Acting
Sam McDaniel
- Titles
- 131movies2TV shows
- Career
Active from 1935 to 1948, with up to 2 main titles a year.
- Leading roles
- 1top three billing
- Average score
49/100
- Highest rated
The Ghost and the Guest49/100
What stands out
Compared with the average well-known movie, over 46 of their titles. Select a trait to filter titles.
- Historical7.5average 2.6
- Nostalgia6.3average 3.6
- Romance5.1average 3.8
- Wit & Wordplay4.8average 3.7
- Situational Comedy3.7average 2.7
- Crime4.5average 3.7
- Wholesome4.0average 3.3
- Class & Capitalism3.9average 3.3
Rarely in their work
- Contemporary Realism2.2, average 5.2
- Uncanny1.1, average 2.5
- Scare1.4, average 2.6
- Tech & Humanity0.4, average 1.6
Works often with
People in at least two of their main titles.
Movies and TV shows
211950s
2 titles · average score 81
82
I Love Lucy (1951)
TV show · as Porter
81
Amos 'n' Andy (1951)
TV show · as Customer (uncredited)
1940s
10 titles · average score 72
70
Flamingo Road (1949)
as Boatright
Heavenly Daze (1948)
as Spiffingham
Give My Regards to Broadway (1948)
as Porter
70
My Reputation (1946)
as The Van Ormans' Butler Jonathan (uncredited)
82
Double Indemnity (1944)
as Charlie the Garage Attendant (uncredited)
70
In This Our Life (1942)
as Black Man in Jail (uncredited)
70
All Through the Night (1942)
as Deacon
The Traitor Within (1942)
as Melrose
The Great Lie (1941)
as Jefferson Washington
New York Town (1941)
as Henry (uncredited)
1930s
9 titles · average score 72
71
Jezebel (1938)
as Driver (uncredited)
76
Captains Courageous (1937)
as 'Doc'
Bargain with Bullets (1937)
as Police Capt. Holmes
70
Manhattan Melodrama (1934)
as Black Prisoner on Death Row (uncredited)
74
Charlie Chan's Courage (1934)
as Porter
Rough Necking (1934)
as Anatole
71
Footlight Parade (1933)
as Hotel Porter in Stage Act (uncredited)
70
Only Yesterday (1933)
as Red Cap Porter (Uncredited)
74
The Public Enemy (1931)
as Headwaiter (uncredited)