Acting

Sam Jaffe

Born 1891-03-10 · New York City, New York, U.S.

Died 1984-03-24

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.

Credits

Newest first

The Hollywood Blacklist: The Survivors Tell Their Stories
as self
2026
On Location with Gunga Din
as Gunga Din (archive footage)
2004
George Stevens: A Filmmaker's Journey
as (archive footage)
1985
On the Line
as El Gabacho
1984
Nothing Lasts Forever
as Father Knickerbocker
1984
Foul Play
1981
Battle Beyond the Stars
as Dr. Hephaestus
1980
Gideon's Trumpet
as 1st Supreme Court Justice
1980
Buck Rogers in the 25th Century
as The Keeper
1979
Flying High
1978
The Love Boat
as Professor Roscoe Weber
1977
The Bionic Woman
1976
Medical Story
as Dr. Gershowitz
1975
Harry O
1974
The Snoop Sisters
as Issac Waldersack
1973
Kojak
as Papa
1973
Saga of Sonora
as Old Sam
1973
The Streets of San Francisco
1972
Mooch Goes to Hollywood
as Sam Jaffe - Party guest (uncredited)
1971
Enemies
as Gittelman
1971
Bedknobs and Broomsticks
as Bookman
1971
Columbo
as Henry Willis
1971
Who Killed the Mysterious Mr. Foster?
as Toby
1971
Alias Smith and Jones
1971
The Tell-Tale Heart
as The Old Man
1971
The Old Man Who Cried Wolf
as Abe Stillman
1970
Quarantined
as Mr. Berryman
1970
Nanny and the Professor
1970
The Dunwich Horror
as Old Whateley
1970
Night Gallery
as Bleum
1969
The Great Bank Robbery
as Brother Lilac Bailey (art forger)
1969
Tarzan's Jungle Rebellion
as Dr. Singleton
1967
A Guide for the Married Man
as Technical Adviser
1967
Guns for San Sebastian
as Père Joseph
1967
Tarzan
as Dr. Singleton
1966
Batman
as Zoltan Zorba
1966
Daniel Boone
as Jed Tolson
1964
The Merv Griffin Show
as Self
1962
Damon and Pythias
Producer
1962
Ben Casey
as David Zorba
1961
Ben Casey
1961
Cain's Hundred
as Louis Speckter
1961
The Defenders
as Dr. William Graham
1961
The Islanders
as Papa Mathews
1960
The Westerner
as Old Man McKeen
1960
In the Presence of Mine Enemies
as Emmanuel
1960
Ben-Hur
as Simonides
1959
Westinghouse Desilu Playhouse
1958
The Barbarian and the Geisha
as Henry Heusken
1958
Naked City
as Lazslo Lubasz
1958
The Donna Reed Show
1958
The Spies
as Sam Cooper
1957
Alfred Hitchcock Presents
as The Abbot
1955
Alfred Hitchcock Presents
as Hal Ballew
1955
Main Street to Broadway
as Self (uncredited)
1953
Hallmark Hall of Fame
as 1st Supreme Court Justice
1951
The Day the Earth Stood Still
as Prof. Jacob Barnhardt
1951
Tales of Tomorrow
1951
I Can Get It for You Wholesale
as Sam Cooper
1951
Under the Gun
as Samuel Gower
1951
The Asphalt Jungle
as Doc Erwin Riedenschneider
1950
Rope of Sand
as Dr. Francis Kittridge Hunter
1949
The Accused
as Dr. Romley
1949
Gentleman's Agreement
as Professor Fred Lieberman
1947
13 Rue Madeleine
as Mayor Galimard
1947
Stage Door Canteen
as Sam Jaffe
1943
Gunga Din
as Gunga Din
1939
Lost Horizon
as High Lama
1937
We Live Again
as Gregory Simonson
1934
The Scarlet Empress
as Grand Duke Peter
1934
Emergency Call
Associate Producer
1933