Sam Wanamaker

Sam Wanamaker was born on Jun 14, 1919 in USA. Sam Wanamaker's big-screen debut came with Give Us This Day directed by Edward Dmytryk in 1949, strarring Geremio. Sam Wanamaker is known for Always Remember I Love You directed by Michael Miller, Patty Duke stars as Ruth Monroe and Stephen Dorff as Robert Mendham. The upcoming new movie Sam Wanamaker plays is Wild Justice which will be released on May 13, 1994.

Actor and director Sam Wanamaker was born in Chicago, Illinois, to Ukrainian Jewish immigrants, Molly (Babell) and Maurice Wattenmaker, a tailor. He studied at Drake University, IA, then trained at Goodman Theatre, Chicago, worked with summer stock companies in Chicago as an actor and director, and made his London debut in 1952. In 1957, he was appointed director of the New Shakespeare Theatre, Liverpool, and in 1959 joined the Shakespeare Memorial Theatre company at Stratford-upon-Avon. He produced or directed several works at Covent Garden and elsewhere in the 1960s and 1970s, including the Shakespeare Birthday Celebrations in 1974. He worked both as director and actor in films and television, his appearances included La nuit de la peur (1975), La bidasse (1980), Superman IV (1987), and Baby Boom (1987).Married to Charlotte Holland, his daughter is actress Zoë Wanamaker.