Cast & creator
Sam Jaffe
Best known for Columbo, The Merv Griffin Show, The Love Boat
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.
Also known as: Shalom "Sam" Jaffe, Shalom Jaffe
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1933–2026 · acting roles
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Filmography (71)
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Columbo
Henry Willis
1971
The Merv Griffin Show
Self
1962
The Love Boat
Professor Roscoe Weber
1977
Batman
Zoltan Zorba
1966
The Donna Reed Show
1958
Naked City
Lazslo Lubasz
1958
The Defenders
Dr. William Graham
1961
Ben Casey
David Zorba
1961Ben Casey
1961
Daniel Boone
Jed Tolson
1964
The Streets of San Francisco
1972
Kojak
Papa
1973
The Bionic Woman
1976
Alfred Hitchcock Presents
The Abbot
1955Alfred Hitchcock Presents
Hal Ballew
1955
Harry O
1974
Alias Smith and Jones
1971
Buck Rogers in the 25th Century
The Keeper
1979
Westinghouse Desilu Playhouse
1958
Tarzan
Dr. Singleton
1966
Tales of Tomorrow
1951
Nanny and the Professor
1970
Cain's Hundred
Louis Speckter
1961
Ben-Hur
Simonides
1959
Flying High
1978
Medical Story
Dr. Gershowitz
1975
The Islanders
Papa Mathews
1960
The Westerner
Old Man McKeen
1960
Hallmark Hall of Fame
1st Supreme Court Justice
1951
The Day the Earth Stood Still
Prof. Jacob Barnhardt
1951
Bedknobs and Broomsticks
Bookman
1971
The Snoop Sisters
Issac Waldersack
1973
The Asphalt Jungle
Doc Erwin Riedenschneider
1950
Battle Beyond the Stars
Dr. Hephaestus
1980
Foul Play
1981
A Guide for the Married Man
Technical Adviser
1967
Gentleman's Agreement
Professor Fred Lieberman
1947
Lost Horizon
High Lama
1937
Night Gallery
Bleum
1969
The Dunwich Horror
Old Whateley
1970
Guns for San Sebastian
Père Joseph
1967
Gunga Din
Gunga Din
1939
The Scarlet Empress
Grand Duke Peter
1934
The Great Bank Robbery
Brother Lilac Bailey (art forger)
1969
Stage Door Canteen
Sam Jaffe
1943
George Stevens: A Filmmaker's Journey
(archive footage)
1985
Gideon's Trumpet
1st Supreme Court Justice
1980
The Accused
Dr. Romley
1949
Mooch Goes to Hollywood
Sam Jaffe - Party guest (uncredited)
1971
The Barbarian and the Geisha
Henry Heusken
1958
Nothing Lasts Forever
Father Knickerbocker
1984
The Old Man Who Cried Wolf
Abe Stillman
1970
Who Killed the Mysterious Mr. Foster?
Toby
1971
I Can Get It for You Wholesale
Sam Cooper
1951
Main Street to Broadway
Self (uncredited)
1953
13 Rue Madeleine
Mayor Galimard
1947
Tarzan's Jungle Rebellion
Dr. Singleton
1967
Rope of Sand
Dr. Francis Kittridge Hunter
1949
The Spies
Sam Cooper
1957
In the Presence of Mine Enemies
Emmanuel
1960
The Tell-Tale Heart
1971
Damon and Pythias
Producer
1962
We Live Again
Gregory Simonson
1934
The Hollywood Blacklist: The Survivors Tell Their Stories
self
2026
On the Line
El Gabacho
1984
Quarantined
Mr. Berryman
1970
Under the Gun
Samuel Gower
1951On Location with Gunga Din
Gunga Din (archive footage)
2004
Emergency Call
Associate Producer
1933
Saga of Sonora
Old Sam
1973
Enemies
Gittelman
1971