Filmography
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Known For
Straw Dogs Writer (1971) -
The Wild Bunch Writer (1969) -
The Osterman Weekend Director (1983) -
Known For
Invasion of the Body Snatchers Charlie (1956) -
Director
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Julian Lennon: Valotte (1984) -
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The Osterman Weekend (1983)
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Convoy (1978) -
Cross of Iron (1977) -
The Killer Elite (1975) -
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Pat Garrett & Billy the Kid (1973) -
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) -
![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 Theater]( "Zane Grey Theater")
Zane Grey Theater (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 Theater]( "Zane Grey Theater")
Zane Grey Theater (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) -
![The Visitor]( "The Visitor")
The Visitor Dr. Sam Collins (1979) -
![China 9, Liberty 37]( "China 9, Liberty 37")
China 9, Liberty 37 Wilbur Olsen, Dime Novelist (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) -
![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
![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) -
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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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![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 (1993)
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Archive footageHollywood Mavericks (1990)
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![La nuit des Césars]( "La nuit des Césars")
La nuit des Césars (1985) -
Miscellaneous 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) -
![An Annapolis Story]( "An Annapolis Story")
An Annapolis Story (1955) -
![Dial Red O]( "Dial Red O")
Dial Red O (1955) -
Miscellaneous 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)
All Filmography
Did You Know
Trivia
Was offered the chance to direct King Kong (1976) but turned it down.
Quotes
[Responding to critics of his films as being too violent] Well, killing a man isn't clean and quick and simple. It's bloody and awful. And maybe if enough people come to realize that shooting somebody isn't just fun and games, maybe we'll get ...
Trademark
Balletic, slow-motion action sequences, edited so that the deaths of two or more characters are shown simultaneously.
Nickname
Bloody Sam
Star Sign
Pisces
Personal Details
Born
David Edward Samuel Ernest Peckinpah Jr.
Fresno, California, USA
Died
(age 59)
Inglewood, California, USA
Height:
5' 9" (1.75 m)User Polls
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