Sam Jaffe
Profile info
Known forActing
GenderMale
Birthday10 March 1891
Died24 March 1984 (age 93)
Place of birth New York City, New York, U.S.
Known credits68
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 Wikipedi…
The Hollywood Blacklist: The Survivors Tell Their Stories
2026 · self
On Location with Gunga Din
2004 · Gunga Din (archive footage)
George Stevens: A Filmmaker's Journey
1985 · (archive footage)
On the Line
1984 · El Gabacho
Nothing Lasts Forever
1984 · Father Knickerbocker
Foul Play
1981
Battle Beyond the Stars
1980 · Dr. Hephaestus
Gideon's Trumpet
1980 · 1st Supreme Court Justice
Buck Rogers in the 25th Century
1979 · The Keeper
Flying High
1978
The Bionic Woman
1976
Medical Story
1975 · Dr. Gershowitz
Harry O
1974
The Snoop Sisters
1973 · Issac Waldersack
Kojak
1973 · Papa
Saga of Sonora
1973 · Old Sam
The Streets of San Francisco
1972
Mooch Goes to Hollywood
1971 · Sam Jaffe - Party guest (uncredited)
Enemies
1971 · Gittelman
Bedknobs and Broomsticks
1971 · Bookman
Columbo
1971 · Henry Willis
Who Killed the Mysterious Mr. Foster?
1971 · Toby
Alias Smith and Jones
1971
The Tell-Tale Heart
1971
The Old Man Who Cried Wolf
1970 · Abe Stillman
Quarantined
1970 · Mr. Berryman
Nanny and the Professor
1970
The Dunwich Horror
1970 · Old Whateley
Night Gallery
1969 · Bleum
The Great Bank Robbery
1969 · Brother Lilac Bailey (art forger)
Tarzan's Jungle Rebellion
1967 · Dr. Singleton
A Guide for the Married Man
1967 · Technical Adviser
Guns for San Sebastian
1967 · Père Joseph
Tarzan
1966 · Dr. Singleton
Batman
1966 · Zoltan Zorba
Daniel Boone
1964 · Jed Tolson
The Merv Griffin Show
1962 · Self
Damon and Pythias
1962 · Producer
Ben Casey
1961 · David Zorba
Ben Casey
1961
Cain's Hundred
1961 · Louis Speckter
The Defenders
1961 · Dr. William Graham
The Islanders
1960 · Papa Mathews
The Westerner
1960 · Old Man McKeen
In the Presence of Mine Enemies
1960 · Emmanuel
Ben-Hur
1959 · Simonides
Westinghouse Desilu Playhouse
1958
The Barbarian and the Geisha
1958 · Henry Heusken
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