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Sam Jaffe
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Sam Jaffe was an American actor who worked in film, television, and on stage. Born in New York City in 1891, he was educated at City College of New York. His professional career began in 1934, and he performed in English. He was married to Bettye Ackerman.
Jaffe received the Volpi Cup for Best Actor and was nominated for an Academy Award for Best Supporting Actor. He died of cancer in Beverly Hills in 1984. His death was caused by natural causes. He is buried at Eden Memorial Park.
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Person · Open Library
- Works
- 2
Top works
- Spiritual Guide to Fes
- Lost Horizon
via Open Library + Wikidata
Film & TV
New York City, New York, U.S.
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…
Known for
- On Location with Gunga Din — Gunga Din (archive footage)2004
- On the Line — El Gabacho1984
- Nothing Lasts Forever — Father Knickerbocker1984
- Foul Play1981
- Battle Beyond the Stars — Dr. Hephaestus1980
- Gideon's Trumpet — 1st Supreme Court Justice1980
- Buck Rogers in the 25th Century — The Keeper1979
- Flying High1978
- The Bionic Woman1976
- Medical Story — Dr. Gershowitz1975
via TMDB
Music · MusicBrainz
- Type
- Person
- Gender
- Female
- Origin
- United States
- Active from
- 1986-01-29
Discography
via MusicBrainz · CC0
Listeners · Last.fm
- Listeners
- 114
- Total plays
- 218
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Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- human
- Given name
- Sam
- Gender
- male
- Citizenship
- United States
- Place of birth
- New York City
- Place of death
- Beverly Hills
- Spouse
- Bettye Ackerman
- Occupation
- film producer
- Languages spoken
- English language
- Native language
- English language
- Image
- Sam Jaffe David Zorba Ben Casey.jpg
Show 9 more facts
- date of birth
- 1893-03-10
- date of death
- 1984-03-24
- nominated for
- Academy Award for Best Supporting Actor
- Commons category
- Sam Jaffe
- manner of death
- natural causes
- cause of death
- cancer
- place of burial
- Eden Memorial Park
- start of work period
- 1934-00-00
- writing language
- English language
Sources (9)
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