Sam Jaffe
Acting • Born 1891-03-10 – Died 1984-03-24
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
66 credits
Ben-Hur
Movie • 1959
Simonides
The Day the Earth Stood Still
Movie • 1951
Prof. Jacob Barnhardt
Lost Horizon
Movie • 1937
High Lama
A Guide for the Married Man
Movie • 1967
Technical Adviser (Shrink)
Tarzan's Jungle Rebellion
Movie • 1967
Dr. Singleton
The Scarlet Empress
Movie • 1934
Grand Duke Peter
Gunga Din
Movie • 1939
Gunga Din
Bedknobs and Broomsticks
Movie • 1971
Bookman
Gentleman's Agreement
Movie • 1947
Professor Fred Lieberman
Main Street to Broadway
Movie • 1953
Self (uncredited)
Under the Gun
Movie • 1951
Samuel Gower
Battle Beyond the Stars
Movie • 1980
Dr. Hephaestus
The Accused
Movie • 1949
Dr. Romley
Rope of Sand
Movie • 1949
Dr. Francis Kittridge Hunter
The Asphalt Jungle
Movie • 1950
Doc Erwin Riedenschneider
The Barbarian and the Geisha
Movie • 1958
Henry Heusken
13 Rue Madeleine
Movie • 1947
Mayor Galimard
Guns for San Sebastian
Movie • 1967
Père Joseph
The Spies
Movie • 1957
Sam Cooper
I Can Get It for You Wholesale
Movie • 1951
Sam Cooper
The Great Bank Robbery
Movie • 1969
Brother Lilac Bailey (art forger)
Quarantined
Movie • 1970
Mr. Berryman
On the Line
Movie • 1984
El Gabacho
We Live Again
Movie • 1934
Gregory Simonson
Nothing Lasts Forever
Movie • 1984
Father Knickerbocker
The Old Man Who Cried Wolf
Movie • 1970
Abe Stillman
On Location with Gunga Din
Movie • 2004
Gunga Din (archive footage)
Enemies
Movie • 1971
Gittelman
Stage Door Canteen
Movie • 1943
Sam Jaffe
Night Gallery
Movie • 1969
Bleum
Who Killed the Mysterious Mr. Foster?
Movie • 1971
Toby
Saga of Sonora
Movie • 1973
Old Sam
The Tell-Tale Heart
Movie • 1971
Gideon's Trumpet
Movie • 1980
1st Supreme Court Justice
Mooch Goes to Hollywood
Movie • 1971
Sam Jaffe - Party guest (uncredited)
The Dunwich Horror
Movie • 1970
Old Whateley
In the Presence of Mine Enemies
Movie • 1960
Emmanuel
Columbo
TV • 1971
Henry Willis
Cain's Hundred
TV • 1961
Louis Speckter
The Bionic Woman
TV • 1976
Batman
TV • 1966
Zoltan Zorba
Buck Rogers in the 25th Century
TV • 1979
The Keeper
The Streets of San Francisco
TV • 1972
Alias Smith and Jones
TV • 1971
Naked City
TV • 1958
Lazslo Lubasz
The Merv Griffin Show
TV • 1962
Self
Kojak
TV • 1973
Papa
The Islanders
TV • 1960
Papa Mathews
Hallmark Hall of Fame
TV • 1951
1st Supreme Court Justice
Alfred Hitchcock Presents
TV • 1955
The Abbot
Westinghouse Desilu Playhouse
TV • 1958
Harry O
TV • 1974
Nanny and the Professor
TV • 1970
Daniel Boone
TV • 1964
Jed Tolson
The Donna Reed Show
TV • 1958
Tarzan
TV • 1966
Dr. Singleton
Ben Casey
TV • 1961
David Zorba
Foul Play
TV • 1981
Tales of Tomorrow
TV • 1951
Medical Story
TV • 1975
Flying High
TV • 1978
The Defenders
TV • 1961
Dr. William Graham
Alfred Hitchcock Presents
TV • 1955
Hal Ballew
The Westerner
TV • 1960
Old Man McKeen
The Snoop Sisters
TV • 1973
Issac Waldersack
Ben Casey
TV • 1961