Sam Shepard
American playwright and actor (1943–2017)
Samuel Shepard Rogers III[1] (November 5, 1943 – July 27, 2017) was an American playwright, actor, and television and movie director. He is the author of several books. He received the Pulitzer Prize for Drama in 1979 for his play Buried Child. Shepard was nominated for an Academy Award for Best Supporting Actor for his portrayal of pilot Chuck Yeager in The Right Stuff (1983).
Sam Shepard | |
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 Shepard in June 2004 | |
| Born | Samuel Shepard Rogers III November 5, 1943 Fort Sheridan, Illinois, U.S. |
| Died | July 27, 2017 (aged 73) Midway, Kentucky, U.S. |
| Occupations |
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| Years active | 1963–2017 |
| Spouse | |
| Partner | Jessica Lange (c. 1982; sep. 2009) |
| Children | 3 |
| Website | www |
Early years
changeBorn Samuel Shepard Rogers IV in Fort Sheridan, Illinois, he worked on a ranch as a teenager. His father, Samuel Shepard Rogers, Jr., was a teacher and farmer. His father was in the United States Army Air Forces as a bomber pilot during World War II. His mother, Jane Elaine (née Schook), was a teacher and from Chicago, Illinois.[2][3] After high school, Shepard went to college for a little while. He quit to join a travelling theater group. He was also a drummer for the different late-1960s rock band The Holy Modal Rounders. The band was in the movie Easy Rider (1969).
Awards and honors
change| Year | Nominated work(s) | Category | Result |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1966 | Chicago, Icarus's Mother, Red Cross | Obie Award for Best Distinguished Play(s) | Won |
| 1967 | La Turista | Won | |
| 1968 | Forensic and the Navigator, Melodrama Play | Won | |
| 1973 | The Tooth of Crime | Won | |
| 1975 | Action | Obie Award for Best Playwriting | Won |
| 1977 | Curse of the Starving Class | Obie Award for Best New American Play | Won |
| 1979 | Buried Child | Obie Award for Best Playwriting | Won |
| Pulitzer Prize for Drama | Won | ||
| 1980 | Himself | Obie Award for Sustained Achievement | Won |
| 1984 | Fool for Love | Obie Award for Best New American Play | Won |
| Obie Award for Best Direction | Won | ||
| The Right Stuff | Academy Award for Best Supporting Actor | Nominated | |
| 1985 | Paris, Texas | BAFTA Award for Best Adapted Screenplay | Nominated |
| 1986 | A Lie of the Mind | Drama Desk Award for Outstanding Play | Won |
| New York Drama Critics' Circle for Best Play | Won | ||
| Outer Critics Circle Award for Outstanding Off-Broadway Play | Won | ||
| 1992 | Himself | American Academy of Arts and Letters – Gold Medal for Drama | Won |
| 1994 | American Theatre Hall of Fame | Inducted | |
| 1996 | Buried Child | Tony Award for Best Play | Nominated |
| 1997 | Hallmark Hall of Fame: "Lily Dale" | Lone Star Film & Television Award for Best TV Supporting Actor | Nominated |
| 1999 | Dash and Lilly | Emmy Award for Outstanding Lead Actor in a Miniseries or a Movie | Nominated |
| 2000 | Golden Globe Award for Best Actor in a Miniseries or TV Film | Nominated | |
| True West | Tony Award for Best Play | Nominated | |
| 2001 | Black Hawk Down | Phoenix Film Critics Society Award for Best Acting Ensemble | Nominated |
| 2008 | Ruffian | SAG Award for Outstanding Performance by a Male Actor in a TV Movie or Miniseries | Nominated |
Death
changeShepard died on July 27, 2017 at his home in Midway, Kentucky from complications of ALS, aged 73.[4]
Bibliography
change| Bibliography | ||
|---|---|---|
| Year | Title | Notes |
| 1964 | Cowboys | |
| The Rock Garden | ||
| 1965 | Chicago | |
| Icarus's Mother | ||
| 4-H Club | ||
| 1966 | Red Cross | |
| 1967 | La Turista | |
| Cowboys #2 | ||
| Forensic & the Navigators | ||
| 1969 | The Unseen Hand | |
| Oh! Calcutta! | contributed sketches | |
