Sam Hardy

Personal Info

Birthday

March 21, 1883

Day of Death

1935-10-16

(52 years old)

Place of Birth

New Haven, Connecticut, USA

Also Known As

Sam B. Hardy

Samuel B. Hardy

Samuel Hardy

Sam Hardy

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.

Known For

King Kong

The Big Noise

The Millionaire

I Give My Love

Curtain at Eight

Break of Hearts

Three Cornered Moon

Little Miss Marker

Filmography

1935
Powdersmoke Range
as Big Steve Ogden
Break of Hearts
as Marx
1934
The Gay Bride
as Daniel J. Dingle
Night Alarm
as Editor Stephen Caldwell
Transatlantic Merry-Go-Round
as Jack Summers
The Hollywood Gad-About
as Self - Weight Guesser (uncredited)
I Give My Love
as Pogey
Aunt Sally
as Michael 'King' Kelly
Little Miss Marker
as Bennie the Gouge
1933
Curtain at Eight
as Capt. Martin Gallagher
Ann Vickers
as Russell Spaulding
Three Cornered Moon
as Hawkins
The Big Brain
as Slick Ryan
Stolen by Gypsies or Beer and Bicycles
as Sinclair Sable
King Kong
as Charles Weston
Goldie Gets Along
as Sam Muldoon
Face in the Sky
as Professor Triplett
1932
The Phantom of Crestwood
as Pete Harris
Make Me a Star
as Jeff Baird
The Dark Horse
as Mr. Black
Rule 'Em and Weep
as King Frenzi
1931
Peach-o-Reno
as Judge Jackson
The Magnificent Lie
as Larry
The Miracle Woman
as Bob Hornsby
Annabelle's Affairs
as James Ludgate
The Millionaire
as McCoy
June Moon
as Sam Hart
The Champion
as Rooney - Kane's Manager
1930
Reno
as J.B. Berkley
Borrowed Wives
as G.W. Parker
The Florodora Girl
as Harry Fontaine
True to the Navy
as Brady
Song of the West
as Davolo
Burning Up
as Windy 'Wally' Wallace
1929
Mexicali Rose
as Happy Manning
Acquitted
as Egan
Big News
as Joe Reno
On With the Show!
as Jerry
A Man's Man
as Charlie
Rainbow Man
as Doc Hardy
1928
Give and Take
as Industrialist
Outcast
as Jack
The Butter and Egg Man
as Joe Lehman
The Night Bird
as Gleason
Diamond Handcuffs
as Spike
The Big Noise
as Philip Hurd
Turn Back the Hours
as 'Ace' Kearney
1927
A Texas Steer
as Brassy Gall
Broadway Nights
as Johnny Fay
Orchids and Ermine
as Hank
1926
The Prince of Tempters
as Apollo Beneventa
The Great Deception
as Handy
The Savage
as Managing Editor
When Love Grows Cold
as William Graves
Bluebeard's Seven Wives
as Gindelheim
1925
The Half-Way Girl
as Jardine
1923
Little Old New York
as Cornelius Vanderbilt
Mighty Lak' a Rose
as Jerome Trevor
1921
Get-Rich-Quick Wallingford
as J. Rufus Wallingford
1917
At First Sight
as Hartly Poole