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Sam Wanamaker

American actor (1919–1993)

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Also known as Samuel Wattenmacker · Samuel Wanamaker

Born: June 14, 1919
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1.Stated in Integrated Authority FileRetrieved 2014-05-06
2.Stated in BnF authoritiesRetrieved 2015-10-10
3.Stated in SNACRetrieved 2017-10-09
4.Stated in Internet Broadway DatabaseRetrieved 2017-10-09
5.Stated in Find a GraveRetrieved 2017-10-09
6.Stated in Find a GraveRetrieved 2017-10-09
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Died: December 18, 1993
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1.Stated in Integrated Authority FileRetrieved 2014-05-06
2.Stated in BnF authoritiesRetrieved 2015-10-10
3.Stated in SNACRetrieved 2017-10-09
4.Stated in Internet Broadway DatabaseRetrieved 2017-10-09
5.Stated in Find a GraveRetrieved 2017-10-09
6.Stated in Find a GraveRetrieved 2017-10-09
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Birthplace: Chicago
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1.Stated in Integrated Authority FileRetrieved 2014-12-20
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Place of death: London
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1.Stated in Union List of Artist NamesRetrieved 2018-10-25
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Citizenship: United States
Occupation: film actor
, film director
, stage actor
+5 more
Education: University of Valladolid
, Drake University
Languages spoken, written or signed: English

Overview

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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 much 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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Appears in

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The Day the Fish Came Out(1967)
The Spy Who Came in from the Cold(1965)
Those Magnificent Men in their Flying Machines(1965)
Taras Bulba(1962)
The Criminal(1960)
The Secret(1955)
Give Us This Day(1949)

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7 linked to Sam Wanamaker in Wikidata

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2 linked to Sam Wanamaker in Wikidata

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Awards: Laurence Olivier Awards
Benjamin Franklin Medal(1989)
Commander of the Order of the British Empire
Society of London Theatre Special Award
Given name: Sam
Samuel
Cause of death: lung cancer
Participated in conflict: World War II
Child: Zoë Wanamaker
Manner of death: natural causes
Military branch: United States Army
Place of burial: Southwark Cathedral
Sex or gender: male
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1.Stated in BnF authoritiesRetrieved 2015-10-10
2.Stated in Integrated Authority FileRetrieved 2024-06-24
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Start of work period: 1934
Related category: Category:Films directed by Sam Wanamaker category contains: film directed by this person
Family name: Wanamaker
Documentation files at: SAPA Foundation, Swiss Archive of the Performing Arts subject named as: Wanamaker, Sam
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1.Stated in performing-arts.chRetrieved 2022-08-29
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Number of children: 3
Name in native language: Sam Wanamaker

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