Personal Info
Birth date
1886-01-28 (139 Years)
Day of death
1962-09-24
Gender
Male
Known for
Acting
Place of birth
Wichita, Kansas, USA
Also known as
Samuel Rufus McDaniel
Sam 'Deacon' McDaniel
Deacon McDaniels
Sam McDaniels
Sam McDaniel
Biography
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.
Filmography
I Love Lucy
7.916
Overview:
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.Double Indemnity
8.11
Overview:
A seductive housewife draws an insurance salesman into a plot of adultery and crime to collect on her husband's life insurance.The Public Enemy
7.24
Overview:
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.The Ghost and the Guest
5.2
Overview:
Newlyweds Webster and Jackie Frye spend their honeymoon in a sinister old country house. Before long, they are besieged by a gang of crooks, searching for a fortune in diamonds. With the help of chauffeur Harmony Jones, the honeymooners attempt to outsmart the villains.Son of Dracula
5.8
Overview:
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.Jezebel
7.007
Overview:
In 1850s Louisiana, the willfulness of a tempestuous Southern belle threatens to destroy all who care for her.They Died with Their Boots On
6.592
Overview:
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.They Made Me a Criminal
6.1
Overview:
A boxer flees, believing he has committed a murder while he was drunk.Captains Courageous
7.4
Overview:
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.Union Pacific
6.5
Overview:
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?Manhattan Melodrama
7.014
Overview:
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.Footlight Parade
6.902
Overview:
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.The Egg and I
7
Overview:
World War II veteran Bob MacDonald surprises his new wife, Betty, by quitting his city job and moving them to a dilapidated farm in the country. While Betty gamely struggles with managing the crumbling house and holding off nosy neighbors and a recalcitrant pig, Bob makes plans for crops and livestock. The couple's bliss is shaken by a visit from a beautiful farm owner, who seems to want more from Bob than just managing her property.All Through the Night
7
Overview:
Broadway gamblers stumble across a plan by Nazi saboteurs to blow up an American battleship.Operator 13
5.7
Overview:
American Civil War, 1862. After the disaster of the Second Battle of Bull Run, Major Allen, chief of the Secret Service of the Union, asks actress Gail Loveless to become one of his operators and infiltrate enemy territory.Let Us Live
6.8
Overview:
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.A Hole in the Head
6.1
Overview:
An impractical widower tries to hang onto his Miami hotel and his 12-year-old son.In This Our Life
6.8
Overview:
An unhappy, self-centered woman runs off with her sister's husband, wreaking havoc and ruining the lives of those around her.Party Girl
6.8
Overview:
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.Gold Diggers of 1935
6.412
Overview:
Romance strikes when a vacationing millionairess and her daughter and son spend their vacation at a posh New England resort.Flamingo Road
7
Overview:
A stranded carnival dancer takes on a corrupt political boss when she marries into small-town society.Andy Hardy's Blonde Trouble
5.833
Overview:
Andy is going to Wainwright College as did his father. He sees a pretty blonde on the train and he is alternately winked at or slapped every time he sees her. Andy is clueless. On the train Andy meets Kay and Dr. Standish who are both headed for Wainwright. Andy likes Kay, but Dr. Standish also seems to take an interest in her. Things are going well at College with Kay, but the blonde is nice one minute and ignores Andy the next. When Andy finds out that the blonde is really identical twins, he tries to help them out with their father but gets caught at their rooming house after midnight.Crack-Up
