Acting
Samuel Adams
Born December 16, 1870 · Ontario, Canada
Died March 24, 1958 · aged 87
No biography available.
Known For
Foreign Correspondent · 1940Foreign Correspondent
★ 7.01940
MovieThrillerMystery
American crime reporter John Jones is reassigned to Europe as a foreign correspondent to cover the imminent war. When he walks into the middle of an assassination and stumbles on a spy ring, he seeks help from a beautiful politician’s daughter and an urbane English journalist to uncover the truth.
Violent Is the Word for Curly · 1938Violent Is the Word for Curly
★ 7.11938
MovieComedy
The stooges are left in charge of a gas station and manage to blow up the car of their first customers, three famous European professors. The stooges steal some of the academics' clothes and wind up at "Mildew", a women's college where the three professors are expected. Mistaken as the real thing, the boys take their place on the faculty. When the real professors show up, the stooges try to convince a rich woman, the schools benefactor, that an athletics programs is more important. Their athletics demonstration comes to an explosive end when the real professors slip them a nitroglycerin basketball.
Dirty Work · 1933Dirty Work
★ 6.91933
MovieComedy
Stan and Ollie are chimney sweeps working at the home of mad scientist Professor Noodle.
We Live Again · 1934We Live Again
★ 6.81934
MovieDrama
Nekhludoff, a Russian nobleman serving on a jury, discovers that the young girl on trial, Katusha, is someone he once seduced and abandoned and that he himself bears responsibility for reducing her to crime. He sets out to redeem her and himself in the process.
Thank Your Lucky Stars · 1943Thank Your Lucky Stars
★ 6.21943
MovieComedyMusic
An Eddie Cantor look-alike organizes an all-star show to help the war effort.
Pick a Star · 1937Pick a Star
★ 4.81937
MovieComedyMusic
A Cinderella story of a young country girl who comes to Hollywood and achieves movie stardom with the help of a publicity man.
The Luckiest Girl in the World · 1936The Luckiest Girl in the World
★ 7.21936
Movie
A wealthy society girl must live on $150 a month to prove to her father that she can stand being married to a poor man.
The Voice of Bugle Ann · 1936The Voice of Bugle Ann
★ 5.51936
MovieDrama
A Missouri farmer's (Lionel Barrymore) son (Eric Linden) loves the daughter (Maureen O'Sullivan) of a neighbor who has killed the farmer's foxhound.
Filmography
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Thank Your Lucky Stars · 1943Thank Your Lucky Stars
★ 6.21943
MovieComedyMusic
An Eddie Cantor look-alike organizes an all-star show to help the war effort.
Bartender in Bette Davis Number (uncredited)
Mutiny in the Arctic · 1941Mutiny in the Arctic
★ 7.51941
MovieAdventureDrama
A pair head to the frozen wastes with an expedition in search of radium deposits. Certain members of the group succumb to greed, plotting to bump off the others and claim the radium for themselves.
First Officer Swenson (uncredited)
Million Dollar Legs · 1932Million Dollar Legs
★ 6.81932
MovieComedy
A small country on the verge of bankruptcy is persuaded to enter the 1932 Los Angeles Olympics as a means of raising money.
Secretary of State (uncredited)
Hill-Tillies · 1936Hill-Tillies
★ 5.71936
MovieComedy
The girls camp out in the woods for a publicity stunt.
Hermit (as Sam Adams)
Treasure Blues · 1935Treasure Blues
★ 9.01935
MovieComedy
Thelma and Patsy follow a map looking for treasure.
Pancake House Manager (as Sam Adams)




