Sam Wanamaker
Known for Acting · 74 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 (23)
The Wild Wild West
1965
Run for Your Life
1965
as Major Joe Rankin
The Outer Limits
1963
as Dr. Simon Holm
The Defenders
1961
as Dr. Ralph Ames / United States Attorney Brooker / James Henry David / Edward Banter
Gunsmoke
1955
as Asa Longworth
ITV Playhouse
1967
as Armitage
Danger Man
1960
as Patrick Laurence
Sunday Night Theatre
1950
as Pepe / Ernie Pandish
Judd, for the Defense
1967
Sunday-Night Play
1960
as B.F. Halliran
Return of the Saint
1978
as Domenico
Espionage
1963
as Colonel Sprague
Holocaust
1978
as Moses Weiss
Hallmark Hall of Fame
1951
as Richard
Armchair Mystery Theatre
1960
Man of the World
1962
as Nicola
Rafferty
1977
Winston Churchill: The Wilderness Years
1981
as Bernard Baruch
Berrenger's
1985
Armchair Theatre
1956
as Copeland / Frank Engel
The Two Mrs. Grenvilles
1987
as District Attorney
Baby Boom
1988
as Fritz Curtis
Deceptions
1985
as Jim Nolan
Movies (51)
Death on the Nile
1978
as Rockford
Raw Deal
1986
as Luigi Patrovita
Superman IV: The Quest for Peace
1987
as David Warfield
Private Benjamin
1980
as Teddy Benjamin
Those Magnificent Men in Their Flying Machines or How I Flew from London to Paris in 25 Hours 11 Minutes
1965
as George Gruber
Pure Luck
1991
as Highsmith
Baby Boom
1987
as Fritz Curtis
Voyage of the Damned
1976
as Carl Rosen
Irreconcilable Differences
1984
as David Kessler
Taras Bulba
1962
as Filipenko
The Law
1974
as Jules Benson
The Spy Who Came In from the Cold
1965
as Peters
Guilty by Suspicion
1991
as Felix Graff
Warning Shot
1967
as Frank Sanderman
The Day the Fish Came Out
1967
as Elias
The Aviator
1985
as Bruno Hansen
Embassy
1985
as Ambassador Arthur Ingram
From Hell to Victory
1979
as Ray MacDonald
Judgment in Berlin
1988
as Bernard Hellring
Bloodlines: Murder in the Family
1993
as Gerald Woodman
The Competition
1980
as Andrew Erskine
I Was a Mail Order Bride
1982
as Frank Tosconi
Deceptions
1985
as Jim Nolan
The Spiral Staircase
1975
as Lieut. Fields
Mr. Denning Drives North
1951
as Chick Eddowes
Mousey
1974
as Inspector
Our Family Business
1981
as Ralph
The Criminal
1960
as Mike Carter
Man in the Middle
1964
as Major Kaufman
The Shell Seekers
1989
as Richard
Always Remember I Love You
1990
as Grandfather Mendham
Danger Route
1967
as Lucinda
The Sell Out
1976
as Harry Sickles
Heartsounds
1984
as Moe Silverman
The Battle of the Sexes
1960
as Commentary spoken
Grace Kelly: The American Princess
1987
as Self
The Gangster Show: The Resistible Rise of Arturo Ui
1972
as O'Casey
Charlie Muffin
1979
as Ruttgers
Wild Justice
1994
as Kingston Parker
Sadie and Son
1987
as Marty Goldstein
Give Us This Day
1949
as Geremio
The Fifth Facade: The Making of the Sydney Opera House
1973
as Narrator
My Girl Tisa
1948
as Mark Denek
Running Against Time
1991
as Doctor Koopman
Billy Jack Goes to Washington
1977
as Bailey
The Billion Dollar Bubble
1978
as Stanley Goldblum
Killer Rules
1993
as Joe Gambon
The Ghost Writer
1983
as E.I. Lonoff
Cognac
1988
as Ambassador Morley
The Secret
1955
as Nick Delaney
The Paradise Suite
1963
as Frank Engel
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 74 credits spanning from 1948 to 1994, Sam Wanamaker has appeared in 51 films and 23 TV shows.
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- Death on the Nile (1978) — as Rockford
- Raw Deal (1986) — as Luigi Patrovita
- Superman IV: The Quest for Peace (1987) — as David Warfield
- Private Benjamin (1980) — as Teddy Benjamin
- Those Magnificent Men in Their Flying Machines or How I Flew from London to Paris in 25 Hours 11 Minutes (1965) — as George Gruber
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