Cliff Saum
Cliff Saum was born on December 18, 1882 in Columbus, Ohio, USA. He was an actor and assistant director, known for A Bum Mistake (1914), The Volunteer Fireman (1915) and The $5,000,000 Counterfeiting Plot (1914). He died on March 5, 1943 in Glendale, California, USA.
The Roaring Twenties
as Train Conductor (uncredited)After World War I, Armistice Lloyd Hart goes back to practice law, former saloon keeper George...
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Jezebel
as Ball Assistant Director (uncredited)In 1850s Louisiana, the willfulness of a tempestuous Southern belle threatens to destroy all who...
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Baby Face
as Laborer (uncredited)A young woman uses her body and her sexuality to help her climb the social ladder, but soon...
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Dark Victory
as Moving Man (uncredited)Socialite Judith Traherne lives a lavish but emotionally empty life. Riding horses is one of her...
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The Return of Doctor X
as Detective Sergeant MoranWhen news reporter Walter Garrett arrives at the hotel room of bombshell actress Angela Merrova...
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Action in the North Atlantic
as Seaman (uncredited)Merchant Marine sailors Joe Rossi (Humphrey Bogart) and Steve Jarvis (Raymond Massey) are...
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They Drive by Night
as Man Outside Barney's (uncredited)Joe and Paul Fabrini are Wildcat, or independent, truck drivers who have their own small...
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The Man Who Came to Dinner
as Joe (uncredited)An acerbic critic wreaks havoc when a hip injury forces him to move in indefinitely with a...
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The Kennel Murder Case
as Policeman on Night Patrol (uncredited)Philo Vance, accompanied by his prize-losing Scottish terrier, investigates the locked-room...
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Noah's Ark
as Soldier in Trench (uncredited)The Biblical story of Noah and the Great Flood, with a parallel story of soldiers in the First...
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Each Dawn I Die
as Accident Witness (uncredited)A corrupt D.A. with governatorial ambitions is annoyed by an investigative reporter's criticism...
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They Made Me a Criminal
as Man in Front of Tommy (uncredited)A boxer flees, believing he has committed a murder while he was drunk.
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Dames
as Stagehand (uncredited)A reformer's daughter wins the lead role in a scandalous Broadway show.
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The Oklahoma Kid
as Would-Be Settler (uncredited)McCord's gang robs the stage carrying money to pay Indians for their land, and the notorious...
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Flowing Gold
as Trainman (uncredited)In the American oilfields, a fugitive from justice's destiny is intertwined with the fortunes...
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The Case of the Black Parrot
as MorelSandy Vantine and her uncle, Paul Vantine, return from Europe with an antique cabinet purchased...
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Blonde Crazy
as Mike (uncredited)Adventures of a cocky con man and his beautiful accomplice.
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The Case of the Stuttering Bishop
as Third Detective (uncredited)A Bishop from Australia comes to Perry to ask him to take a case of a woman wrongly accused of...
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Nancy Drew... Reporter
as Policeman Outside Courthouse (uncredited)While participating in a contest at a local newspaper in which school children are asked to...
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Spy Ship
as Swifty, BartenderA radio reporter begins to suspect that a commentator at his station may be using her position...
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Stranded
as Bridge Worker (uncredited)A Traveler's Aid worker who delights in solving people's problems gets mixed up with gangsters.
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Satan Met a Lady
as Patrol Officer (uncredited)In the second screen version of The Maltese Falcon, a detective is caught between a lying...
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I Was Framed
as Paul's Gang MemberA reporter runs from charges by a corrupt politician only to face them years later.
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Dust Be My Destiny
as Jury Member (uncredited)Embittered after serving time for a burglary he did not commit, Joe Bell is soon back in jail,...
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King of the Underworld
as Gangster (uncredited)Physician Carole Nelson, suspected of having ties to notorious gangster Joe Gurney, must prove...
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Devil's Island
as Uniformed GendarmeA French doctor sentenced for treason performs brain surgery on the prison commandant's daughter.
