Sam McDaniel

Born: 1886-01-28

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.


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Double Indemnity

as Charlie the Garage Attendant (uncredited)
Released: 1944-07-06

A rich woman and a calculating insurance agent plot to kill her unsuspecting husband after he...

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The Public Enemy

as Headwaiter (uncredited)
Released: 1931-04-23

Two young Chicago hoodlums, Tom Powers and Matt Doyle, rise up from their poverty-stricken slum...

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They Died with Their Boots On

as Waiter Serving Custer (uncredited)
Released: 1941-11-20

The story follows General George Armstrong Custer's adventures from his West Point days to his...

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Captains Courageous

as 'Doc'
Released: 1937-06-25

Harvey, the arrogant and spoiled son of an indulgent absentee-father, falls overboard from a...

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Son of Dracula

as Andy (uncredited)
Released: 1943-11-05

Carpathian Count Alucard is invited to the U.S. by a young heiress. Her boyfriend and local...

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Footlight Parade

as Hotel Porter in Stage Act (uncredited)
Released: 1933-10-21

A fledgling producer finds himself at odds with his workers, financiers and his greedy ex-wife...

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Jezebel

as Driver (uncredited)
Released: 1938-03-26

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

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Manhattan Melodrama

as Black Prisoner on Death Row (uncredited)
Released: 1934-05-04

The friendship between two orphans endures even though they grow up on opposite sides of the law...

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Operator 13

as Rufus (uncredited)
Released: 1934-06-08

American Civil War, 1862. After the disaster of the Second Battle of Bull Run, Major Allen,...

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Union Pacific

as St. Louis Waiter (uncredited)
Released: 1939-05-05

One of the last bills signed by President Lincoln authorizes pushing the Union Pacific Railroad...

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Party Girl

as Jesse (uncredited)
Released: 1958-10-28

Slick lawyer Thomas Farrell has made a career of defending mobsters in trials. It's not until he...

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The File on Thelma Jordon

as Porter (Uncredited)
Released: 1949-11-04

Cleve Marshall, an assistant district attorney, falls for Thelma Jordon, a mysterious woman with...

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The Egg and I

as Waiter on Train (Uncredited)
Released: 1947-05-01

World War II veteran Bob MacDonald surprises his new wife, Betty, by quitting his city job and...

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A Hole in the Head

as Andy
Released: 1959-09-15

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

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Flamingo Road

as Boatright
Released: 1949-04-30

A stranded carnival dancer takes on a corrupt political boss when she marries into small-town...

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Guilty Hands

as Jimmy, a Black Servant (uncredited)
Released: 1931-08-22

A district attorney commits the perfect murder when he kills his daughter's womanizing fiancé...

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All Through the Night

as Deacon
Released: 1942-01-10

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

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Union Depot

as Redcap Train Porter (uncredited)
Released: 1932-01-14

Among the travelers of varied backgrounds that meet and interact on one night at Union Depot, a...

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In This Our Life

as Black Man in Jail (uncredited)
Released: 1942-05-08

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

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Only Yesterday

as Red Cap Porter (Uncredited)
Released: 1933-11-01

On the back of the Wall Street Crash of 1929, a young business man is about to commit suicide....

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A Free Soul

as Casino Valet (uncredited)
Released: 1931-06-02

An alcoholic lawyer who successfully defended a notorious gambler on a murder charge objects...

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Marriage Is a Private Affair

as Train Station Porter (uncredited)
Released: 1944-08-23

Theo has had many boyfriends who wanted to marry her. Since her mother, Mrs. Selworth, has been...

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The Rich Are Always with Us

as Julian's Butler Max (uncredited)
Released: 1932-05-19

A wealthy couple's marriage is falling apart due to the man's infidelity. The wife's male friend...

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Lady on a Train

as uncredited
Released: 1945-08-03

While watching from her train window, Nikki Collins witnesses a murder in a nearby building....

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Gold Diggers of 1935

as Janitor (uncredited)
Released: 1935-03-15

Romance strikes when a vacationing millionairess and her daughter and son spend their vacation...

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The Great Lie

as Jefferson Washington
Released: 1941-04-05

After a newlywed's husband apparently dies in a plane crash, she discovers that her rival for...

