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Samuel Goldwyn Jr.
Los Angeles, California, USA
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…
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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 four children including actor Tony Goldwyn and studio executive John Goldwyn. They divorced in 1968 and he then married Peggy Elliot, with whom he had two children, including Liz Goldwyn. His second marriage also ended in divorce. At the time of his death he was married to his third wife, Patricia Strawn.
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2013
The Secret Life of Walter Mitty
Movie Producer
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2012
Casablanca: An Unlikely Classic
Movie Self
- 2012
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2010
Moguls & Movie Stars: A History of Hollywood
TV show Self
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2009
The Boys: The Sherman Brothers' Story
Movie Self
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2008
The Brothers Warner
Movie Self
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2006
Stardust: The Bette Davis Story
Movie Self
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2005
Irving Thalberg: Prince of Hollywood
Movie Self
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2003
Master and Commander: The Far Side of the World
Movie Producer
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2001
Goldwyn: The Man and His Movies
Movie Self
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2001
Tortilla Soup
Movie Executive Producer
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2000
Mary Pickford: A Life on Film
Movie Self
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1999
Alan Ladd: The True Quiet Man
Movie Self
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1996
The Preacher's Wife
Movie Producer
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1993
Korda: I Don't Grow on Trees: Part One
Movie Self - Interviewee
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1993
The Program
Movie Producer
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1991
Rock-A-Doodle
Movie Executive Producer
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1990
Stella
Movie Producer
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1989
Minnamurra
Movie Producer
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1988
Mystic Pizza
Movie Executive Producer
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1988
April Morning
Movie Executive Producer
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1987
Fatal Beauty
Movie Executive Producer
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1985
Once Bitten
Movie Executive Producer
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1983
The Golden Seal
Movie Producer
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1979
The Visitor
Movie Executive Producer
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1972
Come Back, Charleston Blue
Movie Producer
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1970
Cotton Comes to Harlem
Movie Producer
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1964
The Young Lovers
Movie Director
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1960
The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn
Movie Producer
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1958
The Proud Rebel
Movie Producer
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1956
The Sharkfighters
Movie Producer
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1955
Man with the Gun
Movie Producer
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1948
Good-Time Girl
Movie Associate Producer
