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Nothing Lasts Forever

as Father Knickerbocker

1984
Battle Beyond the Stars

as Dr. Hephaestus

1980
Gideon's Trumpet

as 1st Supreme Court Justice

1980
Bedknobs and Broomsticks

as Bookman

1971
The Dunwich Horror

as Old Whateley

1970
The Old Man Who Cried Wolf

as Abe Stillman

1970
The Great Bank Robbery

as Brother Lilac Bailey (art forger)

1969
Tarzan's Jungle Rebellion

as Dr. Singleton

1967
Ben Casey

as David Zorba

1961
Ben-Hur

as Simonides

1959
The Barbarian and the Geisha

as Henry Heusken

1958
The Day the Earth Stood Still

as Prof. Jacob Barnhardt

1951
Under the Gun

as Samuel Gower

1951
The Asphalt Jungle

as Doc Erwin Riedenschneider

1950
Rope of Sand

as Dr. Francis Kittridge Hunter

1949
The Accused

as Dr. Romley

1949
13 Rue Madeleine

as Mayor Galimard

1947
Gunga Din

as Gunga Din

1939
Lost Horizon

as High Lama

1937
The Scarlet Empress

as Grand Duke Peter

1934
Sam Jaffe Sam Jaffe

Birthday

1891-03-10

Place of Birth

New York City, New York, U.S.

Biography

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.
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