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Michael Wager

Actor | * 04/29/1925 († 86, 12/26/2011)
Michael Wager (born Emanuel Weisgal, April 29, 1925 – December 26, 2011) was an American film and television actor. Wager was born in New York, New York, and nicknamed "Mendy". He was the son of Meyer Weisgal, a journalist, publisher, playwright, fundraiser, and Zionist activist, and Shirley (Hirshfeld) Weisgal. He appeared in the war films, Hill 24 Doesn't Answer and Exodus, and he appeared in a recurring role, as Jonas Roving, on the soap opera Ryan's Hope. One of his roles was Thomas the Apostle in King of Kings. He also appeared in the soap opera Search for Tomorrow and made TV commercials. ()
Most frequent genres for this person: Drama | Romance / Love | War

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In 1948, immediately before a ceasefire takes effect, four volunteers fighting for Israel are ordered to take Hill 24, overlooking the road to Jerusalem. ...

Hill 24 Doesn't Answer

Certification unknown

1955 | 2.9/5 | 1h 41min
War, Drama, Romance / Love
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Jane Austen in Manhattan

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1980 | 3.4/5 | 1h 48min
Drama, Romance / Love
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Ari Ben Canaan, a passionate member of the Jewish paramilitary group Haganah, attempts to transport 600 Jewish refugees on a dangerous voyage from Cyprus to Palestine on a ship named the Exodus. He fa ...

Exodus

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1960 | 3.3/5 | 3h 28min
War, Drama
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Who is Jesus, and why does he impact all he meets? He is respected and reviled, emulated and accused, beloved, betrayed, and finally crucified. Yet that terrible fate would not be the end of the story ...

King of Kings

PG-13

1961 | 3.6/5 | 2h 48min
Drama, History
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Another World is an American television soap opera that ran on NBC for 35 years from May 4, 1964 to June 25, 1999. Set in the fictional town of Bay City, the show in its early years opens with announc ...

Another World

TV-14

1964 | 2.9/5 | 1h per episode
Soap / Telenovela
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Movies with Michael Wager as Actor(7)

as George Midash1980 Jane Austen in Manhattan
as Narrator (voice)1978 Roger Corman: Hollywood's Wild Angel
as Self / Off-screen Announcer1970 Bernstein in Vienna: Beethoven, The Ninth Symphony
as Thomas1961 King of Kings
as David Ben Ami1960 Exodus
as Jason's Slave1959 Medea
as Allan Goodman1955 Hill 24 Doesn't Answer

Full Name: Michael Wager
Born: Wednesday, 04/29 1925 (April)
Died: Monday, 12/26 2011 (December) (aged: 86)
Zodiac sign: Taurus (Chinese zodiac sign: Ox)
Languages: English (EN, native language)
Spouses (current/former): Susan Blanchard
Michael Wager frequently works together with these people:
Thorold Dickinson (3x, Crew)
Christian Blackwood (3x, Crew)
Otto Preminger (2x, Crew)
Zvi Kolitz (2x, Crew)
Peter Frye (2x, Actor)
Georges Wakhévitch (2x, Crew)
Sam Leavitt (1x, Crew)
Clinton Greyn (1x, Actor)
Esther Ofarim (1x, Actress)
Noreen Hipwell (1x, Crew)
Carl Gibson (1x, Crew)
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WatchPlayStream ID: PEOPLE:493935, Added: 10/04/2018, Last updated: 04/13/2024