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Sam Jaffe

Highest Rated:
100% The Scarlet Empress (Catherine the Great) (1934)
Lowest Rated:
20% The Dunwich Horror (1970)
Birthday:
Mar 10, 1891
Birthplace:
New York, New York
Bio:
Longtime Hollywood fixture Sam Jaffe (who should not be confused with the actor of the same name) was at various points in his career a talent agent, a studio executive, and a producer. His start in the business, however, was as an office boy for the Paramount-Famous Players-Lasky Company. His…

Filmography

Range of Movie T-meters: 20% - 100%
Number of Movies: 27
Box Office Since 2001: --
Year Rating Title Credit Box Office
2003 Broadway Theatre Archive - Enemies
  • Actor
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1985 On the Line
  • Actor
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1984 Nothing Lasts Forever
  • Father Knickerbocker
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1984 George Stevens: A Filmmaker's Journey
  • Himself
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1984 On The Line
  • Gabacho
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1983 West of Hester Street
  • Narrator
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1980 Gideon's Trumpet
  • 1st Sumpreme Court Justice
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1980 45% Battle Beyond the Stars
  • Dr. Hephaestus
  • Director
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1971 Tell-Tale Heart
  • Actor
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1971 66% Bedknobs and Broomsticks
  • Bookman
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1970 20% The Dunwich Horror
  • Old Whateley
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1969 La Bataille de San Sebastian (Guns for San Sebastian)
  • Father Joseph
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1967 67% A Guide for the Married Man
  • Technical Advisor
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1959 89% Ben-Hur
  • Simonides
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1958 The Barbarian and the Geisha
  • Henry Heusken
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1957 Les Espions (The Spies)
  • American Agent
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1951 94% The Day the Earth Stood Still
  • Dr. Barnhardt
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1951 I Can Get it For You Wholesale
  • Cooper
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1950 96% The Asphalt Jungle
  • Doc Erwin Riedenschneider
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1948 The Accused
  • Dr. Romley
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1947 83% Gentleman's Agreement
  • Prof. Lieberman
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1946 83% 13 Rue Madeleine
  • Mayor Galimard
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1943 Stage Door Canteen
  • Actor
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1939 92% Gunga Din
  • Gunga Din
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1937 100% Lost Horizon
  • High Lama
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1934 We Live Again
  • Gregory Simonson
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1934 100% The Scarlet Empress (Catherine the Great)
  • Grand Duke Peter
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Quotes from Sam Jaffe's Characters

    1. Doc Erwin Riedenschneider: One way or another, we all work for our vice.
    From The Asphalt Jungle. Submitted by Kate S (13 months ago)
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