- Known For
- Production
- Born
- September 7, 1926
- Place of Birth
- Los Angeles, California, USA
- Died
- January 9, 2015
Samuel Goldwyn Jr.
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 …
Filmography
movieThe Secret Life of Walter Mitty
2013 · Producer
movieCasablanca: An Unlikely Classic
2012 · Self
movieMichael Curtiz: The Greatest Director You Never Heard Of
2012 · Self
tvMoguls & Movie Stars: A History of Hollywood
2010 · Self
movieThe Boys: The Sherman Brothers' Story
2009 · Self
movieThe Brothers Warner
2008 · Self
movieStardust: The Bette Davis Story
2006 · Self
movieIrving Thalberg: Prince of Hollywood
2005 · Self
movieMaster and Commander: The Far Side of the World
2003 · Producer
movieGoldwyn: The Man and His Movies
2001 · Self
movieTortilla Soup
2001 · Executive Producer
movieMary Pickford: A Life on Film
2000 · Self
movieAlan Ladd: The True Quiet Man
1999 · Self
movieThe Preacher's Wife
1996 · Producer
Korda: I Don't Grow on Trees: Part One
movieKorda: I Don't Grow on Trees: Part One
1993 · Self - Interviewee
movieThe Program
1993 · Producer
movieRock-A-Doodle
1991 · Executive Producer
movieStella
1990 · Producer
movieMinnamurra
1989 · Producer
movieMystic Pizza
1988 · Executive Producer
movieApril Morning
1988 · Executive Producer
movieFatal Beauty
1987 · Executive Producer
movieOnce Bitten
1985 · Executive Producer
movieThe Golden Seal
1983 · Producer
movieThe Visitor
1979 · Executive Producer
movieCome Back, Charleston Blue
1972 · Producer
movieCotton Comes to Harlem
1970 · Producer
movieThe Young Lovers
1964 · Director, Producer
movieThe Adventures of Huckleberry Finn
1960 · Producer
movieThe Proud Rebel
1958 · Producer
movieThe Sharkfighters
1956 · Producer
movieMan with the Gun
1955 · Producer, Presenter
movieGood-Time Girl
1948 · Associate Producer