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At different points in his career, he was an agent, a producer and a studio executive. He began as an office boy for Paramount-Famous Players-Lasky Company where he worked his way up through the ranks to become the executive in charge of production.

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In the early s he worked at Columbia Pictures briefly before leaving to start his own talent agency. In , he moved to London and became a film producer and a well known collector of modern art. In , he married actress Bettye Ackerman, who later also starred with him in Ben Casey. She died on November 20, He had no children from either marriage.

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Jaffe died of cancer in Beverly Hills, California , on March 24, Sources: Encyclopaedia Judaica. All Rights Reserved. He was the youngest of four children, and his siblings were Abraham, Sophie and Annie. As a child, he appeared in Yiddish theater productions with his mother, who after moving to the United States became a prominent actress and vaudeville star.

He also worked for several years as a math teacher before turning to acting as a career. The two men became good friends and remained so for life.

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Jaffe's closest friends included Zero Mostel, Edward G. He renamed it in the s as The Gersh Agency. Contents move to sidebar hide. Article Talk. Read Edit View history. Tools Tools.

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Download as PDF Printable version. In other projects. Wikidata item. American film producer.