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Biography
Samuel Rufus McDaniel (January 28, 1886 – September 24, 1962) was an American actor who appeared in over 210 television shows and films between 1929 and 1950. He was the older brother of actresses Hattie McDaniel and Etta McDaniel.
Movies & TV shows
1960.
1 Movie
Ice Palace
1960
The last great wilderness frontier of America is Alaska. There is a land of glaciers, mountains, and ice-fields. Two rough-hewn men whose bitter 40-year rivalry mirrored their powerful land's struggle...
1955.
1 Movie
A Man Called Peter
1955
Based on the true story of a young Scottish lad, Peter Marshall, who dreams of only going to sea but finds out there is a different future for him when he receives a "calling" from God to become a min...
1949.
2 Movies
The File on Thelma Jordon
1949
Cleve Marshall is an assistant district attorney who falls for the shadowy Thelma Jordon. With her sordid past -- and her relationship with thief Tony Laredo kept secret from the married attorney, Jor...
Flamingo Road
1949
A stranded carnival dancer takes on a corrupt political boss when she marries into small-town society.
1948.
3 Movies
Heart of Virginia
1948
Jimmy Easter is a jockey who gets shook up when he is responsible for the death of a fellow rider during a race. He gets back down to business, however, when the daughter of his ex-boss shows her fait...
Heavenly Daze
1948
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 fountai...
Give My Regards to Broadway
1948
A family vaudeville act is threatened when the eldest son is offered a contract to play baseball. Musical.
1947.
1 Movie
The Egg and I
1947
It tells the story of young married couple who become chicken farmers. Betty has been raised to follow her husband's dreams with him, and Bob's dream is to be a successful chicken farmer. The problem ...
1946.
6 Movies
Crack-Up
1946
The train wreck that George Steele experienced never happened. Is he cracking up or is he the victim of a plot?
Without Reservations
1946
Kit Madden is traveling to Hollywood, where her best-selling novel is to be filmed. Aboard the train, she encounters Marines Rusty and Dink, who don't know she is the author of the famous book, and wh...
Gentleman Joe Palooka
1946
In the second film of Monogram's Joe Palooka series, Joe is 'used', by two state senators scheming to obtain oil-rich lands, in a publicity campaign to get the land transferred to the state, supposedl...
My Reputation
1946
When a lonely widow becomes romantically involved with a military man, tongues start wagging. When gossip is passed down to her own children, there are problems.
Never Say Goodbye
1946
Flip, Phil and Ellen's 8-year old daughter, is very unhappy that her parents are not together after a year of separation. Flip sends a picture of her beautiful mother to the author of her flirtatious ...
Joe Palooka, Champ
1946
After losing heavyweight contender Al Costa to mob boss Florini fight promoter Knobby Walsh recruits small town boy Joe Palooka to take his place. First in the series.
1945.
2 Movies
The Naughty Nineties
1945
In the gay '90s, cardsharps take over a Mississippi riverboat from a kindly captain. Their first act is to change the showboat into a floating gambling house. A ham actor and his bumbling sidekick try...
She Wouldn't Say Yes
1945
Susan Lane is a gifted psychiatrist, grounded in self-control. Before returning by train to her practice in Chicago, she spends time back East with war veterans, building their self-esteem, but frowni...
1944.
4 Movies
Marriage Is a Private Affair
1944
Theo has had many boyfriends who wanted to marry her. Since her mother, Mrs. Selworth, has been married many times, Theo is unsure of commitment. Without much thought, she finally accepts the proposal...
Andy Hardy's Blonde Trouble
1944
Andy is following in his father's footsteps and going to college. He sees a pretty blonde on the train, and every time he sees her, he is winked at or slapped. Andy is not familiar with what is going ...
When Strangers Marry
1944
A naive small-town girl is going to New York City to meet her husband and discovers that he may be a murderer.
Double Indemnity
5.33
1944
A rich woman and a calculating insurance agent plot to kill her husband after he signs a double indemnity policy. Against a backdrop of distinctly Californian settings, the partners in crime plan the ...
1943.
4 Movies
Dixie Dugan
1943
Roger Hudson, a wealthy businessman who has moved to Washington to work for the government as a "dollar a year man," is late for a radio broadcast about his new department, the Mobilization of Woman P...
