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Abraham Sofaer

Abraham Sofaer

Actor · 1896 – 1988 · 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 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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    Chisum

    1970 · 212 votes

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    Quo Vadis

    1951 · 473 votes

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    1954 · 125 votes

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    His Majesty O'Keefe

    1954 · 16 votes

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    1957 · 3 votes

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    Things to Come

    1936 · 230 votes

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    Taras Bulba

    1962 · 85 votes

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    1956 · 40 votes

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    Head

    1968 · 108 votes

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    4 for Texas

    1963 · 62 votes

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    Elephant Walk

    1954 · 41 votes

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    Out of the Clouds

    1955 · 7 votes

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    Che!

    1969 · 27 votes

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    Twice-Told Tales

    1963 · 86 votes

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    1956 · 10 votes

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    1931 · 1 votes

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    1950 · 7 votes

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    1963 · 25 votes

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    1969 · 13 votes

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    1957 · 34 votes

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    Perry Mason

    1957 · 140 votes

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    1967 · 71 votes

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    1957 · 43 votes

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    1966 · 1.6K votes

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    1966 · 322 votes

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    1957 · 44 votes

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    1961 · 19 votes

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    1959 · 1.1K votes

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    1952 · 11 votes

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    1958 · 13 votes

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    1959 · 50 votes

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    1961 · 15 votes

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    1964 · 34 votes

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    1965 · 845 votes

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    1955 · 119 votes

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    1965 · 7 votes

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    1965 · 138 votes

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    1963 · 164 votes

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    1958 · 26 votes

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    1967 · 26 votes

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    1959 · 10 votes