Editing Sam Jaffe (section)

==Career==
[[File:Sam Jaffe & Ruth Foster 1965.jpg|thumb|Jaffe and [[Ruth Foster]] on set of ''[[Ben Casey]]'']]
As a young man, he lived in [[Greenwich Village]] in the same apartment building as a young [[John Huston]]. The two men became good friends and remained so for life. Jaffe was later to star in two of Huston's films: ''[[The Asphalt Jungle]]'' and ''[[The Barbarian and the Geisha]]''. Jaffe's closest friends included [[Zero Mostel]], [[Edward G. Robinson]], [[Ray Bradbury]], and [[Igor Stravinsky]]. In 1923 he appeared in the Broadway premiere of ''God of Vengeance (Got fun Nekome)'' by [[Sholem Asch]], as Reb Ali. The production became notorious after the cast, producer, and theatre owner were indicted and found guilty on charges of indecency in May 1923.<ref>{{cite web| url=https://blog.mcny.org/2012/06/19/the-god-of-vengeance-is-the-play-immoral/| title="The God of Vengeance": Is the Play Immoral?| date=19 June 2012| website=Museum of the City of New York blog}}</ref> Jaffe began to work in film in [[1934 in film|1934]], rising to prominence with his first role as the mad [[Peter III of Russia|Tsar Peter III]] in ''[[The Scarlet Empress]]''. In 1938, Jaffe was forty-seven years old when he played the title role of ''bhisti'' (waterbearer) ''[[Gunga Din]]''.

Jaffe was [[Hollywood ten|blacklisted]] by the [[Cinema of the United States|Hollywood]] [[movie studio]] bosses during the 1950s, supposedly for being a [[Communism|communist]] sympathizer. Despite being blacklisted, he was hired first by [[Robert Wise]] for ''[[The Day the Earth Stood Still]]'' and then by director [[William Wyler]] for his role in the [[1959 in film|1959]] [[Academy Award]]-winning version of ''[[Ben-Hur (1959 film)|Ben-Hur]]''.

Jaffe co-starred in the [[American Broadcasting Company|ABC]] [[television series]], ''[[Ben Casey]],'' as Dr. David Zorba from 1961 to 1965, alongside [[Vince Edwards]]. He also had many guest-starring roles on other series, including ''[[Batman (TV series)|Batman]]'' (as Mr. Zoltan Zorba) and in the western ''[[Alias Smith and Jones]]''. In 1975, he co-starred as a retired doctor who is murdered by [[Janet Leigh]] in the ''[[Columbo]]'' episode "Forgotten Lady". He also appeared with an all-star cast in the TV pilot film of [[Rod Serling]]'s ''[[Night Gallery]]'' and as [[Emperor Norton]] in one episode of ''[[Bonanza]]''.<ref name="NYTOBIT">{{cite news |url=https://www.nytimes.com/1984/03/25/obituaries/sam-jaffe-a-character-actor-on-stage-and-film-dies-at-93.html |title=Sam Jaffe, A Character Actor On Stage and Film, Dies at 93 |first=Peter B. |last=Flint |newspaper=[[The New York Times]] |date=25 March 1984 |url-access=subscription|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150214223136/http://www.nytimes.com/1984/03/25/obituaries/sam-jaffe-a-character-actor-on-stage-and-film-dies-at-93.html |archive-date=February 14, 2015}}</ref>