Sam McDaniel
Acting
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.
Born: January 28, 1886
Place of Birth: Wichita, Kansas, USA
Known For
Rough Necking
The Blondes and Redheads series, June's father forbids her to see her boyfriend, so she sneaks him into the house disguised as a woman. One of her father's friends, however, falls in love with the mysterious young "woman".
New York Town
Victor Ballard, a happy-go-lucky albeit impoverished sidewalk photographer, shares a New York City studio apartment with Polish immigrant painter Stefan Janowski. The big city doles out joy and misery indiscriminately: In the apartment below Victor and Steve, Gus Nelson learns that his wife has given birth to quintuplets, while the lonely tenant in the apartment below Gus has given up on life and committed suicide.
Double Indemnity
An insurance representative is seduced by a dissatisfied housewife into a scheme of insurance fraud and murder that arouses the suspicion of his colleague, a claims investigator.
Charlie Chan's Courage
Charlie is hired to deliver a pearl necklace to a millionaire at his ranch. When murder intervenes he disguises himself as a Chinese servant and begins sleuthing.
I Love Lucy
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.
Amos 'n' Andy
A sitcom set in Manhattan's historic black community of Harlem.
Captains Courageous
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.
Danger – Love at Work
A New York City lawyer finds himself falling in love with the daughter of a screwball South Carolina family.
The Public Enemy
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.
Heavenly Daze
Shemp dies but cannot get into heaven until he reforms Moe and Larry. He returns to earth as an invisible spirit and sets out to prevent the other two stooges from selling a phony invention (a fountain pen that writes under whip cream) to a rich couple. Shemp sabotages Moe and Larry's sales pitch, but it looks he's headed for the fires below anyway.
Filmography
as George, the train porter
as Andy
as Jesse (uncredited)
as Doorman (uncredited)
as Self
as self
as Henry
as Porter
as Customer (uncredited)
as Porter (Uncredited)
as Boatright
as Garage Attendant (uncredited)
as Spiffingham
as Porter
as Porter
as 'Sunflower' Jones
as Waiter (uncredited)
as Waiter on Train (Uncredited)
as Bertram (uncredited)
as Porter (uncredited)
as Smoky - Second
as Porter (Uncredited)
as Smoky
as Freddy (uncredited)
as Train Waiter (uncredited)
as The Van Ormans' Butler Jonathan (uncredited)
as Train Steward (uncredited)
as Matt - Cook-Waiter (uncredited)
as Train Porter (uncredited)
as Porter (uncredited)
as Servant (uncredited)
as Train Station Porter (uncredited)
as Train Porter (uncredited)
as Charlie the Garage Attendant (uncredited)
as Phone Operator (uncredited)
as Pullman Porter (uncredited)
as Hank
as Andy (uncredited)
as Harmony Jones
as Train Porter
as Night Porter (uncredited)
as Cook
as Melrose
as Toby
as Black Man in Jail (uncredited)
as Night Watchman (uncredited)
as Kit Carson
as Uncle Ben
as Deacon
as Sam
as Waiter Serving Custer (uncredited)
as Henry (uncredited)
as Waiter
as Wash
as Train Porter
as Jefferson Washington
as Porter (uncredited)
as Henry
as Servant
as Nappy
as John D. Jones
as Janitor Tripping Fire Alarms (uncredited)
as Porter
as Sam Moore - Black Driver (uncredited)
as Black Janitor (uncredited)
as Domino Jones
as Sam
as Sam - Train Porter (uncredited)
as Mose (uncredited)
as St. Louis Waiter (uncredited)
as Hold-Up Witness - Mose (uncredited)
as Master of Ceremonies (uncredited)
as Splash (uncredited)
as Bookie
as Train Waiter (uncredited)
as H. Louis Brown (uncredited)
as Driver (uncredited)
as Claybourne's Chauffeur
as Henry H. Henry
as Train porter
as Police Capt. Holmes
as Black Porter
as 'Doc'
as Jack Jackson
as Harvey the Waiter (uncredited)
as Train Porter
as Dining Car Waiter
as Train Porter
as Zachariah
as Man Threatened by Acello (uncredited)
as Sam (uncredited)
as Mack's Hostler (uncredited)
as Men's Club Attendant (uncredited)
as Oscar - Show Boat Washroom Attendant (uncredited)
as Reckless
as Train Porter (uncredited)
as Pot Roast (as Sam McDaniels)
as Deck Attendant (uncredited)
as Janitor (uncredited)
as Ship's Steward (uncredited)
as Jasmine's Admirer (uncredited)
as Coachman
as Porter (uncredited)
as Steam Room Attendant (uncredited)
as Eli - the Porter
as Washroom Attendant (uncredited)
as Porter
as Rufus (uncredited)
as Black Prisoner on Death Row (uncredited)
as Anatole
as Cleaning Man (uncredited)
as George, the Train Porter (uncredited)
as Rasputin
as Porter (uncredited)
as Lunch Wagon Proprietor (uncredited)
as Bootblack
as Gus - Rocci's Valet
as Red Cap Porter (Uncredited)
as Hotel Porter in Stage Act (uncredited)
as Porter at Train Station (uncredited)
as Whistlin' Zeke
as Train Porter (uncredited)
as Man Listening To Radio Broadcast
as Janitor at Hotel Balken (uncredited)
as Porter (uncredited)
as McCormick's Butler (uncredited)
as Men's Room Valet (Uncredited)
as Julian's Butler Max (uncredited)
as Redcap Train Porter (uncredited)
as Jimmy, a Black Servant (uncredited)
as Casino Valet (uncredited)
as Headwaiter (uncredited)
as Luva’s Butler (uncredited)