Birthday
1879/08/17
Day of death
1974/01/31 (94 years old)
Gender
Male
Place of Birth
Warsaw, Poland
Also know as
Sam Goldwyn
Samuel Goldwyn (born Szmul Gelbfisz), also known as Samuel Goldfish, was a Polish American film producer. He was most well known for being the founding contributor and executive of several motion picture studios in Hollywood. In 1916, Goldwyn partnered with Broadway producers Edgar and Archibald Selwyn, using a combination of both names to call their movie-making enterprise Goldwyn Pictures. Seeing an opportunity, Samuel Gelbfisz then had his name legally changed to Samuel Goldwyn, which he used...Read more
(2001) Goldwyn: The Man and His Movies
as Self (archive footage)
(1925) Ben-Hur: A Tale of the Christ
as Chariot Race Spectator (uncredited)
(2013) Salinger
as Self - Film Producer (archive footage)
(1955) Hollywood Preview
as Self
(1948) The Ed Sullivan Show
as Self
(1950) What's My Line?
as Self - Mystery Guest