Acting credits
63
Established
Large and steady acting portfolio.
Actor
Sam Jaffe
Acting
Career Snapshot
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Movies: 38Series: 27Crew credits: 2
TMDB ID: 10024
IMDb ID: nm0415488
Known for: Acting
Born: March 10, 1891
Died: March 24, 1984
Age: 93
Place of birth: New York City, New York, U.S.
Gender: Male
Adult content flag: No
Career span: 1933 - 1984
Years active: 52
Average TMDB rating: 6.74
Wikidata: Q719247
Also known as
Shalom "Sam" Jaffe • Shalom Jaffe
Other jobs
Associate Producer (1)Producer (1)
Biography
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).
Movies
Movies
Movie credits linked with Sam Jaffe.
4.1
On the Line
as El Gabacho
1984 Movie
6.2
Nothing Lasts Forever
as Father Knickerbocker
1984 Movie
5.4
Battle Beyond the Stars
as Dr. Hephaestus
1980 Movie
6.0
Gideon's Trumpet
as 1st Supreme Court Justice
1980 Movie
Saga of Sonora
as Old Sam
1973 Movie
4.3
Mooch Goes to Hollywood
as Sam Jaffe - Party guest (uncredited)
1971 Movie
Enemies
as Gittelman
1971 Movie
7.0
Bedknobs and Broomsticks
as Bookman
1971 Movie
8.0
Who Killed the Mysterious Mr. Foster?
as Toby
1971 Movie
8.5
The Tell-Tale Heart
1971 Movie
6.0
The Old Man Who Cried Wolf
as Abe Stillman
1970 Movie
5.0
Quarantined
as Mr. Berryman
1970 Movie
5.3
The Dunwich Horror
as Old Whateley
1970 Movie
6.6
Night Gallery
as Bleum
1969 Movie
6.3
The Great Bank Robbery
as Brother Lilac Bailey (art forger)
1969 Movie
5.0
Tarzan's Jungle Rebellion
as Dr. Singleton
1967 Movie
5.8
A Guide for the Married Man
as Technical Adviser (Shrink)
1967 Movie
7.0
Guns for San Sebastian
as Père Joseph
1967 Movie
4.0
Damon and Pythias
Producer
1962 Movie
In the Presence of Mine Enemies
as Emmanuel
1960 Movie
7.9
Ben-Hur
as Simonides
1959 Movie
5.9
The Barbarian and the Geisha
as Henry Heusken
1958 Movie
6.5
The Spies
as Sam Cooper
1957 Movie
6.5
Main Street to Broadway
as Self (uncredited)
1953 Movie
Series
Series
Series credits linked with Sam Jaffe.
5.0
Foul Play
1 eps
1981 Series
7.0
Buck Rogers in the 25th Century
as The Keeper • 2 eps
1979 Series
4.5
Flying High
1 eps
1978 Series
6.9
The Bionic Woman
1 eps
1976 Series
3.0
Medical Story
1 eps
1975 Series
4.6
Harry O
1 eps
1974 Series
7.2
The Snoop Sisters
as Issac Waldersack • 1 eps
1973 Series
7.1
Kojak
as Papa • 1 eps
1973 Series
7.0
The Streets of San Francisco
1 eps
1972 Series
8.1
Columbo
as Henry Willis • 1 eps
1971 Series
7.0
Alias Smith and Jones
3 eps
1971 Series
6.0
Nanny and the Professor
1 eps
1970 Series
6.7
Tarzan
as Dr. Singleton • 2 eps
1966 Series
7.3
Batman
as Zoltan Zorba • 1 eps
1966 Series
7.0
Daniel Boone
as Jed Tolson • 1 eps
1964 Series
6.2
The Merv Griffin Show
as Self • 1 eps
1962 Series
5.6
Ben Casey
as David Zorba • 122 eps
1961 Series
4.7
Cain's Hundred
as Louis Speckter • 1 eps
1961 Series
5.9
The Defenders
as Dr. William Graham • 1 eps
1961 Series
8.0
The Islanders
as Papa Mathews • 1 eps
1960 Series
6.8
The Westerner
as Old Man McKeen • 1 eps
1960 Series
5.8
Westinghouse Desilu Playhouse
1 eps
1958 Series
5.5
Naked City
as Lazslo Lubasz • 1 eps
1958 Series
6.4
The Donna Reed Show
1 eps
1958 Series