Sam Wanamaker: movies and TV shows
Sam Wanamaker has 105 credits in the archive: 60 films and 45 TV series, from 1948 to 1994. Highest rated: Hallmark Hall of Fame (8.8/10).
Career timeline
1948 – 1994 · busiest year: 1967 (9 credits)
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Full filmography
| Year | Title | Role | Type | Rating | Age then |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1994 | Wild Justice | Kingston Parker | Film | 5.5 | 75 |
| 1993 | Bloodlines: Murder in the Family | Gerald Woodman | Film | 5.0 | 74 |
| 1993 | Killer Rules | Joe Gambon | Film | 10.0 | 74 |
| 1991 | Guilty by Suspicion | Felix Graff | Film | 6.5 | 72 |
| 1991 | Pure Luck | Highsmith | Film | 5.6 | 72 |
| 1991 | Running Against Time | Doctor Koopman | Film | 6.2 | 72 |
| 1990 | Always Remember I Love You | Grandfather Mendham | Film | 8.0 | 71 |
| 1989 | The Shell Seekers | Richard | Film | 6.5 | 70 |
| 1988 | Baby Boom | Fritz Curtis | TV | 6.5 | 69 |
| 1988 | Judgment in Berlin | Bernard Hellring | Film | 5.5 | 69 |
| 1988 | Cognac | Ambassador Morley | Film | 5.3 | 69 |
| 1987 | Superman IV: The Quest for Peace | David Warfield | Film | 4.6 | 68 |
| 1987 | Baby Boom | Fritz Curtis | Film | 6.4 | 68 |
| 1987 | The Two Mrs. Grenvilles | District Attorney | TV | 5.0 | 68 |
| 1987 | Grace Kelly: The American Princess | Self | Film | 7.0 | 68 |
| 1987 | Grace Kelly: The American Princess | Film | 7.0 | 68 | |
| 1987 | Sadie and Son | Marty Goldstein | Film | 5.5 | 68 |
| 1986 | Raw Deal | Luigi Patrovita | Film | 5.8 | 67 |
| 1985 | Berrenger's | TV | 5.7 | 66 | |
| 1985 | Deceptions | Jim Nolan | TV | 6.0 | 66 |
| 1985 | The Aviator | Bruno Hansen | Film | 5.7 | 66 |
| 1985 | Deceptions | Jim Nolan | Film | 6.7 | 66 |
| 1985 | Embassy | Ambassador Arthur Ingram | Film | 5.0 | 66 |
| 1984 | Irreconcilable Differences | David Kessler | Film | 5.6 | 65 |
| 1984 | Heartsounds | Moe Silverman | Film | 8.0 | 65 |
| 1983 | The Ghost Writer | E.I. Lonoff | Film | — | 64 |
| 1982 | American Playhouse | E.I. Lonoff | TV | 6.6 | 63 |
| 1982 | I Was a Mail Order Bride | Frank Tosconi | Film | 6.0 | 63 |
| 1981 | Winston Churchill: The Wilderness Years | Bernard Baruch | TV | 6.3 | 62 |
| 1981 | The Killing of Randy Webster | Film | 6.0 | 62 | |
| 1981 | Our Family Business | Ralph | Film | 9.0 | 62 |
| 1981 | Aida - San Francisco Opera | Film | 8.0 | 62 | |
| 1980 | Private Benjamin | Teddy Benjamin | Film | 6.0 | 61 |
| 1980 | The Competition | Andrew Erskine | Film | 6.1 | 61 |
| 1980 | My Kidnapper, My Love | Film | 7.5 | 61 | |
| 1979 | Hart to Hart | TV | 6.8 | 60 | |
| 1979 | Mrs. Columbo | TV | 6.5 | 60 | |
| 1979 | From Hell to Victory | Ray MacDonald | Film | 6.4 | 60 |
| 1979 | Charlie Muffin | Ruttgers | Film | 6.4 | 60 |
| 1978 | Death on the Nile | Rockford | Film | 7.1 | 59 |
| 1978 | Return of the Saint | Domenico | TV | 7.0 | 59 |
| 1978 | Return of the Saint | TV | 7.0 | 59 | |
| 1978 | Holocaust | Moses Weiss | TV | 7.3 | 59 |
| 1978 | David Cassidy: Man Under Cover | TV | 6.0 | 59 | |
| 1978 | The Billion Dollar Bubble | Stanley Goldblum | Film | 7.5 | 59 |
| 1977 | Rafferty | TV | 7.5 | 58 | |
| 1977 | Sinbad and the Eye of the Tiger | Film | 6.6 | 58 | |
| 1977 | Billy Jack Goes to Washington | Bailey | Film | 6.5 | 58 |
