Sammy Shack

Acting
1906-03-31
New York City, New York, USA

Biography

Sammy Shack was born on March 31, 1906 in New York, New York, USA. He was an actor. He died on July 5, 1985 in Henderson, Nevada, USA.

Known For & Full Filmography50 Titles

#1Bonanza

Drama Series - 1959, 16 episodes as Townsman (uncredited)

7.5 / 10
WesternAction & AdventureDrama

The High-Sierra adventures of Ben Cartwright and his sons as they run and defend their ranch while helping the surrounding community.

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#2Bewitched

Drama Series - 1964, 16 episodes as Restaurant Patron (uncredited)

7.9 / 10
Sci-Fi & FantasyComedyFamily

Samantha Stephens is a seemingly normal suburban housewife who also happens to be a genuine witch, with all the requisite magical powers. Her husband Darrin insists that Samantha keep her witchcraft under wraps, but situations invariably require her to indulge her powers while keeping her bothersome mother Endora at bay.

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#3Mannix

Drama Series - 1967, 16 episodes as Bum (uncredited)

6.8 / 10
Action & AdventureCrimeMystery

Mannix is an American television detective series that ran from 1967 through 1975 on CBS. Created by Richard Levinson and William Link and developed by executive producer Bruce Geller, the title character, Joe Mannix, is a private investigator. He is played by Mike Connors. Mannix was the last series produced by Desilu Productions.

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#4Batman

Drama Series - 1966, 16 episodes as Citizen at Christening (uncredited)

7.3 / 10
Sci-Fi & FantasyComedyAction & Adventure

Wealthy entrepreneur Bruce Wayne and his ward Dick Grayson lead a double life: they are actually crime fighting duo Batman and Robin. A secret Batpole in the Wayne mansion leads to the Batcave, where Police Commissioner Gordon often calls with the latest emergency threatening Gotham City. Racing to the scene of the crime in the Batmobile, Batman and Robin must (with the help of their trusty Bat-utility-belt) thwart the efforts of a variety of master criminals, including The Riddler, The Joker, Catwoman, and The Penguin.

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#5Get Smart

Drama Series - 1965, 16 episodes as Nightclub Patron (uncredited)

8.0 / 10
ComedySci-Fi & Fantasy

Get Smart is an American comedy television series that satirizes the secret agent genre. Created by Mel Brooks with Buck Henry, the show stars Don Adams, Barbara Feldon, and Edward Platt. Henry said they created the show by request of Daniel Melnick, who was a partner, along with Leonard Stern and David Susskind, of the show's production company, Talent Associates, to capitalize on "the two biggest things in the entertainment world today"—James Bond and Inspector Clouseau. Brooks said: "It's an insane combination of James Bond and Mel Brooks comedy." This is the only Mel Brooks production to feature a laugh track. The success of the show eventually spawned the follow-up films The Nude Bomb and Get Smart, Again!, as well as a 1995 revival series and a 2008 film remake. In 2010, TV Guide ranked Get Smart's opening title sequence at No. 2 on its list of TV's Top 10 Credits Sequences, as selected by readers.

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#6Get Smart

Drama Series - 1965, 16 episodes as Bellboy (uncredited)

8.0 / 10
ComedySci-Fi & Fantasy

Get Smart is an American comedy television series that satirizes the secret agent genre. Created by Mel Brooks with Buck Henry, the show stars Don Adams, Barbara Feldon, and Edward Platt. Henry said they created the show by request of Daniel Melnick, who was a partner, along with Leonard Stern and David Susskind, of the show's production company, Talent Associates, to capitalize on "the two biggest things in the entertainment world today"—James Bond and Inspector Clouseau. Brooks said: "It's an insane combination of James Bond and Mel Brooks comedy." This is the only Mel Brooks production to feature a laugh track. The success of the show eventually spawned the follow-up films The Nude Bomb and Get Smart, Again!, as well as a 1995 revival series and a 2008 film remake. In 2010, TV Guide ranked Get Smart's opening title sequence at No. 2 on its list of TV's Top 10 Credits Sequences, as selected by readers.