Son of Dracula
5.63
1943
Carpathian Count Alucard is invited to the U.S. by a young heiress. Her boyfriend and local officials are suspicious of the newcomer, who is interested in the "virile" soil of the new world.
After Midnight with Boston Blackie
1943
Blackie is arrested when retrieving stolen gems from a safety deposit box for a friend.
The Ghost and the Guest
1943
Newlyweds are spending their honeymoon in an old country house. They are besieged by a gang of crooks who are searching for a fortune in diamonds. The honeymooners are trying to outsmart the villains ...
1942.
7 Movies
Silver Queen
1942
A beautiful heiress is an excellent poker player. Her comfortable life changes when her father and his fortune die during market crash of the 1800's.
Grand Central Murder
1942
Conniving Broadway starlet Mida King has plenty of enemies, so when she's found murdered at Grand Central Station, Inspector Gunther calls together a slew of suspects for questioning. Mida's shady ex-...
Johnny Doughboy
1942
A grown-up Jane Withers is joined by a whole slew of former child stars in the lightweight Republic musical Johnny Doughboy. Withers capably essays the part of a teenaged movie star who tires of the s...
In This Our Life
6
1942
A young woman dumps her fiancée and runs off with her sister's husband. They marry, settle in Baltimore, and Stanley ultimately drives Peter to drink and suicide. Stanley returns home to Richmond only...
All Through the Night
1942
Broadway gambler 'Gloves' Donahue wants to find out who killed the baker of his favorite dessert. He can see nightclub singer Leda Hamilton leaving the bakery. When Marty's partner Joe is murdered, Le...
I Was Framed
1942
A reporter (Michael Ames) runs from charges by a corrupt politician only to face them years later.
1941.
10 Movies
They Died with Their Boots On
1941
The story follows General George Armstrong Custer's adventures from his West Point days to his death. He defies orders during the Civil War, trains the 7th Cavalry, appeases Chief Crazy Horse and late...
Golden Hoofs
1941
A teenage horse trainer (Jane Withers) fears she'll lose her beloved horses when the stables where she works is sold.
Sleepers West
1941
Private eye Mike Shayne encounters a large amount of trouble while attempting to guard a murder witness.
New York Town
1941
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...
Louisiana Purchase
6
1941
A senator investigating corruption in Louisiana is being targeted by a scheme involving a beauty.
South of Panama
1941
Secret agent Roger Pryor is dispatched below the border to protect an important scientific formula. Believe it or don't, this mixture has the ability to render things invisible.
Bad Men of Missouri
1941
The Younger brothers return to Missouri after the Civil War with intent to avenge the misdeeds of William Merrick, a crooked banker who has been buying up warrants on back-taxes and dispossessing the ...
The Great Lie
1941
Days after Sandra and Pete elope, they discover their consummated union isn't valid since, unbeknownst to them, Sandra's divorce isn't yet final. They decide to not stay together, but, by then, Sandra...
Broadway Limited
1941
A publicity stunt staged on a train known as the Broadway Limited creates problems because of an unknown baby that was part of the stunt.
International Lady
1941
Tim Hanley, an American agent, posing as a lawyer with the United States Embassy in London, and Reggie Oliver, a Scotland Yard detective, posing as a music critic are both keeping their eye on Carla ...
1940.
5 Movies
Calling All Husbands
1940
A henpecked husband and his bossy wife are due for a surprise when the wife's former boyfriend unexpectedly turns up. Comedy.
Brother Orchid
1940
When retired racket boss John Sarto tries to get back in the game, he ends up in a monastery, where he becomes a monk.
Virginia City
1940
A Union officer escapes from a Confederate prison and races to intercept $5 million in gold destined for the Confederates. A Confederate sympathizer and a Mexican bandit are trying to prevent him from...
1939.
9 Movies
Chicken Wagon Family
1939
Addie Fippany, her father Jean Paul Batiste Fippany, her mother Josephine and her sister Cecile roam the country-side in a mule-drawn wagon, trading trinkets to farmers for chickens which they sell in...
Everybody's Baby
1939
The Jones family encounters new theories of childrearing when an author arrives in town to lecture on the topic.
