# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/sam-jaffe
# Generated: 2026-08-13T12:01:18.900Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/sam-jaffe"
name: "Sam Jaffe"
slug: "sam-jaffe"
description: "Shalom \"Sam\" Jaffe was an American actor, teacher, mathematician, musician, and engineer. In 1951, he was nominated for the Academy Award for Best Supporting Actor and won the Volpi Cup for Best Actor for his performance in The Asphalt Jungle (1950). He also appeared in The Day the Earth Stood Still (1951) and Ben-Hur (1959), and is additionally known for his roles as the titular character in Gunga Din (1939) and as the \"High Lama\" in Lost Horizon (1937)."
tagline: "American actor, teacher, musician and engineer (1891-1984)"
image: "https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Sam_Jaffe_David_Zorba_Ben_Casey.jpg?width=1200"
gender: "male"
country:
  name: "United States"
  isoCode: "US"
category:
  name: "Directors"
  slug: "directors"
profileType:
  name: "Movie Director"
  slug: "director"
  entityType: "https://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q33999"
birthDate: "1891-03-10"
deathDate: "1984-03-24"
livingStatus: "DECEASED"
scores:
  popularity:           54.62
  momentum:             0.3352591036414566
  historical:           21.825052
  currentAttention:     0
  sourceConfidence:     65
  profileCompleteness:  75
  trendDirection:       "FALLING"
ranks:
  global:   null
  country:  null
  category: null
platforms:
  - platform:  "IMDB"
    url:       "https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0415488/"
    handle:    "nm0415488"
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    title: "Sam Jaffe"
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    title: "Sam Jaffe"
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  - url: "https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q719247"
    title: "Wikidata"
    type:  "WIKIDATA"
  - url: "https://www.themoviedb.org/person/78169"
    title: "Sam Jaffe"
    type:  "DATABASE"

# bio (long form, separated for readability)
bio: |
  Imported from discovery source: wikidata-dump