| 1970 | The Holy Ghostly | |
| Operation Sidewinder | ||
| 1971 | Mad Dog Blues | |
| Back Bog Beast Bait | ||
| Cowboy Mouth | with Patti Smith | |
| 1972 | The Tooth of Crime | |
| 1974 | Geography of a Horse Dreamer | |
| 1975 | Action | |
| 1976 | Suicide in B Flat | |
| Angel City | ||
| 1977 | Inacoma | |
| 1978 | Buried Child | |
| Curse of the Starving Class | ||
| Tongues | with Joseph Chaikin | |
| 1980 | True West | |
| 1981 | Savage Love | with Joseph Chaikin |
| 1983 | Fool for Love | |
| 1985 | A Lie of the Mind | |
| 1987 | A Short Life of Trouble | |
| 1991 | States of Shock | |
| 1993 | Simpatico | |
| 1994 | Safe Passage | |
| 1998 | Eyes for Consuela | |
| 2000 | The Late Henry Moss | |
| 2004 | The God of Hell | |
| 2007 | Kicking a Dead Horse | |
| 2009 | Ages of the Moon | |
Filmography
changeActor
change| As actor | ||
|---|---|---|
| Year | Title | Role |
| 1963 | Apples In the Tree | |
| 1965 | Rusakai | |
| 1970 | Brand X | |
| 1978 | Renaldo and Clara | Rodeo |
| Days of Heaven | The Farmer | |
| 1980 | Resurrection | Cal Carpenter |
| 1981 | Raggedy Man | Bailey |
| 1982 | Frances | Harry York |
| 1983 | The Right Stuff | Chuck Yeager |
| 1984 | Paris, Texas | unconfirmed |
| Country | Gil Ivy | |
| 1986 | Crimes of the Heart | Doc Porter |
| 1987 | Baby Boom | Dr. Jeff Cooper |
| 1989 | Steel Magnolias | Spud Jones |
| 1990 | Bright Angel | Jack |
| 1991 | Voyager | Walter Faber |
| 1992 | Thunderheart | Frank Coutelle |
| 1993 | The Pelican Brief | Professor Thomas Callahan |
| 1994 | Safe Passage | Patrick Singer |
| 1995 | Streets of Laredo | Pea Eye Parker |
| 1999 | Snow Falling on Cedars | Arthur Chambers |
| Purgatory | Sheriff Forrest/Wild Bill Hickock | |
| 2000 | Hamlet | The Ghost |
| All the Pretty Horses | J.C. Franklin | |
| 2001 | Black Hawk Down | Maj. Gen. William F. Garrison |
| After the Harvest | Caleb Gare | |
| Kurosawa | Narrator | |
| Shot in the Heart | Frank Gilmore | |
| Swordfish | Senator James Reisman | |
| The Pledge | Eric Pollack | |
| 2003 | Blind Horizon | Sheriff Jack Kolb |
| 2004 | The Notebook | Frank Calhoun |
| 2005 | Don't Come Knocking | Howard |
| Bandidas | Bill Buck | |
| Stealth | Capt. George Cummings | |
| 2006 | Walker Payne | Syrus |
| The Return | Ed Mills | |
| Charlotte's Web | (Narrator) | |
| 2007 | Ruffian | Frank Whiteley |
| The Assassination of Jesse James by the Coward Robert Ford | Frank James | |
| 2008 | The Accidental Husband | Wilder |
| Felon | Gordon Camrose | |
| 2009 | Brothers | Hank Cahill |
| 2010 | Inhale | James Harrison |
| Fair Game | Sam Plame | |
| 2011 | Blackthorn | Butch Cassidy |
| 2012 | Safe House | Harlan Whitford |
| Killing Them Softly | TBA | |
Screenwriter
change| As screenwriter | ||
|---|---|---|
| Year | Title | Director |
| 1968 | Me and My Brother | Robert Frank |
| 1970 | Zabriskie Point | Michelangelo Antonioni |
| 1984 | Paris, Texas | Wim Wenders |
| 1985 | Fool for Love | Robert Altman |
| 1988 | Far North | Himself |
| 1994 | Silent Tongue | |
| 2005 | Don't Come Knocking | Wim Wenders |
Director
change| As director | ||
|---|---|---|
| Year | Title | Notes |
| 1988 | Far North | also screenplay |
| 1994 | Silent Tongue | |
References
change- ↑ Shewey, Don (1997). Sam Shepard. Perseus Books Group. ISBN 978-0-306-80770-1. Retrieved December 14, 2015.
- ↑ "Sam Shepard Biography". filmreference. 2008. Retrieved November 25, 2008.
- ↑ Petri Liukkonen; Ari Pesonen (2008). "Sam Shepard". Pegasos. Archived from the original on December 5, 2006. Retrieved February 16, 2009.
{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: multiple names: authors list (link) - ↑ Playwright, Director and Actor Sam Shepard Passes Away at 73
Other websites
change- Sam Shepard on IMDb
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