Sam Jaffe
Birthday
1891/03/10
Day of death
1984/03/24 (93 years old)
Gender
Male
Place of Birth
New York City, New York, U.S.
Also know as
Shalom "Sam" Jaffe, Shalom 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). Description above ...Read more
Acting
(1959) Ben-Hur
as Simonides
(1951) The Day the Earth Stood Still
as Prof. Jacob Barnhardt
(1937) Lost Horizon
as High Lama
(1967) A Guide for the Married Man
as Technical Adviser (Shrink)
(1967) Tarzan's Jungle Rebellion
as Dr. Singleton
(1934) The Scarlet Empress
as Grand Duke Peter
(1939) Gunga Din
as Gunga Din
(1971) Bedknobs and Broomsticks
as Bookman
(1947) Gentleman's Agreement
as Professor Fred Lieberman
(1953) Main Street to Broadway
as Self (uncredited)
(1951) Under the Gun
as Samuel Gower
(1980) Battle Beyond the Stars
as Dr. Hephaestus
(1949) The Accused
as Dr. Romley
(1949) Rope of Sand
as Dr. Francis Kittridge Hunter
(1950) The Asphalt Jungle
as Doc Erwin Riedenschneider
(1958) The Barbarian and the Geisha
as Henry Heusken
(1947) 13 Rue Madeleine
as Mayor Galimard
(1968) Guns for San Sebastian
as Père Joseph
(1957) The Spies
as Sam Cooper
(1951) I Can Get It for You Wholesale
as Sam Cooper
(1969) The Great Bank Robbery
as Brother Lilac Bailey (art forger)
(1970) Quarantined
as Mr. Berryman
(1984) On the Line
as El Gabacho
(1934) We Live Again
as Gregory Simonson
(1984) Nothing Lasts Forever
as Father Knickerbocker
(1970) The Old Man Who Cried Wolf
as Abe Stillman
(2004) On Location with Gunga Din
as Gunga Din (archive footage)
(1971) Enemies
as Gittelman
(1943) Stage Door Canteen
as Sam Jaffe
(1969) Night Gallery
as Bleum
(1985) George Stevens: A Filmmaker's Journey
as Self (archive footage)
(1971) Who Killed the Mysterious Mr. Foster?
as Toby
(1973) Saga of Sonora
as Old Sam
(1980) Gideon's Trumpet
as 1st Supreme Court Justice
(1971) The Tell-Tale Heart
as ---
(1971) Mooch Goes to Hollywood
as Sam Jaffe - Party guest (uncredited)
(1970) The Dunwich Horror
as Old Whateley
(1971) Columbo
as Henry Willis
(1961) Cain's Hundred
as Louis Speckter
(1976) The Bionic Woman
as ---
(1966) Batman
as Zoltan Zorba
(1979) Buck Rogers in the 25th Century
as The Keeper
(1972) The Streets of San Francisco
as ---
(1971) Alias Smith and Jones
as ---
(1958) Naked City
as Lazslo Lubasz
(1962) The Merv Griffin Show
as Self
(1973) Kojak
as Papa
(1960) The Islanders
as Papa Mathews
(1951) Hallmark Hall of Fame
as 1st Supreme Court Justice
(1955) Alfred Hitchcock Presents
as The Abbot
(1958) Westinghouse Desilu Playhouse
as ---
(1974) Harry O
as ---
(1970) Nanny and the Professor
as ---
(1964) Daniel Boone
as Jed Tolson
(1958) The Donna Reed Show
as ---
(1966) Tarzan
as Dr. Singleton
(1961) Ben Casey
as David Zorba
(1981) Foul Play
as ---
(1951) Tales of Tomorrow
as ---
(1975) Medical Story
as ---
(1978) Flying High
as ---
(1961) The Defenders
as Dr. William Graham
(1955) Alfred Hitchcock Presents
as Hal Ballew
(1960) The Westerner
as Old Man McKeen
(1973) The Snoop Sisters
as Issac Waldersack