Acting

Sam McDaniel

Born January 28, 1886 · Wichita, Kansas, USA

Died September 24, 1962 · aged 76

Sam McDaniel was an American screen and television actor, as well as a jazz musician. He was the brother of actresses Hattie and Etta McDaniel.

Known For

Double Indemnity · 1944

Double Indemnity

★ 8.11944

MovieCrimeThriller

An insurance representative is seduced by a dissatisfied housewife into a scheme of insurance fraud and murder that arouses the suspicion of his colleague, a claims investigator.

Guests at a posh Berlin hotel struggle through worry, scandal, and heartache.

In 1850s Louisiana, the willfulness of a tempestuous Southern belle threatens to destroy all who care for her.

When a confused eyewitness identifies New York City cabbie Brick Tennant as a killer, he is sentenced to death for a murder that he wasn't involved in. Though no one is willing to listen to the innocent prisoner's pleas for freedom, Brick's faithful fiancée, Mary, knows that her lover is innocent because she was with him when the crime was committed. As the scheduled execution draws ever nearer, Mary begins to investigate the murder herself.

International Lady · 1941

International Lady

★ 6.61941

MovieDramaThriller

Tim Hanley, an American agent, posing as a lawyer with the United States Embassy in London, and Reggie Oliver, a Scotland Yard detective, posing as a music critic are both keeping their eye on Carla Nillson, a famous singer, whom they suspect of espionage. They all meet in London, then in Lisbon, and eventually in New York City, where Carla sings on the radio.

They Died with Their Boots On · 1941

They Died with Their Boots On

★ 6.71941

MovieWesternWar

The story follows General George Armstrong Custer's adventures from his West Point days to his death. He defies orders during the Civil War, trains the 7th Cavalry, appeases Chief Crazy Horse and later engages in bloody battle with the Sioux nation.

Three Loves Has Nancy · 1938

Three Loves Has Nancy

★ 4.21938

MovieComedyRomance

A small-town country homebody goes to New York to find her missing fiancé and gets romantically involved with two sophisticated men.

One of the last bills signed by President Lincoln authorizes pushing the Union Pacific Railroad across the wilderness to California. But financial opportunist Asa Barrows hopes to profit from obstructing it. Chief troubleshooter Jeff Butler has his hands full fighting Barrows' agent, gambler Sid Campeau; Campeau's partner Dick Allen is Jeff's war buddy and rival suitor for engineer's daughter Molly Monahan. Who will survive the effort to push the railroad through at any cost?

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Double Indemnity · 1944

Double Indemnity

★ 8.11944

MovieCrimeThriller

An insurance representative is seduced by a dissatisfied housewife into a scheme of insurance fraud and murder that arouses the suspicion of his colleague, a claims investigator.

Charlie (uncredited)

Guests at a posh Berlin hotel struggle through worry, scandal, and heartache.

Bartender (uncredited)

In 1850s Louisiana, the willfulness of a tempestuous Southern belle threatens to destroy all who care for her.

Driver (uncredited)

Hold-Up Witness - Mose (uncredited)

International Lady · 1941

International Lady

★ 6.61941

MovieDramaThriller

Waiter

They Died with Their Boots On · 1941

They Died with Their Boots On

★ 6.71941

MovieWesternWar

Waiter Serving Custer (uncredited)

Three Loves Has Nancy · 1938

Three Loves Has Nancy

★ 4.21938

MovieComedyRomance

A small-town country homebody goes to New York to find her missing fiancé and gets romantically involved with two sophisticated men.

Train Waiter (uncredited)

St. Louis Waiter (uncredited)

The Public Enemy · 1931

The Public Enemy

★ 7.21931

MovieCrimeDrama

Two young Chicago hoodlums, Tom Powers and Matt Doyle, rise up from their poverty-stricken slum life to become petty thieves, bootleggers and cold-blooded killers. But with street notoriety and newfound wealth, the duo feels the heat from the cops and rival gangsters both. Despite his ruthless criminal reputation, Tom tries to remain connected to his family, however, gang warfare and the need for revenge eventually pull him away.

