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Sam Jaffe
Known for: ActingFrom 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.
Filmography 18
Ben-Hur
as Simonides 
Bedknobs and Broomsticks
as Bookman 
The Asphalt Jungle
as Doc Erwin Riedenschneider 
Gunga Din
as Gunga Din 
The Day the Earth Stood Still
as Prof. Jacob Barnhardt 
Battle Beyond the Stars
as Dr. Hephaestus 
Gentleman's Agreement
as Professor Fred Lieberman 
Guns for San Sebastian
as Père Joseph 
The Great Bank Robbery
as Brother Lilac Bailey (art forger) 
Lost Horizon
as High Lama 
Night Gallery
as Bleum 
The Dunwich Horror
as Old Whateley 
The Scarlet Empress
as Grand Duke Peter 
The Barbarian and the Geisha
as Henry Heusken 
On the Line
as El Gabacho 
Gideon's Trumpet
as 1st Supreme Court Justice 
Damon and Pythias
Producer 
We Live Again
as Gregory Simonson