Personal Info
Known For
Acting
Born
June 14, 1919
Died
December 18, 1993 (age 74)
Place of Birth
Chicago, Illinois, USA
Also Known As
Samuel Wanamaker
Sam Wanamaker
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).
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1984: SAM WANAMAKER on reviving SHAKESPEARE'S GLOBE THEATRE | This Wooden O | BBC Archive
VideoKnown For
TV
The Wild Wild West
1965
TV
American Playhouse
E.I. Lonoff
1982
TV
Gunsmoke
Asa Longworth
1955
TV
The Defenders
Dr. Ralph Ames
1961
TV
The Defenders
James Henry David
1961
TV
The Defenders
Edward Banter
1961
TV
The Defenders
United States Attorney Brooker
1961
TV
The Outer Limits
Dr. Simon Holm
1963
TV
Run for Your Life
Major Joe Rankin
1965
TV
ITV Playhouse
Armitage
1967
TV
Danger Man
Patrick Laurence
1960
TV
Thirty-Minute Theatre
Solomon Ithimar, PhD
1965
TV
Sunday-Night Play
B.F. Halliran
1960
TV
Sunday Night Theatre
Pepe
1950
TV
Sunday Night Theatre
Ernie Pandish
1950
TV
Judd, for the Defense
1967
Film
Death on the Nile
Rockford
1978
TV
Return of the Saint
Domenico
1978
TV
Espionage
Colonel Sprague
1963
TV
Holocaust
Moses Weiss
1978
Filmography
1994FilmWild Justiceas Kingston Parker1993FilmBloodlines: Murder in the Familyas Gerald Woodman1993FilmKiller Rulesas Joe Gambon1991FilmRunning Against Timeas Doctor Koopman1991FilmPure Luckas Highsmith1991FilmGuilty by Suspicionas Felix Graff1990FilmAlways Remember I Love Youas Grandfather Mendham1989FilmThe Shell Seekersas Richard1988TVBaby Boomas Fritz Curtis1988FilmCognacas Ambassador Morley1988FilmJudgment in Berlinas Bernard Hellring1987FilmSadie and Sonas Marty Goldstein1987FilmBaby Boomas Fritz Curtis1987FilmSuperman IV: The Quest for Peaceas David Warfield1987FilmGrace Kelly: The American Princessas Self1987TVThe Two Mrs. Grenvillesas District Attorney1986FilmRaw Dealas Luigi Patrovita1985FilmDeceptionsas Jim Nolan1985TVDeceptionsas Jim Nolan1985FilmEmbassyas Ambassador Arthur Ingram1985FilmThe Aviatoras Bruno Hansen1985TVBerrenger's1984FilmHeartsoundsas Moe Silverman1984FilmIrreconcilable Differencesas David Kessler1983FilmThe Ghost Writeras E.I. Lonoff1982FilmI Was a Mail Order Brideas Frank Tosconi1982TVAmerican Playhouseas E.I. Lonoff1981FilmOur Family Businessas Ralph1981TVWinston Churchill: The Wilderness Yearsas Bernard Baruch1980FilmThe Competitionas Andrew Erskine1980FilmPrivate Benjaminas Teddy Benjamin1979FilmCharlie Muffinas Ruttgers1979FilmFrom Hell to Victoryas Ray MacDonald1978FilmDeath on the Nileas Rockford1978TVReturn of the Saintas Domenico1978FilmThe Billion Dollar Bubbleas Stanley Goldblum1978TVHolocaustas Moses Weiss1977TVRafferty1977FilmBilly Jack Goes to Washingtonas Bailey1976FilmVoyage of the Damnedas Carl Rosen1976FilmThe Sell Outas Harry Sickles1975FilmThe Spiral Staircaseas Lieut. Fields1974FilmThe Lawas Jules Benson1974FilmMouseyas Inspector1973FilmThe Fifth Facade: The Making of the Sydney Opera Houseas Narrator1972FilmThe Gangster Show: The Resistible Rise of Arturo Uias O'Casey1967FilmDanger Routeas Lucinda1967FilmThe Day the Fish Came Outas Elias1967TVITV Playhouseas Armitage1967TVJudd, for the Defense1967FilmWarning Shotas Frank Sanderman1965FilmThe Spy Who Came In from the Coldas Peters1965TVThirty-Minute Theatreas Solomon Ithimar, PhD1965TVThe Wild Wild West1965TVRun for Your Lifeas Major Joe Rankin1965FilmThose Magnificent Men in Their Flying Machines or How I Flew from London to Paris in 25 Hours 11 Minutesas George Gruber1964FilmMan in the Middleas Major Kaufman1963TVEspionageas Colonel Sprague1963TVThe Outer Limitsas Dr. Simon Holm1963FilmThe Paradise Suiteas Frank Engel1962FilmTaras Bulbaas Filipenko1962TVMan of the Worldas Nicola1961TVThe Defendersas Dr. Ralph Ames1960TVSunday-Night Playas B.F. Halliran1960FilmThe Criminalas Mike Carter1960TVDanger Manas Patrick Laurence1960TVArmchair Mystery Theatre1960FilmThe Battle of the Sexesas Commentary spoken1956TVArmchair Theatreas Copeland1955TVGunsmokeas Asa Longworth1955FilmThe Secretas Nick Delaney1951TVHallmark Hall of Fameas Richard1951FilmMr. Denning Drives Northas Chick Eddowes1950TVSunday Night Theatreas Pepe1949FilmGive Us This Dayas Geremio1948FilmMy Girl Tisaas Mark Denek