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Sam Peckinpah (1925–1984)

Writer | Director | Producer

"If they move", commands stern-eyed William Holden, "kill 'em". So begins The Wild Bunch, Sam Peckinpah's bloody, high-body-count eulogy to the mythologized Old West. "Pouring new wine into the bottle of the Western, Peckinpah explodes the bottle", observed critic Pauline Kael. That exploding bottle... See full bio »

Born:

David Samuel Peckinpah
in Fresno, California, USA

Died:

(age 59) in Inglewood, California, USA
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Hide HideWriter (24 titles)
2011 Straw Dogs (earlier screenplay)
 
1974 Bring Me the Head of Alfredo Garcia (screenplay / story)
 
1971 Straw Dogs (screenplay)
 
1969 The Wild Bunch (screenplay)
 
1968 Villa Rides (screenplay)
 
1966 ABC Stage 67 (TV series)
– Noon Wine (1966) (writer)
 
1965 The Glory Guys
 
1965 Major Dundee (screenplay)
 
1962-1963 The Dick Powell Theatre (TV series)
– The Losers (1963) (story)
– Pericles on 31st Street (1962) (teleplay)
 
1962 Ride the High Country (uncredited)
 
1960 The Westerner (TV series)
– The Painting (1960) (creator)
– Hand on the Gun (1960) (creator)
– Going Home (1960) (creator)
– Line Camp (1960) (creator)
– Ghost of a Chance (1960) (creator)
See all 13 episodes »
 
1960 Klondike (TV series)
– Swoger's Mule (1960) (writer)
– Klondike Fever (1960) (writer)
 
1960 Pony Express (TV series)
– The Story of Julesberg (1960) (writer)
 
1958-1960 Zane Grey Theater (TV series)
– Miss Jenny (1960)
– Lonesome Road (1959) (writer)
– Trouble at Tres Cruces (1959) (writer)
– The Sharpshooter (1958) (writer)
 
1958-1959 The Rifleman (TV series)
– The Baby Sitter (1959) (story / teleplay)
– The Money Gun (1959) (teleplay)
– The Boarding House (1959) (written by)
– The Marshal (1958) (story / teleplay)
– Home Ranch (1958) (written by)
See all 6 episodes »
 
1957-1958 Broken Arrow (TV series)
– The Transfer (1958) (writer)
– The Teacher (1957) (teleplay)
– The Assassin (1957) (teleplay)
 
1958 Man Without a Gun (TV series)
– The Kidder (1958) (written by)
 
1955-1958 Gunsmoke (TV series)
– Dirt (1958) (teleplay / as David S. Peckinpah)
– How to Kill a Woman (1957) (screenplay / as David S. Peckinpah)
– Jealousy (1957) (teleplay)
– Poor Pearl (1956) (teleplay)
– Legal Revenge (1956) (teleplay)
See all 11 episodes »
 
1958 Tombstone Territory (TV series)
– Johnny Ringo's Last Ride (1958) (teleplay)
 
1958 Have Gun - Will Travel (TV series)
– The Singer (1958) (written by)
 
1957 Trackdown (TV series)
– The Town (1957) (writer)
 
1957 Tales of Wells Fargo (TV series)
– Apache Gold (1957) (teleplay and story)
 
1957 The 20th Century-Fox Hour (TV series)
– End of a Gun (1957) (teleplay)
 
1957 Mr. Adams and Eve (TV series)
 
Show ShowDirector (25 titles)
2004 Essential Music Videos: Classic '80s (video short) (video "Too Late for Goodbyes")
 
1983 The Osterman Weekend
 
1978 Convoy
 
1977 Cross of Iron
 
1975 The Killer Elite
 
1974 Bring Me the Head of Alfredo Garcia
 
1973 Pat Garrett & Billy the Kid
 
1972 The Getaway
 
1972 Junior Bonner
 
1971 Straw Dogs
 
1970 The Ballad of Cable Hogue
 
1969 The Wild Bunch
 
1967 Bob Hope Presents the Chrysler Theatre (TV series)
– The Lady Is My Wife (1967)
 
1966 ABC Stage 67 (TV series)
– Noon Wine (1966)
 
1965 The Glory Guys (uncredited)
 
1965 Major Dundee
 
1962-1963 The Dick Powell Theatre (TV series)
– The Losers (1963)
– Pericles on 31st Street (1962)
 
1962 Ride the High Country
 
1961 Route 66 (TV series)
– Mon Petit Chou (1961)
 
1961 The Deadly Companions
 
1960 The Westerner (TV series)
– The Painting (1960)
– Hand on the Gun (1960)
– The Courting of Libby (1960)
– Brown (1960)
– Jeff (1960)
 
1960 Klondike (TV series)
 
1959-1960 Zane Grey Theater (TV series)
– Miss Jenny (1960)
– Lonesome Road (1959)
– Trouble at Tres Cruces (1959)
 
1958-1959 The Rifleman (TV series)
– The Baby Sitter (1959)
– The Money Gun (1959)
– The Boarding House (1959)
– The Marshal (1958)
 
1958 Broken Arrow (TV series)
– The Transfer (1958)
 
Show ShowProducer (3 titles)
1970 The Ballad of Cable Hogue (producer)
 
1962-1963 The Dick Powell Theatre (TV series) (producer - 2 episodes)
– The Losers (1963) (producer)
– Pericles on 31st Street (1962) (producer)
 
1960 The Westerner (TV series) (producer - 12 episodes)
– The Painting (1960) (producer)
– Hand on the Gun (1960) (producer)
– Going Home (1960) (producer)
– Line Camp (1960) (producer)
– Ghost of a Chance (1960) (producer)
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Show ShowActor (11 titles)
1982 Un pasota con corbata
 
