Sam McDaniel

Personal Info

Known For

Acting

Birthdate

1886-01-28

Day of Death

1962-09-24

Place of Birth

Wichita, Kansas, USA

Sam McDaniel

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.

Filmography (137)

⭐ 6.3 Role: George, the train porter

Ice Palace

⭐ 6.2 Role: Andy

A Hole in the Head

⭐ 6.8 Role: Jesse (uncredited)

Party Girl

⭐ 4.6 Role: Doorman (uncredited)

Johnny Trouble

⭐ 6.6 Role: Henry

A Man Called Peter

⭐ 6.6 Role: Porter (uncredited)

The File on Thelma Jordon

⭐ 7.1 Role: Boatright

Flamingo Road

⭐ 6.0 Role: Garage Attendant (uncredited)

Race Street

⭐ 7.5 Role: Spiffingham

Heavenly Daze

⭐ 7.5 Role: Porter

Give My Regards to Broadway

⭐ 7.5 Role: Porter

Secret Service Investigator

⭐ 7.0 Role: 'Sunflower' Jones

Heart of Virginia

⭐ 7.5 Role: Waiter (uncredited)

I Wonder Who's Kissing Her Now

⭐ 7.1 Role: Waiter on Train (Uncredited)

The Egg and I

⭐ 5.6 Role: Bertram (uncredited)

High Barbaree

⭐ 6.3 Role: Porter (uncredited)

Never Say Goodbye

⭐ 0 Role: Smoky - Second

Gentleman Joe Palooka

⭐ 5.7 Role: Porter (Uncredited)

Crack-Up

⭐ 8.0 Role: Smoky

Joe Palooka, Champ

⭐ 6.2 Role: Freddy (uncredited)

Without Reservations

⭐ 6.2 Role: Train Waiter (uncredited)

Without Reservations

⭐ 7.3 Role: The Van Ormans' Butler Jonathan (uncredited)

My Reputation

⭐ 6.4 Role: Train Steward (uncredited)

She Wouldn't Say Yes

⭐ 6.7 Role: Unknown

Lady on a Train

⭐ 6.7 Role: Matt - Cook-Waiter (uncredited)

The Naughty Nineties

⭐ 5.9 Role: Train Porter (uncredited)

Dillinger

⭐ 5.7 Role: Porter (uncredited)

Experiment Perilous

⭐ 6.6 Role: Servant (uncredited)

Tall in the Saddle

⭐ 6.4 Role: Train Station Porter (uncredited)

Marriage Is a Private Affair

⭐ 6.2 Role: Train Porter (uncredited)

When Strangers Marry

⭐ 8.1 Role: Charlie the Garage Attendant (uncredited)

Double Indemnity

⭐ 6.4 Role: Phone Operator (uncredited)

3 Men in White

⭐ 6.2 Role: Pullman Porter (uncredited)

Andy Hardy's Blonde Trouble

⭐ 6.1 Role: Hank

Gangway for Tomorrow

⭐ 5.8 Role: Andy (uncredited)

Son of Dracula

⭐ 5.3 Role: Harmony Jones

The Ghost and the Guest

⭐ 5.9 Role: Train Porter

After Midnight with Boston Blackie

⭐ 6.5 Role: Night Porter (uncredited)

Dixie Dugan

⭐ 5.6 Role: Cook

Johnny Doughboy

⭐ 10.0 Role: Melrose

The Traitor Within

⭐ 6.0 Role: Toby

Silver Queen

⭐ 6.9 Role: Black Man in Jail (uncredited)

In This Our Life

⭐ 5.8 Role: Night Watchman (uncredited)

Grand Central Murder

⭐ 5.0 Role: Kit Carson

I Was Framed

⭐ 6.7 Role: Uncle Ben

Mokey

⭐ 6.7 Role: Deacon

All Through the Night

⭐ 6.7 Role: Sam

Louisiana Purchase

⭐ 6.7 Role: Waiter Serving Custer (uncredited)

They Died with Their Boots On

⭐ 8.5 Role: Henry (uncredited)

New York Town

⭐ 6.6 Role: Waiter

International Lady

⭐ 6.2 Role: Wash

Bad Men of Missouri

⭐ 5.0 Role: Train Porter

Broadway Limited

⭐ 7.5 Role: Rodriguez Lincoln 'Rod' Jones

South of Panama

⭐ 7.0 Role: Jefferson Washington

The Great Lie

⭐ 6.4 Role: Porter (uncredited)

Sleepers West

⭐ 8.0 Role: Henry

Golden Hoofs

⭐ 9.0 Role: Servant

Virginia

⭐ 8.0 Role: Nappy

Calling All Husbands

⭐ 9.0 Role: John D. Jones

Am I Guilty?

⭐ 6.6 Role: Janitor Tripping Fire Alarms (uncredited)

Brother Orchid

⭐ 6.5 Role: Porter

Too Many Husbands

⭐ 6.2 Role: Sam Moore - Black Driver (uncredited)

Virginia City

⭐ 5.1 Role: Black Janitor (uncredited)

Days of Jesse James

⭐ 6.7 Role: Domino Jones

Pride of the Blue Grass

⭐ 10.0 Role: Sam

Chicken Wagon Family

⭐ 7.1 Role: Sam - Train Porter (uncredited)

Good Girls Go to Paris

⭐ 5.2 Role: Mose (uncredited)

Sweepstakes Winner

⭐ 6.7 Role: St. Louis Waiter (uncredited)

Union Pacific

⭐ 6.8 Role: Hold-Up Witness - Mose (uncredited)

