Sam Hardy
Acting
Biography
From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia Sam B. Hardy (March 21, 1883 – October 16, 1935) was an American stage and film actor who appeared in feature films during the silent and early sound eras. He died of intestinal problems. He was also known as Samuel Hardy. Born in New Haven, Connecticut, Hardy attended Yale but left there to become an actor on stage. He entered the world of film with Biograph Studios. Hardy became ill while he was working in the film Shoot the Chutes, starring Eddie Cantor. He did not survive emergency surgery at a hospital.
Born: March 21, 1883
Place of Birth: New Haven, Connecticut, USA
Known For
King Kong
Adventurous filmmaker Carl Denham sets out to produce a motion picture unlike anything the world has seen before. Alongside his leading lady Ann Darrow and his first mate Jack Driscoll, they arrive on an island and discover a legendary creature said to be neither beast nor man. Denham captures the monster to be displayed on Broadway as King Kong, the eighth wonder of the world.
The Millionaire
A millionaire automaker retires upon the advice of his doctor, but becomes so bored he buys half interest in a gas station and works it on the sly.
The Dark Horse
The Progressive Party convention is deadlocked for governor, so both sides nominate the dark horse Zachary Hicks. Kay Russell suggests they hire Hal Blake as campaign manager; but first they have to get him out of jail for not paying alimony. Blake organizes the office and coaches Hicks to answer every question by pausing and then saying, "Well yes, but then again no." Blake will sell Hicks as dumb but honest. Russell refuses to marry Blake, while Joe keeps people away from Blake's office. Blake teaches Hicks a speech by Lincoln. At the debate when the conservative candidate Underwood recites the same speech, Blake exposes him as a plagiarist. Hicks is presented for photo opportunities and gives his yes-and-no answer to any question, including whether he expects to win.
True to the Navy
Ruby is a counter girl at the San Diego Soda Shop with a habit of being a girlfriend to Sailors stopping by. Things get a little zany when she sets her eyes on Bull's Eye McCoy a gunner who refuses to settle down.
The Miracle Woman
After an unappreciated minister dies, his daughter loses her faith in God, prompting her to open a phony temple with a con man. Can the love of a blind former aviator restore her faith and happiness?
Little Old New York
An Irish girl comes to America disguised as a boy to claim a fortune left to her brother who has died.
Little Miss Marker
Big Steve Halloway, gambler and proprietor of New York's Horseshoe Cabaret, is in desperate need of money. He arranges for his fellow bookies, especially Sorrowful Jones, to each pay him $1,000 for his racehorse, Dream Prince, to lose. With all bets being placed at the window, Sorrowful encounters a gambler, having lost $500, wanting to place his bet but unable to come up with $20. Instead, he places his little girl, Marthy Jane, as security, or in bookie's terms a "marker". "Marky", as she comes to be known, winds up under the care of Sorrowful Jones and his lady friend, singer Bangles Carson.
The Night Bird
A boxer falls in love with a girl he meets in the park.
Peach-o-Reno
After a quarrel at their 25th wedding anniversary, Joe and Aggie Bruno decide to divorce each other, and both leave for Reno. So do their daughters Prudence and Pansy, but they want to get their parents back together. Joe and Aggie, accidentally, are becoming clients at the same law-firm, Wattles and Swift, which is the biggest and most successful in town.
Broadway Nights
Fannie joins Johnny to perform a music-hall act which becomes a success, until two Broadway producers catch the act and offer Fannie a job on their latest show; however, they have no place for Johnny, so Fannie turns down the offer. (Film considered lost.)
Filmography
as Big Steve Ogden
as Marx
as Daniel J. Dingle
as Editor Stephen Caldwell
as Jack Summers
as Self - Weight Guesser (uncredited)
as Pogey
as Michael 'King' Kelly
as Bennie the Gouge
as Capt. Martin Gallagher
as Russell Spaulding
as Hawkins
as Slick Ryan
as Sinclair Sable
as Charles Weston
as Sam Muldoon
as Professor Triplett
as Pete Harris
as Jeff Baird
as Mr. Black
as King Frenzi
as Judge Jackson
as Larry
as Bob Hornsby
as James Ludgate
as McCoy
as Sam Hart
as J.B. Berkley
as G.W. Parker
as Harry Fontaine
as Brady
as Davolo
as Windy 'Wally' Wallace
as Happy Manning
as Egan
as Joe Reno
as Jerry
as Charlie
as Doc Hardy
as Jack
as Joe Lehman
as Gleason
as Spike
as Philip Hurd
as 'Ace' Kearney
as Spike
as Brassy Gall
as Johnny Fay
as Hank
as Nick Fanshaw
as Apollo Beneventa
as Handy
as Managing Editor
as William Graves
as Gindelheim
as Jardine
as Cornelius Vanderbilt
as Jerome Trevor
as J. Rufus Wallingford
as Lt. James 'Jim' Winthrop, Jr.
as Hartly Poole
as Lieutenant James 'Jim' Winthrop Jr.