About

Known credits:
33
Birthday:
1926-09-07
Place of birth:
Los Angeles, California, USA
Website:
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Samuel Goldwyn Jr.

Overview

Samuel John Goldwyn Jr. (September 7, 1926 – January 9, 2015) was an American film producer.

Samuel Goldwyn Jr. was born on September 7, 1926, in Los Angeles, California, the son of actress Frances Howard (1903–1976) and the pioneer motion picture mogul Samuel Goldwyn (1882–1974). He attended Fountain Valley School in Colorado Springs, Colorado and the University of Virginia. He was raised Catholic like his mother, at her insistence.

After serving in the United States Army during World War II, he worked as a theatrical producer in London and for Edward R. Murrow at CBS in New York. He then followed in his father's footsteps and founded the motion picture production companies Formosa Productions, The Samuel Goldwyn Company and Samuel Goldwyn Films.

In 1950 Goldwyn married actor Jennifer Howard (1925–1993), the daughter of prominent author and screenwriter Sidney Howard. The couple had four children including actor Tony Goldwyn and studio executive John Goldwyn. They divorced in 1968 and he then married Peggy Elliot, with whom he had two children, including Liz Goldwyn. His second marriage also ended in divorce. At the time of his death he was married to his third wife, Patricia Strawn.

Known for

Acting

2012 Casablanca: An Unlikely Classic Actor Self 59
Average
2012 Michael Curtiz: The Greatest Director You Never Heard Of Actor Self 59
Average
2010 Moguls & Movie Stars: A History of Hollywood Actor Self 67
Fair
2009 The Boys: The Sherman Brothers' Story Actor Self 59
Average
2008 The Brothers Warner Actor Self 59
Average
2005 Irving Thalberg: Prince of Hollywood Actor Self N/A
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2001 Goldwyn: The Man and His Movies Actor Self 59
Average
2000 Mary Pickford: A Life on Film Actor Self N/A
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1999 Alan Ladd: The True Quiet Man Actor Self 59
Average

Directing

1964 The Young Lovers Directing Director 58
Average

Production

2013 The Secret Life of Walter Mitty Production Producer 71
Good
2003 Master and Commander: The Far Side of the World Production Producer 70
Good
2001 Tortilla Soup Production Executive Producer 59
Average
1996 The Preacher's Wife Production Producer 58
Average
1993 The Program Production Producer 59
Average
1991 Rock-A-Doodle Production Executive Producer 59
Average
1990 Stella Production Producer 58
Average
1989 Minnamurra Production Producer 58
Average
1988 Mystic Pizza Production Executive Producer 60
Fair
1988 April Morning Production Executive Producer 59
Average
1987 Fatal Beauty Production Executive Producer 58
Average
1985 Once Bitten Production Executive Producer 58
Average
1983 The Golden Seal Production Producer 58
Average
1979 The Visitor Production Executive Producer 57
Average
1972 Come Back, Charleston Blue Production Producer 58
Average
1970 Cotton Comes to Harlem Production Producer 59
Average
1964 The Young Lovers Production Producer 58
Average
1960 The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn Production Producer 59
Average
1958 The Proud Rebel Production Producer 59
Average
1956 The Sharkfighters Production Producer 58
Average
1955 Man with the Gun Production Producer 59
Average
1948 Good-Time Girl Production Associate Producer 59
Average

Crew

1955 Man with the Gun Crew Presenter 59
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