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I Was Framed

as Kit Carson
Released: 1942-04-04

A reporter runs from charges by a corrupt politician only to face them years later.

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Fashions of 1934

as Cleaning Man (uncredited)
Released: 1934-02-14

When the Manhattan investment firm of Sherwood Nash goes broke, he joins forces with his partner...

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Brother Orchid

as Janitor Tripping Fire Alarms (uncredited)
Released: 1940-06-07

When retired racket boss John Sarto tries to reclaim his place and former friends try to kill...

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My Reputation

as The Van Ormans' Butler Jonathan (uncredited)
Released: 1946-01-25

Tongues begin to wag when a lonely widow becomes romantically involved with a military man....

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Hold Your Man

as Porter at Train Station (uncredited)
Released: 1933-06-30

Ruby falls in love with small-time con man Eddie. During a botched blackmail scheme, Eddie...

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Lady Killer

as uncredited
Released: 1933-12-09

An ex-gang member tries to resist his old cohorts' criminal influence after he suddenly becomes...

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Experiment Perilous

as Porter (uncredited)
Released: 1944-12-18

In 1903, Doctor Huntington Bailey meets a friendly older lady during a train trip. She tells him...

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They Made Me a Criminal

as Splash (uncredited)
Released: 1939-01-21

A boxer flees, believing he has committed a murder while he was drunk.

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Going Hollywood

as Rasputin
Released: 1933-12-22

The film tells the story of Sylvia, a French teacher at an all-girl school, who wants to find...

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Stranded

as Train Porter (uncredited)
Released: 1935-06-29

A Traveler's Aid worker who delights in solving people's problems gets mixed up with gangsters.

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Silver Queen

as Toby
Released: 1942-11-14

A beautiful heiress is an excellent poker player. Her comfortable life changes when her father...

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Days of Jesse James

as Black Janitor (uncredited)
Released: 1939-12-20

Days of Jesse James is a 1939 American film directed by Joseph Kane and starring Roy Rogers....

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Danger – Love at Work

as Train porter
Released: 1937-09-30

A New York City lawyer finds himself falling in love with the daughter of a screwball South...

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Chicken Wagon Family

as Sam
Released: 1939-08-10

Addie Fippany, her father Jean Paul Batiste Fippany, her mother Josephine and her sister Cecile...

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Movie Crazy

as Men's Room Valet (Uncredited)
Released: 1932-09-23

After a mix-up with his application photograph, an aspiring actor is invited to a screen test...

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The Naughty Nineties

as Matt - Cook-Waiter (uncredited)
Released: 1945-06-20

In the gay '90s, cardsharps take over a Mississippi riverboat from a kindly captain. Their first...

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Crack-Up

as Porter (Uncredited)
Released: 1946-09-06

Art curator George Steele experiences a train wreck...which never happened. Is he cracking up,...

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Employees' Entrance

as Janitor at Hotel Balken (uncredited)
Released: 1933-02-11

Kurt Anderson is the tyrannical manager of a New York department store in financial straits. He...

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Everybody's Baby

as Master of Ceremonies (uncredited)
Released: 1939-03-24

The Jones family encounters new theories of childrearing when an author arrives in town to...

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Without Reservations

as Freddy (uncredited)
Released: 1946-05-13

Kit Madden is traveling to Hollywood, where her best-selling novel is to be filmed. Aboard the...

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Without Reservations

as Train Waiter (uncredited)
Released: 1946-05-13

Kit Madden is traveling to Hollywood, where her best-selling novel is to be filmed. Aboard the...

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I Wonder Who's Kissing Her Now

as Waiter (uncredited)
Released: 1947-07-31

A biopic of the career of Joe Howard (12 Feb.,1878 - 19 May, 1961), famous songwriter of the...

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When Strangers Marry

as Train Porter (uncredited)
Released: 1944-08-21

A naive small-town girl comes to New York City to meet her husband, and discovers that he may be...

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Dark Hazard

as George, the Train Porter (uncredited)
Released: 1934-01-31

Jim is a compulsive gambler. He meets Marge at a boarding house and they get married. His...

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Three Loves Has Nancy

as Train Waiter (uncredited)
Released: 1938-09-02

A small-town country homebody goes to New York to find her missing fiancé and gets romantically...

