Sam Wanamaker

Actor · 1919–1993 · Chicago

Sam Wanamaker (June 14, 1919 – December 18, 1993) 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. He is known for his roles in the films Death on the Nile (1978), Private Benjamin (1989), and Baby Boom (1987).

Filmography

ACTOR · 51

Wild Justice1994 · Kingston Parker
Bloodlines: Murder in the Family1993 · Gerald Woodman
Killer Rules1993 · Joe Gambon
Pure Luck1991 · Highsmith
Running Against Time1991 · Doctor Koopman
Guilty by Suspicion1991 · Felix Graff
Always Remember I Love You1990 · Grandfather Mendham
The Shell Seekers1989 · Richard
Judgment in Berlin1988 · Bernard Hellring
Cognac1988 · Ambassador Morley
Grace Kelly: The American Princess1987 · Self
Sadie and Son1987 · Marty Goldstein
Superman IV: The Quest for Peace1987 · David Warfield
Baby Boom1987 · Fritz Curtis
Raw Deal1986 · Luigi Patrovita
Deceptions1985 · Jim Nolan
Embassy1985 · Ambassador Arthur Ingram
The Aviator1985 · Bruno Hansen
Heartsounds1984 · Moe Silverman
Irreconcilable Differences1984 · David Kessler
The Ghost Writer1983 · E.I. Lonoff
I Was a Mail Order Bride1982 · Frank Tosconi
Our Family Business1981 · Ralph
Private Benjamin1980 · Teddy Benjamin
The Competition1980 · Andrew Erskine
Charlie Muffin1979 · Ruttgers
From Hell to Victory1979 · Ray MacDonald
Death on the Nile1978 · Rockford
The Billion Dollar Bubble1978 · Stanley Goldblum
Billy Jack Goes to Washington1977 · Bailey
The Sell Out1976 · Harry Sickles
Voyage of the Damned1976 · Carl Rosen
The Spiral Staircase1975 · Lieut. Fields
Mousey1974 · Inspector
The Law1974 · Jules Benson
The Fifth Facade: The Making of the Sydney Opera House1973 · Narrator
The Gangster Show: The Resistible Rise of Arturo Ui1972 · O'Casey
Danger Route1967 · Lucinda
The Day the Fish Came Out1967 · Elias
Warning Shot1967 · Frank Sanderman
Those Magnificent Men in Their Flying Machines or How I Flew from London to Paris in 25 Hours 11 Minutes1965 · George Gruber
The Spy Who Came In from the Cold1965 · Peters
Man in the Middle1964 · Major Kaufman
The Paradise Suite1963 · Frank Engel
Taras Bulba1962 · Filipenko
The Battle of the Sexes1960 · Commentary spoken
The Criminal1960 · Mike Carter
The Secret1955 · Nick Delaney
Mr. Denning Drives North1951 · Chick Eddowes
Give Us This Day1949 · Geremio
My Girl Tisa1948 · Mark Denek
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DIRECTOR · 8

Aida - San Francisco Opera1981
The Killing of Randy Webster1981
My Kidnapper, My Love1980
Sinbad and the Eye of the Tiger1977
Catlow1971
The Executioner1970
The File of the Golden Goose1969
The Legend of Custer1968

OTHER CREW · 1

Grace Kelly: The American Princess1987

SERIES · 38

Baby Boom1988 · Fritz Curtis
The Two Mrs. Grenvilles1987 · District Attorney
Berrenger's1985
Deceptions1985 · Jim Nolan
American Playhouse1982 · E.I. Lonoff
Winston Churchill: The Wilderness Years1981 · Bernard Baruch
Mrs. Columbo1979 · Director
Hart to Hart1979 · Director
David Cassidy: Man Under Cover1978 · Director
Holocaust1978 · Moses Weiss
Return of the Saint1978 · Domenico, Director
Rafferty1977
Columbo1971 · Director
Lancer1968 · Director
The Champions1968 · Director
Cimarron Strip1967 · Director
Coronet Blue1967 · Director
Custer1967 · Director
Dundee and the Culhane1967 · Director
ITV Playhouse1967 · Armitage
Judd, for the Defense1967
Hawk1966 · Director
For the People1965 · Director
Run for Your Life1965 · Major Joe Rankin
The Wild Wild West1965
Thirty-Minute Theatre1965 · Solomon Ithimar, PhD
Espionage1963 · Colonel Sprague
The Outer Limits1963 · Dr. Simon Holm
Man of the World1962 · Nicola
The Defenders1961 · Dr. Ralph Ames, James Henry David
Armchair Mystery Theatre1960
Danger Man1960 · Patrick Laurence
Sunday-Night Play1960 · B.F. Halliran
Monitor1958
Armchair Theatre1956 · Copeland, Frank Engel
Gunsmoke1955 · Asa Longworth
Hallmark Hall of Fame1951 · Richard
Sunday Night Theatre1950 · Pepe, Ernie Pandish
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