Gene Saks (born Jean Michael Saks; November 8, 1921 – March 28, 2015) was an American director and actor. As a stage director, he was nominated for seven Tony Awards, winning three for his direction of I Love My Wife, Brighton Beach Memoirs, and Biloxi Blues. Description above from the Wikipedia article Gene Saks, licensed under CC-BY-SA, full list of contributors on Wikipedia.

Filmography

• 2012Barrymore — Executive Producer
• 1997Deconstructing Harry — Harry's Father
• 1995Bye Bye Birdie — Director
• 1994I.Q. — Boris Podolsky
• 1994Nobody's Fool — Wirf Wirfley
• 1991A Fine Romance — Director
• 1991The Good Policeman
• Law & Order — Carl Samuel
• 1986Brighton Beach Memoirs — Director
• 1984The Goodbye People — Marcus Soloway
• 1983Lovesick — Mr. Houseman, Frantic Patient
• 1978The One and Only — Sidney Seltzer
• 1975The Prisoner of Second Avenue — Harry Edison
• 1974Mame — Director
• 1972Last of the Red Hot Lovers — Director
• 1969Cactus Flower — Director
• 1968The Odd Couple — Director
• 1967Barefoot in the Park — Director
• 1965A Thousand Clowns — Leo
• 1960The Dybbuk — Mikoel
• 1958Three Plays by Tennessee Williams — Bob Harper (Segment "The Last of My Solid Gold Watches")
• Playwrights '56

Appearances as themselves (1)

• 1988Funny — Self