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Kid Millions

as Ship's Steward
Released: 1934-11-10

A musical comedy about a Brooklyn boy who inherits a fortune from his archaeologist father, but...

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Here Comes the Navy

as Washroom Attendant (uncredited)
Released: 1934-07-21

A cocky guy joins the Navy for the wrong reason but finds romance and twice is cited for heroism.

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Never Say Goodbye

as Porter (uncredited)
Released: 1946-11-09

Phil and Ellen Gayley have been divorced for a year, and their 7-year old daughter, Flip, is...

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A Man Called Peter

as Henry
Released: 1955-03-31

Based on the true story of a young Scottish lad, Peter Marshall, who dreams of only going to sea...

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The Traitor Within

as Melrose
Released: 1942-12-16

In this drama, a truck driver begins wooing a young woman who still lives with her father who...

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Louisiana Purchase

as Sam
Released: 1941-12-31

A bumbling senator investigating graft in Louisiana is the target of a scheme involving a...

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Grand Central Murder

as Night Watchman (uncredited)
Released: 1942-05-01

Conniving Broadway starlet Mida King has plenty of enemies, so when she's found murdered at...

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Blondie Johnson

as Train Porter (uncredited)
Released: 1933-02-25

A Depression-downtrodden waif uses her brains instead of her body to rise from tyro con artist...

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Stablemates

as Bookie
Released: 1938-10-07

A boozy former veterinarian and a teenage orphan team together with dreams of entering a...

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Sleepers West

as Porter (uncredited)
Released: 1941-03-14

Private eye Mike Shayne encounters a large amount of trouble while attempting to guard a murder...

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Virginia City

as Sam Moore - Black Driver (uncredited)
Released: 1940-03-23

Union officer Kerry Bradford escapes from a Confederate prison and races to intercept $5 million...

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Race Street

as Garage Attendant (uncredited)
Released: 1948-09-11

A night club owner takes on the crooks who killed his best friend.

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It Happened in Hollywood

as Black Porter
Released: 1937-09-07

A silent Western star has trouble adjusting to the coming of sound.

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Bad Men of Missouri

as Wash
Released: 1941-07-26

The Younger brothers return to Missouri after the Civil War with intent to avenge the misdeeds...

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Sing, Baby, Sing

as Train Porter
Released: 1936-08-21

The "Caliban-Ariel" romance of fiftysomething John Barrymore and teenager Elaine Barrie is...

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Belle of the Nineties

as Jasmine's Admirer (uncredited)
Released: 1934-09-21

Cabaret entertainer Ruby Carter shifts her operations to New Orleans and becomes exceedingly...

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Good Girls Go to Paris

as Sam - Train Porter (uncredited)
Released: 1939-06-20

Jenny Swanson, a waitress on a college campus, is dying to visit Paris. Thanks to English...

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Andy Hardy's Blonde Trouble

as Pullman Porter (uncredited)
Released: 1944-05-04

Andy is going to Wainwright College as did his father. He sees a pretty blonde on the train and...

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Too Many Husbands

as Porter
Released: 1940-04-03

Long-missing Bill Cardew returns to find his wife Vicky remarried...and in no hurry to settle...

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College Coach

as Lunch Wagon Proprietor (uncredited)
Released: 1933-11-04

Ruthless Coach Gore creates turmoil at a college by hiring players and alienating students....

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The Ghost and the Guest

as Harmony Jones
Released: 1943-04-19

Newlyweds Webster and Jackie Frye spend their honeymoon in a sinister old country house. Before...

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Calling All Husbands

as Nappy
Released: 1940-09-07

A henpecked husband and his bossy wife are due for a surprise when the wife's former boyfriend...

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Dance, Fools, Dance

as Luva’s Butler (uncredited)
Released: 1931-02-07

When misfortune hits hard on the Jordan family of Chicago's upper class, Bonnie Jordan, a...

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We're in the Money

as Men's Club Attendant (uncredited)
Released: 1935-08-17

Ginger and Dixie are process servers for goofy lawyer Homer Bronson. The two friends want to...

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Johnny Doughboy

as Cook
Released: 1942-12-31

As sixteen year old Ann Winters begins a relationship with an older actor to further her career,...

