Sam Jaffe
ActingAlso Known 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 from the Wikipedia article Sam Jaffe licensed under CC-BY-SA, full list of contributors on Wikipedia.
Movies
(37 total)
Ben-Hur
as Simonides
The Day the Earth Stood Still
as Prof. Jacob Barnhardt
Bedknobs and Broomsticks
as Bookman
The Asphalt Jungle
as Doc Erwin Riedenschneider
Gentleman's Agreement
as Professor Fred Lieberman
Lost Horizon
as High Lama
Battle Beyond the Stars
as Dr. Hephaestus
Gunga Din
as Gunga Din
The Scarlet Empress
as Grand Duke Peter
The Dunwich Horror
as Old Whateley
Guns for San Sebastian
as Père Joseph
The Barbarian and the Geisha
as Henry Heusken
13 Rue Madeleine
as Mayor Galimard
A Guide for the Married Man
as Technical Adviser (Shrink)
The Spies
as Sam Cooper
Rope of Sand
as Dr. Francis Kittridge Hunter
Nothing Lasts Forever
as Father Knickerbocker
The Accused
as Dr. Romley
Night Gallery
as Bleum
Stage Door Canteen
as Sam Jaffe
TV Shows
(29 total)
Columbo
as Henry Willis
Batman
as Zoltan Zorba
Alfred Hitchcock Presents
as The Abbot
Alfred Hitchcock Presents
as Hal Ballew
Kojak
as Papa
Buck Rogers in the 25th Century
as The Keeper
Daniel Boone
as Jed Tolson
Tarzan
as Dr. Singleton
Ben Casey
as David Zorba
Naked City
as Lazslo Lubasz
The Defenders
as Dr. William Graham
The Westerner
as Old Man McKeen
The Merv Griffin Show
as Self