1979 The Visitor
Dr. Sam Collins
 
1978 China 9, Liberty 37
Wilbur Olsen, Dime Novelist
 
1978 Convoy
News Crew Director (uncredited)
 
1973 Pat Garrett & Billy the Kid
Will (uncredited)
 
1972 Junior Bonner
Man in Palace Bar (uncredited)
 
1957 Chain of Evidence (uncredited)
 
1956 Invasion of the Body Snatchers
Charlie
 
1955 Wichita
Bank Teller (uncredited)
 
1955 An Annapolis Story
Pilot (uncredited)
 
1955 Dial Red O
Cook in Diner (uncredited)
 
Show ShowMiscellaneous Crew (7 titles)
1972 Morbidness (screenplay supervisor - uncredited)
 
1956 Crime in the Streets (dialogue coach - as David S. Peckinpah)
 
1956 World Without End (dialogue director - uncredited)
 
1955 An Annapolis Story (dialogue coach)
 
1955 Dial Red O (dialogue coach)
 
1954 Private Hell 36 (dialogue director - as David Peckinpah)
 
1954 Riot in Cell Block 11 (production assistant - uncredited)
 
1982 Jinxed! (second unit director - uncredited)
 
Show ShowSoundtrack (1 title)
1974 Bring Me the Head of Alfredo Garcia ("Bad Blood Baby")
 
Show ShowArt Department (1 title)
1952 The Liberace Show (TV series) (stagehand)
 
Show ShowThanks (11 titles)
2014 Palominas (inspirational thanks) (pre-production)
 
2012 Django Unchained (dedicatee)
 
2011 Passion & Poetry: Sam Peckinpah's War (video documentary) (in memory of)
 
2010 Vixen Highway 2006: It Came from Uranus! (special thanks)
 
2009 Dream House (video short) (special thanks)
 
2009 Henry John and the Little Bug (short) (special thanks)
 
2008 Ten Dead Men (inspiration, thanks and love to the works of)
 
2007 Death Proof (special thanks)
 
2006 Running Scared (film dedicated to)
 
1995 Killer: A Journal of Murder (dedicatee)
 
1986 Bring Me the Head of Charlie Brown (short) (dedicatee - as Sam 'The Man' Peckinpah)
 
Show ShowSelf (5 titles)
1972 The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson (TV series)
Himself
– Episode dated 21 July 1972 (1972) … Himself
 
1971 Cinema (TV series documentary)
Himself
– Sam Peckinpah (1971) … Himself
 
1971 On Location: Dustin Hoffman (TV documentary short)
Himself
 
1970 The David Frost Show (TV series)
Himself
– Episode #2.135 (1970) … Himself
 
1970 The Irv Kupcinet Show (TV series)
Himself
– Episode dated 2 March 1970 (1970) … Himself
 
Show ShowArchive Footage (12 titles)
2013 Passion & Poetry: Sam's Killer Elite (video short)
Himself
 
2011 Passion & Poetry: Sam Peckinpah's War (video documentary)
Himself
 
2007 Passion & Poetry: Sam Peckinpah's Straw Dogs (video documentary short)
Himself
 
2006 Edge of Outside (documentary)
Himself
 
2005 Filmmakers in Action (documentary)
Himself
 
2005 Passion & Poetry: Major Dundee (video short)
Himself
 
2005 Passion & Poetry: The Ballad of Sam Peckinpah (documentary)
Himself
 
2004 Sam Peckinpah's West: Legacy of a Hollywood Renegade (TV documentary)
Himself
 
2003 Easy Riders, Raging Bulls: How the Sex, Drugs and Rock 'N' Roll Generation Saved Hollywood (documentary)
Himself
 
1993 Sam Peckinpah: Man of Iron (TV documentary)
Himself
 
1990 Hollywood Mavericks (documentary)
Himself
 
1985 La nuit des Césars (TV series documentary)
 

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The Ballad of Cable Hogue -- A hobo accidentally stumbles onto a water spring, and creates a profitable way station in the middle of the desert. Pat Garrett & Billy the Kid -- An aging Pat Garrett is hired as a lawman on behalf of a group of wealthy New Mexico cattle barons--his sole purpose being to bring down his old friend Billy the Kid. The Wild Bunch -- An aging group of outlaws look for one last big score as the "traditional" American West is disappearing around them.
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Personal Details

Publicity Listings:

8 Biographical Movies  | 20 Print Biographies  | 1 Interview  | 6 Articles  | 1 Magazine Cover Photo  | See more »

Alternate Names:

David S. Peckinpah | David Peckinpah | Sam 'The Man' Peckinpah

Height:

5' 9" (1.75 m)
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Did You Know?

Personal Quote:

[on his departure from The Rifleman] I walked from the series because Jules V. Levy and that group had taken over my initial concept and perverted it into pap. They wouldn't let Johnny grow up; they refused to let it be the story of a boy who grows to manhood learning what it's all about. See more »

Trivia:

In his January 1972 Playboy interview, Peckinpah was asked to comment about critic Pauline Kael's assertion that in Straw Dogs, he endorsed rape by having the protagonist's wife seemingly enjoy being violated by her ex-boyfriend. Pointing out that the scene in question was actually the first stage of a gangbang and that the wife clearly did not enjoy being taken by the second man... See more »

Trademark:

The lead character (or characters) in most of his films live by a code of conduct or honor that proves to be obsolete in the face of changing times. See more »

Nickname:

Mad Sam See more »

Star Sign:

Pisces