Sam Wanamaker

ActorCrewDirector Jun 14 (died age 74) Chicago, Illinois, USA 1948–1994 (46 year career)

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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

Film

Columbo

Director

Film

Death on the Nile

Rockford

Film

The Spy Who Came In from the Cold

Peters

Film

Raw Deal

Luigi Patrovita

Film

Baby Boom

Fritz Curtis

Film

Private Benjamin

Teddy Benjamin

Film

Those Magnificent Men in Their Flying Machines or How I Flew from London to Paris in 25 Hours 11 Minutes

George Gruber

Film

Sinbad and the Eye of the Tiger

Director

Filmography

Acting (71)

Movies (51)

Wild Justice

1994

as Kingston Parker

5.0

Bloodlines: Murder in the Family

1993

as Gerald Woodman

2.0

Killer Rules

1993

as Joe Gambon

Running Against Time

as Doctor Koopman

Pure Luck

as Highsmith

Guilty by Suspicion

as Felix Graff

Always Remember I Love You

1990

as Grandfather Mendham

The Shell Seekers

as Richard

Judgment in Berlin

as Bernard Hellring

Cognac

as Ambassador Morley

Superman IV: The Quest for Peace

1987

as David Warfield

4.6

Grace Kelly: The American Princess

as Self

Baby Boom

as Fritz Curtis

Sadie and Son

as Marty Goldstein

Raw Deal

as Luigi Patrovita

The Aviator

as Bruno Hansen

Deceptions

as Jim Nolan

Embassy

as Ambassador Arthur Ingram

2.0

Irreconcilable Differences

as David Kessler

Heartsounds

as Moe Silverman

The Ghost Writer

as E.I. Lonoff

I Was a Mail Order Bride

1982

as Frank Tosconi

5.6

Our Family Business

1981

as Ralph

Private Benjamin

as Teddy Benjamin

The Competition

as Andrew Erskine

Charlie Muffin

as Ruttgers

From Hell to Victory

as Ray MacDonald

Death on the Nile

as Rockford

The Billion Dollar Bubble

1978

as Stanley Goldblum

7.0

Billy Jack Goes to Washington

as Bailey

Voyage of the Damned

as Carl Rosen

The Sell Out

as Harry Sickles

The Spiral Staircase

as Lieut. Fields

Mousey

as Inspector

The Law

as Jules Benson

The Fifth Facade: The Making of the Sydney Opera House

1973

as Narrator

The Gangster Show: The Resistible Rise of Arturo Ui

1972

as O'Casey

The Day the Fish Came Out

as Elias

Danger Route

as Lucinda

Warning Shot

as Frank Sanderman

The Spy Who Came In from the Cold

1965

as Peters

7.1

Those Magnificent Men in Their Flying Machines or How I Flew from London to Paris in 25 Hours 11 Minutes

as George Gruber

Man in the Middle

as Major Kaufman

The Paradise Suite

as Frank Engel

Taras Bulba

as Filipenko

The Criminal

as Mike Carter

The Battle of the Sexes

as Commentary spoken

The Secret

as Nick Delaney

Mr. Denning Drives North

as Chick Eddowes

Give Us This Day

as Geremio

My Girl Tisa

as Mark Denek

Television (20)

Baby Boom

1988

as Fritz Curtis

5.0

The Two Mrs. Grenvilles

as District Attorney

Deceptions

as Jim Nolan

Berrenger's

Winston Churchill: The Wilderness Years

as Bernard Baruch

Holocaust

as Moses Weiss

Return of the Saint

as Domenico

Rafferty

Judd for the Defense

The Wild Wild West

Run for Your Life

as Major Joe Rankin

The Outer Limits

as Dr. Simon Holm

Man of the World

as Nicola

The Defenders

as Dr. Ralph Ames

Sunday-Night Play

as B.F. Halliran

Armchair Mystery Theatre

Armchair Theatre

as Copeland

Gunsmoke

as Asa Longworth

Hallmark Hall of Fame

as Richard

Sunday Night Theatre

as Pepe

Crew (23)

Movies (9)

Grace Kelly: The American Princess

1987

Thanks

6.5

The Killing of Randy Webster

1981

Director

5.8

Aida - San Francisco Opera

1981

Director

My Kidnapper, My Love

1980

Director

6.0

Sinbad and the Eye of the Tiger

Director

Catlow

Director

The Executioner

Director

The File of the Golden Goose

Director

The Legend of Custer

Director

Television (14)

Hart to Hart

Director

Mrs. Columbo

Director

Return of the Saint

Director

David Cassidy: Man Under Cover

Director

Columbo

Director

The Champions

Director

Lancer

Director

Cimarron Strip

Director

Dundee and the Culhane

Director

Custer

Director

Coronet Blue

Director

Hawk

Director

For the People

Director

The Defenders

Director