Biography
Samuel Gamliel Engel (December 29, 1904 β April 7, 1984) was a screenwriter and film producer from the 1930s until the 1960s. He wrote and produced such films as My Darling Clementine (1946), Sitting Pretty (1948), The Frogmen (1951), Night and the City (1950), and Daddy Long Legs (1955). Born in Woodridge, New York (then Centreville), Engel gained a degree in pharmacology from the Albany College of Pharmacy in 1924.Samuel G.Engel owned a chain of drug stores in Manhattan with his brother Irving, before moving to Los Angeles in 1930. Engel signed on as an assistant director at Warner Bros. in 1933, and joined the script department the following year. In 1936, he was hired to be a producer at 20th Century Fox.After serving with the OSS and US Navy in World War II, he continued as a film producer with 20th Century Fox until 1962, and continued as an independent producer until 1966.Engel was president of the Screen Producers Guild from 1955 to 1958, and was instrumental in promoting its merger with the analogous guild of television producers to form the Producers Guild of America, and started the televising of the Academy Awards ceremonies as first vice-president of the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences.Samuel G.Engel also contributed to the creation of the theater arts department in UCLA.
Filmography
all 42
Movies 42
Producer 22
Writer 19
Director 1
The Lion (1962)
The Story of Ruth (1960)
Bernardine (1957)
Boy on a Dolphin (1957)
Good Morning, Miss Dove (1955)
Daddy Long Legs (1955)
A Man Called Peter (1955)
Taxi (1953)
Something for the Birds (1952)
Belles on Their Toes (1952)
Pony Soldier (1952)
Red Skies of Montana (1952)
Follow the Sun (1951)
Rawhide (1951)
The Frogmen (1951)
The Jackpot (1950)
Night and the City (1950)
Come to the Stable (1949)
Mr. Belvedere Goes to College (1949)
Deep Waters (1948)
The Street with No Name (1948)
Sitting Pretty (1948)
Captain from Castile (1947)
My Darling Clementine (1946)
Thru Different Eyes (1942)
Young America (1942)
Blue, White, and Perfect (1942)
Charlie Chan in Rio (1941)
Private Nurse (1941)
Ride on Vaquero (1941)
Scotland Yard (1941)
Romance of the Rio Grande (1941)
Earthbound (1940)
Johnny Apollo (1940)
Viva Cisco Kid (1940)
Grand Jury Secrets (1939)
Lancer Spy (1937)
She Had to Eat (1937)
Stowaway (1936)
Sins of Man (1936)
The Big Shakedown (1934)
Blood Money (1933)
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GenderMale
Birthday1904-12-29
Deathday1984-04-07 (79 years old)
Birth PlaceWoodridge, United States of America
CitizenshipsUnited States of America
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