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#7The Untouchables

Drama Series - 1959, 16 episodes as Theatre Audience Member (uncredited)

8.0 / 10
DramaCrime

Special Agent Eliot Ness and his elite team of incorruptible agents battle organized crime in 1930s Chicago.

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#8Gunsmoke

Drama Series - 1955, 16 episodes as Townsman (uncredited)

6.7 / 10
WesternAction & AdventureDrama

Gunsmoke is an American radio and television Western drama series created by director Norman MacDonnell and writer John Meston. The stories take place in and around Dodge City, Kansas, during the settlement of the American West. The central character is lawman Marshal Matt Dillon, played by William Conrad on radio and James Arness on television.

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#9The Monkees

Drama Series - 1966, 16 episodes as Spectator at Ye Olde Fair (uncredited)

6.5 / 10
ComedyFamily

Micky, Mike, Peter, and Davy are four young men in mid-1960s LA, members of a struggling country-folk-rock band looking for their big break amid madcap encounters with a variety of people straight out of TV and movie central casting, with full knowledge that their existence is part of a weekly television series.

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#10Sugarfoot

Drama Series - 1957, 16 episodes as Convict (uncredited)

5.1 / 10
Western

Sugarfoot is an American western television series that aired on ABC from 1957 to 1961. The series stars Will Hutchins as Tom Brewster, an Easterner who comes to the Oklahoma Territory to become a lawyer. Jack Elam is cast in occasional episodes as sidekick Toothy Thompson. Brewster was a correspondence-school student whose apparent lack of cowboy skills earned him the nickname "Sugarfoot", a designation even below that of a tenderfoot.

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#11Some Like It Hot

Movie - 1959, 2h 15m as Commuter at Station (uncredited)

8.1 / 10
ComedyRomanceCrime

In Prohibition-era Chicago, musicians Joe and Jerry witness a mob hit, and flee the state in an all-female band disguised as Josephine and Daphne, but further complications set in.

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#12Around the World in 80 Days

Movie - 1956, 2h 15m as Extra (uncredited)

6.7 / 10
AdventureComedyFamily

Based on the famous book by Jules Verne the movie follows Phileas Fogg on his journey around the world. Which has to be completed within 80 days, a very short period for those days.

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#13East of Eden

Movie - 1955, 2h 15m as Townsman (uncredited)

7.5 / 10
Drama

In the Salinas Valley in and around World War I, Cal Trask feels he must compete against overwhelming odds with his brother for the love of their father. Cal is frustrated at every turn, from his reaction to the war, how to get ahead in business and in life, and how to relate to his estranged mother.

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#14What Ever Happened to Baby Jane?

Movie - 1962, 2h 15m as Theatre Patron (uncredited)

7.9 / 10
DramaHorrorThriller

A former vaudeville child star viciously torments her paraplegic sister in their decaying Hollywood mansion.

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#15All the King's Men

Movie - 1949, 2h 15m as Duffy Associate (uncredited)

7.0 / 10
Drama

A man of humble beginnings and honest intentions rises to power by nefarious means. Along for the wild ride are an earnest reporter, a heretofore classy society girl, and a too-clever-for-her-own-good political flack.

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#16Johnny Cool

Movie - 1963, 2h 15m Main Cast Role

5.3 / 10
CrimeDramaThriller

A deported gangster trains an Italian convict to take over his operations in the U.S.

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#17Holiday Affair

Movie - 1949, 2h 15m as Man (uncredited)

6.9 / 10
ComedyRomanceDrama

Just before Christmas, department store clerk Steve Mason meets big spending customer Connie Ennis, who's actually a comparison shopper sent by another store. Steve lets her go, which gets him fired. They spend the afternoon together, which doesn't sit well with Connie's steady suitor, Carl, when he finds out, but delights her young son Timmy, who quickly takes to Steve.