Headwaiter (uncredited)

Slick lawyer Thomas Farrell has made a career of defending mobsters in trials. It's not until he meets a lovely showgirl at a mob party that he realizes that there's more to life than winning trials. Farrell tries to quit the racket, but mob boss Rico Angelo threatens to hurt the showgirl if Farrell leaves him.

Jesse (uncredited)

Captains Courageous · 1937

Captains Courageous

★ 7.41937

MovieAdventureDrama

Harvey, the arrogant and spoiled son of an indulgent absentee-father, falls overboard from a transatlantic steamship and is rescued by a fishing vessel on the Grand Banks. Harvey fails to persuade them to take him ashore, nor convince the crew of his wealth. The captain offers him a low-paid job, until they return to port, as part of the crew that turns him into a mature, considerate young man.

'Doc'

The Naughty Nineties · 1945

The Naughty Nineties

★ 6.71945

MovieComedy

In the gay '90s, cardsharps take over a Mississippi riverboat from a kindly captain. Their first act is to change the showboat into a floating gambling house. A ham actor and his bumbling sidekick try to devise a way to help the captain regain ownership of the vessel.

Matt - Cook-Waiter (uncredited)

Footlight Parade · 1933

Footlight Parade

★ 6.81933

MovieComedyMusic

A fledgling producer finds himself at odds with his workers, financiers and his greedy ex-wife when he tries to produce live musicals for movie-going audiences.

Hotel Porter in Stage Act (uncredited)

After a newlywed's husband apparently dies in a plane crash, she discovers that her rival for his affections is pregnant with his child.

Jefferson Washington

Union officer Kerry Bradford escapes from a Confederate prison and races to intercept $5 million in gold destined for Confederate coffers. A Confederate sympathizer and a Mexican bandit, each with their own stake in the loot, stand in his way.

Sam Moore - Black Driver (uncredited)

Tall in the Saddle · 1944

Tall in the Saddle

★ 6.61944

MovieWestern

When Rocklin arrives in a western town he finds that the rancher who hired him as a foreman has been murdered. He is out to solve the murder and thwart the scheming to take the ranch from its rightful owner.

Servant (uncredited)

Four's a Crowd · 1938

Four's a Crowd

★ 5.51938

MovieComedyRomance

A public relations man falls for his most difficult client's granddaughter.

H. Louis Brown (uncredited)

In This Our Life · 1942

In This Our Life

★ 6.91942

MovieDramaRomance

An unhappy, self-centered woman runs off with her sister's husband, wreaking havoc and ruining the lives of those around her.

Black Man in Jail (uncredited)

Brother Orchid · 1940

Brother Orchid

★ 6.61940

MovieComedyCrime

When retired racket boss John Sarto tries to reclaim his place and former friends try to kill him, he finds solace in a monastery and reinvents himself as a pious monk.

Janitor Tripping Fire Alarms (uncredited)

Manhattan Melodrama · 1934

Manhattan Melodrama

★ 7.01934

MovieCrimeDrama

The friendship between two orphans endures even though they grow up on opposite sides of the law and fall in love with the same woman.

Black Prisoner on Death Row (uncredited)

A black laborer turns preacher after accidentally killing a man.

Adam (uncredited)

All Through the Night · 1942

All Through the Night

★ 6.71942

MovieComedyAction

Broadway gamblers stumble across a plan by Nazi saboteurs to blow up an American battleship.

Deacon

Son of Dracula · 1943

Son of Dracula

★ 5.81943

MovieHorror

Carpathian Count Alucard is invited to the U.S. by a young heiress. Her boyfriend and local officials are suspicious of the newcomer, who is interested in the "virile" soil of the new world.

Andy (uncredited)

A Hole in the Head · 1959

A Hole in the Head

★ 6.21959

MovieComedyDrama

An impractical widower tries to hang onto his Miami hotel and his 12-year-old son.

Andy

Cuban Bandleader Ricky Ricardo would be happy if his wife Lucy would just be a housewife. Instead she tries constantly to perform at the Tropicana where he works, and make life comically frantic in the apartment building they share with landlords Fred and Ethel Mertz, who also happen to be their best friends.

Porter

A pair of friends in Harlem find themselves caught up in a series of misadventures, business schemes, and everyday problems, often relying on their neighbors and community to help them out of trouble.

Customer (uncredited)