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Sam Jaffe

Sam Jaffe

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

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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).

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Filmography
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On Location with Gunga Din
2004 • Gunga Din (archive footage)
On the Line poster
On the Line
1984 • El Gabacho
Nothing Lasts Forever poster
Nothing Lasts Forever
1984 • Father Knickerbocker
Battle Beyond the Stars poster
Battle Beyond the Stars
1980 • Dr. Hephaestus
Gideon's Trumpet poster
Gideon's Trumpet
1980 • 1st Supreme Court Justice
Saga of Sonora poster
Saga of Sonora
1973 • Old Sam
Mooch Goes to Hollywood poster
Mooch Goes to Hollywood
1971 • Sam Jaffe - Party guest (uncredited)
Enemies poster
Enemies
1971 • Gittelman
Bedknobs and Broomsticks poster
Bedknobs and Broomsticks
1971 • Bookman
Who Killed the Mysterious Mr. Foster? poster
Who Killed the Mysterious Mr. Foster?
1971 • Toby
The Tell-Tale Heart poster
The Tell-Tale Heart
1971
The Old Man Who Cried Wolf poster
The Old Man Who Cried Wolf
1970 • Abe Stillman
Quarantined poster
Quarantined
1970 • Mr. Berryman
The Dunwich Horror poster
The Dunwich Horror
1970 • Old Whateley
Night Gallery poster
Night Gallery
1969 • Bleum
The Great Bank Robbery poster
The Great Bank Robbery
1969 • Brother Lilac Bailey (art forger)
Tarzan's Jungle Rebellion poster
Tarzan's Jungle Rebellion
1967 • Dr. Singleton
A Guide for the Married Man poster
A Guide for the Married Man
1967 • Technical Adviser (Shrink)
Guns for San Sebastian poster
Guns for San Sebastian
1967 • Père Joseph
In the Presence of Mine Enemies poster
In the Presence of Mine Enemies
1960 • Emmanuel
Ben-Hur poster
Ben-Hur
1959 • Simonides
The Barbarian and the Geisha poster
The Barbarian and the Geisha
1958 • Henry Heusken
The Spies poster
The Spies
1957 • Sam Cooper
Main Street to Broadway poster
Main Street to Broadway
1953 • Self (uncredited)
The Day the Earth Stood Still poster
The Day the Earth Stood Still
1951 • Prof. Jacob Barnhardt
I Can Get It for You Wholesale poster
I Can Get It for You Wholesale
1951 • Sam Cooper
Under the Gun poster
Under the Gun
1951 • Samuel Gower
The Asphalt Jungle poster
The Asphalt Jungle
1950 • Doc Erwin Riedenschneider
Rope of Sand poster
Rope of Sand
1949 • Dr. Francis Kittridge Hunter
The Accused poster
The Accused
1949 • Dr. Romley
Gentleman's Agreement poster
Gentleman's Agreement
1947 • Professor Fred Lieberman
13 Rue Madeleine poster
13 Rue Madeleine
1947 • Mayor Galimard
Stage Door Canteen poster
Stage Door Canteen
1943 • Sam Jaffe
Gunga Din poster
Gunga Din
1939 • Gunga Din
Lost Horizon poster
Lost Horizon
1937 • High Lama
We Live Again poster
We Live Again
1934 • Gregory Simonson
The Scarlet Empress poster
The Scarlet Empress
1934 • Grand Duke Peter