Filmography
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Known For
The Wild Bunch Writer (1969) -
Straw Dogs Writer (1971) -
The Getaway Director (1972) -
Known For
The Osterman Weekend Director (1983) -
Director
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Julian Lennon: Valotte (1984) -
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The Osterman Weekend (1983)
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Sparks: Funny Face (1981) -
Convoy (1978) -
Cross of Iron (1977) -
The Killer Elite (1975) -
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Pat Garrett & Billy the Kid (1973) -
![The Getaway]( "The Getaway")
The Getaway (1972) -
![Junior Bonner]( "Junior Bonner")
Junior Bonner (1972) -
![Straw Dogs]( "Straw Dogs")
Straw Dogs (1971) -
![The Ballad of Cable Hogue]( "The Ballad of Cable Hogue")
The Ballad of Cable Hogue (1970) -
![The Wild Bunch]( "The Wild Bunch")
The Wild Bunch (1969) -
![Bob Hope Presents the Chrysler Theatre]( "Bob Hope Presents the Chrysler Theatre")
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![ABC Stage 67]( "ABC Stage 67")
ABC Stage 67 (1966) -
![The Cincinnati Kid]( "The Cincinnati Kid")
The Cincinnati Kid (1965) -
![Major Dundee]( "Major Dundee")
Major Dundee (1965) -
![The Dick Powell Theatre]( "The Dick Powell Theatre")
The Dick Powell Theatre (1962-1963) -
![Ride the High Country]( "Ride the High Country")
Ride the High Country (1962) -
![Route 66]( "Route 66")
Route 66 (1961) -
![The Deadly Companions]( "The Deadly Companions")
The Deadly Companions (1961) -
![The Westerner]( "The Westerner")
The Westerner (1960) -
![Klondike]( "Klondike")
Klondike (1960) -
![Zane Grey Theatre]( "Zane Grey Theatre")
Zane Grey Theatre (1959-1960) -
![The Rifleman]( "The Rifleman")
The Rifleman (1958-1959) -
Director
![Broken Arrow]( "Broken Arrow")
Broken Arrow (1958) -
Writer
![Straw Dogs]( "Straw Dogs")
Straw Dogs (2011) -
![Bring Me the Head of Alfredo Garcia]( "Bring Me the Head of Alfredo Garcia")
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![Straw Dogs]( "Straw Dogs")
Straw Dogs (1971) -
![The Wild Bunch]( "The Wild Bunch")
The Wild Bunch (1969) -
![Villa Rides]( "Villa Rides")
Villa Rides (1968) -
![ABC Stage 67]( "ABC Stage 67")
ABC Stage 67 (1966) -
![The Glory Guys]( "The Glory Guys")
The Glory Guys (1965) -
![Major Dundee]( "Major Dundee")
Major Dundee (1965) -
![The Dick Powell Theatre]( "The Dick Powell Theatre")
The Dick Powell Theatre (1962-1963) -
![Ride the High Country]( "Ride the High Country")
Ride the High Country (1962) -
![One-Eyed Jacks]( "One-Eyed Jacks")
One-Eyed Jacks (1961) -
![The Westerner]( "The Westerner")
The Westerner (1960) -
![Klondike]( "Klondike")
Klondike (1960) -
![Pony Express]( "Pony Express")
Pony Express (1960) -
![Zane Grey Theatre]( "Zane Grey Theatre")
Zane Grey Theatre (1958-1960) -
![The Rifleman]( "The Rifleman")
The Rifleman (1958-1959) -
![Broken Arrow]( "Broken Arrow")
Broken Arrow (1957-1958) -
![Man Without a Gun]( "Man Without a Gun")
Man Without a Gun (1958) -
![Gunsmoke]( "Gunsmoke")
Gunsmoke (1955-1958) -
![Tombstone Territory]( "Tombstone Territory")
Tombstone Territory (1958) -
![Have Gun - Will Travel]( "Have Gun - Will Travel")
Have Gun - Will Travel (1958) -
![Trackdown]( "Trackdown")
Trackdown (1957) -
![Tales of Wells Fargo]( "Tales of Wells Fargo")
Tales of Wells Fargo (1957) -
![The 20th Century-Fox Hour]( "The 20th Century-Fox Hour")
The 20th Century-Fox Hour (1957) -
Writer
![Mr. Adams and Eve]( "Mr. Adams and Eve")
Mr. Adams and Eve (1957) -
Actor
![The Osterman Weekend]( "The Osterman Weekend")
The Osterman Weekend Maxwell danforth's aide (1983) -
![Un pasota con corbata]( "Un pasota con corbata")
Un pasota con corbata Director Sam Peckinpah (1982) -
![Heaven's Gate]( "Heaven's Gate")
Heaven's Gate Hangman (1980) -
![The Visitor]( "The Visitor")
The Visitor Dr. Sam Collins (1979) -
![China 9, Liberty 37]( "China 9, Liberty 37")
China 9, Liberty 37 Wilbur Olsen (1978) -
![Convoy]( "Convoy")
Convoy News Crew Director (1978) -
![Pat Garrett & Billy the Kid]( "Pat Garrett & Billy the Kid")
Pat Garrett & Billy the Kid Will (1973) -
![Junior Bonner]( "Junior Bonner")
Junior Bonner Man in Palace Bar (1972) -
![Last of the Badmen]( "Last of the Badmen")