5.6
Overview:
Art curator George Steele experiences a train wreck...which never happened. Is he cracking up, or the victim of a plot?A Free Soul
6.1
Overview:
An alcoholic lawyer who successfully defended a notorious gambler on a murder charge objects when his free-spirited daughter becomes romantically involved with him.The Great Lie
6.8
Overview:
After a newlywed's husband apparently dies in a plane crash, she discovers that her rival for his affections is pregnant with his child.Lady on a Train
6.552
Overview:
While watching from her train window, Nikki Collins witnesses a murder in a nearby building. When she alerts the police, they think she has read one too many mystery novels. She then enlists a popular mystery writer to help her solve the crime on her own, but her sleuthing attracts the attentions of suitors and killers.Dance, Fools, Dance
6.4
Overview:
When misfortune hits hard on the Jordan family of Chicago's upper class, Bonnie Jordan, a dazzling and witty girl, finds a job as an aspiring reporter; however, his naive younger brother Rodney takes a twisted path and gets involved with the wrong people.Ice Palace
5.8
Overview:
Alaska: America's last great wilderness frontier. A land of primitive grandeur, of glaciers, mountains and ice-fields. And of ambitious cannery tycoon Zeb "Czar" Kennedy and rugged activist leader Thor Storm, two rough-hewn men whose bitter 40-year rivalry mirrored their powerful land's struggle for statehood.Acting
1960Ice Palace as George, the train porter
1959A Hole in the Head as Andy
1958Party Girl as Jesse (uncredited)
1957Johnny Trouble as Doorman (uncredited)
1955A Man Called Peter as Henry
1951I Love Lucy (1 Episode) as Porter
1951Amos 'n' Andy (1 Episode) as Customer (uncredited)
1949The File on Thelma Jordon as Porter (Uncredited)
1949Flamingo Road as Boatright
1948Race Street as Garage Attendant (uncredited)
1948Heavenly Daze as Spiffingham
1948Give My Regards to Broadway as Porter
1948Secret Service Investigator as Porter
1948Heart of Virginia as 'Sunflower' Jones
1947I Wonder Who's Kissing Her Now as Waiter (uncredited)
1947The Egg and I as Waiter on Train (Uncredited)
1947High Barbaree as Bertram (uncredited)
1946Never Say Goodbye as Porter (uncredited)
1946Gentleman Joe Palooka as Smoky - Second
1946Crack-Up as Porter (Uncredited)
1946Joe Palooka, Champ as Smoky
1946Without Reservations as Freddy (uncredited), Train Waiter (uncredited)
1946My Reputation as The Van Ormans' Butler Jonathan (uncredited)
1945She Wouldn't Say Yes as Train Steward (uncredited)
1945Lady on a Train as Unknown
1945The Naughty Nineties as Matt - Cook-Waiter (uncredited)
1944Experiment Perilous as Porter (uncredited)
1944Marriage Is a Private Affair as Train Station Porter (uncredited)
1944When Strangers Marry as Train Porter (uncredited)
1944Double Indemnity as Charlie the Garage Attendant (uncredited)
19443 Men in White as Phone Operator (uncredited)
1944Andy Hardy's Blonde Trouble as Pullman Porter (uncredited)
1943Son of Dracula as Andy (uncredited)
1943Gangway for Tomorrow as Hank
1943The Ghost and the Guest as Harmony Jones
1943After Midnight with Boston Blackie as Train Porter
1943Dixie Dugan as Night Porter (uncredited)
1942Johnny Doughboy as Cook
1942The Traitor Within as Melrose
1942Silver Queen as Toby
1942In This Our Life as Black Man in Jail (uncredited)
1942Grand Central Murder as Night Watchman (uncredited)
1942I Was Framed as Kit Carson
1942Mokey as Uncle Ben
1942All Through the Night as Deacon
1941Louisiana Purchase as Sam
1941They Died with Their Boots On as Waiter Serving Custer (uncredited)
1941New York Town as Henry (uncredited)
1941International Lady as Waiter
1941Bad Men of Missouri as Wash
1941Broadway Limited as Train Porter
