Sam Baker (actor)
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Sam Baker (Taylor, Indiana; 7 May 1907– Abilene, Kansas; 8 May 1982), born Samuel D. Baker, was an American actor who usually performed with Rudolph Valentino, Ramon Novarro, Harold Lloyd and Charlie Chaplin.[1]
Sam Baker | |
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Born | (1907-05-07)7 May 1907 Taylor, Indiana, United States |
Died | 8 May 1982(1982-05-08) (aged 75) Abilene, Kansas, United States |
Occupation | Actor |
This Indiana-born actor played the Link in the film The Missing Link (1927), whose imposing presence made him a natural for early jungle flicks.[2] His most easily recalled role may have been Hugo in Sherman S. Krellberg's notorious serial The Lost City (1935).[2] His most memorable role was Queequeg in The Sea Beast (1926).[2]
Baker's filmography is brief, as the sound era saw him move quickly from featured roles as African chieftains to bits as black convicts.[2] His first screen appearance was in a genre project: he was the sworder in Douglas Fairbanks' The Thief of Bagdad (1924).[3] In John Barrymore's The Sea Beast, a silent Moby Dick, he played Queequeg. In the sound remake of The Island of Lost Ships (1929), he played himself and received the smallest mention.[2]
He died in Abilene, Kansas, in early May 1982.[2]