywood as Sam Jaffe - Party guest (uncredited)
- The Tell-Tale Heart
- Who Killed the Mysterious Mr. Foster? as Toby
- Enemies as Gittelman
1970
- Quarantined as Mr. Berryman
- Nanny and the Professor
- 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
1964
- Daniel Boone as Jed Tolson
1962
- The Merv Griffin Show as Self
- Damon and Pythias ... (Producer)
1961
- Ben Casey as David Zorba
- The Defenders as Dr. William Graham
- Cain's Hundred as Louis Speckter
1960
- In the Presence of Mine Enemies as Emmanuel
- The Westerner as Old Man McKeen
- The Islanders as Papa Mathews
1959
- Ben-Hur as Simonides
1958
- Naked City as Lazslo Lubasz
- The Donna Reed Show
- Westinghouse Desilu Playhouse
- The Barbarian and the Geisha as Henry Heusken
1957
- The Spies as Sam Cooper
1955
- Alfred Hitchcock Presents as The Abbot
1953
- Main Street to Broadway as Self (uncredited)
1951
- Tales of Tomorrow
- The Day the Earth Stood Still as Prof. Jacob Barnhardt
- Under the Gun as Samuel Gower
- Hallmark Hall of Fame as 1st Supreme Court Justice
- I Can Get It for You Wholesale as Sam Cooper
1950
- The Asphalt Jungle as Doc Erwin Riedenschneider
1949
- The Accused as Dr. Romley
- Rope of Sand as Dr. Francis Kittridge Hunter
1947
- 13 Rue Madeleine as Mayor Galimard
- Gentleman's Agreement as Professor Fred Lieberman
1943
- Stage Door Canteen as Sam Jaffe
1939
- Gunga Din as Gunga Din
1937
- Lost Horizon as High Lama
1934
- The Scarlet Empress as Grand Duke Peter
- We Live Again as Gregory Simonson
1933
- Emergency Call ... (Associate Producer)