Sam Jaffe
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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
Credits
Ben-Hur (1959)
as Simonides
The Day the Earth Stood Still (1951)
as Prof. Jacob Barnhardt
Bedknobs and Broomsticks (1971)
as Bookman
The Asphalt Jungle (1950)
as Doc Erwin Riedenschneider
Battle Beyond the Stars (1980)
as Dr. Hephaestus
Gentleman's Agreement (1947)
as Professor Fred Lieberman
The Dunwich Horror (1970)
as Old Whateley
Lost Horizon (1937)
as High Lama
The Scarlet Empress (1934)
as Grand Duke Peter
The Great Bank Robbery (1969)
as Brother Lilac Bailey (art forger)
Gideon's Trumpet (1980)
as 1st Supreme Court Justice
Night Gallery (1969)
as Bleum
A Guide for the Married Man (1967)
as Technical Adviser
The Barbarian and the Geisha (1958)
as Henry Heusken
Guns for San Sebastian (1967)
as Père Joseph
Nothing Lasts Forever (1984)
as Father Knickerbocker
Gunga Din (1939)
as Gunga Din
I Can Get It for You Wholesale (1951)
as Sam Cooper
Stage Door Canteen (1943)
as Sam Jaffe
Tarzan's Jungle Rebellion (1967)
as Dr. Singleton
The Accused (1949)
as Dr. Romley
Mooch Goes to Hollywood (1971)
as Sam Jaffe - Party guest (uncredited)
13 Rue Madeleine (1947)
as Mayor Galimard
The Spies (1957)
as Sam Cooper
In the Presence of Mine Enemies (1960)
as Emmanuel
Rope of Sand (1949)
as Dr. Francis Kittridge Hunter
Main Street to Broadway (1953)
as Self (uncredited)
Saga of Sonora (1973)
as Old Sam
Under the Gun (1951)
as Samuel Gower
On the Line (1984)
as El Gabacho
Quarantined (1970)
as Mr. Berryman
The Old Man Who Cried Wolf (1970)
as Abe Stillman
We Live Again (1934)
as Gregory Simonson
The Tell-Tale Heart (1971)
Actor
Who Killed the Mysterious Mr. Foster? (1971)
as Toby
On Location with Gunga Din (2004)
as Gunga Din (archive footage)
Enemies (1971)
as Gittelman
The Hollywood Blacklist: The Survivors Tell Their Stories (2026)
as self