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Sam Wanamaker

Sam Wanamaker

Acting
June 14, 1919 (74) — December 18, 1993
Chicago, Illinois, USA
June 14, 1919 (74) — December 18, 1993
Chicago, Illinois, USA

Sam Wanamaker

Acting

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

Filmography 96

Movies (59)

  • Wild Justice
    1994
    Kingston Parker
  • Bloodlines: Murder in the Family
    1993
    Gerald Woodman
  • Killer Rules
    1993
    Joe Gambon
  • Running Against Time
    1991
    Doctor Koopman
  • Pure Luck
    1991
    Highsmith
  • Guilty by Suspicion
    1991
    Felix Graff
  • Always Remember I Love You
    1990
    Grandfather Mendham
  • The Shell Seekers
    1989
    Richard
  • Cognac
    1988
    Ambassador Morley
  • Judgment in Berlin
    1988
    Bernard Hellring
  • Sadie and Son
    1987
    Marty Goldstein
  • Baby Boom
    1987
    Fritz Curtis
  • Superman IV: The Quest for Peace
    1987
    David Warfield
  • Grace Kelly: The American Princess
    1987
    Self
  • Raw Deal
    1986
    Luigi Patrovita
  • Deceptions
    1985
    Jim Nolan
  • Embassy
    1985
    Ambassador Arthur Ingram
  • The Aviator
    1985
    Bruno Hansen
  • Heartsounds
    1984
    Moe Silverman
  • Irreconcilable Differences
    1984
    David Kessler
  • The Ghost Writer
    1983
    E.I. Lonoff
  • I Was a Mail Order Bride
    1982
    Frank Tosconi
  • Aida - San Francisco Opera
    1981
    Directing
  • Our Family Business
    1981
    Ralph
  • The Killing of Randy Webster
    1981
    Directing
  • My Kidnapper, My Love
    1980
    Directing
  • The Competition
    1980
    Andrew Erskine
  • Private Benjamin
    1980
    Teddy Benjamin
  • Charlie Muffin
    1979
    Ruttgers
  • From Hell to Victory
    1979
    Ray MacDonald

Shows (37)

  • Baby Boom
    1988
    Fritz Curtis
  • The Two Mrs. Grenvilles
    1987
    District Attorney
  • Deceptions
    1985
    Jim Nolan
  • Berrenger's
    1985
  • American Playhouse
    1982
    E.I. Lonoff
  • Winston Churchill: The Wilderness Years
    1981
    Bernard Baruch
  • Hart to Hart
    1979
    Directing
  • Mrs. Columbo
    1979
    Directing
  • David Cassidy: Man Under Cover
    1978
    Directing
  • Return of the Saint
    1978
    Domenico
  • Holocaust
    1978
    Moses Weiss
  • Rafferty
    1977
  • Columbo
    1971
    Directing
  • The Champions
    1968
    Directing
  • Lancer
    1968
    Directing
  • ITV Playhouse
    1967
    Armitage
  • Judd, for the Defense
    1967
  • Cimarron Strip
    1967
    Directing
  • Custer
    1967
    Directing
  • Dundee and the Culhane
    1967
    Directing
  • Coronet Blue
    1967
    Directing
  • Hawk
    1966
    Directing
  • Thirty-Minute Theatre
    1965
    Solomon Ithimar, PhD
  • The Wild Wild West
    1965
  • Run for Your Life
    1965
    Major Joe Rankin
  • For the People
    1965
    Directing
  • Espionage
    1963
    Colonel Sprague
  • The Outer Limits
    1963
    Dr. Simon Holm
  • Man of the World
    1962
    Nicola
  • The Defenders
    1961
    Dr. Ralph Ames