Last of the Badmen Bit Part (1957) -
![Invasion of the Body Snatchers]( "Invasion of the Body Snatchers")
Invasion of the Body Snatchers Charlie (1956) -
![Wichita]( "Wichita")
Wichita Bank Teller (1955) -
![An Annapolis Story]( "An Annapolis Story")
An Annapolis Story Pilot (1955) -
Actor
![Dial Red O]( "Dial Red O")
Dial Red O Cook in Diner (1955) -
Producer
![The Ballad of Cable Hogue]( "The Ballad of Cable Hogue")
The Ballad of Cable Hogue (1970) -
![The Dick Powell Theatre]( "The Dick Powell Theatre")
The Dick Powell Theatre (1962-1963) -
Producer
![The Westerner]( "The Westerner")
The Westerner (1960) -
Soundtrack
![Bring Me the Head of Alfredo Garcia]( "Bring Me the Head of Alfredo Garcia")
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Archive footage
![Passion & Poetry - Sam's Final Cut]( "Passion & Poetry - Sam's Final Cut")
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![I Am Steve McQueen]( "I Am Steve McQueen")
I Am Steve McQueen (2014) -
![The Greatest Ever War Films]( "The Greatest Ever War Films")
The Greatest Ever War Films (2014) -
![Passion & Poetry: Sam's Trucker Movie]( "Passion & Poetry: Sam's Trucker Movie")
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![Special Collector's Edition]( "Special Collector's Edition")
Special Collector's Edition (2013) -
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Passion & Poetry: Sam's War (2011)
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![For the Love of Movies: The Story of American Film Criticism]( "For the Love of Movies: The Story of American Film Criticism")
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![Edge of Outside]( "Edge of Outside")
Edge of Outside (2006) -
![Filmmakers in Action]( "Filmmakers in Action")
Filmmakers in Action (2005) -
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![Passion & Poetry: The Ballad of Sam Peckinpah]( "Passion & Poetry: The Ballad of Sam Peckinpah")
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![Sam Peckinpah's West: Legacy of a Hollywood Renegade]( "Sam Peckinpah's West: Legacy of a Hollywood Renegade")
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![Z Channel: A Magnificent Obsession]( "Z Channel: A Magnificent Obsession")
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![Mantrap: Straw Dogs - The Final Cut]( "Mantrap: Straw Dogs - The Final Cut")
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![Easy Riders, Raging Bulls: How the Sex, Drugs and Rock 'N' Roll Generation Saved Hollywood]( "Easy Riders, Raging Bulls: How the Sex, Drugs and Rock 'N' Roll Generation Saved Hollywood")
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![Sam Peckinpah: Man of Iron]( "Sam Peckinpah: Man of Iron")
Sam Peckinpah: Man of Iron (1993) -
Archive footage
![Hollywood Mavericks]( "Hollywood Mavericks")
Hollywood Mavericks (1990) -
![La nuit des Césars]( "La nuit des Césars")
La nuit des Césars (1985) -
Additional Crew
![Morbidness]( "Morbidness")
Morbidness (1972) -
![Crime in the Streets]( "Crime in the Streets")
Crime in the Streets (1956) -
![World Without End]( "World Without End")
World Without End (1956) -
![At Gunpoint]( "At Gunpoint")
At Gunpoint (1955) -
![An Annapolis Story]( "An Annapolis Story")
An Annapolis Story (1955) -
![Seven Angry Men]( "Seven Angry Men")
Seven Angry Men (1955) -
![Dial Red O]( "Dial Red O")
Dial Red O (1955) -
Additional Crew
![Private Hell 36]( "Private Hell 36")
Private Hell 36 (1954) -
![Riot in Cell Block 11]( "Riot in Cell Block 11")
Riot in Cell Block 11 (1954) -
Art Department
![The Liberace Show]( "The Liberace Show")
The Liberace Show (1952) -
Second Unit Director or Assistant Director
![Jinxed!]( "Jinxed!")
Jinxed! (1982)
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Did You Know
Trivia
Was offered the chance to direct King Kong (1976) but turned it down.
Quotes
[on R.G. Armstrong] R.G. Armstrong played righteous villainy better than anybody I've ever seen.
Trademark
Balletic, slow-motion action sequences, edited so that the deaths of two or more characters are shown simultaneously.
Nickname
Bloody Sam
Personal Details
Born
David Edward Samuel Ernest Peckinpah Jr.
Fresno, California, USA
Died
(age 59)
Inglewood, California, USA
Height:
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