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Acting

Sam Jaffe

Career: Active from 1934 to 2004, with a break from 1985 to 2003, busiest in 1951 and 1971 with 3 main titles each.

Leading roles: 5
top three billing

Average score: 63/100

Highest rated: The Asphalt Jungle
85/100

What stands out

Compared with the average well-known movie, over 45 of their titles. Select a trait to filter titles.

Sam Jaffe Catalog average

Rarely in their work

Contemporary Realism
2.3, average 5.4
Cringe Humor
1.1, average 2.2
Dark Humor
1.7, average 2.8
Coming of Age
2.1, average 3.0

Main genres

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Recurring tags

Historical Drama 2
Moral Ambiguity 2
Classic Sci-Fi 2
Psychological Thriller 2
Moral Dilemma 2
Character Study 2

Works often with

People in at least two of their main titles.

Movies and TV shows

65

Type

Role

Score

Decade

Genre

Group by

2000s

1 title

On Location with Gunga Din

as Gunga Din (archive footage)

1980s

6 titles · average score 57

George Stevens: A Filmmaker's Journey

67

as (archive footage)

Nothing Lasts Forever

59

as Father Knickerbocker

On the Line

50

as El Gabacho

Foul Play

TV show

Battle Beyond the Stars

48

as Dr. Hephaestus

Gideon's Trumpet

64

as 1st Supreme Court Justice

1970s

20 titles · average score 61

Buck Rogers in the 25th Century

54

TV show · as The Keeper

The Love Boat

53

TV show · as Professor Roscoe Weber

The Bionic Woman

51

TV show

Harry O

64

TV show

Kojak

72

TV show · as Papa

The Streets of San Francisco

48

TV show

Bedknobs and Broomsticks

66

as Bookman

Columbo

83

TV show · as Henry Willis

Alias Smith and Jones

48

TV show

Enemies

as Gittelman

The Dunwich Horror

38

as Old Whateley

The Old Man Who Cried Wolf

65

as Abe Stillman

1960s

15 titles · average score 62

Night Gallery

73

as Bleum

Guns for San Sebastian

63

as Père Joseph

Tarzan's Jungle Rebellion

as Dr. Singleton

Batman

73

TV show · as Zoltan Zorba

Tarzan

70

TV show · as Dr. Singleton

Daniel Boone

47

TV show · as Jed Tolson

Damon and Pythias

48

Producer

Ben Casey

65

TV show · as David Zorba

The Defenders

71

TV show · as Dr. William Graham

Cain's Hundred

TV show · as Louis Speckter

In the Presence of Mine Enemies

as Emmanuel

The Westerner

73

TV show · as Old Man McKeen

1950s

13 titles · average score 68

Ben-Hur

86

as Simonides

The Barbarian and the Geisha

47

as Henry Heusken

The Donna Reed Show

46

TV show

Naked City

69

TV show · as Lazslo Lubasz

Westinghouse Desilu Playhouse

TV show

The Spies

66

as Sam Cooper

Alfred Hitchcock Presents

86

TV show · as The Abbot / Hal Ballew

The Day the Earth Stood Still

82

as Prof. Jacob Barnhardt

Under the Gun

66

as Samuel Gower

I Can Get It for You Wholesale

59

as Sam Cooper

Tales of Tomorrow

44

TV show

The Asphalt Jungle

85

as Doc Erwin Riedenschneider

1940s

5 titles · average score 65

Rope of Sand

52

as Dr. Francis Kittridge Hunter

The Accused

65

as Dr. Romley

13 Rue Madeleine

72

as Mayor Galimard

Gentleman's Agreement

77

as Professor Fred Lieberman

Stage Door Canteen

62

as Sam Jaffe

1930s

5 titles · average score 74

Gunga Din

79

as Gunga Din

Lost Horizon

83

as High Lama

The Scarlet Empress

81

as Grand Duke Peter

We Live Again

67

as Gregory Simonson

Emergency Call

61

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