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Sydney Pollack

Prolific director, producer and sometime actor Sydney Irwin Pollack will be remembered for directing films such as Out of Africa, Tootsie, The Way We Were, Absence of Malice and They Shoot Horses, Don't They? and also for his many memorable supporting roles


Aliases
  • Sidney Pollack
English

Made of Honor

2008
as Thomas Bailey Sr.

Eyes Wide Shut

1999
as Victor Ziegler

Michael Clayton

2007
as Marty Bach

Tootsie

1982
as George Fields

Death Becomes Her

1992
as Hospital Doctor

The Player

1992
as Dick Mellon

A Better Man: The Making of Tootsie

2008
as Self / George Fields

Random Hearts

1999
as Carl Broman

A Song of Africa

2000
as Sydney Pollack

The Majestic

2001
as Studio Executive

Changing Lanes

2002
as Stephen Delano

A Dying Breed

2004
as Sydney Pollack

War Hunt

1962
as Sgt. Owen Van Horn

A Civil Action

1998
as Al Eustis

Fauteuils d'orchestre

2006
as Brian Sobinski

One Six Right

2005
as Himself

Director

Movie Tootsie 1982
Movie Out of Africa 1985
Episode The Fugitive
Man on a String
1964
Movie Three Days of the Condor 1975
Episode The Alfred Hitchcock Hour
The Black Curtain
1962
Movie This Property Is Condemned 1966
Episode Ben Casey
The Big Trouble with Charlie
1962
Episode Breaking Point
Solo for B-Flat Clarinet
1963
Episode Arrest and Trial
The Quality of Justice
1963
Episode The Alfred Hitchcock Hour
Diagnosis: Danger
1963
Episode Ben Casey
Suffer the Little Children
1963
Episode Ben Casey
For the Ladybug, One Dozen Roses
1962
Episode Kraft Suspense Theatre
The Name of the Game
1963
Episode American Masters
Sketches of Frank Gehry
2006
Episode Ben Casey
Monument to an Aged Hunter
1962
Movie Random Hearts 1999
Episode Ben Casey
A Cardinal Act of Mercy (2)
1963
Movie Bobby Deerfield 1977
Episode Cain's Hundred
King of the Mountain
1961
Episode Ben Casey
Mrs. McBroom and the Cloud Watcher
1962
Episode Ben Casey
For This Relief, Much Thanks
1963
Movie Sketches of Frank Gehry 2006
Episode Bob Hope Presents The Chrysler Theatre
Something About Lee Wiley
1963
Movie Havana 1990
Movie The Scalphunters 1968
Episode Ben Casey
When You See an Evil Man
1962
Episode Ben Casey
The Night That Nothing Happened
1962
Movie The Yakuza 1974
Episode Kraft Suspense Theatre
The Watchman
1964
Episode Ben Casey
Go Not Gently into the Night
1962
Episode The Tall Man
Phoebe
1962
Movie Absence of Malice 1981
Episode Bob Hope Presents The Chrysler Theatre
The Game
1965
Movie Sabrina 1995
Movie The Electric Horseman 1979
Movie They Shoot Horses, Don't They? 1969
Episode Bob Hope Presents The Chrysler Theatre
Two is the Number
1964
Movie The Firm 1993
Episode Bob Hope Presents The Chrysler Theatre
The Fliers
1965
Movie The Interpreter 2005
Movie Amazing Grace 2019
Movie Castle Keep 1969
Episode Wagon Train
The Hollister John Garrison Story
1963
Movie The Slender Thread 1965
Movie Jeremiah Johnson 1972
Movie The Way We Were 1973
Episode Ben Casey
I'll Be Alright in the Morning
1963
Episode The Tall Man
Rio Doloroso
1962
Episode Ben Casey
A Cardinal Act of Mercy (1)
1963

Executive Producer

Movie Recount 2008

Producer

Movie The Talented Mr. Ripley 1999
Movie Sense and Sensibility 1995
Movie The Reader 2008
Movie Michael Clayton 2007
Movie Tootsie 1982
Movie Out of Africa 1985
Movie Sliding Doors 1998
Movie Cold Mountain 2003
Movie Iris 2001
Movie Three Days of the Condor 1975
Movie Margaret 2011
Movie The Quiet American 2002
Movie Bright Lights, Big City 1988
Movie Dead Again 1991
Movie Catch a Fire 2006
Movie Random Hearts 1999
Movie Heaven 2002
Movie Presumed Innocent 1990
Movie Songwriter 1984
Movie Havana 1990
Movie The Yakuza 1974
Movie Absence of Malice 1981
Movie Sabrina 1995
Movie The Firm 1993
Movie The Interpreter 2005
Movie Leatherheads 2008
Movie Breaking and Entering 2006

Guest Star

Episode Alfred Hitchcock Presents
The Contest for Aaron Gold
1960
Episode Just Shoot Me!
A&E Biography: Nina Van Horn
2000
Episode Frasier
The Candidate
1994
Episode Will & Grace
Cheatin' Trouble Blues
2002
Episode Will & Grace
Blanket Apology
2006
Episode The New Breed
The Compulsion to Confess
1961
Episode King of the Hill
Transnational Amusements Presents: Peggy's Magic Sex Feet
2000
Episode Will & Grace
Cheaters (1)
2001
Episode Will & Grace
Oh Dad, Poor Dad, He's Kept Me in the Closet and I'm So Sad
2000
Episode Will & Grace
Cheaters (2)
2001
Episode The Twilight Zone
The Trouble with Templeton
1960
Episode The Dick Cavett Show
Doris Dörrie, Sidney Lumet, Sidney Pollack, Alan J. Pakula, Ivan Reitman
1986
Episode Deadline
Scramble
1970
Episode Have Gun, Will Travel
A Quiet Night in Town (1)
1961
Episode Ben Casey
Monument to an Aged Hunter
1962
Episode Entourage
No Cannes Do
2007
Episode The Dick Cavett Show
Sydney Pollack
1990
Episode The Dick Cavett Show
Sydney Pollack
1990
Episode Have Gun, Will Travel
A Quiet Night in Town (2)
1961