Samuel G. Engel

Samuel G. Engel
Engel (center) with director Henry Koster and cinematographer Arthur Arling on the set of The Story of Ruth (1960)
Born	Samuel Gamliel Engel (1904-12-29)December 29, 1904 Woodridge, New York
Died	April 7, 1984(1984-04-07) (aged 79) Santa Cruz, California
Alma mater	Albany College of Pharmacy
Occupation(s)	Screenwriter, film producer and assistant director
Relatives	Irving Engel

Samuel Gamliel Engel (December 29, 1904 – April 7, 1984) was a screenwriter and film producer from the 1930s until the 1960s. He wrote and produced such films as My Darling Clementine (1946), Sitting Pretty (1948), The Frogmen (1951), Night and the City (1950), and Daddy Long Legs (1955).

Biography

Born in Woodridge, New York (then Centreville), Engel gained a degree in pharmacology from the Albany College of Pharmacy in 1924.

Samuel G.Engel owned a chain of drug stores in Manhattan with his brother Irving, before moving to Los Angeles in 1930. Engel signed on as an assistant director at Warner Bros. in 1933, and joined the script department the following year. In 1936, he was hired to be a producer at 20th Century Fox.

After serving with the OSS and US Navy in World War II, he continued as a film producer with 20th Century Fox until 1962, and continued as an independent producer until 1966.

Engel was president of the Screen Producers Guild from 1955 to 1958, and was instrumental in promoting its merger with the analogous guild of television producers to form the Producers Guild of America, and started the televising of the Academy Awards ceremonies as first vice-president of the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences.

Samuel G.Engel also contributed to the creation of the theater arts department in UCLA.

Personal life

Samuel G. Engel had a wife, Ruth, and two sons, Mark and Charles. He had a heart condition for many years before passing away in 1984.

Other roles

• Fellow of Brandeis University
• President of the Brandeis Institute

Selected filmography

Screenwriter

• The Big Shakedown (1934)
• Sins of Man (1936)
• Crack-Up (1936)
• We're Going to Be Rich (1938)
• Johnny Apollo (1940)
• Earthbound (1940)
• Scotland Yard (1941)
• Private Nurse (1941)
• My Darling Clementine (1946)

Producer (or co-producer)

• Crack-Up (1936)
• My Darling Clementine (1946)
• Sitting Pretty (1948)
• The Street With No Name (1948)
• Mr. Belvedere Goes to College (1949)
• Come to the Stable (1949)
• Night and the City (1950)
• The Jackpot (1950)
• Rawhide (1951)
• Follow the Sun (1951)
• Belles on Their Toes (1952)
• Pony Soldier (1952)
• Daddy Long Legs (1955)
• Good Morning, Miss Dove (1955)
• A Man Called Peter (1955)
• Boy on a Dolphin (1957)
• The Story of Ruth (1960)
• The Lion (1962)

External links

• Samuel G. Engel at IMDb