Happy Birthday: Sam Peckinpah (1925–1984)

Sam Peckinpah (1925–1984)

Born: February 21, 1925 in Fresno, California, USA
Died: December 28, 1984 (age 59) in Inglewood, California, USA

Married to: Begoña Palacios (1974 – 28 December 1984) (his death)
Joey Gould (1972 – 1973) (divorced)
Begoña Palacios (5 August 1965 – 7 July 1967) (divorced) (1 child)
Begoña Palacios (13 June 1964 – 1965) (divorced)
Marie Selland (1947 – 1960) (divorced) (4 children)

[interview in Le Devoir, 10/12/74] I don’t want to hear it said that I don’t like women! I tried to show in [Bring Me the Head of Alfredo Garcia (1974)] that I adore them. They represent the positive pole of the film, the life force and instinct.

[on Kris Kristofferson] I like Kris because he writes poetry and he’s a fucking good man. Working with Kris on Pat Garrett & Billy the Kid (1973) was one of the great experiences of my life.

[recalling how close 1963’s _”The Dick Powell Theatre” (1961) {The Losers (#2.16)}_ came to becoming a series] “The Losers” was a funny show. We had Keenan Wynn and Lee Marvin locked up for a series with it until Tom McDermott wouldn’t pay Lee’s price. Well, after the show continued to draw a large segment of the audience around the sixth time out, McDermott called Lee and raised the ante to something like a million dollars and Lee told him to go stick it up his ass! I’ve always liked Lee for that–it cost me a lot of money at the time but I would’ve done the same thing in Lee’s place.

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