1941South of Panama as Rodriguez Lincoln 'Rod' Jones
1941The Great Lie as Jefferson Washington
1941Sleepers West as Porter (uncredited)
1941Golden Hoofs as Henry
1941Virginia as Servant
1940Calling All Husbands as Nappy
1940Am I Guilty? as John D. Jones
1940Brother Orchid as Janitor Tripping Fire Alarms (uncredited)
1940Too Many Husbands as Porter
1940Virginia City as Sam Moore - Black Driver (uncredited)
1939Days of Jesse James as Black Janitor (uncredited)
1939Pride of the Blue Grass as Domino Jones
1939Chicken Wagon Family as Sam
1939Good Girls Go to Paris as Sam - Train Porter (uncredited)
1939Sweepstakes Winner as Mose (uncredited)
1939Union Pacific as St. Louis Waiter (uncredited)
1939Let Us Live as Hold-Up Witness - Mose (uncredited)
1939Everybody's Baby as Master of Ceremonies (uncredited)
1939They Made Me a Criminal as Splash (uncredited)
1938Gambling Ship as Speedy
1938Stablemates as Bookie
1938Three Loves Has Nancy as Train Waiter (uncredited)
1938Four's a Crowd as H. Louis Brown (uncredited)
1938Jezebel as Driver (uncredited)
1938Walking Down Broadway as Claybourne's Chauffeur
1938Sergeant Murphy as Henry H. Henry
1937Danger – Love at Work as Train porter
1937Bargain with Bullets as Police Capt. Holmes
1937It Happened in Hollywood as Black Porter
1937Captains Courageous as 'Doc'
1937Dark Manhattan as Jack Jackson
1936Polo Joe as Harvey the Waiter (uncredited)
1936Sing, Baby, Sing as Train Porter
193636 Hours to Kill as Dining Car Waiter
1936Rhythm on the Range as Train Porter
1936Hearts Divided as Zachariah
1936Exclusive Story as Man Threatened by Acello (uncredited)
1936The Adventures of Frank Merriwell as Jeff
1935The Calling of Dan Matthews as Sam (uncredited)
1935Stormy as Mack's Hostler (uncredited)
1935We're in the Money as Men's Club Attendant (uncredited)
1935Woman Wanted as Oscar - Show Boat Washroom Attendant (uncredited)
1935Lady Tubbs as Reckless
1935Stranded as Train Porter (uncredited)
1935Unwelcome Stranger as Pot Roast (as Sam McDaniels)
1935Two Hearts in Wax Time as Deck Attendant (uncredited)
1935Gold Diggers of 1935 as Janitor (uncredited)
1934Kid Millions as Ship's Steward (uncredited)
1934Belle of the Nineties as Jasmine's Admirer (uncredited)
1934Wagon Wheels as Coachman
1934The Human Side as Porter (uncredited)
1934The Dragon Murder Case as Steam Room Attendant (uncredited)
1934Contented Calves as Eli - the Porter
1934Here Comes the Navy as Washroom Attendant (uncredited)
1934Charlie Chan's Courage as Porter
1934Operator 13 as Rufus (uncredited)
1934Manhattan Melodrama as Black Prisoner on Death Row (uncredited)
1934Rough Necking as Anatole
1934Fashions of 1934 as Cleaning Man (uncredited)
1934Dark Hazard as George, the Train Porter (uncredited)
1933Going Hollywood as Rasputin
1933Lady Killer as Unknown
1933College Coach as Lunch Wagon Proprietor (uncredited)
1933The Chief as Bootblack
1933Broadway Thru a Keyhole as Gus - Rocci's Valet
1933Only Yesterday as Red Cap Porter (Uncredited)
1933Footlight Parade as Hotel Porter in Stage Act (uncredited)
1933Hold Your Man as Porter at Train Station (uncredited)
1933The Vanishing Frontier as Whistlin' Zeke
1933Blondie Johnson as Train Porter (uncredited)
1933Grand Slam as Man Listening To Radio Broadcast
1933Employees' Entrance as Janitor at Hotel Balken (uncredited)
1933Whistling in the Dark as Porter (uncredited)
1932The All-American as McCormick's Butler (uncredited)
1932Movie Crazy as Men's Room Valet (Uncredited)
1932The Rich Are Always with Us as Julian's Butler Max (uncredited)
1932Union Depot as Redcap Train Porter (uncredited)
1931Guilty Hands as Jimmy, a Black Servant (uncredited)
1931A Free Soul as Casino Valet (uncredited)
1931The Public Enemy as Headwaiter (uncredited)
1931Dance, Fools, Dance as Luva’s Butler (uncredited)
1929Brown Gravy as Unknown