Abraham Sofaer
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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
Star Trek
Thasian (voice)
Star Trek
Melkotian (voice)
Perry Mason
Dr. Daniel Maitland
Perry Mason
Sylvester Robey
Perry Mason
Elihu Laban
Maverick
Have Gun, Will Travel
The Twilight Zone
Dr. Stillman
I Dream of Jeannie
Haji
Four Star Playhouse
Indian Chief
Dr. Kildare
Shahzi Saund
Ben Casey
Ironside
Kolchak: The Night Stalker
Rawhide
Little Hawk
Peter Gunn
Daniel Boone
Tamend
Daniel Boone
Grey Cloud
Dick Powell's Zane Grey Theatre
(Commanche Chief) Alou
Adventures in Paradise
Timaui
Adventures in Paradise
Geoffrey Donne
Hawaiian Eye
The Outer Limits
Arch
Mission: Impossible
Tomas de Cuarto
Thriller
Gus Kostopulos
Thriller
Nicolai
Lost in Space
Sobram
Richard Diamond, Private Detective
Constantine
Family Affair
Naked City
Ling Twong
The Alfred Hitchcock Hour
MacFarlane
The Alfred Hitchcock Hour
Abraham Sofaer
Gunsmoke
Jeremiah Leech
Gunsmoke
Harvey Easter
Sea Hunt
Run for Your Life
Mr. Singh
77 Sunset Strip
The Real McCoys
The Adventures of Jim Bowie
The 20th Century Fox Hour
The High Chaparral
Comancho
The Time Tunnel
Father
The Time Tunnel
Epeios
Tarzan
The Millionaire
Dr. Krishna
Riverboat
Mark Evans
Alfred Hitchcock Presents
Ulrich Klemm
Felony Squad
Westinghouse Desilu Playhouse
The Third Man
The Thin Man
Laredo
The Magician
Hassid
The Rat Patrol
Marabout
Wichita Town
Behind Closed Doors
Fadhil
The Girl from U.N.C.L.E.
Tales of the 77th Bengal Lancers
Search
The Greatest Story Ever Told
Joseph of Arimathaea
A Matter of Life and Death
The Judge
Quo Vadis
Paul
Tales to Keep You Awake
Arch (archive footage) (uncredited)
Pandora and the Flying Dutchman
Judge
The Asphalt Jungle
Rembrandt
Dr. Menasseh
Chisum
Chief White Buffalo
General Electric Theater
Rabbi
General Electric Theater
Father Balaton
Calling Paul Temple
Dr. Charles Kohima
Things to Come
The Jew (uncredited)
Taras Bulba
The Abbot
The Naked Jungle
Incacha
4 for Texas
Pulaski
Bhowani Junction
Surabhai
Che!
Pablo Rojas
The Wandering Jew
Zapportas (Phase IV)
The First Texan
Don Carlos - magistrate
Elephant Walk
Appuhamy
The Admiral's Secret
Don Pablo y Gonzales
Journey to the Center of Time
Dr. (Doc) Gordon
Head
Swami
Christopher Columbus
Luis de Santangel
The Sad Sack
Hassim
Justine
Proprietor
Captain Sindbad
Galgo
Crook's Tour
Ali
Nell Gwyn
(uncredited)
Omar Khayyam
Tutush
His Majesty O'Keefe
Fatumak, Medicine Man
Freedom Radio
Heini
Twice-Told Tales
Prof. Pietro Baglioni
Hitler
Morris Kaplan
Cairo Road
Commandant
Dreyfus
Dubois
High Finance
Myers
Tarzan and the Perils of Charity Jones
Governor
Judgment Deferred
Chancellor
Dual Alibi
French Judge
The Flag Lieutenant
Meheti Salos
The House of the Spaniard
Vidal
The Ghosts of Berkeley Square
Benjamin Disraeli
Not One Shall Die
David Lessing
Out of the Clouds
The Indian
Stamboul
Mahmed Pasha
Trilby
Svengali
Little Miss Nobody
Mr. Beal
The House Opposite
Fahmy
Insult
Ali Ben Achmed
Ask Beccles
Baki
Karma
Holy Man
The Flying Squad
Li Yoseph