Sam Peckinpah (1925–1984)

Writer | Director | Producer

"If they move", commands stern-eyed William Holden, "kill 'em". So begins The Wild Bunch (1969), Sam...

Born: February 21, 1925
Died: December 28, 1984 (age 59)

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Filmography

Known For

The Wild Bunch Writer (1969)
Straw Dogs Writer (1971)
The Getaway Director (1972)
Known For

Invasion of the Body Snatchers Charlie (1956)
Director

Essential Music Videos: Classic '80s (2004)
Julian Lennon: Valotte (1984)
Julian Lennon: Too Late for Goodbyes (1984)
The Osterman Weekend (1983)
Convoy (1978)
Cross of Iron (1977)
The Killer Elite (1975)
Bring Me the Head of Alfredo Garcia (1974)
Pat Garrett & Billy the Kid (1973)
The Getaway (1972)
Junior Bonner (1972)
Straw Dogs (1971)
The Ballad of Cable Hogue (1970)
The Wild Bunch (1969)
Bob Hope Presents the Chrysler Theatre (1967)
ABC Stage 67 (1966)
Major Dundee (1965)
The Dick Powell Theatre (1962-1963)
Ride the High Country (1962)
Route 66 (1961)
The Deadly Companions (1961)
The Westerner (1960)
Klondike (1960)
Zane Grey Theater (1959-1960)
The Rifleman (1958-1959)
Director

Broken Arrow (1958)
Writer

Straw Dogs (2011)
Bring Me the Head of Alfredo Garcia (1974)
Straw Dogs (1971)
The Wild Bunch (1969)
Villa Rides (1968)
ABC Stage 67 (1966)
The Glory Guys (1965)
Major Dundee (1965)
The Dick Powell Theatre (1962-1963)
Ride the High Country (1962)
One-Eyed Jacks (1961)
The Westerner (1960)
Klondike (1960)
Pony Express (1960)
Zane Grey Theater (1958-1960)
The Rifleman (1958-1959)
Broken Arrow (1957-1958)
Man Without a Gun (1958)
Gunsmoke (1955-1958)
Tombstone Territory (1958)
Have Gun - Will Travel (1958)
Trackdown (1957)
Tales of Wells Fargo (1957)
The 20th Century-Fox Hour (1957)
Writer

Mr. Adams and Eve (1957)
Actor

The Osterman Weekend Maxwell danforth's aide (1983)
Heaven's Gate Hangman (1980)
The Visitor Dr. Sam Collins (1979)
China 9, Liberty 37 Wilbur Olsen (1978)
Convoy News Crew Director (1978)
Pat Garrett & Billy the Kid Will (1973)
Junior Bonner Man in Palace Bar (1972)
Invasion of the Body Snatchers Charlie (1956)
Wichita Bank Teller (1955)
An Annapolis Story Pilot (1955)
Actor

Dial Red O Cook in Diner (1955)
Producer

The Ballad of Cable Hogue (1970)
The Dick Powell Theatre (1962-1963)
Producer

The Westerner (1960)
Soundtrack

Bring Me the Head of Alfredo Garcia (1974)
Archive footage

I Am Steve McQueen (2014)
The Greatest Ever War Films (2014)
Passion & Poetry: Sam's Trucker Movie (2013)
Special Collector's Edition (2013)
Passion & Poetry: Sam's Killer Elite (2013)
Passion & Poetry: Sam's War (2011)
For the Love of Movies: The Story of American Film Criticism (2009)
Passion & Poetry: Sam Peckinpah's Straw Dogs (2007)
Edge of Outside (2006)
Filmmakers in Action (2005)
Passion & Poetry: Major Dundee (2005)
Passion & Poetry: The Ballad of Sam Peckinpah (2005)
Sam Peckinpah's West: Legacy of a Hollywood Renegade (2004)
Z Channel: A Magnificent Obsession (2004)
Mantrap: Straw Dogs - The Final Cut (2003)
Easy Riders, Raging Bulls: How the Sex, Drugs and Rock 'N' Roll Generation Saved Hollywood (2003)
Sam Peckinpah: Man of Iron (1993)
Archive footage

Hollywood Mavericks (1990)
La nuit des Césars (1985)
Additional Crew

Morbidness (1972)
Crime in the Streets (1956)
World Without End (1956)
An Annapolis Story (1955)
Dial Red O (1955)
Additional Crew

Private Hell 36 (1954)
Riot in Cell Block 11 (1954)
Art Department

The Liberace Show (1952)
Second Unit Director or Assistant Director

Jinxed! (1982)

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Awards

Did You Know

Trivia

Served in the US Marine Corps during World War II, but did not see combat.

[on how screenwriting allowed him to become a director] Yeah, but it was hell, because I hate writing. I suffer the tortures of the damned. I can't sleep and it feels like I'm going to die any minute. Eventually, I lock myself away somewhere, out of...