Sam Hardy (actor)

Sam Hardy
Sam Hardy and Doris Kenyon (at right) in Get-Rich-Quick Wallingford (1921)
Born	March 21, 1883 New Haven, Connecticut, U.S.
Died	October 16, 1935 (aged 52) Los Angeles, California, U.S.
Cause of death	intestinal problems [1]
Occupation	Actor
Years active	1915-1935
Spouse(s)	Betty Scott[2]

Sam 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.^[3]

Partial filmography

• Uncle Tom's Cabin (1918)
• A Woman's Experience (1919)
• Get-Rich-Quick Wallingford (1921)
• Mighty Lak' a Rose (1923)
• Little Old New York (1923)
• The Half-Way Girl (1925)
• When Love Grows Cold (1926)
• The Great Deception (1926)
• Prince of Tempters (1926)
• High Hat (1927)
• Orchids and Ermine (1927)
• The Life of Riley (1927)
• Broadway Nights (1927)
• A Texas Steer (1927)
• Turn Back the Hours (1928)
• Outcast (1928)
• Give and Take (1928)
• A Man's Man (1929)
• Big News (1929)
• The Girl from Mexico (1929)
• Mexicali Rose (1929)
• The Gay Nineties (1930)(*aka The Floradora Girl)
• Borrowed Wives (1930)
• Reno (1930)
• Annabelle's Affairs (1931)
• The Phantom of Crestwood (1932)
• Make Me a Star (1932)
• The Big Brain (1933)
• Curtain at Eight (1933)
• King Kong (1933) - Charles Weston
• Ann Vickers (1933)
• Aunt Sally (1933)
• The Girl in Pawn (1934)

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

1. Montreal Gazette October 17, 1935
2. http://www.cyranos.ch/sphars-e.htm
3. "Sam Hardy". The New York Times.

External links

• Sam Hardy at the Internet Broadway Database
  
• Sam Hardy at the Internet Movie Database
• Portrait gallery (University of Washington, Sayre collection)