Abraham Sofaer
Personal Info
Known For
Acting
Known Credits
115
Gender
Male
Birthday
1896-09-30
Day of death
1988-01-21 (91 years old)
Place of Birth
Rangoon, Burma. [now Yangôn, Myanmar]
Abraham Sofaer
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.
Known For
Ironside
Star Trek
Star Trek
Perry Mason
Perry Mason
Perry Mason
Have Gun, Will Travel
Maverick
Peter Gunn
I Dream of Jeannie
The Twilight Zone
Mission: Impossible
Rawhide
Daniel Boone
Daniel Boone
Dr. Kildare
Dick Powell's Zane Grey Theatre
Four Star Playhouse
Bob Hope Presents the Chrysler Theatre
The Real McCoys
The Alfred Hitchcock Hour
The Alfred Hitchcock Hour
Naked City
Ben Casey
The High Chaparral
Lost in Space
The Time Tunnel
The Time Tunnel
Felony Squad
Hawaiian Eye
Thriller
Thriller
Run for Your Life
Family Affair
77 Sunset Strip
The Outer Limits
Tarzan
The 20th Century Fox Hour
Gunsmoke
Gunsmoke
Adventures in Paradise
Adventures in Paradise
The Millionaire
Alfred Hitchcock Presents
Richard Diamond, Private Detective
Sea Hunt
Laredo
Kolchak: The Night Stalker
The Adventures of Jim Bowie
Riverboat
The Thin Man
Westinghouse Desilu Playhouse
The Girl from U.N.C.L.E.
The Rat Patrol
The Third Man
The Third Man
Search
Quo Vadis
A Matter of Life and Death
Twice-Told Tales
The Magician
Calling Paul Temple
The Ghosts of Berkeley Square
Behind Closed Doors
His Majesty O'Keefe
Tarzan and the Perils of Charity Jones
The Flag Lieutenant
Tales to Keep You Awake
The Sad Sack
Wichita Town
Taras Bulba
Crook's Tour
4 for Texas
The Asphalt Jungle
The Greatest Story Ever Told
Journey to the Center of Time
Tales of the 77th Bengal Lancers
The House of the Spaniard
The First Texan
Rembrandt
The House Opposite
Omar Khayyam
Captain Sindbad
Cairo Road
Hitler
Nell Gwyn
Chisum
High Finance
Little Miss Nobody
Judgment Deferred
The Admiral's Secret
Not One Shall Die
Head
Christopher Columbus
Dual Alibi
Bhowani Junction
Stamboul
Che!
General Electric Theater
General Electric Theater
Justine
Pandora and the Flying Dutchman
Things to Come
The Naked Jungle
Dreyfus
Trilby
Karma
Out of the Clouds
Elephant Walk
The Flying Squad
Freedom Radio
The Wandering Jew
Insult
Ask Beccles
The Great Promise
