Acting · New York City, New York, U.S. · Born March 10, 1891
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.
MovieThe Hollywood Blacklist: The Survivors Tell Their Stories
2026
as self
On Location with Gunga Din
2004
as Gunga Din (archive footage)
MovieOn the Line
1984
as El Gabacho
MovieNothing Lasts Forever
1984
as Father Knickerbocker
TVFoul Play
1981
MovieBattle Beyond the Stars
1980
as Dr. Hephaestus
MovieGideon's Trumpet
1980
as 1st Supreme Court Justice
TVBuck Rogers in the 25th Century
1979
as The Keeper
TVFlying High
1978
TVThe Bionic Woman
1976
TVMedical Story
1975
as Dr. Gershowitz
TVHarry O
1974
TVThe Snoop Sisters
1973
as Issac Waldersack
TVKojak
1973
as Papa
MovieSaga of Sonora
1973
as Old Sam
TVThe Streets of San Francisco
1972
MovieMooch Goes to Hollywood
1971
as Sam Jaffe - Party guest (uncredited)
MovieEnemies
1971
as Gittelman
MovieBedknobs and Broomsticks
1971
as Bookman
TVColumbo
1971
as Henry Willis
MovieWho Killed the Mysterious Mr. Foster?
1971
as Toby
TVAlias Smith and Jones
1971
MovieThe Tell-Tale Heart
1971
MovieThe Old Man Who Cried Wolf
1970
as Abe Stillman
MovieQuarantined
1970
as Mr. Berryman
TVNanny and the Professor
1970
MovieThe Dunwich Horror
1970
as Old Whateley
MovieNight Gallery
1969
as Bleum
MovieThe Great Bank Robbery
1969
as Brother Lilac Bailey (art forger)
MovieTarzan's Jungle Rebellion
1967
as Dr. Singleton
MovieA Guide for the Married Man
1967
as Technical Adviser
MovieGuns for San Sebastian
1967
as Père Joseph
TVTarzan
1966
as Dr. Singleton
TVBatman
1966
as Zoltan Zorba
TVDaniel Boone
1964
as Jed Tolson
TVThe Merv Griffin Show
1962
as Self
TVBen Casey
1961
as David Zorba
TVCain's Hundred
1961
as Louis Speckter
TVThe Defenders
1961
as Dr. William Graham
TVThe Islanders
1960
as Papa Mathews
TVThe Westerner
1960
as Old Man McKeen
MovieIn the Presence of Mine Enemies
1960
as Emmanuel
MovieBen-Hur
1959
as Simonides
TVWestinghouse Desilu Playhouse
1958
MovieThe Barbarian and the Geisha
1958
as Henry Heusken
TVNaked City
1958
as Lazslo Lubasz
TVThe Donna Reed Show
1958
MovieThe Spies
1957
as Sam Cooper
TVAlfred Hitchcock Presents
1955
as The Abbot
MovieMain Street to Broadway
1953
as Self (uncredited)
TVHallmark Hall of Fame
1951
as 1st Supreme Court Justice
MovieThe Day the Earth Stood Still
1951
as Prof. Jacob Barnhardt
TVTales of Tomorrow
1951
MovieI Can Get It for You Wholesale
1951
as Sam Cooper
MovieUnder the Gun
1951
as Samuel Gower
MovieThe Asphalt Jungle
1950
as Doc Erwin Riedenschneider
MovieRope of Sand
1949
as Dr. Francis Kittridge Hunter
MovieThe Accused
1949
as Dr. Romley
MovieGentleman's Agreement
1947
as Professor Fred Lieberman
Movie13 Rue Madeleine
1947
as Mayor Galimard
MovieStage Door Canteen
1943
as Sam Jaffe
MovieGunga Din
1939
as Gunga Din
MovieLost Horizon
1937
as High Lama
MovieWe Live Again
1934
as Gregory Simonson
MovieThe Scarlet Empress
1934
as Grand Duke Peter