Let Us Live

⭐ 8.0 Role: Master of Ceremonies (uncredited)

Everybody's Baby

⭐ 6.3 Role: Splash (uncredited)

They Made Me a Criminal

⭐ 10.0 Role: Speedy

Gambling Ship

⭐ 6.3 Role: Bookie

Stablemates

⭐ 4.2 Role: Train Waiter (uncredited)

Three Loves Has Nancy

⭐ 5.5 Role: H. Louis Brown (uncredited)

Four's a Crowd

⭐ 7.0 Role: Driver (uncredited)

Jezebel

⭐ 6.8 Role: Claybourne's Chauffeur

Walking Down Broadway

⭐ 6.0 Role: Henry H. Henry

Sergeant Murphy

⭐ 7.0 Role: Train porter

Danger – Love at Work

⭐ 7.0 Role: Police Capt. Holmes

Bargain with Bullets

⭐ 6.3 Role: Black Porter

It Happened in Hollywood

⭐ 7.4 Role: 'Doc'

Captains Courageous

⭐ 6.5 Role: Jack Jackson

Dark Manhattan

⭐ 7.0 Role: Harvey the Waiter (uncredited)

Polo Joe

⭐ 6.0 Role: Train Porter

Sing, Baby, Sing

⭐ 6.1 Role: Dining Car Waiter

36 Hours to Kill

⭐ 5.5 Role: Train Porter

Rhythm on the Range

⭐ 5.5 Role: Zachariah

Hearts Divided

⭐ 7.2 Role: Man Threatened by Acello (uncredited)

Exclusive Story

⭐ 5.7 Role: Jeff

The Adventures of Frank Merriwell

⭐ 4.7 Role: Sam (uncredited)

The Calling of Dan Matthews

⭐ 7.0 Role: Mack's Hostler (uncredited)

Stormy

⭐ 5.9 Role: Men's Club Attendant (uncredited)

We're in the Money

⭐ 6.8 Role: Oscar - Show Boat Washroom Attendant (uncredited)

Woman Wanted

⭐ 7.5 Role: Reckless

Lady Tubbs

⭐ 6.0 Role: Train Porter (uncredited)

Stranded

⭐ 9.0 Role: Pot Roast (as Sam McDaniels)

Unwelcome Stranger

⭐ 5.0 Role: Deck Attendant (uncredited)

Two Hearts in Wax Time

⭐ 6.5 Role: Janitor (uncredited)

Gold Diggers of 1935

⭐ 6.7 Role: Ship's Steward (uncredited)

Kid Millions

⭐ 6.1 Role: Jasmine's Admirer (uncredited)

Belle of the Nineties

⭐ 5.1 Role: Coachman

Wagon Wheels

⭐ 9.0 Role: Porter (uncredited)

The Human Side

⭐ 5.9 Role: Steam Room Attendant (uncredited)

The Dragon Murder Case

⭐ 0 Role: Eli - the Porter

Contented Calves

⭐ 6.0 Role: Washroom Attendant (uncredited)

Here Comes the Navy

⭐ 8.7 Role: Porter

Charlie Chan's Courage

⭐ 5.9 Role: Rufus (uncredited)

Operator 13

⭐ 7.0 Role: Black Prisoner on Death Row (uncredited)

Manhattan Melodrama

⭐ 10.0 Role: Anatole

Rough Necking

⭐ 6.5 Role: Cleaning Man (uncredited)

Fashions of 1934

⭐ 5.7 Role: George, the Train Porter (uncredited)

Dark Hazard

⭐ 5.5 Role: Rasputin

Going Hollywood

⭐ 6.9 Role: Porter (uncredited)

Lady Killer

⭐ 4.6 Role: Lunch Wagon Proprietor (uncredited)

College Coach

⭐ 5.5 Role: Bootblack

The Chief

⭐ 6.2 Role: Gus - Rocci's Valet

Broadway Thru a Keyhole

⭐ 7.3 Role: Red Cap Porter (Uncredited)

Only Yesterday

⭐ 6.8 Role: Hotel Porter in Stage Act (uncredited)

Footlight Parade

⭐ 6.3 Role: Porter at Train Station (uncredited)

Hold Your Man

⭐ 8.0 Role: Whistlin' Zeke

The Vanishing Frontier

⭐ 5.9 Role: Train Porter (uncredited)

Blondie Johnson

⭐ 4.6 Role: Man Listening To Radio Broadcast

Grand Slam

⭐ 6.1 Role: Janitor at Hotel Balken (uncredited)

Employees' Entrance

⭐ 6.0 Role: Porter (uncredited)

Whistling in the Dark

⭐ 5.5 Role: Sam the Coachman

The Golden West

⭐ 6.5 Role: McCormick's Butler (uncredited)

The All-American

⭐ 6.4 Role: Men's Room Valet (Uncredited)

Movie Crazy

⭐ 7.0 Role: Bartender (uncredited)

Grand Hotel

⭐ 5.3 Role: Julian's Butler Max (uncredited)

The Rich Are Always with Us

⭐ 6.0 Role: Redcap Train Porter (uncredited)

Union Depot

⭐ 5.9 Role: Jimmy, a Black Servant (uncredited)

Guilty Hands

⭐ 6.1 Role: Casino Valet (uncredited)

A Free Soul

⭐ 7.2 Role: Headwaiter (uncredited)

The Public Enemy

⭐ 6.4 Role: Luva’s Butler (uncredited)

Dance, Fools, Dance

⭐ 9.0 Role: Unknown

Brown Gravy

⭐ 6.7 Role: Adam (uncredited)

Hallelujah