Samuel Wanamaker, (born Wattenmacker; June 14, 1919 – December 18, 1993) was an American actor and director who moved to the United Kingdom after becoming fearful of being blacklisted in Hollywood due to his communist views. He is credited as the person most responsible for saving The Rose Theatre, which led to the modern recreation of

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Theatre in London, where he is commemorated in the name of the Sam Wanamaker Playhouse, the site's second theatre.

Early life

Wanamaker was born in

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, the son of tailor Maurice Wattenmacker (Manus Watmakher) and Molly (''née'' Bobele). His parents were

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from

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. He was the younger of two brothers, the elder being William, long-term cardiologist at

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. He trained at the Goodman School of Drama at the Art Institute of Chicago (now at DePaul University) and at Drake University and began working with

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companies in Chicago and northern

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, where he helped build the stage of the

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Theatre in 1937.

Career

Wanamaker began his acting career in traveling shows and later worked on Broadway. In 1942 he starred with Ingrid Bergman in the play ''Joan of Lorraine'' and directed ''Two Gentlemen from Athens'' the following year."Actor Sam Wanamaker, 74; rebuilt Globe Theater", ''Chicago Tribune'', December 19, 1993 In 1943, Wanamaker was part of the cast of the play ''Counterattack'' at the National Theatre,

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During the play, he became enamored of the ideals of communism. He attended

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prior to serving in the

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between 1943 and 1946, during the

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. In 1947, he returned to civilian life as an actor and director. In 1948 he starred in and directed the original Broadway production of '' Goodbye, My Fancy''. Sam Wanamaker - 1977

In 1951, Wanamaker made a speech welcoming the return of two of the

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. In 1952, at the height of the McCarthy " Red Scare" period, Wanamaker, who was then acting in the UK, learned that despite his distinguished service in the Army during World War II, his years as a communist could lead to his being blacklisted in Hollywood. He consequently decided to remain in England, where he reestablished his career as a stage and film actor, along with becoming a director and producer. He explained: In 1952, he made his debut as both actor and director in London in

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' ''Winter Journey''. The play, which co-starred

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, was considered "sensational" by critics. He later appeared in other plays, including ''The Big Knife'', ''The Shrike'', ''The Rainmaker'', and ''

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'' (revived in New York in 1954 in a translation by Marc Blitzstein.) In 1957, he was appointed director of the neglected New Shakespeare Theatre in

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. He brought a number of notable productions to the theatre, such as ''A View From the Bridge'', ''Cat on a Hot Tin Roof'', ''The Rose Tattoo'' and ''Bus Stop''. It was also transformed into a lively arts centre as a result of including other cultural attractions, such as films, lectures, jazz concerts and art exhibits. As a result of all his various activities, Wanamaker became London's "favourite American actor and director", noted ''The Guardian''. In 1959, he joined the Shakespeare Memorial Theatre company at Stratford-upon-Avon, playing

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's Othello in

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's production that year. In the 1960s and 1970s, he produced or directed several works at venues including the

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, Covent Garden, and directed the

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Birthday Celebrations in 1974. As a director and actor, he worked in both films and television, with roles in '' The Spiral Staircase'' (1974), '' Private Benjamin'' (1980), '' Superman IV: The Quest for Peace'' (1987), and '' Baby Boom'' (1987). In 1968, he produced and directed the pilot episode of the Western TV series '' Lancer''; a fictionalized version of this is depicted in the 2019 film '' Once Upon a Time in Hollywood'', and 2021 novelization with Wanamaker portrayed by Nicholas Hammond in the film. He also directed stage productions, including the world premiere production of

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's opera '' The Ice Break''. In 1980, he directed Giuseppe Verdi's opera ''

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'' starring Luciano Pavarotti at

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(now broadcast version released as DVD). He was also featured as the widowed and very ruthless department store owner Simon Berrenger on the short-lived television drama '' Berrenger's'' in 1985.

Restoring the Globe Theatre

In 1970 Wanamaker's career took a dramatic turn after he was annoyed that while a number of replicas of the Globe Theatre existed in the United States, the site of the original in London was marked by only a plaque on a nearby brewery. He then made it his goal to restore an exact replica of the Globe to feature plays and a museum. It became Wanamaker's "great obsession" to restore Shakespeare's Globe Theatre at its original location. He secured financial support from philanthropists and fellow lovers of Shakespeare, such as Samuel H. Scripps, to see that it would be created. Wanamaker then founded the Shakespeare Globe Trust, which raised well over ten million dollars. London, UK (August 2014) - 156

Though, as in the late 16th and 17th centuries, the 20th century Royal family were more or less supportive, British officialdom was far less so, since they wanted to develop the site for new high-rise housing and commercial use.

