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Sam Wanamaker

Acting · Born June 14, 1919 · Chicago, Illinois, USA

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).

Sam Wanamaker movies and shows

  • Columbo1971
  • American Playhouse1982
  • Hart to Hart1979
  • The Wild Wild West1965
  • ITV Playhouse1967
  • Thirty-Minute Theatre1965
  • The Defenders1961
  • Run for Your Life1965
  • Gunsmoke1955
  • Danger Man1960
  • The Outer Limits1963
  • Sunday Night Theatre1950
  • The Champions1968
  • Judd, for the Defense1967
  • Lancer1968
  • Cimarron Strip1967
  • Return of the Saint1978
  • Espionage1963
  • Mrs. Columbo1979
  • Holocaust1978
  • Death on the Nile1978
  • Man of the World1962
  • Superman IV: The Quest for Peace1987
  • Monitor1958