Samuel Goldwyn Jr.

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| name = Samuel Goldwyn Jr.

| image = Samuel Goldwyn Jr. at the world premiere of The Secret Life Of Walter Mitty's Gala After Party at the AFI Film Fest, November 13, 2013.jpg

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| caption = Goldwyn in 2013

| birth_name = Samuel John Goldwyn Jr.

| birth_date = {{Birth date|1926|9|7}}

| birth_place = Los Angeles, California, U.S.

| death_date = {{Death date and age|2015|01|09|1926|9|7}}

| death_place = Cedars-Sinai Medical Center, Los Angeles, California, U.S.

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| occupation = Producer

| years_active = 1948–2015

| spouse = {{plainlist|

{{marriage|Jennifer Howard|1950|1968|end=div}}
{{marriage|Peggy Elliott|1969|2005|end=div}}
{{marriage|Patricia Strawn|2010}}

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| children = 6, including Tony, John, and Liz Goldwyn

| parents = Frances Howard
Samuel Goldwyn

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Samuel John Goldwyn Jr. (September 7, 1926 – January 9, 2015) was an American film producer.

Early life

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.{{Cite web |last=Maurer |first=David A. |title=Yesteryears: UVa alumnus Samuel Goldwyn Jr. passed along sterling advice to alma mater |date=May 4, 2014 |url=http://www.dailyprogress.com/lifestyles/yesteryears_column/yesteryears-uva-alumnus-samuel-goldwyn-jr-passed-along-sterling-advice/article_0019ac78-d228-11e3-adb9-001a4bcf6878.html |access-date=May 5, 2018 |publisher=The Daily Progress}} His father was Jewish and his mother was Catholic; he was raised Catholic at his mother’s insistence.{{cite news |last1=Goldstein |first1=Patrick |title=The Master Storyteller and the Truth He Chose Not to Tell |url=https://www.latimes.com/archives/la-xpm-2001-oct-02-ca-52217-story.html |work=Los Angeles Times |date=October 2, 2001}}

Career

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.{{Cite web |date=January 9, 2015 |title=Samuel Goldwyn Jr., Hollywood Scion, Dies at 88 |url=https://www.nytimes.com/2015/01/10/business/media/samuel-goldwyn-jr-hollywood-scion-dies-at-88.html |access-date=January 10, 2015 |website=The New York Times}} 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.{{Cite web |last=Dagan |first=Carmel |date=January 9, 2015 |title=Samuel Goldwyn Jr. Dies at 88 |url=https://variety.com/2015/film/news/samuel-goldwyn-jr-dies-at-88-1201399483/ |access-date=January 10, 2015 |website=Variety |publisher=Penske Media Corporation}}

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.

Death

Goldwyn died of congestive heart failure on January 9, 2015, at Cedars-Sinai Medical Center in Los Angeles, California, at the age of 88.{{Cite web |date=January 9, 2015 |title=Samuel Goldwyn Jr Dead; Producer, Executive & Son Of Movie Mogul Was 88 |url=https://deadline.com/2015/01/samuel-goldwyn-jr-dead-producer-son-of-movie-mogul-was-88-1201346205/ |access-date=January 10, 2015 |publisher=Deadline Hollywood}}

Partial filmography

He was a producer in all films unless otherwise noted.

=Film=

class="wikitable" style="font-size:95%;" ! style="background:#B0C4DE;" \| Year ! style="background:#B0C4DE;" \| Film ! style="background:#B0C4DE;" \| Credit ! style="background:#B0C4DE;" \| Notes
1948	Good-Time Girl	Associate producer
1955	Man with the Gun
1956	The Sharkfighters
1958	The Proud Rebel
1960	The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn
1964	The Young Lovers	Director
1970	Cotton Comes to Harlem
1972	Come Back, Charleston Blue
1979	The Visitor	Executive producer	{{center\|Uncredited}}
1983	The Golden Seal
1985	Once Bitten	Executive producer
rowspan=2\| 1987	A Prayer for the Dying		{{center\|Uncredited}}
Fatal Beauty	Executive producer	{{center\|Uncredited}}
1988	Mystic Pizza	Executive producer
1990	Stella
1991	Rock-a-Doodle	Executive producer
1993	The Program
1996	The Preacher's Wife
1997	Ovosodo	Executive producer
1998	Viola Kisses Everybody	Executive producer
2001	Tortilla Soup	Executive producer
2003	Master and Commander: The Far Side of the World
2013	The Secret Life of Walter Mitty		Final film as a producer

;Miscellaneous crew

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1952	A Killer Walks	Presenter: Original play
1955	Man with the Gun	rowspan=2\| Presenter
1958	The Proud Rebel

;As director

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! style="background:#B0C4DE;" | Film

1964

The Young Lovers

;Thanks

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! style="background:#B0C4DE;" | Year

! style="background:#B0C4DE;" | Film

! style="background:#B0C4DE;" | Role

1997

Welcome to Woop Woop

Special thanks

2016

Who's Driving Doug

The producers wish to thank

=Television=

class="wikitable" style="font-size:95%;" ! style="background:#B0C4DE;" \| Year ! style="background:#B0C4DE;" \| Title ! style="background:#B0C4DE;" \| Credit ! style="background:#B0C4DE;" \| Notes
1956	Sneak Preview
1967	Off to See the Wizard
1987	59th Academy Awards		Television special
rowspan=2\| 1988	60th Academy Awards		Television special
April Morning	Executive producer	Television film
1996–97	Flipper	Executive producer