Abraham Sofaer

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: Acting

Born: Rangoon, Burma. [now Yangôn, Myanmar], 1896-09-30

Died: 1988-01-21

No.	Year	Title	Role	Vote Average
1	1931	Dreyfus	Dubois	0
2	1931	Stamboul	Mahmed Pasha	0
3	1932	The House Opposite	Fahmy	0
4	1932	The Flying Squad	Li Yoseph	0
5	1932	Insult	Ali Ben Achmed	0
6	1932	The Flag Lieutenant	Meheti Salos	0
7	1933	Ask Beccles	Baki	0
8	1933	Little Miss Nobody	Mr. Beal	0
9	1933	Karma	Holy Man	0
10	1933	High Finance	Myers	0
11	1933	The Wandering Jew	Zapportas (Phase IV)	76
12	1934	The Admiral's Secret	Don Pablo y Gonzales	0
13	1934	Nell Gwyn	(uncredited)	66
14	1936	Things to Come	The Jew (uncredited)	65
15	1936	The House of the Spaniard	Vidal	55
16	1936	Rembrandt	Dr. Menasseh	68
17	1940	Crook's Tour	Ali	57
18	1941	Freedom Radio	Heini	63
19	1946	A Matter of Life and Death	The Judge	78
20	1947	The Great Promise		0
21	1947	Dual Alibi	French Judge	57
22	1947	Trilby	Svengali	0
23	1947	The Ghosts of Berkeley Square	Benjamin Disraeli	52
24	1948	Calling Paul Temple	Dr. Charles Kohima	64
25	1949	Christopher Columbus	Luis de Santangel	57
26	1950	Cairo Road	Commandant	58
27	1951	Pandora and the Flying Dutchman	Judge	66
28	1951	Quo Vadis	Paul	71
29	1952	Judgment Deferred	Chancellor	60
30	1954	His Majesty O'Keefe	Fatumak, Medicine Man	61
31	1954	The Naked Jungle	Incacha	64
32	1954	Elephant Walk	Appuhamy	58
33	1955	Out of the Clouds	The Indian	67
34	1956	Bhowani Junction	Surabhai	58
35	1956	The First Texan	Don Carlos - magistrate	61
36	1957	Not One Shall Die	David Lessing	0
37	1957	Omar Khayyam	Tutush	50
38	1957	The Sad Sack	Hassim	56
39	1962	Hitler	Morris Kaplan	57
40	1962	Taras Bulba	The Abbot	63
41	1963	Captain Sindbad	Galgo	50
42	1963	Twice-Told Tales	Prof. Pietro Baglioni	62
43	1963	4 for Texas	Pulaski	51
44	1965	The Greatest Story Ever Told	Joseph of Arimathaea	64
45	1967	Journey to the Center of Time	Dr. (Doc) Gordon	35
46	1968	Head	Swami	62
47	1969	Che!	Pablo Rojas	50
48	1969	Justine	Proprietor	41
49	1970	Chisum	Chief White Buffalo	67
50	1971	Tarzan and the Perils of Charity Jones	Governor	0

No.	Year	Title	Role	Vote Average
1	1952	Four Star Playhouse	Indian Chief	63
2	1953	General Electric Theater	Rabbi	63
3	1953	General Electric Theater	Father Balaton	63
4	1955	The Millionaire	Dr. Krishna	50
5	1955	Gunsmoke	Jeremiah Leech	66
6	1955	Gunsmoke	Harvey Easter	66
7	1955	Alfred Hitchcock Presents	Ulrich Klemm	77
8	1955	The 20th Century Fox Hour		54
9	1956	The Adventures of Jim Bowie		45
10	1956	Dick Powell's Zane Grey Theatre	(Commanche Chief) Alou	55
11	1956	Tales of the 77th Bengal Lancers		50
12	1957	Richard Diamond, Private Detective	Constantine	62
13	1957	Have Gun, Will Travel		74
14	1957	The Thin Man		76
15	1957	Perry Mason	Dr. Daniel Maitland	77
16	1957	Perry Mason	Sylvester Robey	77
17	1957	Perry Mason	Elihu Laban	77
18	1957	Maverick		68
19	1957	The Real McCoys		56
20	1958	Sea Hunt		66
21	1958	Peter Gunn		65
22	1958	Naked City	Ling Twong	55
23	1958	Behind Closed Doors	Fadhil	0
24	1958	Westinghouse Desilu Playhouse		58
25	1958	77 Sunset Strip		67
26	1959	Rawhide	Little Hawk	72
27	1959	Riverboat	Mark Evans	62
28	1959	Wichita Town		42
29	1959	The Twilight Zone	Dr. Stillman	85
30	1959	The Third Man		67
31	1959	Adventures in Paradise	Timaui	57
32	1959	Adventures in Paradise	Geoffrey Donne	57
33	1959	Hawaiian Eye		52
34	1960	Thriller	Gus Kostopulos	64
35	1960	Thriller	Nicolai	64
36	1961	The Asphalt Jungle		50
37	1961	Dr. Kildare	Shahzi Saund	55
38	1961	Ben Casey		56
39	1962	The Alfred Hitchcock Hour	MacFarlane	78
40	1962	The Alfred Hitchcock Hour	Abraham Sofaer	78
41	1963	The Outer Limits	Arch	78
42	1963	Bob Hope Presents the Chrysler Theatre		57
43	1964	Daniel Boone	Tamend	69
44	1964	Daniel Boone	Grey Cloud	69
45	1965	Run for Your Life	Mr. Singh	72
46	1965	Lost in Space	Sobram	71
47	1965	Laredo		63
48	1965	I Dream of Jeannie	Haji	78
49	1966	Tales to Keep You Awake	Arch (archive footage) (uncredited)	70
50	1966	Tarzan		67
51	1966	Star Trek	Thasian (voice)	80
52	1966	Star Trek	Melkotian (voice)	80
53	1966	The Time Tunnel	Father	76
54	1966	The Time Tunnel	Epeios	76
55	1966	Family Affair		66
56	1966	Felony Squad		64
57	1966	The Rat Patrol	Marabout	72
58	1966	The Girl from U.N.C.L.E.		66
59	1966	Mission: Impossible	Tomas de Cuarto	76
60	1967	Ironside		68
61	1967	The High Chaparral	Comancho	65
62	1972	Search		69
63	1973	The Magician	Hassid	67
64	1974	Kolchak: The Night Stalker		76

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