| 1976 | Voyage of the Damned | Carl Rosen | Film | 6.0 | 57 |
| 1976 | The Sell Out | Harry Sickles | Film | 5.5 | 57 |
| 1975 | The Spiral Staircase | Lieut. Fields | Film | 5.2 | 56 |
| 1974 | Mousey | Inspector | Film | 5.2 | 55 |
| 1974 | The Law | Jules Benson | Film | — | 55 |
| 1973 | The Fifth Facade: The Making of the Sydney Opera House | Narrator | Film | — | 54 |
| 1972 | The Gangster Show: The Resistible Rise of Arturo Ui | O'Casey | Film | — | 53 |
| 1971 | Columbo | TV | 8.1 | 52 | |
| 1971 | Catlow | Film | 5.1 | 52 | |
| 1970 | The Executioner | Film | 5.9 | 51 | |
| 1969 | The File of the Golden Goose | Film | 5.7 | 50 | |
| 1968 | The Champions | TV | 6.5 | 49 | |
| 1968 | Lancer | TV | 5.6 | 49 | |
| 1968 | The Legend of Custer | Film | 5.0 | 49 | |
| 1967 | ITV Playhouse | Armitage | TV | 7.0 | 48 |
| 1967 | Judd, for the Defense | TV | 7.7 | 48 | |
| 1967 | Cimarron Strip | TV | 5.7 | 48 | |
| 1967 | Custer | TV | 6.4 | 48 | |
| 1967 | Coronet Blue | TV | 6.7 | 48 | |
| 1967 | Dundee and the Culhane | TV | 5.3 | 48 | |
| 1967 | Danger Route | Lucinda | Film | 5.6 | 48 |
| 1967 | Warning Shot | Frank Sanderman | Film | 6.4 | 48 |
| 1967 | The Day the Fish Came Out | Elias | Film | 4.8 | 48 |
| 1966 | Hawk | TV | 8.0 | 47 | |
| 1965 | The Wild Wild West | TV | 7.6 | 46 | |
| 1965 | Run for Your Life | Major Joe Rankin | TV | 7.1 | 46 |
| 1965 | Thirty-Minute Theatre | Solomon Ithimar, PhD | TV | 4.2 | 46 |
| 1965 | The Spy Who Came In from the Cold | Peters | Film | 7.1 | 46 |
| 1965 | For the People | TV | 6.5 | 46 | |
| 1965 | Those Magnificent Men in Their Flying Machines or How I Flew from London to Paris in 25 Hours 11 Minutes | George Gruber | Film | 6.8 | 46 |
| 1964 | Man in the Middle | Major Kaufman | Film | 6.5 | 45 |
| 1963 | The Outer Limits | Dr. Simon Holm | TV | 7.8 | 44 |
| 1963 | Espionage | Colonel Sprague | TV | 10.0 | 44 |
| 1963 | The Paradise Suite | Frank Engel | Film | — | 44 |
| 1962 | Man of the World | Nicola | TV | 7.2 | 43 |
| 1962 | Taras Bulba | Filipenko | Film | 6.3 | 43 |
| 1961 | The Defenders | Dr. Ralph Ames | TV | 6.3 | 42 |
| 1961 | The Defenders | James Henry David | TV | 6.3 | 42 |
| 1961 | The Defenders | United States Attorney Brooker | TV | 6.3 | 42 |
| 1961 | The Defenders | Edward Banter | TV | 6.3 | 42 |
| 1961 | The Defenders | TV | 6.3 | 42 | |
| 1960 | Sunday-Night Play | B.F. Halliran | TV | — | 41 |
| 1960 | Danger Man | Patrick Laurence | TV | 7.4 | 41 |
| 1960 | Armchair Mystery Theatre | TV | 9.0 | 41 | |
| 1960 | The Battle of the Sexes | Commentary spoken | Film | 6.5 | 41 |
| 1960 | The Criminal | Mike Carter | Film | 6.4 | 41 |
| 1956 | Armchair Theatre | Copeland | TV | 6.0 | 37 |
| 1956 | Armchair Theatre | TV | 6.0 | 37 | |
| 1956 | Armchair Theatre | Frank Engel | TV | 6.0 | 37 |
| 1955 | Gunsmoke | Asa Longworth | TV | 6.7 | 36 |
| 1955 | The Secret | Nick Delaney | Film | 5.6 | 36 |
| 1951 | Hallmark Hall of Fame | Richard | TV | 8.8 | 32 |
| 1951 | Mr. Denning Drives North | Chick Eddowes | Film | 6.4 | 32 |
| 1950 | Sunday Night Theatre | Pepe | TV | 3.5 | 31 |
| 1950 | Sunday Night Theatre | Ernie Pandish | TV | 3.5 | 31 |
| 1949 | Give Us This Day | Geremio | Film | 5.7 | 30 |
| 1948 | My Girl Tisa | Mark Denek | Film | 9.0 | 29 |