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#18The Set-Up

Movie - 1949, 2h 15m as Sam (uncredited)

7.4 / 10
DramaCrime

Expecting the usual loss, a boxing manager takes bribes from a betting gangster without telling his fighter.

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#19House of Wax

Movie - 1953, 2h 15m as Observer on Street (uncredited)

6.9 / 10
HorrorCrime

A sculptor opens a wax museum to showcase the likenesses of famous historical figures, but quickly runs into trouble when his business partner demands the exhibits become more extreme in order to increase profits.

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#20Sirocco

Movie - 1951, 2h 15m as Bartender (uncredited)

6.0 / 10
CrimeDramaThriller

A mysterious American gets mixed up with gunrunners in Syria.

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#21The St. Valentine's Day Massacre

Movie - 1967, 2h 15m as Vagrant (uncredited)

6.3 / 10
HistoryCrime

Chicago February 14th 1929. Al Capone finally establishes himself as the city's boss of organised crime. In a north-side garage his hoods, dressed as policemen, surprise and mow down with machine-guns the key members of Bugs Moran's rival gang. The film traces the history of the incident, and the lives affected and in some cases ended by it.

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#22Angel Face

Movie - 1953, 2h 15m as Man (uncredited)

7.1 / 10
DramaCrime

Ambulance driver Frank Jessup is ensnared in the schemes of the sensuous but dangerous Diane Tremayne.

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#23The Best Man

Movie - 1964, 2h 15m as Man at Delegation (uncredited)

7.3 / 10
Drama

The other party is in disarray. Five men vie for the party nomination for president. No one has a majority as the first ballot closes and the front-runners begin to decide how badly they want the job.

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#24Jet Pilot

Movie - 1957, 2h 15m Main Cast Role

5.5 / 10
ActionAdventureRomance

John Wayne stars as U.S. Air Force aviator Jim Shannon, who's tasked with escorting a Soviet pilot (Janet Leigh) claiming -- at the height of the Cold War -- that she wants to defect. After falling in love with and wedding the fetching flyer, Shannon learns from his superiors that she's a spy on a mission to extract military secrets. To save his new wife from prison and deportation, Shannon devises a risky plan in this 1957 drama.

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#25The Cheyenne Social Club

Movie - 1970, 2h 15m as Barfly (uncredited)

6.3 / 10
WesternComedy

Cowboy John O'Hanlan is surprised to learn that someone's left him a business in Cheyenne, Wyoming. He sets out to claim it, only to discover it's a brothel.

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#26Bud Abbott and Lou Costello Meet the Invisible Man

Movie - 1951, 2h 15m as Fighter (uncredited)

6.3 / 10
HorrorComedySci-Fi

As novice detectives, Bud and Lou come face to face with the Invisible Man.

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#27It's Always Fair Weather

Movie - 1955, 2h 15m as Manager (uncredited)

6.9 / 10
ComedyRomance

Three World War II buddies promise to meet at a specified place and time 10 years after the war. They keep their word only to discover how far apart they've grown. But the reunion sparks memories of youthful dreams that haven't been fulfilled -- and slowly, the three men reevaluate their lives and try to find a way to renew their friendship.

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#28Inside Daisy Clover

Movie - 1966, 2h 15m as Crew Member (uncredited)

5.6 / 10
DramaMusicRomance

A girl on the road to stardom fights the dehumanizing effects of Hollywood life.

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#29The Oklahoma Kid

Movie - 1939, 2h 15m as Townsman (uncredited)

6.0 / 10
WesternHistory

McCord's gang robs the stage carrying money to pay Indians for their land, and the notorious outlaw "The Oklahoma Kid" Jim Kincaid takes the money from McCord. McCord stakes a "sooner" claim on land which is to be used for a new town; in exchange for giving it up, he gets control of gambling and saloons. When Kincaid's father runs for mayor, McCord incites a mob to lynch the old man whom McCord has already framed for murder.

