Abraham Sofaer
Acting • Born 1896-09-30 – Died 1988-01-21
Biography
From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia. Abraham Sofaer (October 1, 1896 – January 21, 1988) was a stage actor of Burmese-Jewish descent who became a familiar supporting player on film and television in his later years. He was born in Rangoon, Burma (now Yangon, Myanmar). Sofaer's strong features and resonant voice complemented the many exotic character parts he played. He began his acting career on the London stage in 1921, but soon was alternating between London and Broadway. By the 1930s, he was appearing in both British and American films. Among his more prominent performances were the dual role of the Judge and Surgeon in Powell and Pressburger's A Matter of Life and Death (1946) and St. Paul in Quo Vadis (1951). He also appeared on television from its earliest days in the late 1930s and on radio. Although his film appearances diminished after the 1950s, he continued to have guest roles on dozens of major U.S. television series throughout the 1960s, including Star Trek ("Charlie X"), The Twilight Zone ("The Mighty Casey"), Lost in Space ("The Flaming Planet") and The Outer Limits ("Demon with a Glass Hand"), until retiring in the mid 1970s. He may be best-remembered for his recurring role as Hadji, the master of all genies, on I Dream of Jeannie. Sofaer married Psyche Angela Christian, with whom he had two sons and four daughters. He died in Woodland Hills, Los Angeles, California, as the result of congestive heart failure in 1988. The noted jurist of the same name is the son of one of the actor's cousins. Description above from the Wikipedia article Abraham Sofaer, licensed under CC-BY-SA, full list of contributors on Wikipedia.
Filmography
117 credits
The Greatest Story Ever Told
Movie • 1965
Joseph of Arimathaea
The Wandering Jew
Movie • 1933
Zapportas (Phase IV)
Things to Come
Movie • 1936
The Jew (uncredited)
Justine
Movie • 1969
Proprietor
Quo Vadis
Movie • 1951
Paul of Tarsus
A Matter of Life and Death
Movie • 1946
The Judge
Captain Sindbad
Movie • 1963
Galgo
The Sad Sack
Movie • 1957
Hassim
Taras Bulba
Movie • 1962
The Abbot
Elephant Walk
Movie • 1954
Appuhamy
The Naked Jungle
Movie • 1954
Incacha
Pandora and the Flying Dutchman
Movie • 1951
Judge
Journey to the Center of Time
Movie • 1967
Dr. (Doc) Gordon
Head
Movie • 1968
Swami
Rembrandt
Movie • 1936
Dr. Menasseh
Bhowani Junction
Movie • 1956
Surabhai
Crook's Tour
Movie • 1940
Ali
Hitler
Movie • 1962
Morris Kaplan
His Majesty O'Keefe
Movie • 1954
Fatumak, Medicine Man
The First Texan
Movie • 1956
Don Carlos - magistrate
The Ghosts of Berkeley Square
Movie • 1947
Benjamin Disraeli
Cairo Road
Movie • 1950
Commandant
Out of the Clouds
Movie • 1955
The Indian
Omar Khayyam
Movie • 1957
Tutush
Dual Alibi
Movie • 1947
French Judge
Judgment Deferred
Movie • 1952
Chancellor
Chisum
Movie • 1970
Chief White Buffalo
Freedom Radio
Movie • 1941
Heini
The Great Promise
Movie • 1947
Karma
Movie • 1933
Holy Man
Calling Paul Temple
Movie • 1948
Dr. Charles Kohima
Twice-Told Tales
Movie • 1963
Prof. Pietro Baglioni
Ask Beccles
Movie • 1933
Baki
High Finance
Movie • 1933
Myers
The House of the Spaniard
Movie • 1936
Vidal
The Admiral's Secret
Movie • 1934
Don Pablo y Gonzales
Tarzan and the Perils of Charity Jones
Movie • 1971
Governor
Trilby
Movie • 1947
Svengali
Nell Gwyn
Movie • 1934
(uncredited)
4 for Texas
Movie • 1963
Pulaski
Che!
