Sam Allen
Acting
Biography
No biography available for Sam Allen.
Born: December 25, 1861
Place of Birth: Baltimore, Maryland, USA
Known For
The Gold Rush
A gold prospector in Alaska struggles to survive the elements and win the heart of a dance hall girl.
The Sea Beast
Based on Herman Melville's novel "Moby Dick."
The Cowboy Counsellor
A con man posing as a lawyer tries to sell copies of a phony law book. Things get serious when he has to defend a young man falsely accused of robbery.
The Virginian
Molly Wood arrives in a small western town to be the new schoolmarm. The Virginian, foreman on a local ranch, takes a shine to her, and vows that he will make her love him. The Virginian's best friend, Steve, falls in with bad guys led by Trampas. The Virginian catches them cattle rustling. As foreman, he must give the order to hang his friend. Trampas gets away and shoots the Virginian in the back. Molly nurses him to health, and falls in love with him. They plan to marry, but on their wedding day Trampas returns, looking for trouble.
Conflict
A society girl goes to live in the woods with her evil uncle and his wicked housekeeper.
Dog Scents
A short western/crime film.
The Timber Wolf
A lumber man called the Timber Wolf comes to the aid of an old prospector.
The Power God
In this movie serial, Professor Sturgess invents a miraculous engine which can draw unlimited power from the atoms of the air. When the professor is killed, his daughter and her fiance must fight to keep the secret of the power engine out of the hands of evil Weston Dore and his henchmen.
Burning Bridges
Bob and Jim Whitely are twin brothers. Bob, an army veteran who suffered shell shock in the war, escapes from a sanitarium and holds up the Express train, for which Jim is mistakenly arrested. Jim soon escapes from jail in order to find his brother. However, his task is complicated by a crooked sheriff who pins a holdup and murder on him that the sheriff himself actually committed. To make matters worse, the murder victim was Tommy Wilkins, the brother of Jim's fiancee, who now thinks that Jim killed her brother.
Are You a Failure?
Coddled by his maiden aunts and apparently unable to make decisions, Oliver Wendell Blaine signs up for a mail-order course in "Success." Oliver follows the instructions step by step, builds his self-confidence, and proves himself a hero when a log jam threatens the town. He is made river boss and marries Phyllis Thorpe, daughter of the owner of the lumber-mill.
Filmography
as Hotel Clerk
as Neilson
as Dr. Zach McCarthy
as Ed Holbrook
as Cpl. Cotter
as Jasper Jones
as Sam Foster
as Captain
as Joe Terry
as Man in Dance Hall (uncredited)
as John Morgan
as Uncle Hughie
as Thaddeus Crane
as Const. Kittering
as Father Roubeau
as Orrin Lakin