Acting

Sam Lufkin

Born May 7, 1891 · Salt Lake City, Utah, USA

Died February 19, 1952 · aged 60

No biography available.

Known For

Double Trouble · 1941

Double Trouble

★ 10.01941

MovieComedy

Harry Langdon and Charley Rogers star in this 1941 Monogram comedy, about two bumbling brothers who take jobs at a New York food cannery and accidentally lose a valuable diamond inside a can of pork-and-beans.

When a store clerk organizes a contest to climb the outside of a tall building, circumstances force him to make the perilous climb himself.

Stan and Ollie try to deliver the deed to a valuable gold mine to the daughter of a dead prospector. Unfortunately, the daughter's evil guardian is determined to have the gold mine for himself and his saloon-singer wife.

The Flying Deuces · 1939

The Flying Deuces

★ 6.41939

MovieComedyWar

Ollie falls in love with a woman. When he discovers she's already married, he unsuccessfully attempts suicide but he and Stan then decide to join the Foreign Legion to get away from their troubles. When they’re arrested for soon trying to desert the Legion—they escape a firing squad by stealing an aircraft.

Japanese master spy Daka operates a covert espionage-sabotage organization located in Gotham City's now-deserted Little Tokyo, which turns American scientists into pliable zombies. The great crime-fighters Batman and Robin, with the help of their allies, are in pursuit.

Babes in Toyland · 1934

Babes in Toyland

★ 6.31934

MovieFantasyComedy

Ollie Dee and Stannie Dum try to borrow money from their employer, the toymaker, to pay off the mortgage on Mother Peep's shoe and keep it and Little Bo Peep from the clutches of the evil Barnaby. When that fails, they trick Barnaby, enraging him.

A Chump at Oxford · 1940

A Chump at Oxford

★ 6.91940

MovieComedy

The boys get jobs as a butler and maid-- Stan in drag-- for a dinner party. When that ends in disaster, they resort to sweeping streets and accidentally capture a bank robber. The grateful bank president sends them to Oxford, at their request, and higher-education hijinks ensue.

A modest country doctor in the antebellum South has to contend with his daughter's upcoming marriage and an affectionate medicine show elephant.

Filmography

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Double Trouble · 1941

Bartender

When a store clerk organizes a contest to climb the outside of a tall building, circumstances force him to make the perilous climb himself.

Pawnshop Owner (uncredited)

Stagecoach Baggage Handler (uncredited)

The Flying Deuces · 1939

The Flying Deuces

★ 6.41939

MovieComedyWar

Legionnaire (uncredited)

Cop

Babes in Toyland · 1934

Babes in Toyland

★ 6.31934

MovieFantasyComedy

Townsman (uncredited)

A Chump at Oxford · 1940

A Chump at Oxford

★ 6.91940

MovieComedy

Water Wagon Driver (uncredited)

A modest country doctor in the antebellum South has to contend with his daughter's upcoming marriage and an affectionate medicine show elephant.

Townsman

Bat Masterson's old friend Billy Burns convinces him to become marshal of Liberal, Kansas and help the residents fight drought and a destructive range war.

Farmer (uncredited)

An Australian nurse discovers an effective new treatment for infantile paralysis, but experiences great difficulty in convincing doctors of the validity of her claims.

Photographer (uncredited)

The Battle of the Century · 1927

The Battle of the Century

★ 6.91927

MovieComedy

Fight manager takes out an insurance policy on his puny pugilist and then proceeds to try to arrange for an accident so that he can collect.

Boxing referee (uncredited)

Canadian Pacific · 1949

Canadian Pacific

★ 5.21949

MovieWesternAdventure

A surveyor for the Canadian Pacific Railroad must fight fur trappers who oppose the building of the railroad by stirring up Indian rebellion.

Railroad Worker (uncredited)

A calculating divorcée risks her chances at wealth and security with a man she doesn't love by getting involved with a hotheaded murderer.

Gambler (uncredited)

Double Whoopee · 1929

Double Whoopee

★ 6.81929

MovieComedy

Stan and Ollie wreak havoc at an upper class hotel in their jobs as footman (Hardy) and doorman (Laurel). They partially undress blonde bombshell Jean Harlow (in a brief appearance) and repeatedly escort a stuffy nobleman into an empty elevator shaft.

Man poked in eye (uncredited)

Stan and Ollie work in a horn factory. Ollie starts having violent fits every time he hears a horn. His doctor prescribes a restful sea voyage. Mayhem ensues.

Horn Factory Workman (uncredited)

A family goes on its weekly outing to the movies. Complications ensue...

Movie Patron (uncredited)

Bacon Grabbers · 1929

Bacon Grabbers

★ 6.41929

MovieComedy

Two debt collectors try to repossess a console radio.

Man in Sheriff's Office

Them Thar Hills · 1934

Them Thar Hills

★ 7.51934

MovieComedy

Stan and Ollie travel to the mountains for Ollie's health, and park their caravan near a well into which a gang of moonshiners have earlier dumped their moonshine; and the boys proceed to quench their thirst thinking that it is iron-rich mountain water. The real trouble doesn't begin, though, until a married motoring couple stop by to borrow some gasoline, and the already-cranky husband leaves his thirsty wife with the boys while he goes off to refill his car's empty gas-tank. A sequel was made to this film: TIT FOR TAT, q.v.

Moonshiner (uncredited)

A hypochondriac vacations in the tropics for the fresh air - and finds himself in the middle of a revolution instead.

Soldier (uncredited)

Born to Be Bad · 1950

Born to Be Bad

★ 6.01950

MovieDrama

Christabel Caine has the face of angel and the heart of a swamp rat. She'll step on anyone to get what she wants, including her own family. A master of manipulation, she covertly breaks off the engagement of her trusting cousin, Donna, to her fabulously wealthy beau, Curtis Carey. Once married to Curtis herself, Christabel continues her affair with novelist Nick Bradley, who knows she's evil, but loves her anyway.

Taxi Driver (uncredited)

Remember When? · 1925

Remember When?

★ 8.01925

MovieComedyRomance

Little orphan Harry is separated from his childhood sweetheart. Years later, he finds she's a bearded lady in a circus.

Post Driver - Circus Employee (uncredited)

The Green Archer · 1940

The Green Archer

★ 6.61940

MovieMysteryCrime

The struggle over the Bellamy estate ends with Michael Bellamy accused of murder and killed on the way to prison, while his brother Abel Bellamy takes control of the estate for his own nefarious plans.

Thug

Mama Loves Papa · 1931

Mama Loves Papa

★ 9.51931

MovieRomanceFamily

Widow Martha and widower Brandon plan to marry; their teenaged children do their slapstick best to interfere. One of "The Boy Friends" series.

Cop (uncredited)

After a night of carousing, a rich oil tycoon awakes to find that he was married the night before. He calls in his lawyer to straighten things out.

Fun House ticket taker