Sam Spiegel

Producer

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Also Known As

S P Eagle, S. P. Eagle

Birth Place

Austria

Born

November 11, 1903

Died

December 31, 1985

Biography

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Viennese-born producer who began his career as a story translator in Hollywood in 1927. Soon after, Spiegel moved to Berlin, where he worked on French and German versions of several Universal films. He fled the Nazis in 1933 and independently produced several films before returning to Hollywood in 1935.Spiegel established himself in the American industry in the early 1940s, using the pse...

Filmography

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Betrayal (1983)

The Last Tycoon (1976)

Nicholas and Alexandra (1971)

Nicholas and Alexandra (1971)

The Night of the Generals (1967)

The Happening (1967)

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Lawrence Of Arabia (1962) -- (Movie Clip) Aqaba

Lawrence of Arabia (1962) -- (Movie Clip) My Name Is For My Friends

Family & Companions

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Betty Benson

Wife

Third wife.

Notes

"You make a star, you make a monster" --quote attributed to Sam Spiegel

Biography

Viennese-born producer who began his career as a story translator in Hollywood in 1927. Soon after, Spiegel moved to Berlin, where he worked on French and German versions of several Universal films. He fled the Nazis in 1933 and independently produced several films before returning to Hollywood in 1935.

Spiegel established himself in the American industry in the early 1940s, using the pseudonym "S.P. Eagle" and scoring with such excellent productions as Orson Welles' "The Stranger" (1946) and John Huston's "The African Queen" (1952). He resumed the use of his real name for his credit on "On the Waterfront" (1954) and the "Spiegel" imprimatur went on to adorn such notable, independently produced films as "The Bridge On the River Kwai" (1957) and "Lawrence of Arabia" (1962).

Filmography

Producer (Feature Film)

Betrayal (1983)

The Last Tycoon (1976)

Nicholas and Alexandra (1971)

Nicholas and Alexandra (1971)

The Night of the Generals (1967)

The Happening (1967)

The Happening (1967)

Executive Producer

The Chase (1966)

Lawrence of Arabia (1962)

Suddenly, Last Summer (1959)

Suddenly, Last Summer (1959)

The Bridge on the River Kwai (1957)

The Strange One (1957)

On the Waterfront (1954)

The African Queen (1951)

The Prowler (1951)

When I Grow Up (1951)

We Were Strangers (1949)

The Stranger (1946)

Tales of Manhattan (1942)

Production Companies (Feature Film)

Lawrence of Arabia (1962)

Cast (Special)

The American Film Institute Salute to John Huston (1983)

Life Events

1933

Independently produced several films following his departure from Nazi Germany

1939

Returned to Hollywood

1942

First US production, "Tales of Manhattan" (credited as S.P. Eagle)

1954

Resumed use of name "Sam Spiegel" on credits

1983

Produced last film, "Betrayal"

Videos

Lawrence Of Arabia (1962) -- (Movie Clip) Aqaba Peter O'Toole (title character) has intimated that he and colleagues (Omar Sharif, Anthony Quinn) were less-than sober for the glorious raid on Aqaba, Jordan, actually shot in Spain, in David Lean's Lawrence Of Arabia, 1962.

Lawrence of Arabia (1962) -- (Movie Clip) My Name Is For My Friends Remarkable tension and photography by Freddie Young, as Lawrence (Peter O'Toole) and Tafas (Zia Mohyeddin) meet Sherif Ali (Omar Sharif) in a famous scene from David Lean's Lawrence Of Arabia, 1962.

Lawrence Of Arabia (1962) -- (Movie Clip) Did You Know Him Well? Joining director David Lean’s opening after credits, Peter O’Toole (title character) meets his end, then shooting a soundstage interior but real exterior of St. Paul’s, London, Anthony Quayle, Jack Hawkins and Arthur Kennedy among the mourners, from Lawrence Of Arabia, 1962.

African Queen, The (1951) -- (Movie Clip) Opening, German East Africa Opening titles and introduction of key characters Rose (Katharine Hepburn), "Brother" (Robert Morley), Alnut (Humphrey Bogart) and the boat called The African Queen, 1951, directed by John Huston.

