Personal Info

Known For

Acting

Known Credits

Gender

Male

Birthday

1919-06-14

Deathday

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.

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Known For

4.6%

Superman IV: The Quest for Peace

Jul 24, 1987

7.1%

Death on the Nile

Sep 29, 1978

5.8%

Raw Deal

Jun 6, 1986

6.0%

Private Benjamin

Oct 6, 1980

6.4%

Baby Boom

Oct 7, 1987

7.1%

The Spy Who Came In from the Cold

Dec 16, 1965

6.8%

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

Jun 16, 1965

6.5%

Guilty by Suspicion

Mar 15, 1991

7.8%

The Outer Limits

Sep 16, 1963

5.6%

Pure Luck

Aug 9, 1991

6.6%

Gunsmoke

Sep 10, 1955

6.3%

Taras Bulba

Nov 21, 1962

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Acting

1994

Wild Justice as Kingston Parker

1993		Bloodlines: Murder in the Family as Gerald Woodman
1993		Killer Rules as Joe Gambon

1991		Running Against Time as Doctor Koopman
1991		Pure Luck as Highsmith
1991		Guilty by Suspicion as Felix Graff

1990

Always Remember I Love You as Grandfather Mendham

1989

The Shell Seekers as Richard

1988		Baby Boom as Fritz Curtis
1988		Cognac as Ambassador Morley
1988		Judgment in Berlin as Bernard Hellring

1987		Sadie and Son as Marty Goldstein
1987		Baby Boom as Fritz Curtis
1987		Superman IV: The Quest for Peace as David Warfield
1987		Grace Kelly: The American Princess as Self
1987		The Two Mrs. Grenvilles as District Attorney

1986

Raw Deal as Luigi Patrovita

1985		Deceptions as Jim Nolan
1985		Deceptions as Jim Nolan
1985		Embassy as Ambassador Arthur Ingram
1985		The Aviator as Bruno Hansen
1985		Berrenger's

1984		Heartsounds as Moe Silverman
1984		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
1981		Winston Churchill: The Wilderness Years as Bernard Baruch

1980		The Competition as Andrew Erskine
1980		Private Benjamin as Teddy Benjamin

1979		Charlie Muffin as Ruttgers
1979		From Hell to Victory as Ray MacDonald

1978		Death on the Nile as Rockford
1978		Return of the Saint as Domenico
1978		The Billion Dollar Bubble as Stanley Goldblum
1978		Holocaust as Moses Weiss

1977		Rafferty
1977		Billy Jack Goes to Washington as Bailey

1976		Voyage of the Damned as Carl Rosen
1976		The Sell Out as Harry Sickles

1975

The Spiral Staircase as Lieut. Fields

1974		The Law as Jules Benson
1974		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
1967		The Day the Fish Came Out as Elias
1967		Judd for the Defense
1967		Warning Shot as Frank Sanderman

1965		The Spy Who Came In from the Cold as Peters
1965		The Wild Wild West
1965		Run for Your Life as Major Joe Rankin
1965		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 Outer Limits as Dr. Simon Holm
1963		The Paradise Suite as Frank Engel

1962		Taras Bulba as Filipenko
1962		Man of the World

1961		The Defenders as Dr. Ralph Ames
1961		The Defenders as United States Attorney Brooker
1961		The Defenders as James Henry David
1961		The Defenders as Edward Banter

1960		Sunday-Night Play as B.F. Halliran
1960		The Criminal as Mike Carter
1960		The Battle of the Sexes as Commentary spoken

1955		Gunsmoke as Asa Longworth
1955		The Secret as Nick Delaney

1951		Hallmark Hall of Fame as Richard
1951		Mr. Denning Drives North as Chick Eddowes

1949

Give Us This Day as Geremio

1948

My Girl Tisa as Mark Denek

Crew

1987

Grace Kelly: The American Princess as Thanks

Directing

1981		Aida - San Francisco Opera as Director
1981		The Killing of Randy Webster as Director

1980

My Kidnapper, My Love as Director

1979		Hart to Hart as Director
1979		Mrs. Columbo as Director

1978		David Cassidy: Man Under Cover as Director
1978		Return of the Saint as Director

1977

Sinbad and the Eye of the Tiger as Director

1971		Catlow as Director
1971		Columbo as Director

1970

The Executioner as Director

1969

The File of the Golden Goose as Director

1968		The Champions as Director
1968		Lancer as Director
1968		The Legend of Custer as Director

1967		Cimarron Strip as Director
1967		Dundee and the Culhane as Director
1967		Custer as Director
1967		Coronet Blue as Director

1966

Hawk as Director

1965

For the People as Director

1961

The Defenders as Director