Samuel G. 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).

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
DiedApril 7, 1984(1984-04-07) (aged 79)
Santa Cruz, California
Alma materAlbany College of Pharmacy
Occupation(s)Screenwriter, film producer and assistant director
RelativesIrving Engel

Biography

Born in Woodridge, New York (then Centreville), Engel gained a degree in pharmacology from the Albany College of Pharmacy in 1924.[1]

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.[1]

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.[2]

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.[1]

Samuel G.Engel also contributed to the creation of the theater arts department in UCLA.[1]

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.[1][2]

Other roles

Selected filmography

Screenwriter

Producer (or co-producer)

References
  1. Ap (1984-04-12). "SAMUEL G. ENGEL DEAD AT 70; LED SCREEN PRODUCERS GUILD". The New York Times. ISSN 0362-4331. Retrieved 2021-05-27.
  2. "Veteran film producer Samuel G. Engel was buried Monday..." UPI. Retrieved 2021-05-28.
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