- Known For
- Acting
- Born
- March 10, 1891
- Place of Birth
- New York City, New York, U.S.
- Died
- March 24, 1984
Sam Jaffe
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
On Location with Gunga Din
movieOn Location with Gunga Din
2004 · Gunga Din (archive footage)
movieOn the Line
1984 · El Gabacho
movieNothing Lasts Forever
1984 · Father Knickerbocker
tvFoul Play
1981
movieBattle Beyond the Stars
1980 · Dr. Hephaestus
movieGideon's Trumpet
1980 · 1st Supreme Court Justice
tvBuck Rogers in the 25th Century
1979 · The Keeper
tvFlying High
1978
tvThe Bionic Woman
1976
tvMedical Story
1975 · Dr. Gershowitz
tvHarry O
1974
tvThe Snoop Sisters
1973 · Issac Waldersack
tvKojak
1973 · Papa
movieSaga of Sonora
1973 · Old Sam
tvThe Streets of San Francisco
1972
movieMooch Goes to Hollywood
1971 · Sam Jaffe - Party guest (uncredited)
movieEnemies
1971 · Gittelman
movieBedknobs and Broomsticks
1971 · Bookman
tvColumbo
1971 · Henry Willis
movieWho Killed the Mysterious Mr. Foster?
1971 · Toby
tvAlias Smith and Jones
1971
movieThe Tell-Tale Heart
1971
movieThe Old Man Who Cried Wolf
1970 · Abe Stillman
movieQuarantined
1970 · Mr. Berryman
tvNanny and the Professor
1970
movieThe Dunwich Horror
1970 · Old Whateley
movieNight Gallery
1969 · Bleum
movieThe Great Bank Robbery
1969 · Brother Lilac Bailey (art forger)
movieTarzan's Jungle Rebellion
1967 · Dr. Singleton
movieA Guide for the Married Man
1967 · Technical Adviser
movieGuns for San Sebastian
1967 · Père Joseph
tvTarzan
1966 · Dr. Singleton
tvBatman
1966 · Zoltan Zorba
tvDaniel Boone
1964 · Jed Tolson
tvThe Merv Griffin Show
1962 · Self
movieDamon and Pythias
1962 · Producer
tvBen Casey
1961 · David Zorba
tvCain's Hundred
1961 · Louis Speckter
tvThe Defenders
1961 · Dr. William Graham
tvThe Islanders
1960 · Papa Mathews
tvThe Westerner
1960 · Old Man McKeen
movieIn the Presence of Mine Enemies
1960 · Emmanuel
movieBen-Hur
1959 · Simonides
tvWestinghouse Desilu Playhouse
1958
movieThe Barbarian and the Geisha
1958 · Henry Heusken
tvNaked City
1958 · Lazslo Lubasz
tvThe Donna Reed Show
1958
movieThe Spies
1957 · Sam Cooper
tvAlfred Hitchcock Presents
1955 · The Abbot, Hal Ballew
movieMain Street to Broadway
1953 · Self (uncredited)
tvHallmark Hall of Fame
1951 · 1st Supreme Court Justice
movieThe Day the Earth Stood Still
1951 · Prof. Jacob Barnhardt
tvTales of Tomorrow
1951
movieI Can Get It for You Wholesale
1951 · Sam Cooper
movieUnder the Gun
1951 · Samuel Gower
movieThe Asphalt Jungle
1950 · Doc Erwin Riedenschneider
movieRope of Sand
1949 · Dr. Francis Kittridge Hunter
movieThe Accused
1949 · Dr. Romley
movieGentleman's Agreement
1947 · Professor Fred Lieberman
movie13 Rue Madeleine
1947 · Mayor Galimard
movieStage Door Canteen
1943 · Sam Jaffe
movieGunga Din
1939 · Gunga Din
movieLost Horizon
1937 · High Lama
movieWe Live Again
1934 · Gregory Simonson
movieThe Scarlet Empress
1934 · Grand Duke Peter
movieEmergency Call
1933 · Associate Producer