African Queen, The (1951) -- (Movie Clip) On Account Of The War Captain Charlie Alnut (Humphrey Bogart) has tea with missionaries Brother (Robert Morley) and Sister (Katharine Hepburn) where they discuss gastric noise and war, in John Huston's The African Queen, 1951.

African Queen, The (1951) -- (Movie Clip) Skinny Old Maid! Rose (Katharine Hepburn) gets familiar with the phenomenon of Charlie (Humphrey Bogart) drinking, as he makes clear his disgust with her determination to sail on, in John Huston's The African Queen, 1951.

African Queen, The (1951) -- (Movie Clip) Clean Habits A soliloquy for Charlie (Humphrey Bogart) after Rose (Katharine Hepburn) has dumped all his gin into the river, in John Huston's The African Queen, 1951.

African Queen, The (1951) -- (Movie Clip) Any Mere Physical Experience... Grizzled launch captain Charlie Alnut (Humphrey Bogart) is disappointed when bereaved missionary Rose (Katharine Hepburn) enjoys her first run on the rapids, and is determined to press on with her plan to attack the Germans, in John Huston's The African Queen, 1951.

African Queen, The (1951) -- (Movie Clip) We Showed 'Em! Having just evaded the German fort, Rose (Katharine Hepburn) and Charlie (Humphrey Bogart) hit another stretch of rapids, which they pass to their mutual surprise, in John Huston's The African Queen, 1951.

Stranger, The (1946) -- (Movie Clip) There Is No Franz Kindler! Director and star Orson Welles opens introducing Edward G. Robinson as Nazi hunter Wilson, in Vienna, demanding the release of low-value prisoner Meinke (Konstantin Shayne), in hopes he’ll lead him to a major fugitive, quickly to South America where Lillian Molieri assists, John Brown the photographer, in The Stranger, 1946, also starring Loretta Young.

Stranger, The (1946) -- (Movie Clip) God's Will Be Done Impressive single take by director and star Orson Welles, as incognito Nazi fugitive Kindler, posing as a Vermont teacher, in the woods to meet his old flunkie Meinke (Konstantin Shayne), who claims he's converted to Christianity, and who has been followed, in The Stranger, 1946.

Stranger, The (1946) -- (Movie Clip) Marx Was A Jew Under-cover Nazi hunter Wilson (Edward G. Robinson), dining with Mary (Loretta Young) and her brothers (Philip Merivale, Richard Long), is just about convinced that her professor husband (writer-director Orson Welles) is no war criminal, in The Stranger, 1946.

Nicholas and Alexandra - (Original Trailer) Nicholas and Alexandra (1971), the story of Russia's last czar, Nicolas II, and his ill-fated family.

Happening, The - (Original Trailer) A kidnapped gangster (Anthony Quinn) joins forces with the hipsters who abducted him in The Happening (1967).

On The Waterfront - (Original Trailer) Eight Academy Awards went to On The Waterfront (1954) about a stevedore (Marlon Brando) thinking of informing on the mob.

Chase, The - (Original Trailer) A convict's escape ignites passions in his hometown in The Chase (1966) starring Marlon Brando, Jane Fonda and Robert Redford.

African Queen, The - (Original Trailer) Humphrey Bogart won a Best Actor Oscar portraying a grizzled skipper who pilots missionary Katharine Hepburn aboard The African Queen (1951).

Lawrence of Arabia - (Original Trailer) A British military officer (Peter O'Toole) enlists the Arabs for desert warfare during WWI in Lawrence of Arabia (1962).

Stranger, The -- (Original Trailer) A small-town schoolteacher suspects her new husband may be an escaped Nazi war criminal in The Stranger (1946) starring Orson Welles, Edward G. Robinson and Loretta Young.

Family

Alisa Freedman

Daughter

Adam Spiegel

Son

Companions

Betty Benson

Wife

Third wife.

Bibliography

Notes

"You make a star, you make a monster" --quote attributed to Sam Spiegel

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