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After Midnight with Boston Blackie

as Train Porter
Released: 1943-03-18

Blackie is arrested when retrieving stolen gems from a safety deposit box for a friend.

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3 Men in White

as Phone Operator (uncredited)
Released: 1944-05-25

Gillespie has to finally choose his official assistant, or Red and Lee are going to kill...

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Exclusive Story

as Man Threatened by Acello (uncredited)
Released: 1936-01-17

A reporter and his newspaper's attorney try to gather evidence that will put a notorious...

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She Wouldn't Say Yes

as Train Steward
Released: 1945-11-29

Susan Lane is a gifted psychiatrist, grounded in self-control. Before returning by train to her...

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The Dragon Murder Case

as Steam Room Attendant (uncredited)
Released: 1934-08-25

Wonderful idea to give a party with people who dislike each other. Late at night, everyone...

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Four's a Crowd

as H. Louis Brown (uncredited)
Released: 1938-08-04

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

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Broadway Thru a Keyhole

as Gus - Rocci's Valet
Released: 1933-11-02

Racketeer Frank Rocci is smitten with Joan Whelan, a dancer at Texas Guinan's famous Broadway...

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Woman Wanted

as Oscar - Show Boat Washroom Attendant (uncredited)
Released: 1935-08-02

Just after a jury finds Ann Grey guilty of murder, the car carrying her to prison crashes into...

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Ice Palace

as George, the train porter
Released: 1960-01-02

Alaska: America's last great wilderness frontier. A land of primitive grandeur, of glaciers,...

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Whistling in the Dark

as Porter (uncredited)
Released: 1933-01-21

A mystery writer and his sweetheart are held hostage by a fugitive gangster, who hopes to enlist...

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The Adventures of Frank Merriwell

as Jeff
Released: 1936-01-13

A 12-episode serial in which scholastic sports star Frank Merriwell leaves school to search for...

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Dixie Dugan

as Night Porter (uncredited)
Released: 1943-03-12

Roger Hudson, a wealthy businessman who has moved to Washington to work for the government as a...

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The All-American

as McCormick's Butler (uncredited)
Released: 1932-10-01

The story of the rise and fall of an All-American football player.

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Gangway for Tomorrow

as Hank
Released: 1943-11-03

Five defense workers on their way to the munitions factory tell their stories: a refugee from...

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New York Town

as Henry (uncredited)
Released: 1941-10-31

Victor Ballard, a happy-go-lucky albeit impoverished sidewalk photographer, shares a New York...

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The Calling of Dan Matthews

as Sam (uncredited)
Released: 1935-12-10

Dan Matthews (Richard Arlen), a young parson, is in love with Hope Strong (Charlotte Wynters),...

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Golden Hoofs

as Henry
Released: 1941-02-14

A teenage horse trainer fears she'll lose her beloved horses when the stables where she works is...

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Broadway Limited

as Train Porter
Released: 1941-06-13

A publicity stunt staged on a train known as the Broadway Limited gets out of control, as no one...

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The Vanishing Frontier

as Whistlin' Zeke
Released: 1933-03-13

Its 1850 and California is under ruthless military rule. Kirby Tornell's rancho has been taken...

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Wagon Wheels

as Coachman
Released: 1934-09-15

A wagon train heads west from Independence, Mo., along the Oregon Trail, led by proud cowboy...

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Johnny Trouble

as Doorman (uncredited)
Released: 1957-09-24

An elderly woman becomes convinced that a trouble-making college student is her grandson she's...

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International Lady

as Waiter
Released: 1941-10-16

Tim Hanley, an American agent, posing as a lawyer with the United States Embassy in London, and...

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36 Hours to Kill

as Dining Car Waiter
Released: 1936-07-24

Duke and Jeanie Benson, an outlaw couple hiding out under assumed names. Duke realizes that he...

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Hearts Divided

as Zachariah
Released: 1936-06-20

Napoleon Bonaparte's younger brother, visiting the United States, falls madly in love with a...

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Stormy

as Mack's Hostler (uncredited)
Released: 1935-10-21

A young man looks for a thoroughbred horse that was got lost during a train wreck.

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Let Us Live

as Hold-Up Witness - Mose (uncredited)
Released: 1939-03-29

When a confused eyewitness identifies New York City cabbie Brick Tennant as a killer, he is...

