Abraham Sofaer

Known for ActingBorn 1896-09-30Died 1988-01-21Rangoon, Burma. [now Yangôn, Myanmar]

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.Read more

Movies & web series

The Great Promise

The Admiral's Secret

Ask Beccles

Little Miss Nobody

Tarzan and the Perils of Charity Jones

High Finance

The Flag Lieutenant

Stamboul

The Twilight Zone

Star Trek

Behind Closed Doors

Judgment Deferred

The Alfred Hitchcock Hour

I Dream of Jeannie

The Outer Limits

Kolchak: The Night Stalker

The Time Tunnel

Alfred Hitchcock Presents

The House Opposite

Perry Mason

Tales to Keep You Awake

Mission: Impossible

The Thin Man

A Matter of Life and Death

Tales of the 77th Bengal Lancers

Lost in Space

Rawhide

Have Gun, Will Travel

The Rat Patrol

Search

The Third Man

77 Sunset Strip

Run for Your Life

The Wandering Jew

Daniel Boone

Quo Vadis

Maverick

The Girl from U.N.C.L.E.

Tarzan

The Magician

The First Texan

Ironside

Freedom Radio

The High Chaparral

Richard Diamond, Private Detective

Family Affair

Karma

General Electric Theater