Filmography

Pal Joey - ( Consultant(- color consultant) / 1957 / Released / )

TV Credits

Cheryl Ladd: Scenes From a Special ( 1982 / Released ): Executive Producer

Cheryl Ladd... Looking Back--Souvenirs ( 1980 / Released ): Executive Producer

Escape ( 1980 / Released ): Executive Producer

Aunt Mary ( 1979 / Released ): Executive Producer

A Woman Called Moses ( 1978 / Released ): Executive Producer

Battered ( 1978 / Released ): Executive Producer

Emily, Emily ( 1977 / Released ): Producer

Dinah and Her New Best Friends ( 1976 / Released ): Executive Producer

Cotton Club '75 ( 1974 / Released ): Executive Producer

The Wayne Newton Special ( 1974 / Released ): Executive Producer

Alexander ( 1973 / Released ): Executive Producer

Dinah in Search of the Ideal Man ( 1973 / Released ): Executive Producer

Dinah's Place ( 1970 / Released ): Executive Producer

The Bell Telephone Hour ( 1959 / Released ): Producer

Dinah and Friends ( Released ): Executive Producer

Dinah! ( Released ): Executive Producer

Full Biography (Back to top)

Veteran independent TV producer began his career as a guild lawyer. As a producer, Jaffe was involved in several of the more prestigious dramatic and musical variety shows of the 1950s: "Producers Showcase", "The Bell Telephone Hour", "Shirley Temple's Storybook", "Goodyear Playhouse", and "The Dinah Shore Chevy Show". He also produced the popular specials of "Peter Pan" starring Mary Martin, "Cyrano de Bergerac" starring Jose Ferrer, the Old Vic's "Romeo and Juliet" with Claire Bloom, and "Festival of Music" with Arthur Rubinstein and Marian Anderson. Jaffe also executive produced specials starring Dinah Shore, Wayne Newton, Stan Laurel, and Cheryl Ladd. His production company, "Henry Jaffe Productions", produced the acclaimed 1968 NBC-TV special "Teacher, Teacher" starring David McCallum and Ossie Davis for the "Hallmark Hall of Fame". He also had critical success in the 1970s as the executive producer of "Dinah's Place" and "Dinah!" reuniting him with Dinah Shore. His other credits include the TV-movies "Emily, Emily", "A Woman Called Moses", and "Aunt Mary".

Profession(s):
producer, lawyer

Sometimes Credited As:

Family
brother:Saul Jaffe (worked as Jaffe's law partner in Showcase Prods. before Jaffe became an independent producer)
daughter:Rachel Jaffe (daughter of Florence Jaffe; survived him)
daughter:Rebecca Jaffe (daughter of Florence Jaffe; survived him)
daughter:Margaret Ann Jaffe (daughter of Jean Muir; survived him)
son:Michael Jaffe (son of Jean Muir; survived him)
son:David Jaffe (son of Jean Muir; survived him)
wife:Florence Jaffe (survived him)
wife:Jean Muir (marriage ended in divorce)

Education
Columbia University New York, New York
Columbia University Law School New York, New York

Awards (Back to top)

Emmy Outstanding Talk, Service or Variety Series "Dinah!" 1975 - 1976

Emmy Outstanding Talk, Service or Variety Series "Dinah!" 1974 - 1975

Emmy Outstanding Program Achievement in Daytime "Dinah's Place" 1972 - 1973

Milestones (Back to top)

1958 Lured Shirley Temple out of retirement; produced "Shirley Temple's Storybook"

1957 Resigned from his post as national counsel of the American Federation of Radio and Television Artists

1957 Turned to independent TV production

1937 Helped form the American Federation of Radio Artists

1937 - 1957 Served as national counsel of the American Federation of Radio (and Television) Artists

1936 Organized the American Guild of Musical Artists

Stepped in to manage the NBC-TV series, "Producers Showcase" when a client became ill

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