Abraham Sofaer
Personal Info
Known For
Acting
Known Credits
117
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
Perry Mason
Perry Mason
Perry Mason
Star Trek
Star Trek
Ironside
Four Star Playhouse
Maverick
The Twilight Zone
Have Gun, Will Travel
Mission: Impossible
The Alfred Hitchcock Hour
The Alfred Hitchcock Hour
Lost in Space
I Dream of Jeannie
Dick Powell's Zane Grey Theatre
Naked City
Gunsmoke
Gunsmoke
Daniel Boone
Daniel Boone
Dr. Kildare
Rawhide
The High Chaparral
Felony Squad
The Outer Limits
Ben Casey
Hawaiian Eye
Peter Gunn
The Time Tunnel
The Time Tunnel
Bob Hope Presents the Chrysler Theatre
Adventures in Paradise
Adventures in Paradise
Sea Hunt
Family Affair
77 Sunset Strip
Laredo
Thriller
Thriller
Alfred Hitchcock Presents
The Real McCoys
Run for Your Life
Tarzan
A Matter of Life and Death
The 20th Century Fox Hour
Kolchak: The Night Stalker
Richard Diamond, Private Detective
The Millionaire
The Rat Patrol
The Adventures of Jim Bowie
Quo Vadis
Westinghouse Desilu Playhouse
The Third Man
The Third Man
Chisum
The Girl from U.N.C.L.E.
Riverboat
The Thin Man
Captain Sindbad
Omar Khayyam
Justine
Stamboul
Rembrandt
The Magician
The Greatest Story Ever Told
Taras Bulba
Search
Nell Gwyn
Pandora and the Flying Dutchman
Che!
Bhowani Junction
Dual Alibi
Dreyfus
Tales to Keep You Awake
Head
The Investigators
Christopher Columbus
Judgment Deferred
Hitler
Things to Come
Cairo Road
His Majesty O'Keefe
Wichita Town
Behind Closed Doors
4 for Texas
The Ghosts of Berkeley Square
Tales of the 77th Bengal Lancers
The Naked Jungle
The Admiral's Secret
Twice-Told Tales
The Prime Minister
The Asphalt Jungle
Crook's Tour
The Sad Sack
The First Texan
Calling Paul Temple
Journey to the Center of Time
Trilby
The Flag Lieutenant
The House Opposite
The House of the Spaniard
General Electric Theater
General Electric Theater
Not One Shall Die
Elephant Walk
Little Miss Nobody
Tarzan and the Perils of Charity Jones
The Flying Squad
Out of the Clouds
The Wandering Jew
Karma
Freedom Radio
Ask Beccles
High Finance
Insult
The Great Promise
