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Sam Shepard

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73 Years Old

Samuel Shepard Rogers III (November 5, 1943 – July 27, 2017) was an American playwright, actor, director, screenwriter, and author whose career spanned half a century. He wrote 58 plays as well as several books of short stories, essays, and memoirs. He won 10 Obie Awards for writing and directing, the most by any writer or director. Shepard received the Pulitzer Prize for Drama in 1979 for his play Buried Child. He was nominated for an Academy Award for Best Supporting Actor for portraying pilot Chuck Yeager in the 1983 film The Right Stuff. He received the PEN/Laura Pels Theater Award as a master American dramatist in 2009. New York magazine described Shepard as "the greatest American playwright of his generation." Shepard's plays are known for their bleak, poetic, surrealist elements, black comedy, and rootless characters living on the outskirts of American society. His style evolved from the absurdism of his early off-off-Broadway work to the realism of later plays like Buried Child and Curse of the Starving Class. Description above from the Wikipedia article Sam Shepard, licensed under CC-BY-SA, full list of contributors on Wikipedia.

Born

Fort Sheridan, Illinois, USA on 5th November 1943

Died

27th July 2017

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Rowan & Martin's Laugh-In Image
Rowan & Martin's Laugh-In
Self (uncredited)
Great Performances Image
Great Performances
Self
Tony Awards Image
Tony Awards
Self - Nominee
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Bloodline
Robert Rayburn
The Notebook Image
The Notebook
Frank Calhoun
Klondike Image
Klondike
Father Judge
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Streets of Laredo
Pea Eye Parker
Black Hawk Down Image
Black Hawk Down
MG William F. Garrison
Brothers Image
Brothers
Hank Cahill
Swordfish Image
Swordfish
Senator Reisman
The Assassination of Jesse James by the Coward Robert Ford Image
The Assassination of Jesse James by the Coward Robert Ford
Frank James
Out of the Furnace Image
Out of the Furnace
Gerald 'Red' Baze
The Right Stuff Image
The Right Stuff
Chuck Yeager
Charlotte's Web Image
Charlotte's Web
Narrator (voice)
The Pledge Image
The Pledge
Eric Pollack
Steel Magnolias Image
Steel Magnolias
Spud Jones
The Pelican Brief Image
The Pelican Brief
Thomas Callahan
Safe House Image
Safe House
Harlan Whitford
Mud Image
Mud
Tom
Killing Them Softly Image
Killing Them Softly
Dillon
Felon Image
Felon
Gordon
Bandidas Image
Bandidas
Bill Buck
Stealth Image
Stealth
George Cummings
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Days of Heaven
The Farmer
August: Osage County Image
August: Osage County
Beverly Weston
Midnight Special Image
Midnight Special
Calvin Meyer
The Accidental Husband Image
The Accidental Husband
Wilder
The Return Image
The Return
Ed Mills
Fair Game Image
Fair Game
Sam Plame
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Baby Boom
Dr. Jeff Cooper
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Thunderheart
Frank Coutelle
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Cold in July
Russell
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Blind Horizon
Sheriff Jack Kolb
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All the Pretty Horses
J.C. Franklin
Purgatory Image
Purgatory
Sheriff Forrest / Wild Bill Hickock
Frances Image
Frances
Harry York
In Dubious Battle Image
In Dubious Battle
Mr. Anderson
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Blackthorn
James Blackthorn
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Snow Falling on Cedars
Arthur Chambers
Ithaca Image
Ithaca
Willie Grogan
Hamlet Image
Hamlet
Ghost
Rolling Thunder Revue: A Bob Dylan Story by Martin Scorsese Image
Rolling Thunder Revue: A Bob Dylan Story by Martin Scorsese
The Writer
Don't Come Knocking Image
Don't Come Knocking
Howard
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The Good Old Boys
Tarnell
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Inhale
James Harrison
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Voyager
Walter Faber
Defenseless Image
Defenseless
Det. Beutel
Savannah Image
Savannah
Mr. Stubbs
Resurrection Image
Resurrection
Cal
Curtain Call Image
Curtain Call
Will Dodge
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Safe Passage
Patrick
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Darling Companion
Sheriff Morris
The Only Thrill Image
The Only Thrill
Reece McHenry
Crimes of the Heart Image
Crimes of the Heart
Doc Porter
Walker Payne Image
Walker Payne
Syrus
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Raggedy Man
Bailey
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Trudell
Self - Playwright, Actor (Thunderheart)
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California Typewriter
Self
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Lily Dale
Pete Davenport
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Harry Dean Stanton: Partly Fiction
Self
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Never Here
Paul Stark
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Ruffian
Frank Whiteley
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Fool for Love
Eddie
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Leo
Vic
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Bright Angel
Jack Russell
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Country
Gil Ivy
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Dash and Lilly
Dashiell Hammett
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Renaldo and Clara
Rodeo
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Made in the USA
Self
One Kill Image
One Kill
Maj. Nelson Gray
Patti Smith: Dream of Life Image
Patti Smith: Dream of Life
Self
Shot in the Heart Image
Shot in the Heart
Frank Gilmore, Sr.
Dear Antonioni Image
Dear Antonioni
Self
Kurosawa Image
Kurosawa
Narrator (voice)
After the Harvest Image
After the Harvest
Caleb Gare
Brand X Image
Brand X
Rosy-Fingered Dawn: A Film on Terrence Malick Image
Rosy-Fingered Dawn: A Film on Terrence Malick
Self
This So-Called Disaster Image
This So-Called Disaster
Self
The Holy Modal Rounders: Bound to Lose Image
The Holy Modal Rounders: Bound to Lose
Self
Shepard & Dark Image
Shepard & Dark
Self
MaMa's Pushcart Image
MaMa's Pushcart