Portrait of Samuel Adams

Acting

Samuel Adams

Career

Active from 1933 to 2006, with a break from 1939 to 2005, busiest in 1933 with 2 main titles.

Leading roles
1
top three billing
Average score
GoodWatch score56/100
Highest rated
Poster for Violent Is the Word for Curly
Violent Is the Word for Curly
GoodWatch score74/100

What stands out

Compared with the average well-known movie, over 4 of their titles. Select a trait to filter titles.

Energy: 3.4 versus catalog average 4.6EnergyHeart: 4.5 versus catalog average 4.2HeartHumor: 4.5 versus catalog average 2.6HumorWorld: 5.0 versus catalog average 5.6WorldCraft: 4.5 versus catalog average 5.3CraftStyle: 5.4 versus catalog average 5.9Style
Samuel Adams Catalog average

Rarely in their work

  • Contemporary Realism
    0.4, average 5.4
  • Psychological
    2.6, average 5.5
  • Violence
    2.0, average 4.1
  • Melancholy
    2.7, average 4.7

Main genres

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Recurring tags

    Works often with

    People in at least two of their main titles.

    Movies and TV shows

    17
    Type
    Role
    Score
    Decade
    Genre
    Group by

    2000s

    1 title ยท average score 26
    Death of a Saleswoman
    Death of a Saleswoman (2006)
    GoodWatch score 26

    as Ron Kanger

    1940s

    3 titles ยท average score 71
    Thank Your Lucky Stars
    Thank Your Lucky Stars (1943)
    GoodWatch score 60

    as Bartender in Bette Davis Number (uncredited)

    Mutiny in the Arctic
    Mutiny in the Arctic (1941)

    as First Officer Swenson (uncredited)

    Foreign Correspondent
    Foreign Correspondent (1940)
    GoodWatch score 83

    as Van Meer's Impersonator (uncredited)

    1930s

    13 titles ยท average score 65
    Violent Is the Word for Curly
    Violent Is the Word for Curly (1938)
    GoodWatch score 74

    as Professor Feinstein (uncredited)

    Pick a Star
    Pick a Star (1937)
    GoodWatch score 48

    as Sheriff

    Million Dollar Racket
    Million Dollar Racket (1937)

    as Tim Henessey

    Amateur Crook
    Amateur Crook (1937)

    as Policeman

    Hill-Tillies
    Hill-Tillies (1936)

    as Hermit (as Sam Adams)

    The Voice of Bugle Ann
    The Voice of Bugle Ann (1936)
    GoodWatch score 60

    as Farmer (uncredited)

    Treasure Blues
    Treasure Blues (1935)

    as Pancake House Manager (as Sam Adams)

    It's A Small World
    It's A Small World (1935)

    as Minor Role (uncredited)

    We Live Again
    We Live Again (1934)
    GoodWatch score 67

    as Peasant (uncredited)

    Dirty Work
    Dirty Work (1933)
    GoodWatch score 69

    as Jessup

    Umpa
    Umpa (1933)

    as Trial Policeman

    Million Dollar Legs
    Million Dollar Legs (1932)
    GoodWatch score 70

    as Secretary of State (uncredited)