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.
106 acting credits
Acting · 106
Perry Mason
1957
Star Trek
1966
Ironside
1967
Mission: Impossible
1966
Maverick
1957
The Alfred Hitchcock Hour
1962
Have Gun, Will Travel
1957
The Twilight Zone
1959
Dr. Kildare
1961
Naked City
1958
Bob Hope Presents the Chrysler Theatre
1963
Ben Casey
1961
Four Star Playhouse
1952
I Dream of Jeannie
1965
Daniel Boone
1964
Dick Powell's Zane Grey Theatre
1956
Rawhide
1959
Run for Your Life
1965
The Outer Limits
1963
Lost in Space
1965
Thriller
1960
Hawaiian Eye
1959
77 Sunset Strip
1958
Gunsmoke
1955
The High Chaparral
1967
Sea Hunt
1958
Alfred Hitchcock Presents
1955
Peter Gunn
1958
Adventures in Paradise
1959
The Real McCoys
1957
The Time Tunnel
1966
Family Affair
1966
Richard Diamond, Private Detective
1957
Tarzan
1966
Laredo
1965
Felony Squad
1966
The Millionaire
1955
The 20th Century Fox Hour
1955
Westinghouse Desilu Playhouse
1958
Kolchak: The Night Stalker
1974
The Third Man
1959
Riverboat
1959
The Magician
1973
The Adventures of Jim Bowie
1956
The Girl from U.N.C.L.E.
1966
Search
1972
The Rat Patrol
1966
The Thin Man
1957
Behind Closed Doors
1958
Tales to Keep You Awake
1966
The Investigators
1961
Chisum
1970
The Asphalt Jungle
1961
Wichita Town
1959
Quo Vadis
1951
General Electric Theater
1953
The Greatest Story Ever Told
1965
Tales of the 77th Bengal Lancers
1956
A Matter of Life and Death
1946
Things to Come
1936
Taras Bulba
1962
Justine
1969
4 for Texas
1963
Head
1968
The Naked Jungle
1954
Pandora and the Flying Dutchman
1951
Elephant Walk
1954
Che!
1969
Hitler
1962
Captain Sindbad
1963
Twice-Told Tales
1963
Rembrandt
1936
The First Texan
1956
The Flying Squad
1932
Bhowani Junction
1956
His Majesty O'Keefe
1954
The Wandering Jew
1933
Journey to the Center of Time
1967
The Prime Minister
1941
Cairo Road
1950
Omar Khayyam
1957
The Sad Sack
1957
Tarzan and the Perils of Charity Jones
1971
Crook's Tour
1940
The Ghosts of Berkeley Square
1947
Christopher Columbus
1949
Stamboul
1931
Out of the Clouds
1955
Not One Shall Die
1957
High Finance
1933
Freedom Radio
1941
The House of the Spaniard
1936
Nell Gwyn
1934
Ask Beccles
1933
Dreyfus
1931
Judgment Deferred
1952
Karma
1933
Dual Alibi
1947
Calling Paul Temple
1948
Trilby
1947
The Flag Lieutenant
1932
The House Opposite
1932
Insult
1932
The Admiral's Secret
1934
The Great Promise
1947
Little Miss Nobody
1933