Sam Spiegel

AKA:
S P Eagle S P Eagle
Nationality:
Austrian
Birthdate:
11/11/1903
Birthplace:
Jaroslau, Austria
Death Date:
12/31/1985
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biography
Viennese-born producer who began his career as a story translator in Hollywood in 1927. Soon after, Spiegel moved to Berlin, where he worked on French and German versions of several Universal films. He fled the Nazis in 1933 and independently produced several films before returning to Hollywood in 1935.

Spiegel established himself in the American industry in the early 1940s, using the pseudonym "S.P. Eagle" and scoring with such excellent productions as Orson Welles' "The Stranger" (1946) and John Huston's "The African Queen" (1952). He resumed the use of his real name for his credit on "On the Continued

Credits
Producer
1965
Producer
1954
Producer
Producer
1959
Producer
Producer
milestones
Year
Milestone
 
Worked as a "Young Pioneer" in Palestine in the early 1920s
 
Moved to USA as lecturer at University of California at Berkeley; heard by MGM producer Paul Bern who hired him as a reader of original stories in French, German, Spanish, Italian and Polish
 
Returned to Europe, re-filming Universal pictures (including "All Quiet on the Western Front") for foreign distribution
1933 
Independently produced several films following his departure from Nazi Germany
1939 
Returned to Hollywood
Continued