Sam Spiegel

Personal Info

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Production

Gender

Male

Birthday

1901-11-11 (84 years old)

Deathday

1985-12-31

Place of Birth

Jaroslau, Galicia, Austria-Hungary [now Jaroslaw, Podkarpackie, Poland]

Sam Spiegel

Biography

Born in Germany he went to America some time before the second World War and spent a year in Hollywood reading foreign scripts after which he returned to Berlin where he set up his own company to organise the remaking of foreign films into German language versions. One he handled was 'All Quiet on the Western Front', an anti war film that became a kind of personal crusade for him. On the opening night the Nazi's, then in power, put a bomb in the cinema. When the Nazis came into power he left Germany and divided his time between Britain, France and America. He changed his name to the more international sounding S.P. Eagle but changed it back w...

Acting

2024

Faye

as Self - Producer (archive footage)

2010

1929

Happy Days

as Sam Spiegel

Production

1952

1954

1962

1946

The Stranger

as Producer

1966

The Chase

as Producer

1959

1949

1967

The Happening

as Producer

1942

1953

Melba

as Producer

1936

The Invader

as Co-Producer

1933

The Oil Sharks

as Producer

1976

The Last Tycoon

as Producer

1951

When I Grow Up

as Producer

1951

The Prowler

as Producer

1957

The Strange One

as Producer

1971

1968

The Swimmer

as Executive Producer

1983

Betrayal

as Producer

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