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Sam Jaffe

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.

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Known For

Acting

Year
Title

Role

1984
Nothing Lasts Forever

as    Father Knickerbocker

1980
Gideon's Trumpet

as    1st Supreme Court Justice

1980
Battle Beyond the Stars

as    Dr. Hephaestus

1971
Bedknobs and Broomsticks

as    Bookman

1970
The Old Man Who Cried Wolf

as    Abe Stillman

1970
The Dunwich Horror

as    Old Whateley

1969
The Great Bank Robbery

as    Brother Lilac Bailey (art forger)

1967
Tarzan's Jungle Rebellion

as    Dr. Singleton

1961
Ben Casey

as    David Zorba

1959
Ben-Hur

as    Simonides

1958
The Barbarian and the Geisha

as    Henry Heusken

1951
The Day the Earth Stood Still

as    Prof. Jacob Barnhardt

1951
Under the Gun

as    Samuel Gower

1950
The Asphalt Jungle

as    Doc Erwin Riedenschneider

1949
Rope of Sand

as    Dr. Francis Kittridge Hunter

1949
The Accused

as    Dr. Romley

1947
13 Rue Madeleine

as    Mayor Galimard

1939
Gunga Din

as    Gunga Din

1937
Lost Horizon

as    High Lama

1934
The Scarlet Empress

as    Grand Duke Peter