1896-09-30 ( 128 years old ) in Rangoon, Burma. [now Yangôn, Myanmar]
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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.
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Movies
Tarzan and the Perils of Charity Jones
1971-10-04
Chisum
1970-07-23
Justine
1969-08-06
Che!
1969-06-27
Head
1968-11-06
Journey to the Center of Time
1967-05-31
The Greatest Story Ever Told
1965-04-09
4 for Texas
1963-12-21
Twice-Told Tales
1963-09-01
Captain Sindbad
1963-04-12
Taras Bulba
1962-11-21
Hitler
1962-03-21
The Sad Sack
1957-11-27
Omar Khayyam
1957-08-23
Not One Shall Die
1957-01-01
The First Texan
1956-06-29
Bhowani Junction
1956-05-01
Out of the Clouds
1955-02-15
Elephant Walk
1954-04-21
The Naked Jungle
1954-03-03
His Majesty O'Keefe
1954-01-16
Judgment Deferred
1952-02-01
Quo Vadis
1951-11-08
Pandora and the Flying Dutchman
1951-04-13
Cairo Road
1950-06-21
Christopher Columbus
1949-10-12
Calling Paul Temple
1948-04-29
The Ghosts of Berkeley Square
1947-10-30
Trilby
1947-10-23
Dual Alibi
1947-06-03
The Great Promise
1947-01-02
A Matter of Life and Death
1946-12-15
Freedom Radio
1941-02-04
Crook's Tour
1940-09-03
Rembrandt
1936-11-06
The House of the Spaniard
1936-11-01
Things to Come
1936-03-31
Nell Gwyn
1934-08-01
The Admiral's Secret
1934-01-01
The Wandering Jew
1933-11-15
High Finance
1933-06-21
Karma
1933-05-14
Ask Beccles
1933-01-01
The Flag Lieutenant
1932-10-16
The Flying Squad
1932-07-20
The House Opposite
1932-03-22
Stamboul
1931-10-20
Dreyfus
1931-04-18
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