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Abraham Sofaer
Rangoon, Burma. [now Yangôn, Myanmar]
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…
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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.
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1974
Kolchak: The Night Stalker
TV show
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1973
The Magician
TV show Hassid
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1972
Search
TV show
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1971
Tarzan and the Perils of Charity Jones
Movie Governor
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1970
Chisum
Movie Chief White Buffalo
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1969
Justine
Movie Proprietor
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1969
Che!
Movie Pablo Rojas
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1968
Head
Movie Swami
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1967
The High Chaparral
TV show Comancho
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1967
Journey to the Center of Time
Movie Dr. (Doc) Gordon
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1967
Ironside
TV show
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1966
Mission: Impossible
TV show Tomas de Cuarto
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1966
The Girl from U.N.C.L.E.
TV show Omar
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1966
Family Affair
TV show
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1966
Felony Squad
TV show
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1966
The Rat Patrol
TV show Marabout
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1966
The Time Tunnel
TV show Father
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1966
Star Trek
TV show Thasian (voice)
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1966
Tarzan
TV show
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1966
Tales to Keep You Awake
TV show Arch (archive footage) (uncredited)
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1965
I Dream of Jeannie
TV show Haji
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1965
Laredo
TV show
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1965
Lost in Space
TV show Sobram
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1965
Run for Your Life
TV show Mr. Singh
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1965
The Greatest Story Ever Told
Movie Joseph of Arimathaea
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1964
Daniel Boone
TV show Tamend
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1963
4 for Texas
Movie Pulaski
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1963
Bob Hope Presents the Chrysler Theatre
TV show Juano
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1963
The Outer Limits
TV show Arch
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1963
Twice-Told Tales
Movie Prof. Pietro Baglioni
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1963
Captain Sindbad
Movie Galgo
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1962
Taras Bulba
Movie The Abbot
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1962
The Alfred Hitchcock Hour
TV show MacFarlane
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1962
Hitler
Movie Morris Kaplan
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1961
The Investigators
TV show Gregory Walden
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1961
Ben Casey
TV show
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1961
Dr. Kildare
TV show Shahzi Saund
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1961
The Asphalt Jungle
TV show
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1960
Thriller
TV show Gus Kostopulos
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1960
On Trial
TV show Lord Reading - Lord Chief Justice
