Sam Jaffe
Birthday: 1891-03-10 | Place of Birth: New York City, New York, U.S.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.
Known For
Acting
Role
as Father Knickerbocker
as 1st Supreme Court Justice
as Dr. Hephaestus
as Bookman
as Abe Stillman
as Old Whateley
as Brother Lilac Bailey (art forger)
as Dr. Singleton
as David Zorba
as Simonides
as Henry Heusken
as Prof. Jacob Barnhardt
as Samuel Gower
as Doc Erwin Riedenschneider
as Dr. Francis Kittridge Hunter
as Dr. Romley
as Mayor Galimard
as Gunga Din
as High Lama
as Grand Duke Peter