Acting
Sam Wanamaker
Born 1919-06-14
Chicago, Illinois, USA
Department: 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
Known For
Prominent works featuring Sam Wanamaker
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Columbo
1971
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Superman IV: The Quest for Peace
1987
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Death on the Nile
1978
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Raw Deal
1986
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American Playhouse
1982
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Baby Boom
1987
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Private Benjamin
1980
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The Wild Wild West
1965
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The Spy Who Came In from the Cold
1965
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Hart to Hart
1979
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Filmography & Credits
Complete career catalog (105 titles)
| Poster | Title | Character / Role | Type | Year |
|---|---|---|---|---|
 | Wild Justice | Kingston Parker | Movie | 1994 |
 | Bloodlines: Murder in the Family | Gerald Woodman | Movie | 1993 |
 | Killer Rules | Joe Gambon | Movie | 1993 |
 | Running Against Time | Doctor Koopman | Movie | 1991 |
 | Pure Luck | Highsmith | Movie | 1991 |
 | Guilty by Suspicion | Felix Graff | Movie | 1991 |
 | Always Remember I Love You | Grandfather Mendham | Movie | 1990 |
 | The Shell Seekers | Richard | Movie | 1989 |
 | Baby Boom | Fritz Curtis | TV Series | 1988 |
 | Cognac | Ambassador Morley | Movie | 1988 |
 | Judgment in Berlin | Bernard Hellring | Movie | 1988 |
 | Sadie and Son | Marty Goldstein | Movie | 1987 |
 | Baby Boom | Fritz Curtis | Movie | 1987 |
 | Superman IV: The Quest for Peace | David Warfield | Movie | 1987 |
 | Grace Kelly: The American Princess | Self | Movie | 1987 |
| Grace Kelly: The American Princess | Thanks | Movie | 1987 |
 | The Two Mrs. Grenvilles | District Attorney | TV Series | 1987 |
 | Raw Deal | Luigi Patrovita | Movie | 1986 |
 | Deceptions | Jim Nolan | Movie | 1985 |
 | Deceptions | Jim Nolan | TV Series | 1985 |
 | Embassy | Ambassador Arthur Ingram | Movie | 1985 |
 | The Aviator | Bruno Hansen | Movie | 1985 |
 | Berrenger's | Self / Appearance | TV Series | 1985 |
 | Heartsounds | Moe Silverman | Movie | 1984 |
 | Irreconcilable Differences | David Kessler | Movie | 1984 |
 | The Ghost Writer | E.I. Lonoff | Movie | 1983 |
 | I Was a Mail Order Bride | Frank Tosconi | Movie | 1982 |
 | American Playhouse | E.I. Lonoff | TV Series | 1982 |
 | Aida - San Francisco Opera | Director | Movie | 1981 |
 | Our Family Business | Ralph | Movie | 1981 |
 | Winston Churchill: The Wilderness Years | Bernard Baruch | TV Series | 1981 |
 | The Killing of Randy Webster | Director | Movie | 1981 |
 | My Kidnapper, My Love | Director | Movie | 1980 |
 | The Competition | Andrew Erskine | Movie | 1980 |
 | Private Benjamin | Teddy Benjamin | Movie | 1980 |
 | Charlie Muffin | Ruttgers | Movie | 1979 |
 | Hart to Hart | Director | TV Series | 1979 |
 | From Hell to Victory | Ray MacDonald | Movie | 1979 |
 | Mrs. Columbo | Director | TV Series | 1979 |
 | David Cassidy: Man Under Cover | Director | TV Series | 1978 |
 | Death on the Nile | Rockford | Movie | 1978 |
 | Return of the Saint | Domenico | TV Series | 1978 |
| Return of the Saint | Director | TV Series | 1978 |
