Sam Finn
Known For & Full Filmography47 Titles
Drama Series - 1954, 16 episodes • as Bettor (uncredited)
The Public Defender is a half-hour 69-episode television dramatic series starring Reed Hadley as Bart Matthews, an attorney for the indigent. The series aired on CBS from March 11, 1954 to June 23, 1955, a season and a half.
Movie - 1956, 2h 15m • as Extra (uncredited)
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.
Movie - 1945, 2h 15m • as Sailor (uncredited)
Two sailors on shore leave head out for four days of partying – only to become involved in the affairs of an aspiring singer and her precocious nephew.
Movie - 1940, 2h 15m • as Train Passenger
A con man heading west to search for gold teams up with a pair of scheming brothers along the way. The trio soon find themselves in the middle of a feud between two rival families and two underhanded land developers.
Movie - 1943, 2h 15m • as Gambler (uncredited)
A conman poses as a war relief fundraiser, but when he falls for a charity worker, his conscience begins to trouble him.
Movie - 1948, 2h 15m • as Patron (uncredited)
Pursued by the big-time gambler he robbed, John Muller assumes a new identity—with unfortunate results.
Movie - 1949, 2h 15m • as Bar Patron (uncredited)
An armored-car guard must join a robbery after being caught with his ex-wife by her gangster husband.
Movie - 1950, 2h 15m • as Dealer (uncredited)
A New Mexico cattle man and his strong-willed daughter clash over land and love.
Movie - 1944, 2h 15m • as Headwaiter (uncredited)
After being hired to find an ex-con's former girlfriend, Philip Marlowe is drawn into a deeply complex web of mystery and deceit.
Movie - 1956, 2h 15m • as Newspaper Worker (uncredited)
Newspaper men compete against each other to find a serial killer dubbed "The Lipstick Killer".
Movie - 1937, 2h 15m • as Fight Spectator (uncredited)
Fight promoter Nick Donati grooms a bellhop as a future champ, but has second thoughts when the 'kid' falls for his sister.
Movie - 1953, 2h 15m • as Photographer (uncredited)
Upon waking up to the news that the man she’d gone on a date with the previous night has been murdered, a young woman with only a faint memory of the night’s events begins to suspect that she murdered him while attempting to resist his advances.
Movie - 1949, 2h 15m • as Second Waiter (uncredited)
A letter is addressed to three wives from their 'best friend', announcing that she's running away with one of their husbands – but she doesn't specify which one.
Movie - 1949, 2h 15m • as Dealer (uncredited)
When Joan Boothe accompanies husband-reporter David to Las Vegas, she begins gambling to pass the time while he is doing a story. Encouraged by the casino manager, she gets hooked on gambling, to the point where she "borrows" David's expense money to pursue her addiction. This finally breaks up their marriage, but David continues trying to help her.
Movie - 1941, 2h 15m • as Nightclub Patron (uncredited)
A woman pretends to be her own twin sister to win back her straying husband.
Movie - 1951, 2h 15m • as Party Guest (uncredited)
An ambitious coal miner is talked into becoming a boxer by his gambler brother.
Movie - 1939, 2h 15m • as Spotter (uncredited)
A gangster is unable to go straight after returning home from prison.
Movie - 1952, 2h 15m • Main Cast Role
Deaf boxer Paul Callan captures the interest of gold-digging blonde Sonya Bartow and retired fight manager 'Pop' Richardson. For a time, Sonya has the upper hand with Paul, but ultimately a rival appears in the shape of upper-crust reporter Ann Hollis. With a 3-way fight under way for influence over Paul, he takes matters into his own hands, but learns that getting what he wanted isn't necessarily a happy ending.
Movie - 1939, 2h 15m • as Convict (uncredited)
A corrupt D.A. with governatorial ambitions is annoyed by an investigative reporter's criticism of his criminal activities and decides to frame the reporter for manslaughter in order to silence him.
