Sam Wanamaker

Acting · Directing

Born June 14, 1919, Chicago, Illinois, USA

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

Filmography

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