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Known For
Acting
Birthday
September 30, 1896
Died
January 21, 1988
Place of Birth
Rangoon, Burma. [now Yangôn, Myanmar]
Also Known As
- Abraham Isaac Sofaer
Abraham Sofaer
0.7 Popularity
Biography
From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia. Abraham Sofaer (October 1, 1896 – January 21, 1988) was a stage actor of Burmese-Jewish descent who became a familiar supporting player on film and television in his later years. He was born in Rangoon, Burma (now Yangon, Myanmar). Sofaer's strong features and resonant voice complemented the many exotic character parts he played. He began his acting career on the London stage in 1921, but soon was alternating between London and Broadway. By the 1930s, he was appearing in both British and American films. Among his more prominent performances were the dual role of the Judge and Surgeon in Powell and Pressburger's A Matter of Life and Death (1946) and St. Paul in Quo Vadis (1951). He also appeared on television from its earliest days in the late 1930s and on radio. Although his film appearances diminished after the 1950s, he continued to have guest roles on dozens of major U.S. television series throughout the 1960s, including Star Trek ("Charlie X"), The Twilight Zone ("The Mighty Casey"), Lost in Space ("The Flaming Planet") and The Outer Limits ("Demon with a Glass Hand"), until retiring in the mid 1970s. He may be best-remembered for his recurring role as Hadji, the master of all genies, on I Dream of Jeannie. Sofaer married Psyche Angela Christian, with whom he had two sons and four daughters. He died in Woodland Hills, Los Angeles, California, as the result of congestive heart failure in 1988. The noted jurist of the same name is the son of one of the actor's cousins. Description above from the Wikipedia article Abraham Sofaer, licensed under CC-BY-SA, full list of contributors on Wikipedia.
Known For
7.6
Kolchak: The Night Stalker
1974
6.7
Hassid
The Magician
1973
6.9
Search
1972
0.0
Governor
Tarzan and the Perils of Charity Jones
1971
6.7
Chief White Buffalo
Chisum
1970
4.1
Proprietor
Justine
1969
5.0
Pablo Rojas
Che!
1969
6.2
Swami
Head
1968
6.5
Comancho
The High Chaparral
1967
3.5
Dr. (Doc) Gordon
Journey to the Center of Time
1967
Credits
Kolchak: The Night Stalker
1974
7.6
The Magician
as Hassid
1973
6.7
Search
1972
6.9
Tarzan and the Perils of Charity Jones
as Governor
1971
0.0
Chisum
as Chief White Buffalo
1970
6.7
Justine
as Proprietor
1969
4.1
Che!
as Pablo Rojas
1969
5.0
Head
as Swami
1968
6.2
The High Chaparral
as Comancho
1967
6.5
Journey to the Center of Time
as Dr. (Doc) Gordon
1967
3.5
Ironside
1967
6.8
Mission: Impossible
as Tomas de Cuarto
1966
7.6
The Girl from U.N.C.L.E.
1966
6.6
Family Affair
1966
6.6
The Rat Patrol
as Marabout
1966
7.2
Felony Squad
1966
6.4
The Time Tunnel
as Father
1966
7.6
The Time Tunnel
as Epeios
1966
7.6
Star Trek
as Thasian (voice)
1966
8.0
Star Trek
as Melkotian (voice)
1966
8.0
Tarzan
1966
6.7
Tales to Keep You Awake
as Arch (archive footage) (uncredited)
1966
6.8
I Dream of Jeannie
as Haji
1965
7.8
Laredo
1965
6.3
Lost in Space
as Sobram
1965
7.1
Run for Your Life
as Mr. Singh
1965
7.2
The Greatest Story Ever Told
as Joseph of Arimathaea
1965
6.4
Daniel Boone