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#30The Street with No Name

Movie - 1948, 2h 15m as Hood (Uncredited)

6.4 / 10
CrimeThriller

After two gang-related killings in "Center City," a suspect (who was framed) is arrested, released on bail...and murdered. Inspector Briggs of the FBI recruits a young agent, Gene Cordell, to go undercover in the shadowy Skid Row area (alias George Manly) as a potential victim of the same racket. Soon, Gene meets Alec Stiles, neurotic mastermind who's "building an organization along scientific lines." Stiles recruits Cordell, whose job becomes a lot more dangerous.

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#31The Catered Affair

Movie - 1956, 2h 15m as Taxi Driver (uncredited)

7.2 / 10
DramaComedyRomance

An Irish cabby in the Bronx watches his wife go overboard planning their daughter's wedding.

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#32Born to Kill

Movie - 1947, 2h 15m as Gambler (uncredited)

6.7 / 10
CrimeDramaThriller

A calculating divorcée risks her chances at wealth and security with a man she doesn't love by getting involved with a hotheaded murderer.

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#33Warning Shot

Movie - 1967, 2h 15m Main Cast Role

6.4 / 10
CrimeMysteryThriller

Hounded by the press for shooting a doctor, an ousted Los Angeles policeman works his own case.

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#34Pat and Mike

Movie - 1952, 2h 15m as Caddy (uncredited)

6.4 / 10
ComedyRomance

Pat Pemberton is a brilliant athlete, except when her domineering fiancé is around. The ladies golf championship is in her reach until she gets flustered by his presence at the final holes. He wants them to get married and forget the whole thing, but she cannot give up on herself that easily. She enlists the help of Mike Conovan, a slightly shady sports promoter. Together they face mobsters, a jealous boxer, and a growing mutual attraction.

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#35Divorce American Style

Movie - 1967, 2h 15m as Spectator (uncredited)

5.9 / 10
Comedy

After 17 years of marriage in American suburbia, Richard and Barbara Harmon step into the new world of divorce.

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#36Seven Sinners

Movie - 1940, 2h 15m as Nightclub Patron (uncredited)

6.0 / 10
AdventureComedyRomance

Banished from various U.S. protectorates in the Pacific, a saloon entertainer uses her femme-fatale charms to woo politicians, navy personnel, gangsters, riff-raff, judges and a ship's doctor in order to achieve her aims.

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#37The Blue Veil

Movie - 1951, 2h 15m as Taxi Driver (Uncredited)

6.8 / 10
Drama

A World War I widow loses her only child and spends the rest of her life as a children's nurse.

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#38The Baron of Arizona

Movie - 1950, 2h 15m as Townsman (uncredited)

6.7 / 10
RomanceWesternDrama

The U.S. government recognizes land grants made when the West was under Spanish rule. This inspires James Reavis to forge a chain of historical evidence that makes a foundling girl the Baroness of Arizona. Reavis marries the girl and presses his claim to the entire Arizona territory.

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#39High Wall

Movie - 1947, 2h 15m Main Cast Role

6.4 / 10
CrimeDramaThriller

Steven Kenet, suffering from a recurring brain injury, appears to have strangled his wife. Having confessed, he's committed to an understaffed county asylum full of pathetic inmates. There, Dr. Ann Lorrison is initially skeptical about Kenet's story and reluctance to undergo treatment. But against her better judgement, she begins to doubt his guilt.

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#40Station West

Movie - 1948, 2h 15m as Bartender (uncredited)

6.4 / 10
Western

When two US cavalrymen transporting a gold shipment get killed, US Army Intelligence investigator John Haven goes undercover to a mining and logging town to find the killers.

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#41The Blue Angel

Movie - 1959, 2h 15m as Club Patron (uncredited)

5.3 / 10
Drama

Remake of Josef von Sternberg's 1930 classic.

