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Known For

Directing

Known Credits

23

Gender

Male

Birthday

1921-11-08

Day of Death

2015-03-28 (94 years old)

Place of Birth

New York City, New York, USA

Also Known As

Gene Saks

Biography

Gene Saks (born Jean Michael Saks; November 8, 1921 – March 28, 2015) was an American director and actor. As a stage director, he was nominated for seven Tony Awards, winning three for his direction of I Love My Wife, Brighton Beach Memoirs, and Biloxi Blues. Description above from the Wikipedia article Gene Saks, licensed under CC-BY-SA, full list of contributors on Wikipedia.

Known For

Acting

Nobody's Fool

1994

Nobody's Fool

as

Wirf Wirfley

I.Q.

1994

I.Q.

as

Boris Podolsky

The One and Only

1978

The One and Only

as

Sidney Seltzer

Funny

1988

Funny

as

Self

Three Plays by Tennessee Williams

1958

Three Plays by Tennessee Williams

as

Bob Harper (Segment "The Last of My Solid Gold Watches")

The Dybbuk

1960

The Dybbuk

as

Mikoel

Lovesick

1983

Lovesick

as

Mr. Houseman, Frantic Patient

Deconstructing Harry

1997

Deconstructing Harry

as

Harry's Father

The Goodbye People

1984

The Goodbye People

as

Marcus Soloway

Law & Order

Law & Order

as

Carl Samuel

Production

Barrymore

2012

Barrymore

as

Crew

Directing