Sam Wanamaker

Actor · Director · Crew· 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).

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Known For

The roles that explain the career.

Full credits

Superman IV: The Quest for Peaceposter

Superman IV: The Quest for Peace

David Warfield · 1987

Death on the Nileposter

Death on the Nile

Rockford · 1978

Raw Dealposter

Raw Deal

Luigi Patrovita · 1986

Private Benjaminposter

Private Benjamin

Teddy Benjamin · 1980

Baby Boomposter

Baby Boom

Fritz Curtis · 1987

The Spy Who Came In from the Coldposter

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 Minutesposter

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

George Gruber · 1965

Guilty by Suspicionposter

Guilty by Suspicion

Felix Graff · 1991

Filmography

41 credits across 3 departments.

Year	Title	Role	Type
1994	Wild Justice	Kingston Parker	Film
1991	Guilty by Suspicion	Felix Graff	Film
1991	Pure Luck	Highsmith	Film
1989	The Shell Seekers	Richard	Film
1988	Judgment in Berlin	Bernard Hellring	Film
1987	Baby Boom	Fritz Curtis	Film
1987	The Two Mrs. Grenvilles	District Attorney	TV
1987	Superman IV: The Quest for Peace	David Warfield	Film
1986	Raw Deal	Luigi Patrovita	Film
1985	The Aviator	Bruno Hansen	Film
1985	Deceptions	Jim Nolan	Film
1985	Berrenger's		TV
1984	Irreconcilable Differences	David Kessler	Film
1981	The Killing of Randy Webster	Director	Film
1981	Aida - San Francisco Opera	Director	Film
1980	The Competition	Andrew Erskine	Film
1980	Private Benjamin	Teddy Benjamin	Film
1979	Charlie Muffin	Ruttgers	Film
1979	From Hell to Victory	Ray MacDonald	Film
1978	Death on the Nile	Rockford	Film
1978	Holocaust	Moses Weiss	TV
1977	Billy Jack Goes to Washington	Bailey	Film
1977	Sinbad and the Eye of the Tiger	Director	Film
1976	Voyage of the Damned	Carl Rosen	Film
1976	The Sell Out	Harry Sickles	Film
1975	The Spiral Staircase	Lieut. Fields	Film
1974	Mousey	Inspector	Film
1973	The Fifth Facade: The Making of the Sydney Opera House	Narrator	Film
1971	Catlow	Director	Film
1969	The File of the Golden Goose	Director	Film
1967	The Day the Fish Came Out	Elias	Film
1967	Danger Route	Lucinda	Film
1967	Warning Shot	Frank Sanderman	Film
1965	The Spy Who Came In from the Cold	Peters	Film
1965	Those Magnificent Men in Their Flying Machines or How I Flew from London to Paris in 25 Hours 11 Minutes	George Gruber	Film
1964	Man in the Middle	Major Kaufman	Film
1962	Taras Bulba	Filipenko	Film
1960	The Battle of the Sexes	Commentary spoken	Film
1960	The Criminal	Mike Carter	Film
1951	Mr. Denning Drives North	Chick Eddowes	Film
1949	Give Us This Day	Geremio	Film

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