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Blondes at Work
as Cabbie (uncredited)When a rival newspaper publisher complains to his captain about possible collusion between...
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The Cherokee Strip
as Undetermined Secondary RoleA singing lawyer and other homesteaders participate in the Oklahoma land rush and found the town...
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The Nurse's Secret
as Taxi DriverAn apparent suicide by a rich woman leads her nurse and a policeman to an insurance scam.
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Nancy Drew and the Hidden Staircase
as Burt the Iceman (uncredited)Nancy helps two aging spinsters fulfill the byzantine provisions of their father's will, but the...
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Moby Dick
as Mary Ann Crew MemberHerman Melville's mad Capt. Ahab (John Barrymore) spends years hunting the white whale that got...
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Hell's Kitchen
as Guard (uncredited)A paroled convict's efforts to improve conditions at a boys' reform school alarm the school's...
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Lady Killer
as uncreditedAn ex-gang member tries to resist his old cohorts' criminal influence after he suddenly becomes...
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Gentlemen Are Born
as AnnouncerA well-cloistered and protected-against-reality group of college students get their diplomas in...
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Varsity Show
as Man (voice)Winfield College students rebel against a stodgy professor who won't permit "swing" music be...
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The Great O'Malley
as Policeman at Robbery (uncredited)His role in the plight of an unemployed man (Humphrey Bogart) and his disabled daughter...
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On Your Toes
as StagehandA Russian dance company agrees to stage the new ballet written by a vaudeville hoofer.
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Racket Busters
as Policeman (uncredited)A trucker with a pregnant wife fights a New York mobster's protection racket.
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The Male Animal
as Reporter (uncredited)The trustees of Midwestern University have forced three teachers out of their jobs for being...
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The Three Musketeers
as Palace GuardThe young Gascon D'Artagnan arrives in Paris, his heart set on joining the king's Musketeers. He...
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Secret Service of the Air
as Alien - First FlightBrass Bancroft and his sidekick Gabby Watters are recruited onto the secret service and go...
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Naughty But Nice
as Radio Announcer Starting Program (uncredited)Donald Hardwick (Dick Powell) is a stuffed-shirt, classical music professor. His family and...
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Castle on the Hudson
as Prison Intake Clerk (uncredited)A hardened crook behind bars comes up against a reform-minded warden.
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Afraid to Talk
as Protester with SignCorrupt politicians resort to murder and blackmail when a young boy accidentally witnesses them...
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Code of the Secret Service
as Policeman (uncredited)Secret Service agents try to solve the theft of treasury banknote plates.
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The Dark Horse
as Progressive Party ManThe Progressive Party convention is deadlocked for governor, so both sides nominate the dark...
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Love Is on the Air
as PolicemanA newscaster gets demoted for exposing the town's criminal activities over the airwaves.
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The Dragon Murder Case
as Det. Burke (uncredited)Wonderful idea to give a party with people who dislike each other. Late at night, everyone...
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Side Show
as RoustaboutA circus side show performer tries to discourage her younger sister from following in her footsteps.
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Highway West
as Deputy Sheriff (uncredited)A young woman marries a man who turns out to be a bank robber.
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Show Girl in Hollywood
as Mr. SmithBroadway actress leaves New York to become a star in Hollywood, and succeeds despite sleazy...
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Brother, Can You Spare a Dime?
as Self (archive footage)Period music, film clips and newsreel footage combined into a visual exploration of the American...
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The Doorway to Hell
as Poolroom Proprietor (uncredited)A vicious crime lord decides that he has had enough and much to the shock of his colleagues...
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Angels Wash Their Faces
as Mr. Miller (uncredited)A young man just released from a reformatory moves to a new neighborhood with his sister,...
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Treachery Rides the Range
as Deputy - JailerThe Indians need the Buffalo to survive and the Government has promised to keep the herds free...
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East of the River
as Prison Guard (uncredited)Two troublesome boys grow into very different men, one becoming a hoodlum and the other...
