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Jul 7, 2023 · From 1976 to 1977, Elliott captured the lead role as Sam Damon in One an Eagle opposite Amy Irving and Melanie Griffith. Then came the 1976 film Lifeguard , which pretty much earned him heartthrob ...
Jul 7, 2023 · Elliott’s current role in the Paramount + series 1883 — a Yellowstone prequel — as Shea Brennan has earned him a Screen Actors Guild Award. The series details the Dutton family’s tragic cross-country journey on The Oregon Trail. The 78-year-old has said filming the tragic character of Brennan was not easy.
Nov 19, 2023 · Born in Sacramento, Elliott moved to Los Angeles in the late 1960s to pursue acting after finding inspiration in theater arts during college. His breakout role came in 1976‘s Lifeguard, though Elliott first made waves with his minor part in 1969‘s classic Butch Cassidy and the Sundance Kid.
- 78 years old
- Sacramento, California
- August 9, 1944
- Samuel Pack Elliott
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Jun 24, 2022 · A comedic Western based on the lives of two notorious bank-robbing outlaws, the film seems like a perfect fit for Elliott, who spent much of his career working within the genre. Unfortunately for ...
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Sam Elliott was born in Sacramento, California, and spent his teenage years in Portland, Oregon. This makes his molasses-slow drawl something of a unique mystery. Elliott moved to Los Angeles during the late ’60s to pursue acting. In 1969, he made a minor appearance in Butch Cassidy and the Sundance Kid as a card player. Over the next decade, Ellio...
In case you don’t remember this overlooked gem, think Baywatch with heart. Lifeguardfollows the story of Rick, played by Sam Elliot, who is a 32-year-old lifeguard at a Southern California beach. Rick begins to question his life choices and playboy ways after a fifteen-year high school reunion. At the reunion, Rick runs into Cathy, played by Anne A...
Writing in 2012 for the New York Times, filmmaker David Finkel said, “If you weren’t 17 yourself then and bored and oversexed, you probably didn’t see [Lifeguard].” And yet the apparent flop made an impact on the Devil Wears Prada director. He writes of the “cliche-ridden” summer flick: “I remember Lifeguard all these years later, and that counts f...
Filmed in 1975, "Lifeguard" relays the story of an aging L.A. lifeguard (Sam Elliott) during the summer of '75. He suffers an early mid-life crisis when his friends and family continually reveal their disapproval of his career choice.
Southern California lifeguard Rick Carlson (Sam Elliott) has a real passion for his work, but, when he attends a high school reunion, he begins to feel that his peers have accomplished more than ...
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