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Sam Jaffe
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| Known for: | Ben-Hur, The Day the Earth Stood Still, The Asphalt Jungle |
| Birth name: | Shalom Jaffe |
| Birthday: | 10 March 1891, New York, New York, USA |
| Height: | 5' 9" (1.75 m) |
Trivia
His first cousin, Alma, is the grandmother of Jeremy Jacobs, New York City Comedian.
He was a victim of the Hollywood blacklist during the McCarthy "Red Scare" of the 1950s. Although he had already been signed, 20th Century-Fox wanted to remove him from The Day the Earth Stood Still. Producer Julian Blaustein felt that Jaffe was so crucial for the role of the Albert Einstein-like Prof. Barnhardt that he appealed to studio chief Darryl F. Zanuck. Zanuck approved Jaffe for the role, but it was his last Hollywood film until the late 1950s.
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