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Brother Rat and a Baby
as Man Watching FireThree comrades graduate from Viriginia Military Institute. Bing has a chance to return to VMI as...
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It's Love I'm After
as Stagehand (uncredited)An infatuated debutante renews a Shakespearean actor's running feud with his leading lady.
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The Hidden Hand
as Detective (uncredited)Peter Thorne is a young attorney who works for an eccentric old woman, Lorinda Channing, who...
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Murder in the Big House
as Second Process Server (uncredited)When a prisoner on Death Row is "accidentally" killed just before his execution, a reporter...
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Fireman, Save My Child
as Rosedale FiremanJoe Grant is an inventor, fireman and baseball player in his small hometown. He gets an offer to...
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Torchy Gets Her Man
as Police Officer O'Brien (uncredited)A notorious counterfeiter passes himself off as a Secret Service agent to Steve and gets him to...
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Moonlight on the Prairie
as Saloon Cowboy #2A singing medicine-show cowboy and his magician partner catch a killer.
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Over the Goal
as First TrainerThe Carlton State star quarterback is wrongly thrown in jail, almost guaranteeing a major loss...
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The Goose and the Gander
as Detective Snyder (uncredited)When Georgiana Summers learns that the woman who stole and married her husband is planning a...
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Blazing Sixes
as Punch Server at Dance (uncredited)Government agent Red Barton is sent to a small western town to find both the source of a recent...
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Heart of the North
as Trading Post Clerk (uncredited)A two-fisted Canadian Mountie leads lawmen in pursuit of the thieves who stole an Edmonton-bound...
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Desirable
as Bus BarkerA man meets the daughter of his lover and they begin to fall in love.
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Calling Philo Vance
as Investigator Snitken (uncredited)Philo is in Vienna working for the US Government to see if Archer Coe is selling aircraft...
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River's End
as MountieSgt. Conniston and his alcoholic guide O'Toole are on the trail of an escaped murderer named...
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Nancy Drew... Trouble Shooter
as First Deputy SheriffWhen a close friend of the Drew family is accused of murder in a rural community, Nancy, aided...
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Melody for Two
as Cigar SalesmanA singing bandleader signs on with an all-girls band.
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Boy Meets Girl
as Smitty - Studio PolicemanTwo lazy screenwriters need a story for the studio's cowboy star. A studio waitress turns out to...
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Hard to Handle
as Streetcar Conductor (uncredited)A hustling public relations man promotes a series of fads.
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Murder in the Clouds
as Motor CopBob Halsey is a first-rate pilot who's in love with stewardess Judy Wagner. He's ordered to...
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Talent Scout
as Lambert's Set Assistant (uncredited)A Hollywood heartthrob helps a small-town girl achieve stardom.
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Brother Rat
as Baseball UmpireStory of three buddies at the Virginia Military Institute. Cadet Bing Edwards is secretly...
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Wild Bill Hickok Rides
as Chicago FiremanThe Western hero takes on a ruthless land baron whose henchmen killed his best friend.
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Jailbreak
as Policeman in CourtroomA reporter gets himself sent to prison so he can solve a murder behind bars.
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Manpower
as Man to Call Substation (uncredited)Hank McHenry and Johnny Marshall work as power company linesmen. Hank is injured in an accident...
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Women in the Wind
as Policeman at Airport (uncredited)A famous aviator helps an amateur enter a cross-country air race for women.
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Nancy Drew… Detective
as Farmer (uncredited)After a wealthy dowager who has made a substantial donation to her alma mater suddenly...
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The Adventurous Blonde
as Officer Clary (uncredited)The third of nine Torchy Blane movies. Angry that police detective Steve McBride (Barton...
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Expensive Women
as Taxi DriverA wealthy young woman struggles to find love while surrounded by possible suitors.
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Once a Doctor
as Arresting PolicemanDr. Frank Brace (Joe King) is an important doctor with son Jerry (Gordon Oliver) as well as...
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King of the Lumberjacks
as Lumberjack in Saloon with Pipe (uncredited)Outdoor drama about a newly-hired lumberjack discovering that his former girlfriend is now his...
