Sam Jaffe
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.
Known For
All Movies (37)
- On Location with Gunga Din2004 · as Gunga Din (archive footage)
- On the Line1984 · as El Gabacho
- Nothing Lasts Forever1984 · as Father Knickerbocker
- Battle Beyond the Stars1980 · as Dr. Hephaestus
- Gideon's Trumpet1980 · as 1st Supreme Court Justice
- Saga of Sonora1973 · as Old Sam
- Mooch Goes to Hollywood1971 · as Sam Jaffe - Party guest (uncredited)
- Enemies1971 · as Gittelman
- Bedknobs and Broomsticks1971 · as Bookman
- Who Killed the Mysterious Mr. Foster?1971 · as Toby
- The Tell-Tale Heart1971
- The Old Man Who Cried Wolf1970 · as Abe Stillman
- Quarantined1970 · as Mr. Berryman
- The Dunwich Horror1970 · as Old Whateley
- Night Gallery1969 · as Bleum
- The Great Bank Robbery1969 · as Brother Lilac Bailey (art forger)
- Tarzan's Jungle Rebellion1967 · as Dr. Singleton
- A Guide for the Married Man1967 · as Technical Adviser (Shrink)
- Guns for San Sebastian1967 · as Père Joseph
- In the Presence of Mine Enemies1960 · as Emmanuel
- Ben-Hur1959 · as Simonides
- The Barbarian and the Geisha1958 · as Henry Heusken
- The Spies1957 · as Sam Cooper
- Main Street to Broadway1953 · as Self (uncredited)
- The Day the Earth Stood Still1951 · as Prof. Jacob Barnhardt
- I Can Get It for You Wholesale1951 · as Sam Cooper
- Under the Gun1951 · as Samuel Gower
- The Asphalt Jungle1950 · as Doc Erwin Riedenschneider
- Rope of Sand1949 · as Dr. Francis Kittridge Hunter
- The Accused1949 · as Dr. Romley
- Gentleman's Agreement1947 · as Professor Fred Lieberman
- 13 Rue Madeleine1947 · as Mayor Galimard
- Stage Door Canteen1943 · as Sam Jaffe
- Gunga Din1939 · as Gunga Din
- Lost Horizon1937 · as High Lama
- We Live Again1934 · as Gregory Simonson
- The Scarlet Empress1934 · as Grand Duke Peter
All TV Shows (29)
- Foul Play1981
- Buck Rogers in the 25th Century1979 · as The Keeper
- Flying High1978
- The Bionic Woman1976
- Medical Story1975 · as Dr. Gershowitz
- Harry O1974
- The Snoop Sisters1973 · as Issac Waldersack
- Kojak1973 · as Papa
- The Streets of San Francisco1972
- Columbo1971 · as Henry Willis
- Alias Smith and Jones1971
- Nanny and the Professor1970
- Tarzan1966 · as Dr. Singleton
- Batman1966 · as Zoltan Zorba
- Daniel Boone1964 · as Jed Tolson
- The Merv Griffin Show1962 · as Self
- Ben Casey1961 · as David Zorba
- Ben Casey1961
- Cain's Hundred1961 · as Louis Speckter
- The Defenders1961 · as Dr. William Graham
- The Islanders1960 · as Papa Mathews
- The Westerner1960 · as Old Man McKeen
- Westinghouse Desilu Playhouse1958
- Naked City1958 · as Lazslo Lubasz
- The Donna Reed Show1958
- Alfred Hitchcock Presents1955 · as The Abbot
- Alfred Hitchcock Presents1955 · as Hal Ballew
- Hallmark Hall of Fame1951 · as 1st Supreme Court Justice
- Tales of Tomorrow1951