Samuel Goldwyn
Production
August 17, 1879
Died January 31, 1974 (94 years old)
Warsaw, Poland
9
Acting Credits
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...
Known For
Filmography
Charmed Lives: A Family Romance
2028
as Self (archive footage)
Salinger
2013
as Self - Film Producer (archive footage)
6.4
Goldwyn: The Man and His Movies
2001
as Self (archive footage)
8.5
Small World: Vivien Leigh
1958
as Self
Small World
1958
as Self
7.3
Hollywood Preview
1955
as Self
7
What's My Line?
1950
as Self
7
The Ed Sullivan Show
1948
as Self
6.8
Ben-Hur: A Tale of the Christ
1925
as Chariot Race Spectator (uncredited)
7.3