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.

Filmography

• 1935Break of Hearts — Marx
• 1935Man on the Flying Trapeze — Story, Screenplay
• 1935Powdersmoke Range — Big Steve Ogden
• 1934Aunt Sally — Michael 'King' Kelly
• 1934I Give My Love — Pogey
• 1934Little Miss Marker — Bennie the Gouge
• 1934Night Alarm — Editor Stephen Caldwell
• 1934The Gay Bride — Daniel J. Dingle
• 1934Transatlantic Merry-Go-Round — Jack Summers
• 1933Ann Vickers — Russell Spaulding
• 1933Curtain at Eight — Capt. Martin Gallagher
• 1933Face in the Sky — Professor Triplett
• 1933Goldie Gets Along — Sam Muldoon
• 1933King Kong — Charles Weston
• 1933Stolen by Gypsies or Beer and Bicycles — Sinclair Sable
• 1933The Big Brain — Slick Ryan
• 1933Three Cornered Moon — Hawkins
• 1932Make Me a Star — Jeff Baird
• 1932Rule 'Em and Weep — King Frenzi
• 1932The Dark Horse — Mr. Black
• 1932The Phantom of Crestwood — Pete Harris
• 1931Annabelle's Affairs — James Ludgate
• 1931June Moon — Sam Hart
• 1931Peach-o-Reno — Judge Jackson
• 1931The Champion — Rooney - Kane's Manager
• 1931The Magnificent Lie — Larry
• 1931The Millionaire — McCoy
• 1931The Miracle Woman — Bob Hornsby
• 1930Borrowed Wives — G.W. Parker
• 1930Burning Up — Windy 'Wally' Wallace
• 1930Reno — J.B. Berkley
• 1930Song of the West — Davolo
• 1930The Florodora Girl — Harry Fontaine
• 1930True to the Navy — Brady
• 1929A Man's Man — Charlie
• 1929Acquitted — Egan
• 1929Big News — Joe Reno
• 1929Fast Company
• 1929Mexicali Rose — Happy Manning
• 1929On With the Show! — Jerry
• 1929Rainbow Man — Doc Hardy
• 1929The Rainbow — Derbyy Scanlon
• 1929When Caesar Ran a Newspaper — Marc Antony
• 1928Burning Up Broadway — Spike
• 1928Diamond Handcuffs — Spike
• 1928Give and Take — Industrialist
• 1928Outcast — Jack
• 1928The Big Noise — Philip Hurd
• 1928The Butter and Egg Man — Joe Lehman
• 1928The Night Bird — Gleason
• 1928Turn Back the Hours — 'Ace' Kearney
• 1927A Texas Steer — Brassy Gall
• 1927Broadway Nights — Johnny Fay
• 1927Orchids and Ermine — Hank
• 1927The Perfect Sap — Nick Fanshaw
• 1926Bluebeard's Seven Wives — Gindelheim
• 1926The Great Deception — Handy
• 1926The Prince of Tempters — Apollo Beneventa
• 1926The Savage — Managing Editor
• 1926When Love Grows Cold — William Graves
• 1925The Half-Way Girl — Jardine
• 1923Little Old New York — Cornelius Vanderbilt
• 1923Mighty Lak' a Rose — Jerome Trevor
• 1922The Recoil — Producer
• 1921Get-Rich-Quick Wallingford — J. Rufus Wallingford
• 1919Almost Married — Lt. James 'Jim' Winthrop, Jr.
• 1918Uncle Tom's Cabin — Simon Legree
• 1917At First Sight — Hartly Poole
• His Father's Wife — Lieutenant James 'Jim' Winthrop Jr.

Appearances as themselves (1)

• 1934The Hollywood Gad-About — Self - Weight Guesser (uncredited)