- Born Name: Samuel Louis Warner
- Birthday: 1887-08-10 (Year-Month-Day)
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- Medium: Film executive Co-founder of Warner Brothers
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Sam Warner, For the American congressman, see Samuel L. Warner.Samuel Louis Sam Warner (August 10, 1887 – October 5, 1927) was an American film producer who was the co-founder and chief executive officer of Warner Bros. Studios. He established the studio along with his brothers Harry, Albert, and Jack Warner. Sam Warner is credited with procuring the technology that enabled Warner Bros. to produce the film industrys first feature-length talking picture, The Jazz Singer. He died in 1927, the day before the films enormously successful premiere.