Days of Jesse James
1939
Days of Jesse James is a 1939 American film directed by Joseph Kane and starring Roy Rogers. Bank robbery pulled off by the bank officials, not the usual James gang.
Sweepstakes Winner
1939
A scatterbrained waitress invests her inheritance in a broken-down race horse and a sweepstakes ticket.
Good Girls Go to Paris
1939
Jenny Swanson, a waitress on a college campus, is dying to visit Paris. Thanks to English professor Ronald Brooke, she manages to make her dream come true. Besides seeing the sights in the French capi...
Union Pacific
1939
The Union Pacific Railroad can be pushed across the wilderness to California thanks to one of the last bills signed by President Lincoln. Asa Barrows is a financial opportunist who wants to make money...
Let Us Live
1939
In Springdale, a small town near New York, taxi driver Brick Tennant and his friend Joe Linden are unjustly accused of a hideous crime and blindly convicted by those who are only interested in feeding...
Pride of the Blue Grass
1939
A young man is determined to turn his beloved racehorse, which is blind, into a champion.
1938.
5 Movies
Sergeant Murphy
1938
An Army private (Ronald Reagan) proves his horse is fit for service and wins his colonel's (Donald Crisp) daughter (Mary Maguire).
Jezebel
3.5
1938
In 1850s Louisiana, the willfulness of a tempestuous Southern belle threatens to destroy all who care for her.
Stablemates
1938
A group of people, including a former vet and a teenage orphan, are trying to enter a broken-down horse in the big race.
Walking Down Broadway
1938
Five closely knit showgirls sign a pact to reunite one year after the closing of their Broadway production, but the lives of all five take many different turns, often for the worse.
1937.
3 Movies
Danger - Love at Work
1937
A New York City lawyer finds himself falling in love with the daughter of a screwball South Carolina family.
Captains Courageous
5
1937
Harvey, the arrogant and spoiled son of an idiosyncrasy father, falls off a steamship and is rescued by a fishing vessel on the Grand Banks. Harvey didn't convince the crew of his wealth or persuade t...
1936.
5 Movies
Hearts Divided
1936
Napoleon Bonaparte's younger brother, visiting the United States, falls madly in love with a young woman he meets in Baltimore.
The Adventures of Frank Merriwell
1936
A 12-episode serial in which scholastic sports star Frank Merriwell leaves school to search for his missing father. His adventures involve a mysterious inscription on a ring, buried treasure, kidnapin...
Sing, Baby, Sing
1936
The "Caliban-Ariel" romance of fiftysomething John Barrymore and teenager Elaine Barrie is spoofed in this delightful 20th Century Fox musical. Adolphe Menjou plays the Barrymore counterpart, a loose-...
36 Hours to Kill
1936
Duke and Jeanie Benson, an outlaw couple hiding out under assumed names. Duke realizes that he has a winning sweepstake ticket and will win $150,000 if he can cash it in without getting apprehended
Rhythm on the Range
1936
Cowboy Jeff Larabee returns from the east and meets Doris Halloway, a young girl, that he regards as a vagabond, till he learns that she's the owner of the farm where he works. He tries to win her hea...
1935.
6 Movies
The Calling of Dan Matthews
1935
Dan Matthews (Richard Arlen), a young parson, is in love with Hope Strong (Charlotte Wynters), the daughter of James B. Strong ('FRederick Burton'), a man who controls the town with his real estate an...
Stranded
1935
A 1935 melodrama, set in San Francisco, starring Kay Francis as a travelers' aid worker who becomes involved with her clients' personal lives.
We're in the Money
1935
Ginger and Dixie are process servers for goofy lawyer Homer Bronson. The two friends want to quit, but they're offered a thousand dollars to serve four subpoenas in a breach of promise suit against ri...
Gold Diggers of 1935
1935
Romance strikes when a vacationing millionairess and her daughter and son spend their vacation at a posh New England resort.
Woman Wanted
1935
Ann Grey is wrongly convicted of murder. On her way to prison a car accident gives her the opportunity to escape. She is helped by young lawyer Tony Baxter. He hides her from the police, as well as hi...
Lady Tubbs
1935
A cook in a railroad construction camp inherits $500,000. She pretends to be English royalty and barges into the New York social scene.
