Sam Gilman

Sam Gilman was born on Feb 05, 1915 in USA. Sam Gilman's big-screen debut came with The Men directed by Fred Zinnemann in 1950, strarring . Sam Gilman is known for The Morning After directed by Richard T. Heffron, Dick Van Dyke stars as Charlie Lester and Lynn Carlin as Fran Lester. The upcoming new movie Sam Gilman plays is Every Which Way But Loose which will be released on Dec 20, 1978.

Before WWII Sam Gilman was a graduate of Pratt Institute majoring in Fine Art with a minor in Theater. He worked as an Artist, Inker, and Penciller during the Comics Golden Age. He was a Penciller for the premiere issue of Marvel Comics #1. Other titles he worked were: Amazing Man, Masked Marvel, Super Spy, Vapo Man, and Iron Skull. He set aside his art career to fight in the European theatre during WWII as an army staff sergeant in the camouflage core, Northern France Campaign. After returning from the war he returned to start his acting career in NY theater where he met Marlon Brando and Wally Cox. Sam was the elder more established actor when they met and became fast friends for life. Marlon convinced Sam to move to Hollywood, before Wally, and had a non-credited role in The Men.