Sam Wanamaker
Known for Acting · 76 credits
- Born
- 1919-06-14
- Died
- 1993-12-18
- Place of birth
- Chicago, Illinois, USA
- Also known as
- Samuel Wanamaker
Biography
Sam Wanamaker (June 14, 1919 – December 18, 1993 an American film director and actor, and is credited as the person most responsible for the modern recreation of Shakespeare's Globe Theatre in London. He is father to actress Zoë Wanamaker. He is known for his roles in the films Death on the Nile (1978), Private Benjamin (1989), and Baby Boom (1987).
Description above from the Wikipedia article Samuel Wanamaker, licensed under CC-BY-SA, full list of contributors on Wikipedia
Known For
TV Shows (25)
The Wild Wild West
1965
American Playhouse
1982
as E.I. Lonoff
Run for Your Life
1965
as Major Joe Rankin
Gunsmoke
1955
as Asa Longworth
The Defenders
1961
as Dr. Ralph Ames / James Henry David / Edward Banter / United States Attorney Brooker
ITV Playhouse
1967
as Armitage
The Outer Limits
1963
as Dr. Simon Holm
Thirty-Minute Theatre
1965
as Solomon Ithimar, PhD
Danger Man
1960
as Patrick Laurence
Sunday-Night Play
1960
as B.F. Halliran
Sunday Night Theatre
1950
as Pepe / Ernie Pandish
Return of the Saint
1978
as Domenico
Judd, for the Defense
1967
Holocaust
1978
as Moses Weiss
Espionage
1963
as Colonel Sprague
Man of the World
1962
as Nicola
Hallmark Hall of Fame
1951
as Richard
Armchair Mystery Theatre
1960
Baby Boom
1988
as Fritz Curtis
Rafferty
1977
Armchair Theatre
1956
as Copeland / Frank Engel
The Two Mrs. Grenvilles
1987
as District Attorney
Berrenger's
1985
Deceptions
1985
as Jim Nolan
Winston Churchill: The Wilderness Years
1981
as Bernard Baruch
Movies (51)
Death on the Nile
1978
as Rockford
Superman IV: The Quest for Peace
1987
as David Warfield
Raw Deal
1986
as Luigi Patrovita
Voyage of the Damned
1976
as Carl Rosen
Pure Luck
1991
as Highsmith
Private Benjamin
1980
as Teddy Benjamin
The Spy Who Came In from the Cold
1965
as Peters
Guilty by Suspicion
1991
as Felix Graff
Baby Boom
1987
as Fritz Curtis
Those Magnificent Men in Their Flying Machines or How I Flew from London to Paris in 25 Hours 11 Minutes
1965
as George Gruber
From Hell to Victory
1979
as Ray MacDonald
I Was a Mail Order Bride
1982
as Frank Tosconi
Taras Bulba
1962
as Filipenko
Our Family Business
1981
as Ralph
The Battle of the Sexes
1960
as Commentary spoken
The Competition
1980
as Andrew Erskine
Irreconcilable Differences
1984
as David Kessler
Danger Route
1967
as Lucinda
Judgment in Berlin
1988
as Bernard Hellring
The Criminal
1960
as Mike Carter
The Aviator
1985
as Bruno Hansen
Man in the Middle
1964
as Major Kaufman
The Spiral Staircase
1975
as Lieut. Fields
Warning Shot
1967
as Frank Sanderman
Charlie Muffin
1979
as Ruttgers
The Day the Fish Came Out
1967
as Elias
The Sell Out
1976
as Harry Sickles
Billy Jack Goes to Washington
1977
as Bailey
The Shell Seekers
1989
as Richard
Mr. Denning Drives North
1951
as Chick Eddowes
Grace Kelly: The American Princess
1987
as Self
Bloodlines: Murder in the Family
1993
as Gerald Woodman
My Girl Tisa
1948
as Mark Denek
Deceptions
1985
as Jim Nolan
Always Remember I Love You
1990
as Grandfather Mendham
The Law
1974
as Jules Benson
Wild Justice
1994
as Kingston Parker
Killer Rules
1993
as Joe Gambon
Give Us This Day
1949
as Geremio
The Billion Dollar Bubble
1978
as Stanley Goldblum
Running Against Time
1991
as Doctor Koopman
The Paradise Suite
1963
as Frank Engel
The Gangster Show: The Resistible Rise of Arturo Ui
1972
as O'Casey
Sadie and Son
1987
as Marty Goldstein
The Secret
1955
as Nick Delaney
Embassy
1985
as Ambassador Arthur Ingram
The Ghost Writer
1983
as E.I. Lonoff
Heartsounds
1984
as Moe Silverman
Cognac
1988
as Ambassador Morley
Mousey
1974
as Inspector
The Fifth Facade: The Making of the Sydney Opera House
1973
as Narrator
About Sam Wanamaker
Sam Wanamaker (June 14, 1919 – December 18, 1993 an American film director and actor, and is credited as the person most responsible for the modern recreation of Shakespeare's Globe Theatre in London. He is father to actress Zoë Wanamaker. He is known for his roles in the films Death on the Nile (1978), Private Benjamin (1989), and Baby Boom (1987). Description above from the Wikipedia article Samuel Wanamaker, licensed under CC-BY-SA, full list of contributors on Wikipedia With 76 credits spanning from 1948 to 1994, Sam Wanamaker has appeared in 51 films and 25 TV shows.
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Most Popular Sam Wanamaker Movies
- Death on the Nile (1978) — as Rockford
- Superman IV: The Quest for Peace (1987) — as David Warfield
- Raw Deal (1986) — as Luigi Patrovita
- Voyage of the Damned (1976) — as Carl Rosen
- Pure Luck (1991) — as Highsmith
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