1934.
9 Movies
Manhattan Melodrama
1934
The friendship between two orphans endures even though they grow up on opposite sides of the law and fall in love with the same woman.
Kid Millions
1934
A musical comedy about a Brooklyn boy who inherits a fortune from his archaeologist father, but has to go to Egypt to claim it.
Dark Hazard
1934
Jim is a compulsive gambler. He meets Marge at a boarding house and they get married. His gambling causes problems. When he runs into old flame Valerie Marge leaves him. After a few years he returns, ...
Operator 13
1934
The American Civil War took place in the late 19th century. Major Allen, chief of the Secret Service of the Union, asked Gail Loveless to become one of his operators after the Second Battle of Bull Ru...
Rough Necking
1934
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 mys...
Wagon Wheels
1934
A 1934 remake of 1931's Fighting Caravans uses stock footage from the original and a new cast headed by Randolph Scott and Gail Patrick to replace the earlier film's Gary Cooper and Lili Damita. The m...
Fashions of 1934
1934
When the Manhattan investment firm of Sherwood Nash goes broke, he joins forces with his partner Snap and fashion designer Lynn Mason to provide discount shops with cheap copies of Paris couture dress...
1933.
10 Movies
College Coach
1933
Ruthless Coach Gore creates turmoil at a college by hiring players and alienating students. Along the way, the coach loses his wife Claire Gore to a grandstanding player. Inside look at college footba...
Only Yesterday
1933
On the back of the Wall Street Crash of 1929, a young business man is about to commit suicide. With the note to his wife scribbled down and a gun in his hand, he notices a thick envelope addressed to ...
Going Hollywood
1933
The film tells the story of Sylvia, a French teacher at an all-girl school, who wants to find love. When she hears Bill Williams on the radio, she decides to go visit and thank him. However, difficult...
Employees' Entrance
1933
Kurt Anderson is the tyrannical manager of a New York department store in financial straits. He thinks nothing of firing an employee of more than 20 years or of toying with the affections of every wom...
Blondie Johnson
1933
A Depression-downtrodden waif uses her brains instead of her body to rise from tyro con artist to crime boss.
Broadway Thru a Keyhole
1933
Racketeer Frank Rocci is smitten with Joan Whelan, a dancer at Texas Guinan's famous Broadway night spot. He uses his influence to help her get a starring role in the show, hoping that it will also ge...
Footlight Parade
1933
A fledgling producer finds himself at odds with his workers, financiers and his greedy ex-wife when he tries to produce live musicals for movie-going audiences.
The Chief
1933
The dim-witted son of a heroic fire chief tries to follow in his father's footsteps, only to become the pawn of corrupt politicians.
Whistling in the Dark
1933
A mystery writer and his sweetheart are held hostage by a fugitive gangster, who hopes to enlist their help in devising the perfect crime.
Grand Slam
1933
A Russian waiter in New York City becomes a national celebrity after he develops a "system" for winning at contract bridge.
1932.
4 Movies
The Rich Are Always with Us
1932
A wealthy couple's marriage is falling apart due to the man's infidelity. The wife's male friend has long loved her and sees his big opportunity.
Union Depot
1932
Among the travelers of varied backgrounds that meet and interact on one night at Union Depot, a metropolitan train station, are Chick and his friend Scrap Iron, both newly released from prison after s...
Movie Crazy
1932
After a mix-up with his application photograph, an aspiring actor is invited to a screen test and goes off to Hollywood.
1931.
4 Movies
A Free Soul
1931
An alcoholic lawyer who successfully defended a notorious gambler on a murder charge objects when his free-spirited daughter becomes romantically involved with him.
Guilty Hands
1931
Richard Grant is a lawyer who believes that murder under certain circumstances is justifiable. Richard's daughter, Barbara, takes her dad to a dinner party hosted by Richard's old friend, wealthy play...
The Public Enemy
4.25
1931
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 newfou...
Dance, Fools, Dance
1931
When misfortune hits the Jordan family of Chicago's upper class, Bonnie Jordan, a dazzling and witty girl, finds a job as an aspiring reporter; however, his naive younger brother, Rodney, takes a twis...
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