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#42Tall Man Riding

Movie - 1955, 2h 15m as Townsman (uncredited)

5.8 / 10
ActionWestern

Still seeking revenge against ranch owner Tuck Ordway for publicly whipping him years earlier and breaking up his relationship with Ordway's daughter, cowboy Larry Madden plans to oust Ordway from his ranch by having his claim to the land declared invalid. Ordway's daughter Corinna, believing Madden to be the cause of the family's recent misfortunes, is unaware that the local saloon owner also has designs upon the Ordway holdings.

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#43Private Hell 36

Movie - 1954, 2h 15m as Racetrack Patron (uncredited)

6.3 / 10
CrimeDrama

In New York City, a bank robbery of $300,000 goes unsolved for a year, until some of the marked bills are found in a Los Angeles drugstore theft. Police detectives Cal Bruner and Jack Farnham investigate and are led from the drugstore to a nightclub, where singer Lilli is another recipient of a stolen bill. With Lilli's help, the partners track down the remaining money, but both Lilli and Jack are dismayed when Cal decides he wants to keep part of it.

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#44Johnny O'Clock

Movie - 1947, 2h 15m as Dealer

6.3 / 10
CrimeDrama

When an employee at an illegal gambling den dies suspiciously, her sister, Nancy, looks into the situation and falls for Johnny O'Clock, a suave partner in the underground casino. Selfish and non-committal by nature, Johnny slowly begins to return Nancy's affection and decides to run away with her, but conflict within his business threatens their plans. As Johnny tries to distance himself from the casino, his shady past comes back to haunt him.

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#45The Two Mrs. Carrolls

Movie - 1947, 2h 15m as Racetrack Patron (uncredited)

6.4 / 10
ThrillerDrama

Struggling artist Geoffrey Carroll meets Sally while on holiday in the country. A romance develops, but he doesn't tell her he's already married. Suffering from mental illness, Geoffrey returns home where he paints an impression of his wife as the angel of death and then promptly poisons her. He marries Sally but after a while he finds a strange urge to paint her as the angel of death too and history seems about to repeat itself.

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#46The Gangster

Movie - 1947, 2h 15m as Minor Role (uncredited)

5.2 / 10
CrimeDramaRomance

Based on the novel Low Company. One of the most peculiar film noirs of the 1940s stars Barry Sullivan as a small-time hood who suffers a mental breakdown as his big plans begin to crumble. Beautiful Belita is his singer girlfriend who only fuels his paranoia.

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#47Sunrise at Campobello

Movie - 1960, 2h 15m as Convention Delegate (uncredited)

6.0 / 10
DramaHistory

The story of Franklin Roosevelt's bout with polio at age 40 in 1921 and how his family (and especially his wife Eleanor) cope with his illness. From being stricken while vacationing at Campobello to his triumphant nominating speech for Al Smith's presidency in 1924, the story follows the various influences on his life and his determination to recover.

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#48Torchy Blane... Playing with Dynamite

Movie - 1939, 2h 15m as Wrestling Match Spectator (uncredited)

6.8 / 10
ActionCrimeComedy

Torchy Blane and Steve McBride try to nab a gangster by tracking his moll.

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#49Guns Girls and Gangsters

Movie - 1959, 2h 15m Main Cast Role

5.9 / 10
CrimeDramaThriller

Chuck Wheeler gets out of the Pen and sets up an elaborate heist of Vegas casino money travelling by armored truck. He enlists the help of shady club owner Joe Darren and his ex-cellmate's wife, Vi. Vi's husband Mike is a trigger happy and jealous hothead and will not grant her a divorce. Mike escapes from prison right before the armored truck job goes into motion and promises trouble as he tries to locate his associates and his wandering wife.

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#50The Crime Doctor's Warning

Movie - 1945, 2h 15m as Cafe Patron (uncredited)

6.5 / 10
MysteryCrime

A criminal psychologist treats an artist whose blackouts coincide with a series of murders.

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