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Personal Info

Gender

Male

Birthday

1891-03-10 (134 years old)

Place of Birth

New York City, New York, U.S.

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).

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Known For

Acting

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
Nothing Lasts Forever as Father Knickerbocker

1981

1980

Battle Beyond the Stars as Dr. Hephaestus
Gideon's Trumpet as 1st Supreme Court Justice

1979

1978

1976

1975

1974

1973

Saga of Sonora as Old Sam
Kojak as Papa
The Snoop Sisters as Issac Waldersack

1972

1971

Enemies as Gittelman
Mooch Goes to Hollywood as Sam Jaffe - Party guest (uncredited)
Columbo as Henry Willis

1970

Quarantined as Mr. Berryman
The Dunwich Horror as Old Whateley

1969

The Great Bank Robbery as Brother Lilac Bailey (art forger)
Night Gallery as Bleum

1968

Guns for San Sebastian as Père Joseph

1967

A Guide for the Married Man as Technical Adviser (Shrink)
Tarzan's Jungle Rebellion as Dr. Singleton

1966

Batman as Zoltan Zorba
Tarzan as Dr. Singleton

1964

Daniel Boone as Jed Tolson

1962

1961

Cain's Hundred as Louis Speckter
Ben Casey as David Zorba
The Defenders as Dr. William Graham

1960

The Islanders as Papa Mathews
The Westerner as Old Man McKeen

1959

Ben-Hur as Simonides

1958

Naked City as Lazslo Lubasz

1957

The Spies as Sam Cooper

1955

1953

Main Street to Broadway as Self (uncredited)

1951

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

1950

The Asphalt Jungle as Doc Erwin Riedenschneider

1949

The Accused as Dr. Romley
Rope of Sand as Dr. Francis Kittridge Hunter

1947

Gentleman's Agreement as Professor Fred Lieberman
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

The Scarlet Empress as Grand Duke Peter
We Live Again as Gregory Simonson

Production

1962

Damon and Pythias as Producer

1933

Emergency Call as Associate Producer