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Sam Hardy (actor) - Wikipedia

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Sam Hardy

Born	(1883-03-21)March 21, 1883 New Haven, Connecticut, U.S.
Died	October 16, 1935(1935-10-16) (aged 52) Los Angeles, California, U.S.
Occupation	Actor
Years active	1915–1935
Spouse	Betty Scott^[1]

Samuel 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.^[2]^[3]

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.^[4] Hardy appeared in about 85 movies between 1915 and 1935, he was often in comedic roles. His best-known role to modern audiences is perhaps Charles Weston, the theatrical agent, in the 1933 film classic King Kong.

Hardy appeared opposite Marie Cahill in the 1910 play Judy Forgot and the 1915 film adaptation.^[5] He raised funds for Harold Lloyd's venture with others, the Beverly Hills Little Theatre for Professionals.^[6]

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^[4] and died of intestinal problems.^[7]

Partial filmography

Judy Forgot (1915) - Freddy
Over Night (1915) - Percy Darling
At First Sight (1917) - Hartly Poole
Uncle Tom's Cabin (1918) - Simon Legree
A Woman's Experience (1918) - George Roydant
Almost Married (1919) - Lt. James 'Jim' Winthrop Jr.
His Father's Wife (1919) - Lieutenant James 'Jim' Winthrop Jr.
Get-Rich-Quick Wallingford (1921) - J. Rufus Wallingford
Mighty Lak' a Rose (1923) - Jerome Trevor
Little Old New York (1923) - Cornelius Vanderbilt
The Half-Way Girl (1925) - Jardine
Bluebeard's Seven Wives (1925) - Gindelheim
When Love Grows Cold (1926) - William Graves
The Savage (1926) - Managing Editor
The Great Deception (1926) - Handy
Prince of Tempters (1926) - Apollo Beneventa
The Perfect Sap (1927) - Nick Fanshaw
Orchids and Ermine (1927) - Hank
High Hat (1927) - Tony
Broadway Nights (1927) - Johnny Fay
The Life of Riley (1927) - Al Montague
A Texas Steer (1927) - Brassy Gall
Burning Up Broadway (1928) - Spike
Turn Back the Hours (1928) - 'Ace' Kearney
The Big Noise (1928) - Philip Hurd
Diamond Handcuffs (1928) - Spike
The Butter and Egg Man (1928) - Joe Lehman
The Night Bird (1928) - Gleason
Outcast (1928) - Jack
Give and Take (1928) - Craig - the Industrialist
The Rainbow (1929) - Derbyy Scanlon
The Rainbow Man (1929) - Doc Hardy
A Man's Man (1929) - Charlie
On with the Show! (1929) - Jerry
Big News (1929) - Joe Reno
Fast Company (1929) - Dave Walker
Acquitted (1929) - Frank Egan
Mexicali Rose (1929) - Happy Manning
The Girl from Mexico (1929)
Burning Up (1930) - Windy 'Wally' Wallace
Song of the West (1930) - Davolo
True to the Navy (1930) - Brady
The Gay Nineties (1930)(*aka The Floradora Girl) - Harry Fontaine
Borrowed Wives (1930) - G.W. Parker
The Leather Pushers (1930) - Rooney - Kane's Manager
Reno (1930) - J.B. Berkley
June Moon (1931) - Sam Hart
The Millionaire (1931) - McCoy
Annabelle's Affairs (1931) - James Ludgate
The Miracle Woman (1931) - Bob Hornsby
The Magnificent Lie (1931) - Larry
Peach O'Reno (1931) - Judge Jackson
The Dark Horse (1932) - Mr. Black
Make Me a Star (1932) - Jeff Baird
The Phantom of Crestwood (1932) - Pete Harris
Face in the Sky (1933) - Triplet The Great
Goldie Gets Along (1933) - Sam Muldoon
King Kong (1933) - Charles Weston
The Big Brain (1933) - Slick Ryan
Three-Cornered Moon (1933) - Hawkins
Ann Vickers (1933) - Ignatz Spaulding
Curtain at Eight (1933) - Martin Gallagher - Captain of Detectives
Little Miss Marker (1934) - Benny the Gouge
Aunt Sally (1934) - Michael 'King' Kelly
I Give My Love (1934) - Pogey
Transatlantic Merry-Go-Round (1934) - Jack Summers
Night Alarm (1934) - Editor Stephen Caldwell
The Gay Bride (1934) - Daniel J. Dingle
Break of Hearts (1935) - Marx
Hooray for Love (1935) - Mr. Ganz - aka Abbey
Powdersmoke Range (1935) - Big Steve Ogden (final film role)

Bibliography

Goldner, Orville & Turner, George Eugene. The Making of King Kong: The Story Behind a Film Classic. A. S. Barnes, 1975.
Low, Rachael. History of the British Film: Filmmaking in 1930s Britain. George Allen & Unwin, 1985 .

References

^ Staedeli, Thomas. "Portrait of the actor Sam Hardy by Thomas Staedeli". www.cyranos.ch.
^ "Sam Hardy". Movies & TV Dept. The New York Times. 2014. Archived from the original on 2014-12-30.
^ Benjamin, Ruth; Rosenblatt, Arthur (2006). Who Sang What on Broadway, 1866-1996. Vol. 1. Jefferson, N.C.: McFarland & Co. pp. 334–335. ISBN 978-0-7864-1506-9.
^ ^a ^b "Hollywood Pays Hardy Final Touching Tribute". The Los Angeles Times. California, Los Angeles. October 19, 1935. p. Part II - 3.
^ "The Moving Picture World". 1915.
^ "Bronze Monikers: Harold Lloyd No. 1 on Seatbacks of Bevhills Midge". Variety. 30 October 1934. p. 3. Retrieved 23 March 2024.
^ "Sam Hardy, Actor, Dies". The Montreal Gazette. Canada, Montreal. Associated Press. October 17, 1935. p. 15. Retrieved 20 April 2018.

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Sam Hardy at the Internet Broadway Database
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TRAVALANCHE: Sam Hardy: Friend of Fields from the Follies(Travalanche)

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