Abraham Sofaer
Age: 91 | From: Rangoon, Burma. [now Yangôn, Myanmar]
Person Details
Birthday: 1896-10-01 12:37:27
Death: 1988-01-21 12:37:27
Aliases: No known aliases
Gender: Male
Place of birth: Rangoon, Burma. [now Yangôn, Myanmar]
Homepage:
Movie Involvements: 37
TV Involvements: 32
Most Famous Work
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.
Most Famous Work
Naked City
(1958) Ling Twong
The Twilight Zone
(1959) Dr. Stillman
The High Chaparral
(1967) Comancho
Rawhide
(1959) Little Hawk
Perry Mason
(1957) Elihu Laban
The Alfred Hitchcock Hour
(1962) Abraham Sofaer
Star Trek
(1966) Thasian (voice)
Dick Powell's Zane Grey Theatre
(1956) (Commanche Chief) AlouActing
| Year | Character | Movie/Tv |
|---|---|---|
| 1974 | N/A | |
| 1973 | Hassid | |
| 1972 | N/A | |
| 1970 | Chief White Buffalo | |
| 1969 | Proprietor | |
| Pablo Rojas | ||
| 1968 | Swami | |
| 1967 | Comancho | |
| Dr. (Doc) Gordon | ||
| N/A | ||
| 1966 | N/A | |
| N/A | ||
| N/A | ||
| Marabout | ||
| N/A | ||
| Epeios | ||
| Father | ||
| Melkotian (voice) | ||
| N/A | ||
| Thasian (voice) | ||
| Arch (archive footage) (uncredited) | ||
| 1965 | Haji | |
| N/A | ||
| Sobram | ||
| Mr. Singh | ||
| Joseph of Arimathaea | ||
| 1964 | Tamend | |
| Grey Cloud | ||
| 1963 | Pulaski | |
| N/A | ||
| Arch | ||
| Prof. Pietro Baglioni | ||
| Galgo | ||
| 1962 | The Abbot | |
| MacFarlane | ||
| Abraham Sofaer | ||
| Morris Kaplan | ||
| 1961 | N/A | |
| Shahzi Saund | ||
| N/A | ||
| 1960 | Nicolai | |
| Gus Kostopulos | ||
| 1959 | N/A | |
| Timaui | ||
| Geoffrey Donne | ||
| Dr. Stillman | ||
| N/A | ||
| N/A | ||
| Mark Evans | ||
| Little Hawk | ||
| 1958 | N/A | |
| N/A | ||
| Fadhil | ||
| Ling Twong | ||
| N/A | ||
| N/A | ||
| 1957 | Hassim | |
| N/A | ||
| N/A | ||
| Sylvester Robey | ||
| Elihu Laban | ||
| Dr. Daniel Maitland | ||
| N/A | ||
| N/A | ||
| Tutush | ||
| Constantine | ||
| David Lessing | ||
| 1956 | N/A | |
| (Commanche Chief) Alou | ||
| N/A | ||
| Don Carlos - magistrate | ||
| Surabhai | ||
| 1955 | N/A | |
| Ulrich Klemm | ||
| Jeremiah Leech | ||
| Harvey Easter | ||
| The Indian | ||
| Dr. Krishna | ||
| 1954 | Appuhamy | |
| Incacha | ||
| Fatumak, Medicine Man | ||
| 1953 | Rabbi | |
| Father Balaton | ||
| 1952 | Indian Chief | |
| Chancellor | ||
| 1951 | Paul | |
| Judge | ||
| 1950 | Commandant | |
| 1949 | Luis de Santangel | |
| 1948 | Dr. Charles Kohima | |
| 1947 | Benjamin Disraeli | |
| French Judge | ||
| N/A | ||
| 1946 | The Judge | |
| 1941 | Heini | |
| 1940 | Ali | |
| 1936 | Dr. Menasseh | |
| Vidal | ||
| The Jew (uncredited) | ||
| 1934 | (uncredited) | |
| Don Pablo y Gonzales | ||
| 1933 | Zapportas (Phase IV) | |
| Myers | ||
| Holy Man | ||
| Baki | ||
| 1932 | Meheti Salos | |
| Li Yoseph | ||
| Fahmy | ||
| 1931 | Mahmed Pasha | |
| Dubois | ||
| Year | Character | Movie/Tv |
