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Samuel Wanamaker, was an American actor and director who moved to the UK, after becoming fearful of being blacklisted in Hollywood due to his communist sympathies. He is credited as the person most responsible for saving The Rose Theatre (1988+), which led to the modern recreation of Shakespeare's Globe Theatre in London, where he is commemorated in the name of the Sam Wanamaker Playhouse, the site's second theatre.
Birth Name
Samuel Watenmaker
Born
Saturday, 14 June 1919
Died
Saturday, 18 December 1993
Actor Filmography
| Title | Character | Year |
|---|
| Bloodlines: Murder in the Family | Gerald Woodman | 1993 |
| Wild Justice | Kingston Parker | 1993 |
| Pure Luck | Highsmith | 1991 |
| Guilty by Suspicion | Felix Graff | 1991 |
| Always Remember I Love You | Grandfather Mendham | 1990 |
| Running Against Time | Hendryk Koopman, Ph.D. / Doctor Koopman | 1990 |
| The Shell Seekers | Richard | 1989 |
| Baby Boom | Fritz Curtis | 1988 |
| Judgment in Berlin | Bernard Hellring | 1988 |
| Sadie and Son | Marty Goldstein | 1987 |
Actor Filmography
| Title | Character | Year |
|---|
| Bloodlines: Murder in the Family | Gerald Woodman | 1993 |
| Wild Justice | Kingston Parker | 1993 |
| Pure Luck | Highsmith | 1991 |
| Guilty by Suspicion | Felix Graff | 1991 |
| Always Remember I Love You | Grandfather Mendham | 1990 |
| Running Against Time | Hendryk Koopman, Ph.D. / Doctor Koopman | 1990 |
| The Shell Seekers | Richard | 1989 |
| Baby Boom | Fritz Curtis | 1988 |
| Judgment in Berlin | Bernard Hellring | 1988 |
| Sadie and Son | Marty Goldstein | 1987 |
| Baby Boom | Fritz Curtis | 1987 |
| Superman IV: The Quest for Peace | David Warfield | 1987 |
| The Two Mrs. Grenvilles | District Attorney | 1987 |
| Grace Kelly: The American Princess | Self | 1987 |
| Raw Deal | Luigi Patrovita | 1986 |
| Deceptions | Jim Nolan | 1985 |
| The Aviator | Bruno Hansen | 1985 |
| Berrenger's | Simon Berrenger | 1985 |
| Heartsounds | Moe Silverman | 1984 |
| Irreconcilable Differences | David Kessler | 1984 |
| All the World's a Stage | Self | 1984 |
| I Was a Mail Order Bride | Frank Tosconi | 1982 |
| American Playhouse | E.I. Lonoff | 1982 |
| Falcon Crest | Simon Berrenger | 1981 |
| Winston Churchill: The Wilderness Years | Bernard Baruch | 1981 |
| The Competition | Andrew Erskine | 1980 |
| Private Benjamin | Teddy Benjamin | 1980 |
| A Deadly Game | Ruttgers | 1979 |
| From Hell to Victory | Ray MacDonald | 1979 |
| Death on the Nile | Rockford | 1978 |
| Return of the Saint | Domenico | 1978 |
| The Billion Dollar Bubble | Stanley Goldblum | 1978 |
| Holocaust | Moses Weiss | 1978 |
| Rafferty | Hollander | 1977 |
| Billy Jack Goes to Washington | Bailey | 1977 |
| Voyage of the Damned | Carl Rosen | 1976 |
| The Sell-Out | Harry Sickles | 1976 |
| The Spiral Staircase | Lt. Fields / Lieut. Fields | 1975 |
| The Law | Jules Benson | 1974 |
| Mousey | Inspector | 1974 |
| Danger Route | Lucinda | 1967 |
| The Day the Fish Came Out | Elias | 1967 |
| ITV Playhouse | Armitage | 1967 |
| Judd for the Defense | Shelly Gould | 1967 |
| Warning Shot | Frank Sanderman | 1967 |
| The Baron | Sefton Folkard | 1966 |
| Thirty-Minute Theatre | Solomon Ithimar, PhD | 1965 |
| The Wild Wild West | Dr. Arcularis | 1965 |
| Run for Your Life | Major Joe Rankin | 1965 |
| Those Magnificent Men in Their Flying Machines or How I Flew from London to Paris in 25 Hours 11 Minutes | George Gruber | 1965 |
| The Spy Who Came in from the Cold | Peters | 1965 |
| Horizon | Stanley Goldblum | 1964 |
| The Winston Affair | Major Kaufman | 1964 |
| Espionage | Colonel Sprague | 1963 |
| The Outer Limits | Dr. Simon Holm | 1963 |
| Love Story | Maxie | 1963 |
| Taras Bulba | Filipenko | 1962 |
| Man of the World | Nicola | 1962 |
| The Defenders | United States Attorney Brooker / James Henry David / Edward Banter / Dr. Ralph Ames | 1961 |
| The Concrete Jungle | Mike Carter | 1960 |
| Danger Man | Patrick Laurence | 1960 |
| The Battle of the Sexes | Commentary spoken by / Commentary spoken | 1960 |
| Habatales | Narrator | 1959 |
| Armchair Theatre | Matty / Frank Engel / Copeland | 1956 |
| Lilli Palmer Theatre | Denis | 1955 |
| Gunsmoke | Asa Longworth | 1955 |
| The Secret | Nick Delaney | 1955 |
| Mr. Denning Drives North | Chick Eddowes | 1951 |
| Give Us This Day | Geremio | 1949 |
| My Girl Tisa | Mark Denek | 1948 |
Director Filmography
| Title | Year |
|---|
| Grand Deceptions | 1989 |
| The Killing of Randy Webster | 1981 |
| Hart to Hart | 1979 |
| Mrs. Columbo | 1979 |
| David Cassidy - Man Undercover | 1978 |
| Return of the Saint | 1978 |
| Sinbad and the Eye of the Tiger | 1977 |
| Catlow | 1971 |
| Columbo | 1971 |
| The Executioner | 1970 |
| The File of the Golden Goose | 1969 |
| Lancer | 1968 |
| Premiere | 1968 |
| The Champions | 1968 |
| The Legend of Custer | 1968 |
| Cimarron Strip | 1967 |
| Dundee and the Culhane | 1967 |
| Custer | 1967 |
| Coronet Blue | 1967 |
| Hawk | 1966 |
| Court Martial | 1965 |
| For the People | 1965 |
| The Defenders | 1961 |
Producer Filmography
| Title | Year |
|---|
| Year | Type | Category | Won |
|---|
| 1978 | Emmy | Outstanding Continuing Performance by a Supporting Actor in a Drama Series | Nominated |
