
Sam Wanamaker
- Known for
- Acting
- Born
- June 14, 1919
- Died
- December 18, 1993 (aged 74)
- Birthplace
- Chicago, Illinois, USA
Biography
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).
Known For

Superman IV: The Quest for Peace

Raw Deal

Death on the Nile

Columbo

Private Benjamin

Baby Boom

The Spy Who Came In from the Cold

Sinbad and the Eye of the Tiger

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

Guilty by Suspicion

The Outer Limits

Pure Luck
Filmography

Wild Justice
Movie · as Kingston Parker

Killer Rules
Movie · as Joe Gambon

Bloodlines: Murder in the Family
Movie · as Gerald Woodman

Guilty by Suspicion
Movie · as Felix Graff

Pure Luck
Movie · as Highsmith

Running Against Time
Movie · as Doctor Koopman

Always Remember I Love You
Movie · as Grandfather Mendham

The Shell Seekers
Movie · as Richard

Judgment in Berlin
Movie · as Bernard Hellring

Cognac
Movie · as Ambassador Morley

Baby Boom
TV · as Fritz Curtis · 13 eps

Baby Boom
Movie · as Fritz Curtis

Superman IV: The Quest for Peace
Movie · as David Warfield

Grace Kelly: The American Princess
Movie · as Self

Sadie and Son
Movie · as Marty Goldstein

The Two Mrs. Grenvilles
TV · as District Attorney · 2 eps

Raw Deal
Movie · as Luigi Patrovita

Deceptions
Movie · as Jim Nolan

The Aviator
Movie · as Bruno Hansen

Embassy
Movie · as Ambassador Arthur Ingram

Berrenger's
TV · 12 eps

Deceptions
TV · as Jim Nolan · 2 eps

Irreconcilable Differences
Movie · as David Kessler

Heartsounds
Movie · as Moe Silverman

The Ghost Writer
Movie · as E.I. Lonoff

I Was a Mail Order Bride
Movie · as Frank Tosconi

American Playhouse
TV · as E.I. Lonoff · 1 ep

Our Family Business
Movie · as Ralph

Winston Churchill: The Wilderness Years
TV · as Bernard Baruch · 1 ep

The Competition
Movie · as Andrew Erskine

Private Benjamin
Movie · as Teddy Benjamin

From Hell to Victory
Movie · as Ray MacDonald

Charlie Muffin
Movie · as Ruttgers

Death on the Nile
Movie · as Rockford

The Billion Dollar Bubble
Movie · as Stanley Goldblum

Holocaust
TV · as Moses Weiss · 4 eps

Return of the Saint
TV · as Domenico · 1 ep

Billy Jack Goes to Washington
Movie · as Bailey

Rafferty
TV · 1 ep

Voyage of the Damned
Movie · as Carl Rosen

The Sell Out
Movie · as Harry Sickles

The Spiral Staircase
Movie · as Lieut. Fields

Mousey
Movie · as Inspector

The Law
Movie · as Jules Benson

The Fifth Facade: The Making of the Sydney Opera House
Movie · as Narrator

The Gangster Show: The Resistible Rise of Arturo Ui
Movie · as O'Casey

Danger Route
Movie · as Lucinda

Warning Shot
Movie · as Frank Sanderman

The Day the Fish Came Out
Movie · as Elias

Judd, for the Defense
TV · 1 ep

ITV Playhouse
TV · as Armitage · 1 ep

Those Magnificent Men in Their Flying Machines or How I Flew from London to Paris in 25 Hours 11 Minutes
Movie · as George Gruber

The Spy Who Came In from the Cold
Movie · as Peters

The Wild Wild West
TV · 1 ep

Run for Your Life
TV · as Major Joe Rankin · 1 ep

Thirty-Minute Theatre
TV · as Solomon Ithimar, PhD · 1 ep

Man in the Middle
Movie · as Major Kaufman
The Paradise Suite
Movie · as Frank Engel

The Outer Limits
TV · as Dr. Simon Holm · 1 ep

Espionage
TV · as Colonel Sprague · 1 ep

Taras Bulba
Movie · as Filipenko

Man of the World
TV · as Nicola · 1 ep

The Defenders
TV · as Dr. Ralph Ames, James Henry David, United States Attorney Brooker, Edward Banter · 1 ep

The Criminal
Movie · as Mike Carter

The Battle of the Sexes
Movie · as Commentary spoken
Sunday-Night Play
TV · as B.F. Halliran · 1 ep
Armchair Mystery Theatre
TV · 1 ep

Danger Man
TV · as Patrick Laurence · 1 ep

Monitor
TV · 1 ep

Armchair Theatre
TV · as Copeland, Frank Engel · 1 ep

The Secret
Movie · as Nick Delaney

Gunsmoke
TV · as Asa Longworth · 1 ep

Mr. Denning Drives North
Movie · as Chick Eddowes

Hallmark Hall of Fame
TV · as Richard · 1 ep

Sunday Night Theatre
TV · as Pepe, Ernie Pandish · 1 ep

Give Us This Day
Movie · as Geremio

My Girl Tisa
Movie · as Mark Denek