Sam Jaffe
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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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Acted in
On Location with Gunga Din
2004
as Gunga Din (archive footage)
George Stevens: A Filmmaker's Journey
1985
as Self (archive footage)
On the Line
1984
as El Gabacho
Nothing Lasts Forever
1984
as Father Knickerbocker
Foul Play
1981
Battle Beyond the Stars
1980
as Dr. Hephaestus
Gideon's Trumpet
1980
as 1st Supreme Court Justice
Buck Rogers in the 25th Century
1979
as The Keeper
Flying High
1978
The Bionic Woman
1976
Medical Story
1975
Harry O
1974
The Snoop Sisters
1973
as Issac Waldersack
Kojak
1973
as Papa
Saga of Sonora
1973
as Old Sam
The Streets of San Francisco
1972
Mooch Goes to Hollywood
1971
as Sam Jaffe - Party guest (uncredited)
Enemies
1971
as Gittelman
Bedknobs and Broomsticks
1971
as Bookman
Columbo
1971
as Henry Willis
Who Killed the Mysterious Mr. Foster?
1971
as Toby
Alias Smith and Jones
1971
The Tell-Tale Heart
1971
The Old Man Who Cried Wolf
1970
as Abe Stillman
Quarantined
1970
as Mr. Berryman
Nanny and the Professor
1970
The Dunwich Horror
1970
as Old Whateley
Night Gallery
1969
as Bleum
The Great Bank Robbery
1969
as Brother Lilac Bailey (art forger)
Guns for San Sebastian
1968
as Père Joseph
Tarzan's Jungle Rebellion
1967
as Dr. Singleton
A Guide for the Married Man
1967
as Technical Adviser (Shrink)
Tarzan
1966
as Dr. Singleton
Batman
1966
as Zoltan Zorba
Daniel Boone
1964
as Jed Tolson
Ben Casey
1961
as David Zorba
Cain's Hundred
1961
as Louis Speckter
The Defenders
1961
as Dr. William Graham
The Islanders
1960
as Papa Mathews
The Westerner
1960
as Old Man McKeen
Ben-Hur
1959
as Simonides
Westinghouse Desilu Playhouse
1958
The Barbarian and the Geisha
1958
as Henry Heusken
Naked City
1958
as Lazslo Lubasz
The Donna Reed Show
1958
The Spies
1957
as Sam Cooper
Alfred Hitchcock Presents
1955
as The Abbot
Alfred Hitchcock Presents
1955
as Hal Ballew
Main Street to Broadway
1953
as Self (uncredited)
Hallmark Hall of Fame
1951
as 1st Supreme Court Justice
The Day the Earth Stood Still
1951
as Prof. Jacob Barnhardt
Tales of Tomorrow
1951
I Can Get It for You Wholesale
1951
as Sam Cooper
Under the Gun
1951
as Samuel Gower
The Asphalt Jungle
1950
as Doc Erwin Riedenschneider
Rope of Sand
1949
as Dr. Francis Kittridge Hunter
The Accused
1949
as Dr. Romley
Gentleman's Agreement
1947
as Professor Fred Lieberman
13 Rue Madeleine
1947
as Mayor Galimard
Stage Door Canteen
1943
as Sam Jaffe
Gunga Din
1939
as Gunga Din
Lost Horizon
1937
as High Lama
We Live Again
1934
as Gregory Simonson
The Scarlet Empress
1934
as Grand Duke Peter