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Pride of the Blue Grass

as Domino Jones
Released: 1939-10-06

A young man is determined to turn his beloved racehorse, which is blind, into a champion.

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Polo Joe

as Harvey the Waiter (uncredited)
Released: 1936-11-04

A young man allergic to horses decides he has to learn to play polo in order to impress the girl...

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The Human Side

as Porter (uncredited)
Released: 1934-09-01

The story of a theatrical producer, his divorced wife and their four children.

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The Chief

as Bootblack
Released: 1933-11-03

The dim-witted son of a heroic fire chief tries to follow in his late father's footsteps, only...

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Gentleman Joe Palooka

as Smoky - Second
Released: 1946-10-05

In the second film of Monogram's Joe Palooka series, Joe is 'used', by two state senators...

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Grand Slam

as Man Listening To Radio Broadcast
Released: 1933-02-22

A Russian waiter in New York City becomes a national celebrity after he develops a "system" for...

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Mokey

as Uncle Ben
Released: 1942-04-01

A newlywed tries to deal with her troubled stepchild.

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Heart of Virginia

as 'Sunflower' Jones
Released: 1948-04-25

Jimmy Easter is a jockey who gets shook up when he is responsible for the death of a fellow...

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Am I Guilty?

as John D. Jones
Released: 1940-06-21

A young black doctor sets out to establish a free clinic in Harlem.

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Rough Necking

as Anatole
Released: 1934-04-24

The Blondes and Redheads series, June's father forbids her to see her boyfriend, so she sneaks...

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Contented Calves

as Eli - the Porter
Released: 1934-08-06

An add campaign for stockings embarrasses the girls.

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Sweepstakes Winner

as Mose (uncredited)
Released: 1939-05-20

A scatterbrained waitress invests her inheritance in a broken-down race horse and a sweepstakes...

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Give My Regards to Broadway

as Porter
Released: 1948-06-08

A family vaudeville act is threatened when the eldest son is offered a contract to play...

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Heavenly Daze

as Spiffingham
Released: 1948-09-02

Shemp dies but cannot get into heaven until he reforms Moe and Larry. He returns to earth as an...

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Walking Down Broadway

as Claybourne's Chauffeur
Released: 1938-03-11

Five closely knit showgirls sign a pact to reunite one year after the closing of their Broadway...

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Rhythm on the Range

as Train Porter
Released: 1936-07-01

Cowboy Jeff Larabee returns from the east and meets Doris Halloway, a young girl, that he...

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Joe Palooka, Champ

as Smoky
Released: 1946-05-26

After losing heavyweight contender Al Costa to mob boss Florini fight promoter Knobby Walsh...

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Charlie Chan's Courage

as Porter
Released: 1934-07-06

Charlie is hired to deliver a pearl necklace to a millionaire at his ranch. When murder...

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Sergeant Murphy

as Henry H. Henry
Released: 1938-01-01

An Army private proves his horse is fit for service and wins his colonel's daughter.

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Lady Tubbs

as Reckless
Released: 1935-07-02

A cook in a railroad construction camp inherits $500,000. She pretends to be English royalty and...

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Dark Manhattan

as Jack Jackson
Released: 1937-02-13

A low-level gangster determines to let nothing stand in the way of his gaining control of the...

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Secret Service Investigator

as Porter
Released: 1948-05-31

Lloyd Bridges plays a flying ace war hero who gets sucked into a counterfeiting scheme by...

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Unwelcome Stranger

as Pot Roast (as Sam McDaniels)
Released: 1935-04-05

Horse-breeder Howard Chamberlain has many superstitious quirks but his primary one is that he...

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Two Hearts in Wax Time

as Deck Attendant (uncredited)
Released: 1935-03-23

In this MGM Colortone Musical short, a department store custodian who overindulges in drink sees...

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Bargain with Bullets

as Police Capt. Holmes
Released: 1937-09-17

A gangster film about the Harlem underworld.

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I Love Lucy

as Porter
First aired: 1951-10-15

Cuban Bandleader Ricky Ricardo would be happy if his wife Lucy would just be a housewife....

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Amos 'n' Andy

as Customer (uncredited)
First aired: 1951-06-28

A sitcom set in Manhattan's historic black community of Harlem.

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