Movie • 1969
Pablo Rojas
Dreyfus
Movie • 1931
Dubois
Stamboul
Movie • 1931
Mahmed Pasha
The Flag Lieutenant
Movie • 1932
Meheti Salos
The Flying Squad
Movie • 1932
Li Yoseph
The House Opposite
Movie • 1932
Fahmy
Christopher Columbus
Movie • 1949
Luis de Santangel
Not One Shall Die
Movie • 1957
David Lessing
Insult
Movie • 1932
Ali Ben Achmed
Little Miss Nobody
Movie • 1933
Mr. Beal
The Prime Minister
Movie • 1941
Turkish ambassador (uncredited)
The Time Tunnel
TV • 1966
Father
Family Affair
TV • 1966
77 Sunset Strip
TV • 1958
The Girl from U.N.C.L.E.
TV • 1966
Omar
I Dream of Jeannie
TV • 1965
Haji
Naked City
TV • 1958
Ling Twong
Lost in Space
TV • 1965
Sobram
Gunsmoke
TV • 1955
Jeremiah Leech
Perry Mason
TV • 1957
Dr. Daniel Maitland
Hawaiian Eye
TV • 1959
General Electric Theater
TV • 1953
Rabbi
Mission: Impossible
TV • 1966
Tomas de Cuarto
The Twilight Zone
TV • 1959
Dr. Stillman
Ironside
TV • 1967
Sea Hunt
TV • 1958
Kolchak: The Night Stalker
TV • 1974
Laredo
TV • 1965
Alfred Hitchcock Presents
TV • 1955
Ulrich Klemm
Westinghouse Desilu Playhouse
TV • 1958
Felony Squad
TV • 1966
Rawhide
TV • 1959
Little Hawk
Have Gun, Will Travel
TV • 1957
Run for Your Life
TV • 1965
Mr. Singh
Daniel Boone
TV • 1964
Tamend
The High Chaparral
TV • 1967
Comancho
The Millionaire
TV • 1955
Dr. Krishna
Thriller
TV • 1960
Gus Kostopulos
Search
TV • 1972
Peter Gunn
TV • 1958
The Thin Man
TV • 1957
Richard Diamond, Private Detective
TV • 1957
Constantine
Bob Hope Presents the Chrysler Theatre
TV • 1963
The Real McCoys
TV • 1957
Adventures in Paradise
TV • 1959
Timaui
The 20th Century Fox Hour
TV • 1955
Tarzan
TV • 1966
The Adventures of Jim Bowie
TV • 1956
Ben Casey
TV • 1961
The Rat Patrol
TV • 1966
Marabout
Riverboat
TV • 1959
Mark Evans
Wichita Town
TV • 1959
Tales of the 77th Bengal Lancers
TV • 1956
Dick Powell's Zane Grey Theatre
TV • 1956
(Commanche Chief) Alou
Dr. Kildare
TV • 1961
Shahzi Saund
The Asphalt Jungle
TV • 1961
The Third Man
TV • 1959
Behind Closed Doors
TV • 1958
Fadhil
Maverick
TV • 1957
The Magician
TV • 1973
Hassid
Tales to Keep You Awake
TV • 1966
Arch (archive footage) (uncredited)
Adventures in Paradise
TV • 1959
Geoffrey Donne
Gunsmoke
TV • 1955
Harvey Easter
The Outer Limits
TV • 1963
Arch
General Electric Theater
TV • 1953
Father Balaton
Star Trek
TV • 1966
Thasian (voice)
Star Trek
TV • 1966
Melkotian (voice)
Four Star Playhouse
TV • 1952
Indian Chief
Daniel Boone
TV • 1964
Grey Cloud
Perry Mason
TV • 1957
Sylvester Robey
Thriller
TV • 1960
Nicolai
Perry Mason
TV • 1957
Elihu Laban
The Time Tunnel
TV • 1966
Epeios
The Alfred Hitchcock Hour
TV • 1962
MacFarlane
The Alfred Hitchcock Hour
TV • 1962
Abraham Sofaer
The Third Man
TV • 1959
Prince Puma Diau
The Investigators
TV • 1961
Gregory Walden