--- name: "Abraham Sofaer" canonical: "https://film.one/person/abraham-sofaer" roles: ["Actor"] born: "30 September 1896" died: "21 January 1988" reviewed_on_fi1m: 3 average_fi1m_score: 80 average_as: "actor" average_over: 3 updated: "2026-09-20T02:18:51.090635+00:00" licence: "© Fi1m Ltd. Written by AI under a human editor; checked against sources before publication. Quote with attribution and a link to the canonical URL." --- # Abraham Sofaer Actor. Born 30 September 1896 in Rangoon, Burma. [now Yangôn, Myanmar]. Died 21 January 1988. ## Details - **Work:** Actor - **Born:** 30 September 1896, Rangoon, Burma. [now Yangôn, Myanmar] - **Died:** 21 January 1988 - **Active:** 1946–1966 - **Also known as:** Abraham Isaac Sofaer - **Average Fi1m score:** 80, as actor, over 3 titles - **Fi1m score by decade:** 1940s 92 (1), 1950s 65 (1), 1960s 82 (1) - **Score spread:** 2 at 80+, 1 at 60–79, 0 under 60 - **Lead roles:** 0 of 1 acting credits billed first or second - **Genres:** Drama 3, Romance 2, Action & Adventure 1, Comedy 1, Crime 1, Fantasy 1 - **Screen time:** 5 hours of reviewed films - **Box office:** $23m across 2 films with figures - **Elsewhere:** https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Abraham_Sofaer, https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q330621, https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0812125/, https://www.themoviedb.org/person/135066 ## Streaming the US now - **HBO Max:** [*Quo Vadis*](https://film.one/film/quo-vadis.md) (65) For United States; add `?region=XX` for another country. ## Biography Abraham Sofaer (also credited as Abraham Isaac Sofaer) was a British actor of Iraqi-Jewish descent. Born in Rangoon, Burma (now Yangon, Myanmar), he began his career on the London stage in 1921 and later appeared on Broadway, including as Benjamin Disraeli in Victoria Regina (1935). He made his film debut in the early 1930s and became a familiar supporting player in British and American productions. Notable film roles include the dual part of the Judge and Surgeon in A Matter of Life and Death (1946) and Paul of Tarsus in Quo Vadis (1951). From the 1950s he worked extensively in Hollywood, appearing in films such as Chisum (1970) and guest roles on numerous television series, including a recurring part as Haji on I Dream of Jeannie (1965–1970) and voice work on Star Trek (1966). He retired in the mid-1970s and died in Woodland Hills, California, in 1988. *Sources: imdb.com, tvtropes.org, wikiwand.com.* ## On Fi1m (3) - *Mission: Impossible* (1966), Fi1m 82, as Tomas de Cuarto — [page](https://film.one/tv/mission-impossible-1966.md) - *Quo Vadis* (1951), Fi1m 65, as Paul of Tarsus — [page](https://film.one/film/quo-vadis.md) - *A Matter of Life and Death* (1946), Fi1m 92, as The Judge — [page](https://film.one/film/a-matter-of-life-and-death.md) ## Complete filmography (106) Every credit, newest first. Titles without a page can be requested for review on the HTML page. - *Kolchak: The Night Stalker* (1974), series, Actor - *The Magician* (1973), series, as Hassid - *Search* (1972), series, Actor - *Tarzan and the Perils of Charity Jones* (1971), as Governor - *Chisum* (1970), as Chief White Buffalo - *Justine* (1969), as Proprietor - *Che!* (1969), as Pablo Rojas - *Head* (1968), as Swami - *The High Chaparral* (1967), series, as Comancho - *Journey to the Center of Time* (1967), as Dr. (Doc) Gordon - *Ironside* (1967), series, Actor - *Mission: Impossible* (1966), series, as Tomas de Cuarto — Fi1m 82, [page](https://film.one/tv/mission-impossible-1966.md) - *The Girl from U.N.C.L.E.* (1966), series, as Omar - *Family Affair* (1966), series, Actor - *The Rat Patrol* (1966), series, as Marabout - *Felony Squad* (1966), series, Actor - *The Time Tunnel* (1966), series, as Father, Epeios - *Star Trek* (1966), series, as Thasian (voice), Melkotian (voice) — Fi1m 83, [page](https://film.one/tv/star-trek-1966.md) - *Tarzan* (1966), series, Actor - *Tales to Keep You Awake* (1966), series, as Arch (archive footage) (uncredited) - *I Dream of Jeannie* (1965), series, as Haji - *Laredo* (1965), series, Actor - *Lost in Space* (1965), series, as Sobram - *Run for Your Life* (1965), series, as Mr. Singh - *The Greatest Story Ever Told* (1965), as Joseph of Arimathaea - *Daniel Boone* (1964), series, as Tamend, Grey Cloud - *4 for Texas* (1963), as Pulaski - *The Outer Limits* (1963), series, as Arch - *Twice-Told