
Abraham Sofaer
Personal Info
Known for
Acting
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
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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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Known For
Acting
(1971)
Tarzan and the Perils of Charity Jones
as Governor
(1970)
Chisum
as Chief White Buffalo
(1969)
Che!
as Pablo Rojas
(1969)
Justine
as Proprietor
(1968)
Head
as Swami
(1967)
Journey to the Center of Time
as Dr. (Doc) Gordon
(1965)
The Greatest Story Ever Told
as Joseph of Arimathaea
(1963)
Twice-Told Tales
as Prof. Pietro Baglioni
(1963)
4 for Texas
as Pulaski
(1963)
Captain Sindbad
as Galgo
(1962)
Taras Bulba
as The Abbot
(1962)
Hitler
as Morris Kaplan
(1957)
Omar Khayyam
as Tutush
(1957)
The Sad Sack
as Hassim
(1957)
Not One Shall Die
as David Lessing
(1956)
Bhowani Junction
as Surabhai
(1956)
The First Texan
as Don Carlos - magistrate
(1955)
Out of the Clouds
as The Indian
(1954)
The Naked Jungle
as Incacha
(1954)
His Majesty O'Keefe
as Fatumak, Medicine Man
(1954)
Elephant Walk
as Appuhamy
(1952)
Judgment Deferred
as Chancellor
(1951)
Quo Vadis
as Paul
(1951)
Pandora and the Flying Dutchman
as Judge
(1950)
Cairo Road
as Commandant
(1949)
Christopher Columbus
as Luis de Santangel
(1948)
Calling Paul Temple
as Dr. Charles Kohima
(1947)
Dual Alibi
as French Judge
(1947)
The Ghosts of Berkeley Square
as Benjamin Disraeli
(1947)
Trilby
as Svengali
(1947)
(1946)
A Matter of Life and Death
as The Judge
(1941)
Freedom Radio
as Heini
(1940)
Crook's Tour
as Ali
(1936)
Things to Come
as The Jew (uncredited)
(1936)
Rembrandt
as Dr. Menasseh
(1936)
The House of the Spaniard
as Vidal
(1934)
The Admiral's Secret
as Don Pablo y Gonzales
(1934)
Nell Gwyn
as (uncredited)
(1933)
The Wandering Jew
as Zapportas (Phase IV)
(1933)
Karma
as Holy Man
(1933)
High Finance
as Myers
(1933)
Little Miss Nobody
as Mr. Beal
(1933)
Ask Beccles
as Baki
(1932)
Insult
as Ali Ben Achmed
(1932)
The House Opposite
as Fahmy
(1932)
The Flag Lieutenant
as Meheti Salos
(1932)
The Flying Squad
as Li Yoseph
(1931)
Stamboul
as Mahmed Pasha
(1931)
Dreyfus
as Dubois