Samuel Goldwyn

Samuel Goldwyn

Production

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

Biography

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

Acting
Goldwyn: The Man and His Movies
8.0

(2001) Goldwyn: The Man and His Movies

as Self (archive footage)

Ben-Hur: A Tale of the Christ
7.3

(1925) Ben-Hur: A Tale of the Christ

as Chariot Race Spectator (uncredited)

Salinger
6.3

(2013) Salinger

as Self - Film Producer (archive footage)

6.0

(1955) Hollywood Preview

as Self

The Ed Sullivan Show
6.6

(1948) The Ed Sullivan Show

as Self

What's My Line?
6.9

(1950) What's My Line?

as Self - Mystery Guest