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- Birth nameSamuel Gamliel Engel
- Samuel G. Engel was born on December 29, 1904 in Woodridge, New York, USA. He was a producer and writer, known for My Darling Clementine (1946), Night and the City (1950) and She Had to Eat (1937). He was married to Ruth Mildred Franklin. He died on April 7, 1984 in Santa Cruz, California, USA.
- SpouseRuth Mildred Franklin(December 4, 1936 - April 7, 1984) (his death, 2 children)
- President of the Producer's Guild of America, 1955-1958. Founder of the Samuel G. Engel video drama awards at Michigan State University. Introduced the category for short film subjects into the Academy Awards.
- Graduate of Union College, Albany (1924). In films from 1933, as assistant director at Warner Brothers. Joined 20th Century Fox in 1936, remaining there as an independent producer until 1966.
- Was working for Darryl F. Zanuck at Warner Bros., when Zanuck left to form his own studio. Engel came with the idea of naming the company 20th Century Pictures. Later the company merged with Fox Pictures to become 20th Century-Fox.
- Father of Mark Engel
- Earned a degree in pharmacology at the Albany College of Pharmacy, Albany, New York.
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