 | The Billion Dollar Bubble | Stanley Goldblum | Movie | 1978 |
 | Holocaust | Moses Weiss | TV Series | 1978 |
 | Rafferty | Self / Appearance | TV Series | 1977 |
 | Sinbad and the Eye of the Tiger | Director | Movie | 1977 |
 | Billy Jack Goes to Washington | Bailey | Movie | 1977 |
 | Voyage of the Damned | Carl Rosen | Movie | 1976 |
 | The Sell Out | Harry Sickles | Movie | 1976 |
 | The Spiral Staircase | Lieut. Fields | Movie | 1975 |
 | The Law | Jules Benson | Movie | 1974 |
 | Mousey | Inspector | Movie | 1974 |
 | The Fifth Facade: The Making of the Sydney Opera House | Narrator | Movie | 1973 |
 | The Gangster Show: The Resistible Rise of Arturo Ui | O'Casey | Movie | 1972 |
 | Catlow | Director | Movie | 1971 |
 | Columbo | Director | TV Series | 1971 |
 | The Executioner | Director | Movie | 1970 |
 | The File of the Golden Goose | Director | Movie | 1969 |
 | The Champions | Director | TV Series | 1968 |
 | Lancer | Director | TV Series | 1968 |
 | The Legend of Custer | Director | Movie | 1968 |
 | Danger Route | Lucinda | Movie | 1967 |
 | The Day the Fish Came Out | Elias | Movie | 1967 |
 | ITV Playhouse | Armitage | TV Series | 1967 |
 | Judd, for the Defense | Self / Appearance | TV Series | 1967 |
 | Cimarron Strip | Director | TV Series | 1967 |
 | Dundee and the Culhane | Director | TV Series | 1967 |
 | Custer | Director | TV Series | 1967 |
 | Coronet Blue | Director | TV Series | 1967 |
 | Warning Shot | Frank Sanderman | Movie | 1967 |
 | Hawk | Director | TV Series | 1966 |
 | The Spy Who Came In from the Cold | Peters | Movie | 1965 |
 | Thirty-Minute Theatre | Solomon Ithimar, PhD | TV Series | 1965 |
 | The Wild Wild West | Self / Appearance | TV Series | 1965 |
 | Run for Your Life | Major Joe Rankin | TV Series | 1965 |
 | Those Magnificent Men in Their Flying Machines or How I Flew from London to Paris in 25 Hours 11 Minutes | George Gruber | Movie | 1965 |
 | For the People | Director | TV Series | 1965 |
 | Man in the Middle | Major Kaufman | Movie | 1964 |
 | Espionage | Colonel Sprague | TV Series | 1963 |
 | The Outer Limits | Dr. Simon Holm | TV Series | 1963 |
| The Paradise Suite | Frank Engel | Movie | 1963 | |
 | Taras Bulba | Filipenko | Movie | 1962 |
 | Man of the World | Nicola | TV Series | 1962 |
 | The Defenders | Dr. Ralph Ames | TV Series | 1961 |
| The Defenders | James Henry David | TV Series | 1961 |
| The Defenders | Edward Banter | TV Series | 1961 |
| The Defenders | United States Attorney Brooker | TV Series | 1961 |
| The Defenders | Director | TV Series | 1961 |
| Sunday-Night Play | B.F. Halliran | TV Series | 1960 | |
 | The Criminal | Mike Carter | Movie | 1960 |
 | Danger Man | Patrick Laurence | TV Series | 1960 |
| Armchair Mystery Theatre | Self / Appearance | TV Series | 1960 | |
 | The Battle of the Sexes | Commentary spoken | Movie | 1960 |
 | Armchair Theatre | Copeland | TV Series | 1956 |
| Armchair Theatre | Self / Appearance | TV Series | 1956 |
| Armchair Theatre | Frank Engel | TV Series | 1956 |
 | Gunsmoke | Asa Longworth | TV Series | 1955 |
 | The Secret | Nick Delaney | Movie | 1955 |
 | Hallmark Hall of Fame | Richard | TV Series | 1951 |
 | Mr. Denning Drives North | Chick Eddowes | Movie | 1951 |
 | Sunday Night Theatre | Pepe | TV Series | 1950 |
| Sunday Night Theatre | Ernie Pandish | TV Series | 1950 |
 | Give Us This Day | Geremio | Movie | 1949 |
 | My Girl Tisa | Mark Denek | Movie | 1948 |