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Known For
Acting
Birthday
March 10, 1891
Died
March 24, 1984
Place of Birth
New York City, New York, U.S.
Also Known As
- Shalom "Sam" Jaffe
- Shalom Jaffe
Sam Jaffe
1.0 Popularity
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.
Known For
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Gunga Din (archive footage)
On Location with Gunga Din
2004
4.1
El Gabacho
On the Line
1984
6.3
Father Knickerbocker
Nothing Lasts Forever
1984
5.0
Foul Play
1981
5.3
Dr. Hephaestus
Battle Beyond the Stars
1980
6.0
1st Supreme Court Justice
Gideon's Trumpet
1980
7.0
The Keeper
Buck Rogers in the 25th Century
1979
4.5
Flying High
1978
6.9
The Bionic Woman
1976
3.0
Medical Story
1975
Credits
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On Location with Gunga Din
as Gunga Din (archive footage)
2004
0.0
On the Line
as El Gabacho
1984
4.1
Nothing Lasts Forever
as Father Knickerbocker
1984
6.3
Foul Play
1981
5.0
Battle Beyond the Stars
as Dr. Hephaestus
1980
5.3
Gideon's Trumpet
as 1st Supreme Court Justice
1980
6.0
Buck Rogers in the 25th Century
as The Keeper
1979
7.0
Flying High
1978
4.5
The Bionic Woman
1976
6.9
Medical Story
1975
3.0
Harry O
1974
4.6
The Snoop Sisters
as Issac Waldersack
1973
7.2
Kojak
as Papa
1973
7.0
Saga of Sonora
as Old Sam
1973
0.0
The Streets of San Francisco
1972
7.0
Mooch Goes to Hollywood
as Sam Jaffe - Party guest (uncredited)
1971
4.3
Enemies
as Gittelman
1971
0.0
Bedknobs and Broomsticks
as Bookman
1971
7.0
Columbo
as Henry Willis
1971
8.1
Who Killed the Mysterious Mr. Foster?
as Toby
1971
8.0
Alias Smith and Jones
1971
7.0
The Tell-Tale Heart
1971
8.5
The Old Man Who Cried Wolf
as Abe Stillman
1970
6.0
Quarantined
as Mr. Berryman
1970
5.0
Nanny and the Professor
1970
6.0
The Dunwich Horror
as Old Whateley
1970
5.3
Night Gallery
as Bleum
1969
6.6
The Great Bank Robbery
as Brother Lilac Bailey (art forger)
1969
6.3
Tarzan's Jungle Rebellion
as Dr. Singleton
1967
5.0
A Guide for the Married Man
as Technical Adviser (Shrink)
1967
5.8
Guns for San Sebastian
as Père Joseph
1967
7.0
Tarzan
as Dr. Singleton
1966
6.7
Batman
as Zoltan Zorba
1966
7.3
Daniel Boone
as Jed Tolson
1964
7.0
The Merv Griffin Show
as Self
1962
6.2
Ben Casey
as David Zorba
1961
5.6
Ben Casey
1961
5.6
Cain's Hundred
as Louis Speckter
1961
4.7
The Defenders
as Dr. William Graham
1961
5.9
The Islanders
as Papa Mathews
1960
8.0
The Westerner
as Old Man McKeen
1960
6.8
In the Presence of Mine Enemies
as Emmanuel
1960
0.0
Ben-Hur
as Simonides
1959
7.9
Westinghouse Desilu Playhouse
1958
5.8
Naked City
as Lazslo Lubasz
1958
5.5
The Barbarian and the Geisha
as Henry Heusken
1958
5.9
The Donna Reed Show
1958
6.2
The Spies
as Sam Cooper
1957
6.5
Alfred Hitchcock Presents
as The Abbot
1955
7.8
Alfred Hitchcock Presents
as Hal Ballew
1955
7.8
Main Street to Broadway
as Self (uncredited)
1953
6.5
Hallmark Hall of Fame
as 1st Supreme Court Justice
1951
8.6
The Day the Earth Stood Still
as Prof. Jacob Barnhardt
1951
7.5
Tales of Tomorrow
1951
6.0
I Can Get It for You Wholesale
as Sam Cooper
1951
5.8
Under the Gun
as Samuel Gower
1951
6.1
The Asphalt Jungle
as Doc Erwin Riedenschneider
1950
7.5
Rope of Sand
as Dr. Francis Kittridge Hunter
1949
5.6
The Accused
as Dr. Romley
1949
6.1
Gentleman's Agreement
as Professor Fred Lieberman
1947
7.0
13 Rue Madeleine
as Mayor Galimard
1947
6.0
Stage Door Canteen
as Sam Jaffe
1943
6.1
Gunga Din
as Gunga Din
1939
6.5
Lost Horizon
as High Lama
1937
7.0
We Live Again
as Gregory Simonson
1934
6.6
The Scarlet Empress
as Grand Duke Peter
1934
6.8