Sam Jaffe
Actor
Born March 10, 1891 in New York City, New York, U.S.
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).
Filmography
On the Line
El Gabacho
Nothing Lasts Forever
Father Knickerbocker
Foul Play
Battle Beyond the Stars
Dr. Hephaestus
Gideon's Trumpet
1st Supreme Court Justice
Buck Rogers in the 25th Century
The Keeper
Flying High
The Bionic Woman
Medical Story
Dr. Gershowitz
Harry O
The Snoop Sisters
Issac Waldersack
Kojak
Papa
Saga of Sonora
Old Sam
The Streets of San Francisco
Mooch Goes to Hollywood
Sam Jaffe - Party guest (uncredited)
Enemies
Gittelman
Bedknobs and Broomsticks
Bookman
Columbo
Henry Willis
Who Killed the Mysterious Mr. Foster?
Toby
Alias Smith and Jones
The Tell-Tale Heart
The Old Man Who Cried Wolf
Abe Stillman
Quarantined
Mr. Berryman
Nanny and the Professor
The Dunwich Horror
Old Whateley
Night Gallery
Bleum
The Great Bank Robbery
Brother Lilac Bailey (art forger)
Tarzan's Jungle Rebellion
Dr. Singleton
A Guide for the Married Man
Technical Adviser
Guns for San Sebastian
Père Joseph
Tarzan
Dr. Singleton
Batman
Zoltan Zorba
Daniel Boone
Jed Tolson
The Merv Griffin Show
Self
Damon and Pythias
Ben Casey
David Zorba
Cain's Hundred
Louis Speckter
The Defenders
Dr. William Graham
The Islanders
Papa Mathews
The Westerner
Old Man McKeen
In the Presence of Mine Enemies
Emmanuel
Ben-Hur
Simonides
Westinghouse Desilu Playhouse
The Barbarian and the Geisha
Henry Heusken
Naked City
Lazslo Lubasz
The Donna Reed Show
The Spies
Sam Cooper
Alfred Hitchcock Presents
The Abbot
Main Street to Broadway
Self (uncredited)
Hallmark Hall of Fame
1st Supreme Court Justice
The Day the Earth Stood Still
Prof. Jacob Barnhardt
Tales of Tomorrow
I Can Get It for You Wholesale
Sam Cooper
Under the Gun
Samuel Gower
The Asphalt Jungle
Doc Erwin Riedenschneider
Rope of Sand
Dr. Francis Kittridge Hunter
The Accused
Dr. Romley
Gentleman's Agreement
Professor Fred Lieberman
13 Rue Madeleine
Mayor Galimard
Stage Door Canteen
Sam Jaffe
Gunga Din
Gunga Din
Lost Horizon
High Lama
We Live Again
Gregory Simonson
The Scarlet Empress
Grand Duke Peter
Emergency Call