Tales* (1963), as Prof. Pietro Baglioni - *Captain Sindbad* (1963), as Galgo - *Taras Bulba* (1962), as The Abbot - *The Alfred Hitchcock Hour* (1962), series, as MacFarlane, Abraham Sofaer - *Hitler* (1962), as Morris Kaplan - *The Investigators* (1961), series, as Gregory Walden - *Ben Casey* (1961), series, Actor - *Dr. Kildare* (1961), series, as Shahzi Saund - *The Asphalt Jungle* (1961), series, Actor - *Thriller* (1960), series, as Gus Kostopulos, Nicolai - *On Trial* (1960), series, as Lord Reading - Lord Chief Justice - *Hawaiian Eye* (1959), series, Actor - *Adventures in Paradise* (1959), series, as Timaui, Geoffrey Donne - *The Twilight Zone* (1959), series, as Dr. Stillman — Fi1m 84, [page](https://film.one/tv/the-twilight-zone.md) - *The Third Man* (1959), series, as Prince Puma Diau - *Wichita Town* (1959), series, Actor - *Riverboat* (1959), series, as Mark Evans - *Rawhide* (1959), series, as Little Hawk - *77 Sunset Strip* (1958), series, Actor - *Westinghouse Desilu Playhouse* (1958), series, Actor - *Behind Closed Doors* (1958), series, as Fadhil - *Naked City* (1958), series, as Ling Twong - *Peter Gunn* (1958), series, Actor - *Sea Hunt* (1958), series, Actor - *The Sad Sack* (1957), as Hassim - *The Real McCoys* (1957), series, Actor - *Maverick* (1957), series, as Papa Rambeau - *Perry Mason* (1957), series, as Dr. Daniel Maitland, Sylvester Robey, Elihu Laban - *The Thin Man* (1957), series, Actor - *Have Gun, Will Travel* (1957), series, Actor - *Omar Khayyam* (1957), as Tutush - *Richard Diamond, Private Detective* (1957), series, as Constantine - *Not One Shall Die* (1957), as David Lessing - *Tales of the 77th Bengal Lancers* (1956), series, Actor - *Dick Powell's Zane Grey Theatre* (1956), series, as (Commanche Chief) Alou - *The Adventures of Jim Bowie* (1956), series, Actor - *The First Texan* (1956), as Don Carlos - magistrate - *Bhowani Junction* (1956), as Surabhai - *The 20th Century Fox Hour* (1955), series, Actor - *Alfred Hitchcock Presents* (1955), series, as Ulrich Klemm - *Gunsmoke* (1955), series, as Jeremiah Leech, Harvey Easter - *Out of the Clouds* (1955), as The Indian - *The Millionaire* (1955), series, as Dr. Krishna - *Elephant Walk* (1954), as Appuhamy - *The Naked Jungle* (1954), as Incacha - *His Majesty O'Keefe* (1954), as Fatumak, Medicine Man - *General Electric Theater* (1953), series, as Rabbi, Father Balaton - *Four Star Playhouse* (1952), series, as Indian Chief - *Judgment Deferred* (1952), as Chancellor - *Quo Vadis* (1951), as Paul of Tarsus — Fi1m 65, [page](https://film.one/film/quo-vadis.md) - *Pandora and the Flying Dutchman* (1951), as Judge - *Cairo Road* (1950), as Commandant - *Christopher Columbus* (1949), as Luis de Santangel - *Calling Paul Temple* (1948), as Dr. Charles Kohima - *The Ghosts of Berkeley Square* (1947), as Benjamin Disraeli - *Trilby* (1947), as Svengali - *Dual Alibi* (1947), as French Judge - *The Great Promise* (1947), Actor - *A Matter of Life and Death* (1946), as The Judge — Fi1m 92, [page](https://film.one/film/a-matter-of-life-and-death.md) - *The Prime Minister* (1941), as Turkish ambassador (uncredited) - *Freedom Radio* (1941), as Heini - *Crook's Tour* (1940), as Ali - *Rembrandt* (1936), as Dr. Menasseh - *The House of the Spaniard* (1936), as Vidal - *Things to Come* (1936), as The Jew (uncredited) - *Nell Gwyn* (1934), as (uncredited) - *The Admiral's Secret* (1934), as Don Pablo y Gonzales - *The Wandering Jew* (1933), as Zapportas (Phase IV) - *High Finance* (1933), as Myers - *Karma* (1933), as Holy Man - *Little Miss Nobody* (1933), as Mr. Beal - *Ask Beccles* (1933), as Baki - *The Flag Lieutenant* (1932), as Meheti Salos - *Insult* (1932), as Ali Ben Achmed - *The Flying Squad* (1932), as Li Yoseph - *The House Opposite* (1932), as Fahmy - *Stamboul* (1931), as Mahmed Pasha - *Dreyfus* (1931), as Dubois ## Gallery - ![Abraham Sofaer](https://film.one/media/person/386288/gallery-ae38c2aebe95.png) Abraham Sofaer — Screenshot by Wayne77 (cropped), Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons (https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/e/e0/Abraham_Sofaer.png?utm_source=commons.wikimedia.org&utm_campaign=imageinfo&utm_content=thumbnail_unscaled) - ![Abraham Sofaer](https://film.one/media/person/386288/gallery-dd6c2ac68d5e.jpg) Abraham Sofaer — Image via TMDB --- © Fi1m Ltd. 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