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.

Filmography

• 2004On Location with Gunga Din — Gunga Din (archive footage)
• 1985George Stevens: A Filmmaker's Journey — (archive footage)
• 1984Nothing Lasts Forever — Father Knickerbocker
• 1984On the Line — El Gabacho
• Foul Play
• 1980Battle Beyond the Stars — Dr. Hephaestus
• 1980Gideon's Trumpet — 1st Supreme Court Justice
• Buck Rogers in the 25th Century — The Keeper
• Flying High
• The Love Boat — Professor Roscoe Weber
• The Bionic Woman
• Medical Story — Dr. Gershowitz
• Harry O
• Kojak — Papa
• 1973Saga of Sonora — Old Sam
• The Snoop Sisters — Issac Waldersack
• The Streets of San Francisco
• Alias Smith and Jones
• 1971Bedknobs and Broomsticks — Bookman
• Columbo — Henry Willis
• 1971Enemies — Gittelman
• 1971Mooch Goes to Hollywood — Sam Jaffe - Party guest (uncredited)
• 1971The Tell-Tale Heart
• 1971Who Killed the Mysterious Mr. Foster? — Toby
• Nanny and the Professor
• 1970Quarantined — Mr. Berryman
• 1970The Dunwich Horror — Old Whateley
• 1970The Old Man Who Cried Wolf — Abe Stillman
• 1969Night Gallery — Bleum
• 1969The Great Bank Robbery — Brother Lilac Bailey (art forger)
• 1967A Guide for the Married Man — Technical Adviser
• 1967Guns for San Sebastian — Père Joseph
• 1967Tarzan's Jungle Rebellion — Dr. Singleton
• Batman — Zoltan Zorba
• Tarzan — Dr. Singleton
• Daniel Boone — Jed Tolson
• 1962Damon and Pythias — Producer
• Ben Casey — David Zorba
• Cain's Hundred — Louis Speckter
• The Defenders — Dr. William Graham
• 1960In the Presence of Mine Enemies — Emmanuel
• The Islanders — Papa Mathews
• The Westerner — Old Man McKeen
• 1959Ben-Hur — Simonides
• Naked City — Lazslo Lubasz
• 1958The Barbarian and the Geisha — Henry Heusken
• The Donna Reed Show
• Westinghouse Desilu Playhouse
• 1957The Spies — Sam Cooper
• Alfred Hitchcock Presents — The Abbot, Hal Ballew
• Hallmark Hall of Fame — 1st Supreme Court Justice
• 1951I Can Get It for You Wholesale — Sam Cooper
• Tales of Tomorrow
• 1951The Day the Earth Stood Still — Prof. Jacob Barnhardt
• 1951Under the Gun — Samuel Gower
• 1950The Asphalt Jungle — Doc Erwin Riedenschneider
• 1949Rope of Sand — Dr. Francis Kittridge Hunter
• 1949The Accused — Dr. Romley
• 194713 Rue Madeleine — Mayor Galimard
• 1947Gentleman's Agreement — Professor Fred Lieberman
• 1943Stage Door Canteen — Sam Jaffe
• 1939Gunga Din — Gunga Din
• 1937Lost Horizon — High Lama
• 1934The Scarlet Empress — Grand Duke Peter
• 1934We Live Again — Gregory Simonson
• 1933Emergency Call — Associate Producer

Appearances as themselves (3)

• 2026The Hollywood Blacklist: The Survivors Tell Their Stories — self
• The Merv Griffin Show — Self
• 1953Main Street to Broadway — Self (uncredited)