Sam Flint
Biography
Sam Flint was an American actor whose career ran to more than 200 films. He was born Samuel A. Ethridge in Gwinnett County, Georgia, and first pursued the theater, performing in many dramatic plays. By 1933 he belonged to the Los Angeles cast of the hit play The Drunkard, using his real name, Sam Ethridge, and his film work began at Monogram Pictures, a small independent company. W. C. Fields arranged for Paramount Pictures to sign several actors from that production, and Ethridge kept making movies while most of the others went back to the stage. As Sam Flint he was typecast as authority figures, among them judges, doctors, military officers, bankers, ship's captains, lawyers, racetrack stewards and senior officials. He became known for Charlie Chan mysteries, the adventure serial The Phantom, the Three Stooges short Micro-Phonies, and It's a Wonderful Life. His final film was Head (1968), the satirical feature with the Monkees. He died in 1980.
97years old at death
- Born Gwinnett County
- Died Woodland Hills
- Star sign: LibraThe sign runs September 23 to October 22
Movie Career
- Films
- 19
- Career span
- 31 years1934 to 1965
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Big break
By 1933, Sam Ethridge was acting in the Los Angeles hit play The Drunkard. W. C. Fields wanted the play in one of his films, so he arranged for Paramount Pictures to give Ethridge and other company members movie contracts.
Sam Flint movies on Netflix
Best known for
The films on Netflix they are best known for, with the part played in each.
- Charlie Chan in The Chinese Cat1944 Comedy, Crime, Mysteryas Thomas P. Manning
IMDb rating 6.41.6K votes
Most often with
Ralph Nelson directed two of these films, Frank McDonald two. Forrest Taylor appears in three of them, more than any other actor. Pick a number on the chart or a name in the list to see the films they share.
Films together
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Frank McDonaldDirector, 2 films, 1944 to 1946
All films by Frank McDonald
Also two films together17 more actors
- George IrvingLady in the Death House (1944) and Charlie Chan at the Race Track (1936)
- Jimmy AubreyLady in the Death House (1944) and Dead Men Walk (1943)
- Roy BarcroftMy Pal Trigger (1946) and Lights of Old Santa Fe (1944)
- TriggerMy Pal Trigger (1946) and Lights of Old Santa Fe (1944)
- William HaadeFour Faces West (1948) and My Pal Trigger (1946)
- Charles CaneRuby Gentry (1952) and The Lady and the Monster (1944)
- Frankie DarroCharlie Chan at the Race Track (1936) and Broadway Bill (1934)
- Dick CurtisLady in the Death House (1944) and Batman (1943)
- Horace B. CarpenterRed River Valley (1936) and Winds of the Wasteland (1936)
- Sons of the PioneersMy Pal Trigger (1946) and Lights of Old Santa Fe (1944)
- Bob NolanMy Pal Trigger (1946) and Lights of Old Santa Fe (1944)
- Cy KendallCharlie Chan in The Chinese Cat (1944) and Lady in the Death House (1944)
- Dale EvansMy Pal Trigger (1946) and Lights of Old Santa Fe (1944)
- George ChesebroBatman (1943) and Red River Valley (1936)
- Kenne DuncanMy Pal Trigger (1946) and Batman (1943)
- Helen VinsonThe Lady and the Monster (1944) and Broadway Bill (1934)
- Merrill McCormickDead Men Walk (1943) and Winds of the Wasteland (1936)
When several people share the same number of films, the ones with the most films on Netflix are in the chart.
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