Sam Jaffe (I) (1891–1984)

Actor

Born Shalom Jaffe in New York City, he became known to the world as Sam Jaffe. From a Jewish family...

Born: March 10, 1891
Died: March 24, 1984 (age 93)

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Filmography

Known For

The Day the Earth Stood Still Professor Jacob Barnhardt (1951)
The Asphalt Jungle Doc Erwin Riedenschneider (1950)
Bedknobs and Broomsticks Bookman (1971)
Known For

Ben-Hur Simonides (1959)
Actor

On the Line El Gabacho (1984)
Nothing Lasts Forever Father Knickerbocker (1984)
The Love Boat Professor Roscoe Weber (1983)
Foul Play Barbary Bob Norwood (1981)
Battle Beyond the Stars Dr. Hephaestus (1980)
Gideon's Trumpet 1st Supreme Court Justice (1980)
Buck Rogers in the 25th Century The Keeper (1980)
Flying High Dr. Alsdorf (1978)
Kojak Papa (1977)
The Bionic Woman Admiral Richter (1976)
The Sad and Lonely Sundays Dr. Sweeny (1976)
Medical Story Dr. Gershowitz (1975)
Harry O Dr. Howard Cambridge (1975)
Columbo Dr. Henry Willis (1975)
S.W.A.T. Dr. Brunner (1975)
The Best of Times (1974)
The Streets of San Francisco Alex Zubatuk (1974)
QB VII Dr. Tessler (1974)
The Snoop Sisters Issac Waldersack (1973)
Saga of Sonora Old Sam (1973)
Owen Marshall, Counselor at Law Henry Noll (1972)
Love, American Style Mr. Palvecko (segment "Love and the Wishing Star") (1972)
Circle of Fear De Witt (1972)
Alias Smith and Jones Soapy Saunders (1971-1972)
The Tell-Tale Heart The Old Man (1971)
Enemies Gittelman (1971)
Bedknobs and Broomsticks Bookman (1971)
Who Killed the Mysterious Mr. Foster? Toby (1971)
The Old Man Who Cried Wolf Abe Stillman (1970)
Quarantined Mr. Berryman (1970)
Nanny and the Professor Dr. Lazko (1970)
The Dunwich Horror Old Whateley (1970)
Night Gallery Bleum (1969)
The Great Bank Robbery Brother Lilac Bailey - Art Forger (1969)
Guns for San Sebastian Father Joseph (1968)
Tarzan Dr. Singleton (1967)
A Guide for the Married Man Technical Adviser (Shrink) (1967)
Batman Zoltan Zorba (1966)
Bonanza Joshua Norton (1966)
Daniel Boone Jed Tolson (1965)
Ben Casey Dr. David Zorba (1961-1965)
The Donna Reed Show (1964)
The Defenders Dr. William Graham (1962)
Cain's Hundred Louis Speckter (1961)
The Law and Mr. Jones Martin Berger (1960-1961)
Naked City Lazslo Lubasz (1961)
The Robert Herridge Theater Mr. Bates (1961)
Alfred Hitchcock Presents Hal Ballew (1960-1961)
The Untouchables Luigi Valcone (1961)
The Islanders Papa Mathews (1961)
Shirley Temple's Storybook Zacharias (1961)
The Westerner Old Man McKeen (1960)
Play of the Week (1960)
Playhouse 90 Carpenter (1959-1960)
Westinghouse Desilu Playhouse Younkers (1959)
Ben-Hur Simonides (1959)
The Barbarian and the Geisha Henry Heusken (1958)
Les espions Sam Cooper (1957)
Main Street to Broadway Sam Jaffe- First Nighter (1953)
Under the Gun Samuel Gower (1951)
The Day the Earth Stood Still Professor Jacob Barnhardt (1951)
I Can Get It for You Wholesale Sam Cooper (1951)
The Asphalt Jungle Doc Erwin Riedenschneider (1950)
Rope of Sand Dr. Francis Hunter (1949)
The Accused Dr. Romley (1949)
Gentleman's Agreement Professor Fred Lieberman (1947)
13 Rue Madeleine Mayor Galimard (1946)
Stage Door Canteen Sam Jaffe (1943)
Gunga Din Gunga Din (1939)
Lost Horizon High Lama (1937)
We Live Again Gregory Simonson (1934)
The Scarlet Empress Grand Duke Peter (1934)
A Cheap Vacation (1916)
Actor

The Big Story Hal Studer (1949)
Archive footage

The Making of 'The Day the Earth Stood Still' (2008)
Watch the Skies!: Science Fiction, the 1950s and Us (2005)
The Making of 'Lost Horizon' (1999)
Biography (1996)
American Cinema (1995)
Century of Cinema (1995)
George Stevens: A Filmmaker's Journey (1984)
The Horror Show (1979)
Archive footage

Tarzan's Jungle Rebellion (1967)
Hollywood Without Make-Up (1963)

Awards

Did You Know

A close friend of John Huston's; they first knew each other when Huston was a teenager living in the same building as Jaffe in New York. When the young Huston half-jokingly mentioned that he would like a horse for his 18th birthday, Jaffe somehow ...