Sam Jaffe
Biography
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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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Known For
Acting

1959
asSimonides

1951
asProf. Jacob Barnhardt

1937
asHigh Lama

1967
asTechnical Adviser (Shrink)

1967
asDr. Singleton

1934
asGrand Duke Peter

1939
asGunga Din

1971
asBookman

1947
asProfessor Fred Lieberman

1953
asSelf (uncredited)

1951
asSamuel Gower

1980
asDr. Hephaestus

1949
asDr. Romley

1949
asDr. Francis Kittridge Hunter

1950
asDoc Erwin Riedenschneider

1958
asHenry Heusken

1947
asMayor Galimard

1968
asPère Joseph

1957
asSam Cooper

1951
asSam Cooper

1969
asBrother Lilac Bailey (art forger)

1970
asMr. Berryman

1984
asEl Gabacho

1934
asGregory Simonson

1984
asFather Knickerbocker

1970
asAbe Stillman

2004
asGunga Din (archive footage)

1971
asGittelman

1943
asSam Jaffe

1969
asBleum

1985
asSelf (archive footage)

1971
asToby

1973
asOld Sam

1971
as
1980
as1st Supreme Court Justice

1971
asSam Jaffe - Party guest (uncredited)

1970
asOld Whateley
asHenry Willis
asLouis Speckter
as
asZoltan Zorba
asThe Keeper
as
as
asLazslo Lubasz
asSelf
asPapa
asPapa Mathews
as1st Supreme Court Justice
asThe Abbot
as
as
as
asJed Tolson
as
asDr. Singleton
asDavid Zorba
as
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as
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asDr. William Graham
asHal Ballew
asOld Man McKeen
asIssac Waldersack
Production

1962
as
1933
asCrew
Directing