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.
Also known As
Shalom "Sam" Jaffe
Shalom Jaffe
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
as Simonides
1951
as Prof. Jacob Barnhardt
1937
as High Lama
1967
as Technical Adviser (Shrink)
1967
as Dr. Singleton
1934
as Grand Duke Peter
1939
as Gunga Din
1971
as Bookman
1947
as Professor Fred Lieberman
1953
as Self (uncredited)
1951
as Samuel Gower
1980
as Dr. Hephaestus
1949
as Dr. Romley
1949
as Dr. Francis Kittridge Hunter
1950
as Doc Erwin Riedenschneider
1958
as Henry Heusken
1947
as Mayor Galimard
1968
as Père Joseph
1957
as Sam Cooper
1951
as Sam Cooper
1969
as Brother Lilac Bailey (art forger)
1970
as Mr. Berryman
1984
as El Gabacho
1934
as Gregory Simonson
1984
as Father Knickerbocker
1970
as Abe Stillman
2004
as Gunga Din (archive footage)
1971
as Gittelman
1943
as Sam Jaffe
1969
as Bleum
1985
as Self (archive footage)
1971
1973
as Old Sam
1980
as 1st Supreme Court Justice
1971
as Sam Jaffe - Party guest (uncredited)
1970
as Old Whateley
Production
1962
as Producer
1933
as Associate Producer
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