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Cowboy from Brooklyn
as Chief BrakemanA singing cowboy turns out to be a tenderfoot.
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Torchy Blane.. Playing with Dynamite
as Bailiff (uncredited)Torchy Blane and Steve McBride try to nab a gangster by tracking his moll.
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Torchy Blane in Chinatown
as Detective Larry (uncredited)Torchy Blane joins her police-detective fiance to solve a series of murders involving a set of...
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Girls on Probation
as PatrolmanA dizzy young girl falls into crime but wins her lawyer's heart.
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On Trial
as BailiffAn ambitious attorney (Edward Norris) tries to prove a man (John Litel) who killed to protect...
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Alex in Wonderland
as PolicemanIn this Warner Bros. short film, Alex visits his sister Belinda and her husband Fred. It looks...
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California Mail
as Man Taking BetsThe Pony Express is finished as the Post Office plans to award the mail contract to a stage...
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The Beloved Brat
as FiremanRoberta Morgan is being raised in a wealthy home where her mother is occupied with her...
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Smashing the Money Ring
as Trial Spectator (uncredited)T-Man Brass Bancroft goes undercover in a prison which has a secret counterfeit operation set up...
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Midnight Court
as PolicemanAfter losing his bid for district attorney, an aspiring young lawyer agrees to defend a ring of...
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Guns of the Pecos
as BartenderA singing cowboy (Dick Foran) thwarts a thieving judge and courts a woman (Anne Nagel) in Texas.
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Her Husband's Secretary
as Driver to Oregon CabinA businessman buys trouble when he hires his wife"s best friend as his secretary.
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Penrod's Double Trouble
as Police Officer Kicking the Professor (uncredited)When a young boy disappears, a man desperate for the offered reward money turns up with an...
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The Go-Getter
as Lumberyard foreman (uncredited)A Navy veteran with one leg fights to make himself a success.
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Ready, Willing and Able
as Yip's AssistantTwo starving songwriters will only get funding if they get British actress Jane Clarke to star...
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Lest We Forget
as Fritz MullerA story of the First World War, told in semi-documentary style, focusing on the iniquities of...
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The House Without a Key
as KennedyA Pathe serial in ten chapters of two-reels each: Dan Winterslip, a wealthy man in Honolulu, has...
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Men in Exile
as JailerAn ex-con takes flight after he's framed for a jewelry store robbery and murder.
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The Merry Frinks
as Cabbie (uncredited)An heiress abandons an out-of-work husband, two sons and a lovesick daughter.
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King of Hockey
as Fan Yanking Elsie DownGamblers try to pressure a star hockey player into throwing a game.
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Land Beyond the Law
as Townsman (uncredited)A wild cowboy changes course and becomes a sheriff after his father is murdered.
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Broadway Gondolier
as Red's PalA taxi driver travels to Venice and poses as a gondolier to land a radio singing job.
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Smart Blonde
as Train Conductor (uncredited)Ambitious reporter Torchy Blane guides her policeman boyfriend to correctly pinpoint who shot...
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Money and the Woman
as Guard (uncredited)An embezzler's wife begs his boss for forgiveness, only to fall in love with him.
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A Shot in the Dark
as Police Guard (uncredited)A reporter and a police detective sort through the clues in a night-club owner's murder.
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Over the Wall
as Policeman at BeachWhen a singing, song-writing prizefighter is framed for murder and sent to the state pen, his...
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Trailin' West
as Jim Davis - Henchman (uncredited)A singing secret agent tracks down renegades at President Lincoln's request.
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Wine, Women and Horses
as Taxi Driver #2An ex-gambler hooks up with an old flame after his old habit resurfaces and drives off his wife.
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Penrod and Sam
as TomA boy (Billy Mauch) and his gang catch bank robbers using their clubhouse as a hide-out.
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The Three Sisters
as PasqualeA 1930 American pre-Code film directed by Paul Sloane and starring Louise Dresser, Tom Patricola...
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