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, which controlled the site, refused to give Wanamaker the precise dimensions of the original Globe. Edward Chaney, "Sam Wanamaker's Global Legacy", ''Salisbury Review'', June 1995, pp. 38–40."Sam Wanamaker's Great Obsession," by Karl E. Meyer, ''The New York Times'', December 29, 1996. According to Karl Meyer of ''The New York Times'':

The Shakespeare project helped Mr. Wanamaker keep his sanity and dignity intact. On his first visit to London in 1949, he had sought traces of the original theatre and was astonished to find only a blackened plaque on an unused brewery. He found this neglect inexplicable, and in 1970 launched the Shakespeare Globe Trust, later obtaining the building site and necessary permissions despite a hostile local council. He siphoned his earnings as actor and director into the project, undismayed by the scepticism of his British colleagues.

On the south bank of the

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in London, near where the modern recreation of

stands today, is a plaque that reads: "In Thanksgiving for Sam Wanamaker, Actor, Director, Producer, 1919–1993, whose vision rebuilt Shakespeare's Globe Theatre on Bankside in this parish". There is a blue plaque on the river-side wall of the theatre, and the site's Jacobean indoor theatre, opened in January 2014, is named the Sam Wanamaker Playhouse after him. For his work in reconstructing the Globe Theatre, Wanamaker, in July 1993, was made an honorary

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(CBE). He was also honoured with the Benjamin Franklin Medal by the Royal Society of Arts in recognition of his contribution to theatre. When multi-

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-winning British actor Mark Rylance accepted his third Tony on stage in New York City during the televised ceremonies on June 8, 2014, he did so with a note of thanks to Wanamaker.

Personal life

In 1940, Wanamaker married Canadian actress Charlotte Holland. In her 2014 memoir, ''I Said Yes to Everything'',

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claimed that during production of the film ''

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'' (1976), Wanamaker engaged in an affair with British actress

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, who was twenty-one at the time. Actress Zoë Wanamaker is his daughter and film historian Marc Wanamaker is his nephew.

Death

Wanamaker died of prostate cancer in London on December 18, 1993, aged 74, prior to the grand opening of the Globe by Queen Elizabeth II on June 12, 1997. He was survived by three daughters, Abby, Zoë, and Jessica.

Filmography

Actor

*'' My Girl Tisa'' (1948) as Mark Denek *'' Give Us This Day'' (1949) as Geremio *'' Mr. Denning Drives North'' (1952) as Chick Eddowes *'' The Secret'' (1955) as Nick Delaney *'' The Battle of the Sexes'' (1959) as Narrator (voice) *'' The Criminal'' (1960) as Mike Carter *''

Taras Bulba ''Taras Bulba'' (russian: «Тарас Бульба»; ) is a romanticized historical novella set in the first half of the 17th century, written by Nikolai Gogol (1809-1852). It features elderly Zaporozhian Cossack Taras Bulba and his sons And ...

'' (1962) as Filipenko *'' Man in the Middle'' (1964) as Maj. Leon Kaufman, a psychiatrist *'' The Spy Who Came In from the Cold'' (1965) as Peters *'' Those Magnificent Men in Their Flying Machines'' (1965) as George Gruber *'' Warning Shot'' (1967) as Frank Sanderman *''

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'' (1967) as Elias *'' Danger Route'' (1968) as Lucinda *'' Arturo UI'' (1972, TV Movie) as O'Casey *'' The Law'' (1974, TV Movie) as Jules Benson *'' Mousey'' (1974, TV Movie) as Inspector *'' The Spiral Staircase'' (1975) as Lieutenant Fields *'' The Sell Out'' (1976) as Harry Sickles *''

'' (1976) as Carl Rosen *'' Billy Jack Goes to Washington'' (1977) as Bailey *'' The Billion Dollar Bubble'' (1978) as Stanley Goldblum *''

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'' (1978) as Sterndale Rockford *''

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'' (1978, TV mini-series) as Moses Weiss *'' Contro 4 bandiere'' (1979) as Ray MacDonald *''

Charlie Muffin ''Charlie Muffin'' is a 1979 made-for-TV film based on the 1977 novel of the same name by Brian Freemantle. In the U.S., the picture was later re-released under the title ''A Deadly Game''. A Euston Films production, the movie features Da ...

'' (1979, TV Movie) as Ruttgers *'' Private Benjamin'' (1980) as Teddy Benjamin *'' The Competition'' (1980) as Andrew Erskine *'' Winston Churchill: The Wilderness Years'' (1981) as Bernard Baruch *'' Our Family Business'' (1981, TV Movie) as Ralph *'' I Was a Mail Order Bride'' (1982, TV Movie) as Frank Tosconi *'' Heartsounds'' (1984, TV Movie) as Moe Silverman *''

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'' (1984) as David Kessler *'' The Ghost Writer'' (1984, TV Movie) as E.I. Lonoff *'' Berrenger's'' (1985, TV Series) as Simon Berrenger *'' The Aviator'' (1985) as Bruno Hansen *''

