ACTOR

Sam Jaffe

1891 - 1984

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Shalom "Sam" Jaffe (March 10, 1891 – March 24, 1984) was an American actor, teacher, musician, and engineer. In 1951, he was nominated for the Academy Award for Best Supporting Actor for his performance in The Asphalt Jungle (1950). Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Sam Jaffe has received more than 1,013,386 page views. His biography is available in 28 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 27 in 2019). Sam Jaffe is the 3,180th most popular actor (up from 3,186th in 2019), the 4,821st most popular biography from United States (up from 4,961st in 2019) and the 1,435th most popular American Actor.

Memorability Metrics

  • 1.0M

    Page Views (PV)

  • 50.93

    Historical Popularity Index (HPI)

  • 28

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 2.72

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 4.05

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

Page views of Sam Jaffes by language

Over the past year Sam Jaffe has had the most page views in the with 125,115 views, followed by Italian (7,938), and Spanish (7,605). In terms of yearly growth of page views the top 3 wikpedia editions are Korean (142.29%), Simple English (85.39%), and Afrikaans (71.67%)

Among ACTORS

Among actors, Sam Jaffe ranks 3,180 out of 13,578. Before him are Gunnar Hansen, Can Yaman, Tom Noonan, Laurent Terzieff, Jonny Lee Miller, and Jeffrey Katzenberg. After him are William Sanderson, Anémone, Kenneth Welsh, Stephen Collins, Ed Begley, and Henry Ian Cusick.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1891, Sam Jaffe ranks 158. Before him are Franz Kaiser, Adolf Busch, Emil Julius Gumbel, Galaktion Tabidze, Erich Marcks, and Fréhel. After him are Grunya Sukhareva, Federico Moreno Torroba, Alexander Volkov, William F. Albright, Camille Mandrillon, and David Sarnoff. Among people deceased in 1984, Sam Jaffe ranks 138. Before him are Gaëtan Dugas, Lillian Hellman, Arvīds Jansons, Lola Anglada, Roberto Porta, and Janaki Ammal. After him are Jackie Wilson, Hovhannes Shiraz, Eulogio Martínez, Arkhip Lyulka, Rambai Barni, and Marcel Balsa.

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In United States

Among people born in United States, Sam Jaffe ranks 4,821 out of 20,380. Before him are Marilyn French (1929), Cyrus McCormick (1809), Bayard Rustin (1912), Tom Noonan (1951), Paul Scheuring (1968), and Jeffrey Katzenberg (1950). After him are William Sanderson (1944), Stephen Collins (1947), Ed Begley (1901), Tony Hawk (1968), Brandon Sanderson (1975), and Helen Fisher (1945).

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Among ACTORS In United States

Among actors born in United States, Sam Jaffe ranks 1,435. Before him are Christine Lahti (1950), Cammie King (1934), Joseph Gordon-Levitt (1981), Kelly Hu (1968), Tom Noonan (1951), and Jeffrey Katzenberg (1950). After him are William Sanderson (1944), Stephen Collins (1947), Ed Begley (1901), William Zabka (1965), Josephine Hull (1877), and Justin Theroux (1971).

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Television and Movie Roles

The Day the Earth Stood Still
Prof. Jacob Barnhardt
An alien and a robot land on Earth after World War II and tell mankind to be peaceful or face destruction.
Sep 28o 19517.466 / 10
Ben-Hur
Simonides
In 25 AD, Judah Ben-Hur, a Jew in ancient Judea, opposes the occupying Roman empire. Falsely accused by a Roman childhood friend-turned-overlord of trying to kill the Roman governor, he is put into slavery and his mother and sister are taken away as prisoners.
Nov 18o 19597.875 / 10
Bedknobs and Broomsticks
Bookman
Three children evacuated from London during World War II are forced to stay with an eccentric spinster. The children's initial fears disappear when they find out she is in fact a trainee witch.
Oct 7o 19717.022 / 10