Deceased

How Did Sam Wanamaker Die?

Life & Death

Died aged 74

Also known asSamuel WanamakerGenderMaleNationalityUnited StatesBorn14/06/1919Born inChicago, Illinois, USADied18/12/1993Died inLondonCauselung cancerWikidataQ1370307 ↗Buried atSouthwark CathedralTMDb#21520 ↗

Samuel Wanamaker was an American actor and director, whose career on stage and in film and television spanned five decades. He began his career on Broadway, but spent most of his professional life in the United Kingdom, where he emigrated after becoming fearful of being blacklisted in Hollywood in the 1950s due to his communist views.

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Filmography46 titles

Importing filmography…

Year	Title	Character	Age at release
1989	The Shell SeekersMovie	Richard	70
1988	Judgment in BerlinMovie	Bernard Hellring	69
1988	CognacMovie	Ambassador Morley	69
1987	Baby BoomMovie	Fritz Curtis	68
1987	Grace Kelly: The American PrincessMovie	Self	68
1987	Superman IV: The Quest for PeaceMovie	David Warfield	68
1986	Raw DealMovie	Luigi Patrovita	67
1985	DeceptionsMovie	Jim Nolan	66
1985	The AviatorMovie	Bruno Hansen	66
1980	Private BenjaminMovie	Teddy Benjamin	61
1979	From Hell to VictoryMovie	Ray MacDonald	60
1979	Charlie MuffinMovie	Ruttgers	60
1978	HolocaustSeries	Moses Weiss	59
1978	Return of the SaintSeries	Domenico	59
1978	The Billion Dollar BubbleMovie	Stanley Goldblum	59
1978	Death on the NileMovie	Rockford	59
1977	RaffertySeries	—	58
1977	Billy Jack Goes to WashingtonMovie	Bailey	58
1976	Voyage of the DamnedMovie	Carl Rosen	57
1975	The Spiral StaircaseMovie	Lieut. Fields	56
1974	MouseyMovie	Inspector	55
1967	ITV PlayhouseSeries	Armitage	48
1967	Judd, for the DefenseSeries	—	48
1967	Warning ShotMovie	Frank Sanderman	48
1965	Run for Your LifeSeries	Major Joe Rankin	46
1965	The Wild Wild WestSeries	—	46
1965	Those Magnificent Men in Their Flying Machines or How I Flew from London to Paris in 25 Hours 11 MinutesMovie	George Gruber	46
1965	The Spy Who Came In from the ColdMovie	Peters	46
1964	Man in the MiddleMovie	Major Kaufman	45
1963	The Outer LimitsSeries	Dr. Simon Holm	44
1963	EspionageSeries	Colonel Sprague	44
1962	Taras BulbaMovie	Filipenko	43
1962	Man of the WorldSeries	Nicola	43
1961	The DefendersSeries	James Henry David	42
1961	The DefendersSeries	Edward Banter	42
1960	Sunday-Night PlaySeries	B.F. Halliran	41
1960	Danger ManSeries	Patrick Laurence	41
1960	Armchair Mystery TheatreSeries	—	41
1960	The CriminalMovie	Mike Carter	41
1960	The Battle of the SexesMovie	Commentary spoken	41
1956	Armchair TheatreSeries	—	37
1955	GunsmokeSeries	Asa Longworth	36
1951	Hallmark Hall of FameSeries	Richard	32
1951	Mr. Denning Drives NorthMovie	Chick Eddowes	32
1950	Sunday Night TheatreSeries	Pepe	31
1948	My Girl TisaMovie	Mark Denek	29