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'' (1985, TV Movie) as Ambassador Arthur Ingram *'' Deceptions'' (1985, TV Movie) as Jim Nolan *'' Raw Deal'' (1986) as Luigi Patrovita *'' Sadie and Son'' (1987, TV Movie) as Marty Goldstein *'' Baby Boom'' (1987) as Fritz Curtis *'' Superman IV: The Quest for Peace'' (1987) as David Warfield *'' The Two Mrs. Grenvilles'' (1987, TV Movie) as District Attorney *'' Baby Boom'' (1988, TV series based on the 1987 film) as Fritz Curtis *'' Judgment in Berlin'' (1988) as Bernard Hellring *'' Tajna manastirske rakije'' (1988) as Ambassador Morley *'' The Shell Seekers'' (1989, TV Movie) as Richard *'' Always Remember I Love You'' (1990, TV Movie) as Grandfather Mendham *'' Running Against Time'' (1990, TV Movie) as Doctor Koopman *''

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'' (1991) as Felix Graff *'' Pure Luck'' (1991) as Highsmith *''

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'' (1992) (uncredited) *'' Killer Rules'' (1993, TV Movie) as Gambon *'' Bloodlines: Murder in the Family'' (1993, TV Movie) as Gerald Woodman *'' Wild Justice'' (1994, TV Movie) as Kingston Parker (final film role)

Television

*''

'' (1978 TV Mini-Series) as Moses Weiss *'' Cameo Theatre'' in "Manhattan Footstep" (episode # 1.4) June 7, 1950 *''

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'' – as Patrick Laurence in "The Lonely Chair" (episode # 1.8) October 30, 1960 *'' The Defenders'' – as Dr. Ralph Ames in "The Hundred Lives of Harry Simms" (episode # 1.7) October 28, 1961 *'' The Defenders'' – as James Henry David in "A Book for Burning" (episode # 2.27) March 30, 1963 *'' Man of the World'' – as Nicko in "The Bandit" (episode # 2.1) May 11, 1963 *''

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'' – as Sprague in "Festival of Pawns" (episode # 1.10) December 11, 1963 *'' The Outer Limits'' – as Dr. Simon Holm in " A Feasibility Study" (episode # 1.29) April 13, 1964 *'' The Defenders'' – as Edward Banter in "Hollow Triumph" (episode # 3.35) June 20, 1964 *'' The Defenders'' – as United States Attorney Brooker in "A Taste of Ashes" (episode # 4.8) November 12, 1964 *'' The Wild Wild West'' – as Dr. Arcularis in "The Night of the Howling Light" (episode # 1.14) December 17, 1965 *'' Gunsmoke'' – as Asa Longworth in "Parson Comes to Town" (episode # 11.31) April 30, 1966 *'' Run for Your Life'' – as Major Joe Rankin in two episodes *'' The Baron'' – as Sefton Folkard in "You Can't Win Them All" (episode # 1.19) February 1, 1967 *'' Judd for the Defense'' – as Shelly Gould in "The Gates of Cerberus" (episode # 2.8) November 15, 1968 *''

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'' in "A Wen" (episode # 1.233) December 27, 1971 *'' Rafferty'' – as Hollander in "Rafferty" (Pilot) (episode # 1.1) September 5, 1977 *''

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'' – as Domenico in "Dragonseed" (episode # 1.22) February 25, 1979

Director

*'' The Defenders'' (TV series) – episode "Eyewitness" (1965) *''

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'' (TV series) – episode "The Bitter Wind" (1966) *'' Hawk'' (TV series) – episodes "Do Not Mutilate or Spindle", "Game with a Dead End" and "How Close Can You Get?" (1966) *''

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'' (TV series) – episode "Broken Wing" (1967) *''

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'' (TV series) – episode "Sabers in the Sun" (1967) *''

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'' (TV series) – episode "The Jubilee Raid Brief" (1967) *''

Coronet Blue ''Coronet Blue'' is an American adventure drama series that ran on CBS from May 29 until September 4, 1967. It starred Frank Converse as Michael Alden, an amnesiac in search of his identity. Brian Bedford co-starred. The show's 13 episodes were f ...

'' (TV series) – episodes "The Rebels", "Man Running", "Saturday" and "The Presence of Evil" (1967) *'' Lancer'' (TV series) – episode "The High Riders" (1968) *'' Premiere'' (TV series) – episode "Lassiter" (1968) *''

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'' (TV series) – episode "To Trap A Rat" (1968) *'' The File of the Golden Goose'' (1969) *'' The Executioner'' (1970) *'' Catlow'' (1971) *'' Sinbad and the Eye of the Tiger'' (1977) *'' Columbo: The Bye-Bye Sky High IQ Murder Case'' (1977) (TV) *'' David Cassidy - Man Undercover'' (TV series) – episode "Cage of Steel" (1978) *''

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'' (TV series) – episode "Death in the Slow Lane" (1979) *''

'' (TV series) – episode "Vicious Circle" (1979) *''Mrs. Columbo'' aka '' Kate Loves a Mystery'' (TV series) – episodes "A Puzzle for Prophets" and "Falling Star" (1979) *'' The Killing of Randy Webster'' (1981) (TV) *'' Columbo: Grand Deceptions'' (1989) (TV)

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