Sam Jaffe

Known for: Acting

Born: 1891-03-10 – 1984-03-24 (aged 93)

From: 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). Description above from the Wikipedia article Sam Jaffe licensed under CC-BY-SA, full list of contributors on Wikipedia.

Filmography (64)

MOVIE★ 10.0
On Location with Gunga Din
2004
as Gunga Din (archive footage)
MOVIE★ 4.8
On the Line
1984
as El Gabacho
MOVIE★ 6.3
Nothing Lasts Forever
1984
as Father Knickerbocker
TV★ 5.0
Foul Play
1981
MOVIE★ 5.4
Battle Beyond the Stars
1980
as Dr. Hephaestus
MOVIE★ 6.4
Gideon's Trumpet
1980
as 1st Supreme Court Justice
TV★ 7.0
Buck Rogers in the 25th Century
1979
as The Keeper
TV★ 6.3
Flying High
1978
TV★ 7.0
The Bionic Woman
1976
TV★ 5.0
Medical Story
1975
as Dr. Gershowitz
TV★ 5.2
Harry O
1974
TV★ 7.5
The Snoop Sisters
1973
as Issac Waldersack
TV★ 7.2
Kojak
1973
as Papa
MOVIE★ 9.0
Saga of Sonora
1973
as Old Sam
TV★ 7.0
The Streets of San Francisco
1972
MOVIE★ 4.8
Mooch Goes to Hollywood
1971
as Sam Jaffe - Party guest (uncredited)
MOVIE★ 9.0
Enemies
1971
as Gittelman
MOVIE★ 7.0
Bedknobs and Broomsticks
1971
as Bookman
TV★ 8.1
Columbo
1971
as Henry Willis
MOVIE★ 9.0
Who Killed the Mysterious Mr. Foster?
1971
as Toby
TV★ 7.0
Alias Smith and Jones
1971
MOVIE★ 7.8
The Tell-Tale Heart
1971
MOVIE★ 6.8
The Old Man Who Cried Wolf
1970
as Abe Stillman
MOVIE★ 6.0
Quarantined
1970
as Mr. Berryman
TV★ 6.7
Nanny and the Professor
1970
MOVIE★ 5.3
The Dunwich Horror
1970
as Old Whateley
MOVIE★ 6.5
Night Gallery
1969
as Bleum
MOVIE★ 6.6
The Great Bank Robbery
1969
as Brother Lilac Bailey (art forger)
MOVIE★ 6.3
Tarzan's Jungle Rebellion
1967
as Dr. Singleton
MOVIE★ 5.9
A Guide for the Married Man
1967
as Technical Adviser
MOVIE★ 7.0
Guns for San Sebastian
1967
as Père Joseph
TV★ 6.9
Tarzan
1966
as Dr. Singleton
TV★ 7.3
Batman
1966
as Zoltan Zorba
TV★ 7.0
Daniel Boone
1964
as Jed Tolson
TV★ 6.6
The Merv Griffin Show
1962
as Self
TV★ 5.9
Ben Casey
1961
as David Zorba
TV★ 5.3
Cain's Hundred
1961
as Louis Speckter
TV★ 6.3
The Defenders
1961
as Dr. William Graham
TV★ 8.0
The Islanders
1960
as Papa Mathews
TV★ 7.0
The Westerner
1960
as Old Man McKeen
MOVIE
In the Presence of Mine Enemies
1960
as Emmanuel
MOVIE★ 7.9
Ben-Hur
1959
as Simonides
TV★ 6.3
Westinghouse Desilu Playhouse
1958
MOVIE★ 6.0
The Barbarian and the Geisha
1958
as Henry Heusken
TV★ 5.7
Naked City
1958
as Lazslo Lubasz
TV★ 6.5
The Donna Reed Show
1958
MOVIE★ 6.6
The Spies
1957
as Sam Cooper
TV★ 7.8
Alfred Hitchcock Presents
1955
as The Abbot
MOVIE★ 7.3
Main Street to Broadway
1953
as Self (uncredited)
TV★ 8.8
Hallmark Hall of Fame
1951
as 1st Supreme Court Justice
MOVIE★ 7.5
The Day the Earth Stood Still
1951
as Prof. Jacob Barnhardt
TV★ 6.4
Tales of Tomorrow
1951
MOVIE★ 6.0
I Can Get It for You Wholesale
1951
as Sam Cooper
MOVIE★ 6.6
Under the Gun
1951
as Samuel Gower
MOVIE★ 7.5
The Asphalt Jungle
1950
as Doc Erwin Riedenschneider
MOVIE★ 5.8
Rope of Sand
1949
as Dr. Francis Kittridge Hunter
MOVIE★ 6.1
The Accused
1949
as Dr. Romley
MOVIE★ 7.0
Gentleman's Agreement
1947
as Professor Fred Lieberman
MOVIE★ 6.1
13 Rue Madeleine
1947
as Mayor Galimard
MOVIE★ 6.3
Stage Door Canteen
1943
as Sam Jaffe
MOVIE★ 6.5
Gunga Din
1939
as Gunga Din
MOVIE★ 7.0
Lost Horizon
1937
as High Lama
MOVIE★ 6.8
We Live Again
1934
as Gregory Simonson
MOVIE★ 6.9
The Scarlet Empress
1934
as Grand Duke Peter