Sam Jaffe
b. 1891 — d. 1984 (aged 93)
New York City, New York, U.S.
Actor
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
Filmography
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★ 6.2
Nothing Lasts Forever
1984 Actor
Father Knickerbocker
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West of Hester Street
1983 Self
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★ 5.5
Battle Beyond the Stars
1980 Actor
Dr. Hephaestus
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★ 7.1
Gideon's Trumpet
1980 Actor
1st Supreme Court Justice
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★ 4.1
The Sad and Lonely Sundays
1976 Actor
Dr. Sweeny
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The Best of Times
1974 Actor
Rabbi Roth
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★ 7.8
The Snoop Sisters
1972 Actor
Issac Waldersack
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★ 7.1
Bedknobs and Broomsticks
1971 Actor
Bookman
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★ 7.1
The Tell-Tale Heart
1971 Actor
The Old Man
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★ 7.1
Who Killed the Mysterious Mr. Foster?
1971 Actor
Toby
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★ 7.9
Enemies
1971 Actor
Gittelman
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★ 5.4
The Dunwich Horror
1970 Actor
Old Whateley
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★ 6.8
The Old Man Who Cried Wolf
1970 Actor
Abe Stillman
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★ 6.1
Quarantined
1970 Actor
Mr. Berryman
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★ 5.6
The Great Bank Robbery
1969 Actor
Brother Lilac
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★ 6.6
Guns for San Sebastian
1968 Actor
Father Joseph
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★ 7.1
Ben Casey
1961 Actor
Dr. David Zorba
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Some Place Like Home
1960 Self
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★ 8.1
Ben-Hur
1959 Actor
Simonides
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★ 5.8
The Barbarian and the Geisha
1958 Actor
Henry Heusken
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★ 6.7
The Spies
1957 Actor
Sam Cooper
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★ 7.7
The Day the Earth Stood Still
1951 Actor
Professor Jacob Barnhardt
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★ 6.7
I Can Get It for You Wholesale
1951 Actor
Sam Cooper
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★ 6.6
Under the Gun
1951 Actor
Gower
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★ 7.8
The Asphalt Jungle
1950 Actor
Doc Erwin Riedenschneider
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★ 6.6
Rope of Sand
1949 Actor
Dr. Francis Hunter
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★ 6.8
The Accused
1949 Actor
Dr. Romley
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★ 6.9
13 Rue Madeleine
1947 Actor
Mayor Galimard
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★ 7.2
Gunga Din
1939 Actor
Gunga Din
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★ 7.6
Lost Horizon
1937 Actor
High Lama
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★ 7.5
The Scarlet Empress
1934 Actor
Grand Duke Peter
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★ 6.3
We Live Again
1934 Actor
Gregory Simonson
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A Cheap Vacation
1916 Actor