as Tamend
1964
6.9
Daniel Boone
as Grey Cloud
1964
6.9
4 for Texas
as Pulaski
1963
5.1
🎬
Bob Hope Presents the Chrysler Theatre
1963
5.7
The Outer Limits
as Arch
1963
7.8
Twice-Told Tales
as Prof. Pietro Baglioni
1963
6.2
Captain Sindbad
as Galgo
1963
5.0
Taras Bulba
as The Abbot
1962
6.3
The Alfred Hitchcock Hour
as MacFarlane
1962
7.8
The Alfred Hitchcock Hour
as Abraham Sofaer
1962
7.8
Hitler
as Morris Kaplan
1962
5.7
Ben Casey
1961
5.6
Dr. Kildare
as Shahzi Saund
1961
5.5
The Asphalt Jungle
1961
5.0
Thriller
as Gus Kostopulos
1960
6.4
Thriller
as Nicolai
1960
6.4
Hawaiian Eye
1959
5.2
Adventures in Paradise
as Timaui
1959
5.7
Adventures in Paradise
as Geoffrey Donne
1959
5.7
The Twilight Zone
as Dr. Stillman
1959
8.4
The Third Man
1959
6.7
Wichita Town
1959
4.2
Riverboat
as Mark Evans
1959
6.2
Rawhide
as Little Hawk
1959
7.2
77 Sunset Strip
1958
6.7
Westinghouse Desilu Playhouse
1958
5.8
Behind Closed Doors
as Fadhil
1958
0.0
Naked City
as Ling Twong
1958
5.5
Peter Gunn
1958
6.5
Sea Hunt
1958
6.6
The Sad Sack
as Hassim
1957
5.6
The Real McCoys
1957
5.6
Maverick
1957
6.8
Perry Mason
as Dr. Daniel Maitland
1957
7.7
Perry Mason
as Sylvester Robey
1957
7.7
Perry Mason
as Elihu Laban
1957
7.7
The Thin Man
1957
7.6
Have Gun, Will Travel
1957
7.4
Omar Khayyam
as Tutush
1957
5.0
Richard Diamond, Private Detective
as Constantine
1957
6.2
Not One Shall Die
as David Lessing
1957
0.0
Tales of the 77th Bengal Lancers
1956
5.0
Dick Powell's Zane Grey Theatre
as (Commanche Chief) Alou
1956
5.5
The Adventures of Jim Bowie
1956
3.7
The First Texan
as Don Carlos - magistrate
1956
6.1
Bhowani Junction
as Surabhai
1956
5.8
The 20th Century Fox Hour
1955
5.4
Alfred Hitchcock Presents
as Ulrich Klemm
1955
7.7
Gunsmoke
as Jeremiah Leech
1955
6.6
Gunsmoke
as Harvey Easter
1955
6.6
Out of the Clouds
as The Indian
1955
6.7
The Millionaire
as Dr. Krishna
1955
5.0
Elephant Walk
as Appuhamy
1954
5.9
The Naked Jungle
as Incacha
1954
6.4
His Majesty O'Keefe
as Fatumak, Medicine Man
1954
6.1
General Electric Theater
as Rabbi
1953
6.3
General Electric Theater
as Father Balaton
1953
6.3
🎬
Four Star Playhouse
as Indian Chief
1952
6.3
Judgment Deferred
as Chancellor
1952
6.0
Quo Vadis
as Paul
1951
7.1
Pandora and the Flying Dutchman
as Judge
1951
6.6
Cairo Road
as Commandant
1950
5.8
Christopher Columbus
as Luis de Santangel
1949
5.7
Calling Paul Temple
as Dr. Charles Kohima
1948
6.4
The Ghosts of Berkeley Square
as Benjamin Disraeli
1947
5.2
🎬
Trilby
as Svengali
1947
0.0
Dual Alibi
as French Judge
1947
5.7
🎬
The Great Promise
1947
0.0
A Matter of Life and Death
as The Judge
1946
7.8
Freedom Radio
as Heini
1941
6.3
Crook's Tour
as Ali
1940
5.7
Rembrandt
as Dr. Menasseh
1936
6.8
The House of the Spaniard
as Vidal
1936
5.5
Things to Come
as The Jew (uncredited)
1936
6.5
🎬
Nell Gwyn
as (uncredited)
1934
6.6
The Admiral's Secret
as Don Pablo y Gonzales
1934
0.0
The Wandering Jew
as Zapportas (Phase IV)
1933
7.6
High Finance
as Myers
1933
0.0
Karma
as Holy Man
1933
0.0
🎬
Ask Beccles
as Baki
1933
0.0
🎬
Little Miss Nobody
as Mr. Beal
1933
0.0
🎬
The Flag Lieutenant
as Meheti Salos
1932
0.0
Insult
as Ali Ben Achmed
1932
0.0
The Flying Squad
as Li Yoseph
1932
0.0
The House Opposite
as Fahmy
1932
0.0
Stamboul
as Mahmed Pasha
1931
0.0
Dreyfus
as Dubois
1931
0.0