- Films
- 24
- Avg rating
- 6.18
- Peak run
- 1960’66
Every film, by IMDb rating
The career
Dot size shows IMDb votes. Films with fewer than 1,000 votes sit on the baseline.
As an actor, films with 1,000+ votes
Sam by the numbers
Average
6.18
15 rated films
Vote weighted
6.13
bigger films count more
Median
6.4
half are better
Consistency
±0.83
rating spread
Career
43y
1949 to 1991
Total votes
221K
across every film
Best
7.5
The Spy Who Came in from the Cold
Worst
3.8
Superman IV: The Quest for Peace
Newest first
Filmography
| 1991 |  Guilty by Suspicion | Felix Graff | 6.6 | 10,639 |
| 1991 | Pure Luck | Highsmith | 5.8 | 8,323 |
| 1988 | Judgment in Berlin | Bernard Hellring | · | 976 |
| 1988 | Cognac | Ambasador Morli | · | 374 |
| 1987 |  Baby Boom | Fritz Curtis | 6.4 | 21,550 |
| 1987 |  Superman IV: The Quest for Peace | David Warfield | 3.8 | 58,308 |
| 1986 |  Raw Deal | Luigi Patrovita | 5.6 | 41,694 |
| 1985 | The Aviator | Bruno Hansen | 5.6 | 1,733 |
| 1984 | Irreconcilable Differences | David Kessler | 5.8 | 3,666 |
| 1980 | The Competition | Andrew Erskine | 6.6 | 3,097 |
| 1980 |  Private Benjamin | Teddy Benjamin | 6.2 | 31,295 |
| 1977 | Billy Jack Goes to Washington | Bailey | · | 899 |
| 1976 | The Sell-Out | Harry Sickles | · | 535 |
| 1976 | Voyage of the Damned | Carl Rosen - First Class Passenger | 6.4 | 3,990 |
| 1975 | The Spiral Staircase | Lieut. Fields | · | 745 |
| 1967 | The Day the Fish Came Out | Elias | · | 703 |
| 1967 | Danger Route | Lucinda | · | 596 |
| 1966 | Warning Shot | Frank Sanderman | 6.7 | 1,176 |
| 1965 |  The Spy Who Came in from the Cold | Peters | 7.5 | 21,039 |
| 1964 | The Winston Affair | Major Kaufman | 6.6 | 1,151 |
Better together?
Sam Wanamaker's regulars
- Charles GrayDirector and actor · 2 films
- Peter CollinsonDirector and actor · 2 films
- Charles ShyerDirector and actor · 2 films · 6.10 avg●−0.04
- Roy BuddComposer · 2 films · 6.00 avg
- Yul BrynnerDirector and actor · 2 films · 5.60 avg▼−0.60
The number on the right is the lift: their average together minus the average of their two careers.
Takes
On Sam Wanamaker
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