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Sam Jaffe

Highest Rated: 100% The Accused (1948)

Lowest Rated: 0% The Bogus Witch Project (2000)

Birthday: Mar 10, 1891

Birthplace: New York, New York, USA

Stage actor with wildly staring eyes and a fascinating whispery voice who made a brilliantly memorable Hollywood debut as the crazed Peter in Josef von Sternberg's unique biopic of Catherine the Great, "The Scarlet Empress" (1934), starring Marlene Dietrich. Jaffe subsequently divided his time among theater and (primarily as a character player) film and TV; he was especially memorable as one of the robbery gang in John Huston's "The Asphalt Jungle" (1950) for which he won an Oscar nomination as Best Supporting Actor. Baby boomers would recall the actor for his role as Dr. Zorba on the popular ABC medical drama "Ben Casey" (1961-66).

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Highest rated movies

100% 62% The Accused
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98% 87% The Asphalt Jungle
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95% 87% The Day the Earth Stood Still
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93% 74% Gunga Din
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93% 82% Lost Horizon
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88% 86% Born Free
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87% 89% Ben-Hur
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86% 85% The Scarlet Empress
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83% 54% 13 rue Madeleine
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82% 78% Gentleman's Agreement
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Sam Jaffe

Sam Jaffe THE BARBARIAN AND THE GEISHA, Eiko Ando, Sam Jaffe, 1958, (c) 20th Century Fox, TM & Copyright I CAN GET IT FOR YOU WHOLESALE, Sam Jaffe, Dan Dailey, 1951, TM and Copyright (c) 20th Century-Fox Film Corp. All Rights Reserved THE ASPHALT JUNGLE, Louis Calhern, Sterling Hayden, Jean Hagen, Sam Jaffe, 1950 GUNGA DIN, Sam Jaffe, 1939 BEN-HUR, Cathy O'Donnell, Haya Harareet, Martha Scott, Sam Jaffe, Charlton Heston, 1959. GUNGA DIN, Douglas Fairbanks Jr., Victor McLaglen, Eduardo Ciannelli, Sam Jaffe (behind Grant), Cary Grant, 1939 THE SCARLET EMPRESS, Louise Dresser, Sam Jaffe, 1934 LOST HORIZON, Ronald Colman, Sam Jaffe, 1937 THE ASPHALT JUNGLE, clockwise from left: Sam Jaffe, Sterling Hayden, James Whitmore, Anthony Caruso, 1950 View more photos

Filmography

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0% 10% The Bogus Witch Project Screenwriter - 2000
No Score Yet 20% On the Line El Gabacho (Character) - 1984
No Score Yet 51% Nothing Lasts Forever Father Knickerbocker (Character) - 1984
54% 41% Battle Beyond the Stars Dr. Hephaestus (Character) - 1980
No Score Yet No Score Yet Columbo: Forgotten Lady Unknown (Character) - 1975
No Score Yet 57% QB VII Unknown (Character) - 1974
67% 73% Bedknobs and Broomsticks Bookman (Character) - 1971
No Score Yet No Score Yet Enemies Gittelman (Character) - 1971
No Score Yet No Score Yet Who Killed the Mysterious Mr. Foster? Toby (Character) - 1971
29% 29% The Dunwich Horror Old Whateley (Character) - 1970
No Score Yet No Score Yet The Old Man Who Cried Wolf Abe Stillman (Character) - 1970
No Score Yet No Score Yet Quarantined Mr. Berryman (Character) - 1970
No Score Yet 29% The Great Bank Robbery Brother Lilac Bailey (Character) - 1969
No Score Yet 79% Night Gallery Bleum (Character) - 1969
No Score Yet 53% Guns for San Sebastian Father Joseph (Character) - 1968
88% 86% Born Free Producer - 1966
No Score Yet No Score Yet Damon and Pythias Producer - 1962
87% 89% Ben-Hur Simonides (Character) - 1959
40% 43% The Barbarian and the Geisha Henry Heusken (Character) - 1958
No Score Yet No Score Yet The Spies Sam Cooper (Character) - 1957
No Score Yet 50% I Can Get It for You Wholesale Sam Cooper (Character) - 1951
95% 87% The Day the Earth Stood Still Prof. Jacob Barnhardt (Character) - 1951
98% 87% The Asphalt Jungle Doc Erwin Riedenschneider (Character) - 1950
No Score Yet 40% Rope of Sand Dr. Francis Hunter (Character) - 1949
100% 62% The Accused Dr. Romley (Character) - 1948
82% 78% Gentleman's Agreement Professor Lieberman (Character) - 1947
83% 54% 13 rue Madeleine Mayor Gallimard (Character) - 1946
93% 74% Gunga Din Gunga Din (Character) - 1939
93% 82% Lost Horizon High Lama (Character) - 1937
86% 85% The Scarlet Empress Grand Duke Peter (Character) - 1934
80% 30% We Live Again Gregory Simonson (Character) - 1934
No Score Yet No Score Yet Emergency Call Producer - 1933
No Score Yet No Score Yet The Vanishing Frontier Producer - 1932

TV

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No Score Yet No Score Yet The Love Boat Professor Roscoe Weber (Character) 1983
No Score Yet No Score Yet Kojak Unknown (Guest Star) 1977
No Score Yet No Score Yet Bionic Woman Admiral Richter (Guest Star) 1976
No Score Yet No Score Yet Harry O Unknown (Guest Star) 1975
No Score Yet 80% Columbo Dr. Henry Willis (Guest Star) 1975
No Score Yet No Score Yet The Streets of San Francisco Alex Zubatuk (Guest Star) 1974
No Score Yet No Score Yet Snoop Sisters Unknown (Guest Star) 1973
No Score Yet No Score Yet Alias Smith and Jones Unknown (Guest Star) 1971
No Score Yet No Score Yet Tarzan Dr. Singleton (Guest Star) 1967
No Score Yet No Score Yet Ben Casey Dr. David Zorba (Character) 1961-1966
No Score Yet No Score Yet Bonanza Unknown (Guest Star) 1966
No Score Yet No Score Yet Cain's Hundred Unknown (Guest Star) 1961
No Score Yet No Score Yet The Law and Mr. Jones Unknown (Guest Star) 1960-1961
No Score Yet 87% Alfred Hitchcock Presents The Abbot (Character) 1960-1961
No Score Yet No Score Yet The Untouchables Unknown (Guest Star) 1961
No Score Yet No Score Yet The Westerner Unknown (Guest Star) 1960
No Score Yet No Score Yet Tales of Tomorrow Unknown (Character) 1951