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Sydney Pollack
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How Did Sydney Pollack Die?

Life & Death

Died aged 73
Also known asSidney Pollack, Sydney Irwin PollackGenderMaleNationalityUnited StatesBorn01/07/1934Born inLafayette, Indiana, USADied26/05/2008 (aged 73)Died inPacific Palisades, Los AngelesCausestomach cancerWikidataQ51522 ↗TMDb#2226 ↗

Sydney Irwin Pollack was an American film director, producer, and actor. Pollack is known for directing commercially and critically acclaimed studio films. During his 40-year career, he received numerous accolades, including two Academy Awards and two Primetime Emmy Awards, in addition to nominations for three Golden Globe Awards and six BAFTA Awards.

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Filmography69 titles

YearTitleCharacterAge at
release
2025John Candy: I Like MeMovieSelf - Director (archive footage)91
2018Amazing GraceMovieSelf - Director (archive footage) (uncredited)84
2014Magician: The Astonishing Life and Work of Orson WellesMovieSelf - Filmmaker (archive footage)80
2012Char·ac·terMovieSelf78
2009Glanz und Elend in Hollywood: Natalie WoodMovieSelf75
2009A Very Quiet ManMovieSelf75
2007Michael ClaytonMovieMarty Bach73
2007Standing on the Shoulders of Kubrick: The Legacy of 2001MovieSelf73
2007Vision of a Future Passed: The Prophecy of 2001MovieSelf73
2007The Visions of Stanley KubrickMovieSelf73
2007View from the Overlook: Crafting 'The Shining'MovieSelf73
2007Great Bolshy Yarblockos!: Making 'A Clockwork Orange'MovieSelf73
2007Lost Kubrick: The Unfinished Films of Stanley KubrickMovieSelf73
2005The InterpreterMovieJay Pettigrew (uncredited)71
2005Filmmakers vs. TycoonsMovieSelf71
2005The Art of Imagination: A Tribute to OzMovieNarrator (voice)71
2004EntourageSeriesSydney Pollack70
2004Barbra Streisand: The Concert - Live at the MGM GrandMovieSelf70
2004In Free Fall - Tom Tykwer and the CinemaMovieSelf70
2004A Dying Breed: The Making of 'The Leopard'MovieSelf70
2003Charlie: The Life and Art of Charles ChaplinMovieNarrator69
2003A Decade Under the InfluenceMovieSelf69
2002The Men Who Made the Movies: Samuel FullerMovieNarrator (voice)68
2002AFI's 100 Years... 100 Passions: America's Greatest Love StoriesMovieSelf68
2001The MajesticMovieStudio Executive (voice)67
2001Nobody's Perfect: The Making of Some Like It HotMovieSelf67
2001Stanley Kubrick: A Life in PicturesMovieSelf67
2000A Song of AfricaMovieSelf66
2000Lost Angeles - Eine Stadt zwischen Traum und TraumaMovieSelf66
2000Inside 'The Talented Mr. Ripley'MovieSelf66
1999The SopranosSeriesWarren Feldman65
1999Eyes Wide ShutMovieVictor Ziegler65
1999Random HeartsMovieCarl Broman65
1999The Way We Were: Looking BackMovieSelf65
1999The DirectorsSeriesSelf65
1998Will & GraceSeriesGeorge Truman64
1998A Civil ActionMovieAl Eustis64
1997King of the HillSeriesGrant Trimble (voice)63
1997Just Shoot Me!SeriesSydney Pollack63
1996Burt Lancaster: Daring to ReachMovieSelf62
1996Love in HollywoodMovieSelf62
1994Inside the Actors StudioSeriesSelf60
1993FrasierSeriesHolden Thorpe (voice)59
1992Death Becomes HerMovieHospital Doctor (uncredited)58
1992Mad About YouSeriesDr. Sydney Warren58
1992The PlayerMovieDick Mellen58
1992Husbands and WivesMovieJack58
1991Robert Mitchum: The Reluctant StarMovieSelf57
1991Pebble MillSeriesSelf57
1990Sanford Meisner: The American Theatre's Best Kept SecretMovieSelf56
1989Broadway's Dreamers: The Legacy of the Group TheatreMovieSelf (voice)55
1988Hello Actors StudioMovieSelf54
1986Putting It Together: The Making of the Broadway AlbumMovieSelf52
1986Barbra Streisand: One VoiceMovieSelf - Audience Member (uncredited)52
1982TootsieMovieGeorge Fields48
1982Natalie - A Tribute to a Very Special LadyMovie—48
1979The Electric HorsemanMovieMan Who Makes Pass at Alice (uncredited)45
1975Les Rendez-vous du dimancheSeriesSelf41
1973The Men Who Made the Movies: Howard HawksMovieNarrator (voice)39
1973The Men Who Made the Movies: King VidorMovieSelf - Narrator (voice)39
1972Le Grand ÉchiquierSeriesSelf38
1968The Dick Cavett ShowSeriesSelf - Guest34
1962War HuntMovieSgt. Owen Van Horn28
1961The New BreedSeriesAustin Rogers27
1959The Twilight ZoneSeriesArthur Willis25
1959StartimeSeriesHarry25
1957Have Gun, Will TravelSeriesJoe Culp23
1956Playhouse 90SeriesAndres22
1955Alfred Hitchcock PresentsSeriesBernie Samuelson21