Sam Wanamaker

Personal Info

Birthday

June 14, 1919

Day of Death

1993-12-18

(74 years old)

Place of Birth

Chicago, Illinois, USA

Also Known As

Samuel Wanamaker

Sam Wanamaker

Biography

Was 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. Description above from the Wikipedia article Samuel Wanamaker, licensed under CC-BY-SA, full list of contributors on Wikipedia

Known For

The Defenders

The Outer Limits

Gunsmoke

Run for Your Life

Sunday-Night Play

Holocaust

Sunday Night Theatre

Return of the Saint

Filmography

1994
Wild Justice
as Kingston Parker
1993
Bloodlines: Murder in the Family
as Gerald Woodman
Killer Rules
as Joe Gambon
1991
Running Against Time
as Doctor Koopman
Pure Luck
as Highsmith
Guilty by Suspicion
as Felix Graff
1990
Always Remember I Love You
as Grandfather Mendham
1989
The Shell Seekers
as Richard
1988
Cognac
as Ambassador Morley
Judgment in Berlin
as Bernard Hellring
1987
Sadie and Son
as Marty Goldstein
Superman IV: The Quest for Peace
as David Warfield
Grace Kelly: The American Princess
as Self
1986
Raw Deal
as Luigi Patrovita
1985
Embassy
as Ambassador Arthur Ingram
The Aviator
as Bruno Hansen
1984
Heartsounds
as Moe Silverman
Irreconcilable Differences
as David Kessler
1983
The Ghost Writer
as E.I. Lonoff
1982
I Was a Mail Order Bride
as Frank Tosconi
1981
Our Family Business
as Ralph
1980
The Competition
as Andrew Erskine
Private Benjamin
as Teddy Benjamin
1979
Charlie Muffin
as Ruttgers
From Hell to Victory
as Ray MacDonald
1978
Death on the Nile
as Rockford
The Billion Dollar Bubble
as Stanley Goldblum
1977
Billy Jack Goes to Washington
as Bailey
1976
Voyage of the Damned
as Carl Rosen
The Sell Out
as Harry Sickles
1975
The Spiral Staircase
as Lieut. Fields
1974
The Law
as Jules Benson
Mousey
as Inspector
1973
The Fifth Facade: The Making of the Sydney Opera House
as Narrator
1972
The Gangster Show: The Resistible Rise of Arturo Ui
as O'Casey
1967
Danger Route
as Lucinda
The Day the Fish Came Out
as Elias
Warning Shot
as Frank Sanderman
1965
The Spy Who Came In from the Cold
as Peters
Those Magnificent Men in Their Flying Machines or How I Flew from London to Paris in 25 Hours 11 Minutes
as George Gruber
1964
Man in the Middle
as Major Kaufman
1963
The Paradise Suite
as Frank Engel
1962
Taras Bulba
as Filipenko
1960
The Criminal
as Mike Carter
The Battle of the Sexes
as Commentary spoken
1955
The Secret
as Nick Delaney
1951
Mr. Denning Drives North
as Chick Eddowes
1949
Give Us This Day
as Geremio
1948
My Girl Tisa
as Mark Denek