Sam Jaffe

Personal Info

Know For

Acting

Gender

Male

Birthday

1891-03-10 (93 years old)

Deathday

1984-03-24

Place of Birth

New York City, New York, U.S.

Sam 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.

Acting

1959

Ben-Hur

as Simonides

1951

The Day the Earth Stood Still

as Prof. Jacob Barnhardt

1937

Lost Horizon

as High Lama

1967

A Guide for the Married Man

as Technical Adviser (Shrink)

1967

1934

The Scarlet Empress

as Grand Duke Peter

1939

Gunga Din

as Gunga Din

1947

Gentleman's Agreement

as Professor Fred Lieberman

1953

Main Street to Broadway

as Self (uncredited)

1951

Under the Gun

as Samuel Gower

1980

Battle Beyond the Stars

as Dr. Hephaestus

1949

The Accused

as Dr. Romley

1949

Rope of Sand

as Dr. Francis Kittridge Hunter

1950

The Asphalt Jungle

as Doc Erwin Riedenschneider

1958

1947

13 Rue Madeleine

as Mayor Galimard

1968

Guns for San Sebastian

as Père Joseph

1957

The Spies

as Sam Cooper

1969

The Great Bank Robbery

as Brother Lilac Bailey (art forger)

1970

Quarantined

as Mr. Berryman

1984

On the Line

as El Gabacho

1934

We Live Again

as Gregory Simonson

1984

Nothing Lasts Forever

as Father Knickerbocker

1970

2004

On Location with Gunga Din

as Gunga Din (archive footage)

1971

Enemies

as Gittelman

1943

Stage Door Canteen

as Sam Jaffe

1969

1985

George Stevens: A Filmmaker's Journey

as Self (archive footage)

1973

Saga of Sonora

as Old Sam

1980

Gideon's Trumpet

as 1st Supreme Court Justice

1971

Mooch Goes to Hollywood

as Sam Jaffe - Party guest (uncredited)

1970

The Dunwich Horror

as Old Whateley

Production

1962

1933

Emergency Call

as Associate Producer

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