Sam Wanamaker

Known for: Acting
Born: June 14, 1919, Chicago, Illinois, USA
Died: December 18, 1993
Movies: 59

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).

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Best-Known Movies

4.6

Superman IV: The Quest for Peace

1987

7.2

Death on the Nile

1978

5.9

Raw Deal

1986

6.0

Private Benjamin

1980

6.4

Baby Boom

1987

7.1

The Spy Who Came In from the Cold

1965

6.6

Sinbad and the Eye of the Tiger

1977

6.8

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

1965

6.5

Guilty by Suspicion

1991

5.6

Pure Luck

1991

Filmography

1994	Wild Justice	Kingston Parker
1993	Bloodlines: Murder in the Family	Gerald Woodman
1993	Killer Rules	Joe Gambon
1991	Running Against Time	Doctor Koopman
1991	Pure Luck	Highsmith
1991	Guilty by Suspicion	Felix Graff
1990	Always Remember I Love You	Grandfather Mendham
1989	The Shell Seekers	Richard
1988	Cognac	Ambassador Morley
1988	Judgment in Berlin	Bernard Hellring
1987	Sadie and Son	Marty Goldstein
1987	Baby Boom	Fritz Curtis
1987	Superman IV: The Quest for Peace	David Warfield
1987	Grace Kelly: The American Princess	Self
1986	Raw Deal	Luigi Patrovita
1985	Deceptions	Jim Nolan
1985	Embassy	Ambassador Arthur Ingram
1985	The Aviator	Bruno Hansen
1984	Heartsounds	Moe Silverman
1984	Irreconcilable Differences	David Kessler
1983	The Ghost Writer	E.I. Lonoff
1982	I Was a Mail Order Bride	Frank Tosconi
1981	Our Family Business	Ralph
1980	The Competition	Andrew Erskine
1980	Private Benjamin	Teddy Benjamin
1979	Charlie Muffin	Ruttgers
1979	From Hell to Victory	Ray MacDonald
1978	Death on the Nile	Rockford
1978	The Billion Dollar Bubble	Stanley Goldblum
1977	Billy Jack Goes to Washington	Bailey
1976	Voyage of the Damned	Carl Rosen
1976	The Sell Out	Harry Sickles
1975	The Spiral Staircase	Lieut. Fields
1974	The Law	Jules Benson
1974	Mousey	Inspector
1973	The Fifth Facade: The Making of the Sydney Opera House	Narrator
1972	The Gangster Show: The Resistible Rise of Arturo Ui	O'Casey
1967	Danger Route	Lucinda
1967	The Day the Fish Came Out	Elias
1967	Warning Shot	Frank Sanderman
1965	The Spy Who Came In from the Cold	Peters
1965	Those Magnificent Men in Their Flying Machines or How I Flew from London to Paris in 25 Hours 11 Minutes	George Gruber
1964	Man in the Middle	Major Kaufman
1963	The Paradise Suite	Frank Engel
1962	Taras Bulba	Filipenko
1960	The Criminal	Mike Carter
1960	The Battle of the Sexes	Commentary spoken
1955	The Secret	Nick Delaney
1951	Mr. Denning Drives North	Chick Eddowes
1949	Give Us This Day	Geremio
1948	My Girl Tisa	Mark Denek

Directing, Writing & Producing

1981	Aida - San Francisco Opera	Director
1981	The Killing of Randy Webster	Director
1980	My Kidnapper, My Love	Director
1977	Sinbad and the Eye of the Tiger	Director
1971	Catlow	Director
1970	The Executioner	Director
1969	The File of the Golden Goose	Director
1968	The Legend of Custer	Director

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