Movie - 1955, 2h 15m • as Townsman (uncredited)
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.
Movie - 1947, 2h 15m • as Townsman (uncredited)
Bat Masterson's old friend Billy Burns convinces him to become marshal of Liberal, Kansas and help the residents fight drought and a destructive range war.
Movie - 1950, 2h 15m • Main Cast Role
A gunfighter takes part in a scheme to bilk a wealthy cattle family out of half a million dollars by pretending to be their son, who was kidnapped as child.
Movie - 1957, 2h 15m • as Boxing Match Spectator (uncredited)
Beloved priest Father Thomasino is murdered in a San Francisco alley, and the police have few clues. But traffic cop Joe Martini becomes obsessed with finding the killer; he suspects Sylvio Malatesta. Ordered off the case, Joe turns in his badge and investigates alone. Soon he is a close friend of the Malatesta family, all delightful people, especially lovely cousin Anna. Uncertain whether Sylvio is guilty or innocent, Joe is now torn between old and new loyalties.
Movie - 1945, 2h 15m • Main Cast Role
While watching from her train window, Nikki Collins witnesses a murder in a nearby building. When she alerts the police, they think she has read one too many mystery novels. She then enlists a popular mystery writer to help her solve the crime on her own, but her sleuthing attracts the attentions of suitors and killers.
Movie - 1950, 2h 15m • as Saloon Patron (uncredited)
Frenchie Fontaine sells her successful business in New Orleans to come West. Her reason? Find the men who killed her father, Frank Dawson. But she only knows one of the two who did and she's determined to find out the other.
Movie - 1957, 2h 15m • Main Cast Role
In the Windy City, the mob infiltrates a powerful union.
Movie - 1950, 2h 15m • as Bus Passenger (uncredited)
As far as the rest of the world is concerned, mill heiress Deborah Chandler Clark is dead, killed in a freak auto accident. But Deborah is alive, if not too well. Having discovered a horrible truth about her new husband, Deborah is now a “woman in hiding,” living in mortal fear that someday her husband will catch up with her again. When a returning GI recognizes Deborah, however, she must decide whether or not she can trust him.
Movie - 1952, 2h 15m • as Gambling House Patron (Uncredited)
A crime gang leader is losing her sight, so while her lover goes into hiding, she checks in to the hospital for extensive surgery to recover her eyesight. There she is treated by a handsome young doctor. As expected not only does the doctor successfully open her eyes, he also opens her heart for him.
Movie - 1940, 2h 15m • as Headwaiter
Nightclub owner Steve Larwitt sees his empire of investments collapse as he faces tax evasion charges and attacks by rivals. Believing Steve will be safer in prison for one year, his wife, Brenda, testifies against him on advice from his lawyer, Slant Kolma, who is in love with her. After Steve receives 10 years in Alcatraz, Brenda moves to be near him and avoids advances of airplane builder Tim Nolan, who knows nothing about her past.
Movie - 1939, 2h 15m • as Cabby (uncredited)
A cabbie and petty thief dreams of the big heist that will end his thieving ways.
Movie - 1952, 2h 15m • as Stickman (uncredited)
When newlyweds visit Las Vegas, the wife's shady past comes to the surface.
Movie - 1952, 2h 15m • as Barfly (uncredited)
A New Orleans boxer leaves the ring to fight his inner demons.
Movie - 1933, 2h 15m • as Joe's Henchman (uncredited)
Members of a teenage gang are sent to the State Reformatory, presided over by the callous Thompson. Soon Patsy Gargan, a former gangster appointed Deputy Commissioner, arrives and takes over the administration to run the place on radical principles. Thompson needs a quick way to discredit him.
Movie - 1939, 2h 15m • as Sailor (uncredited)
Steady, dependable Coast Guard Lieutenant Raymond "Ray" Dower and reckless aviator Thomas "Speed" Bradshaw are the closest of friends. Ray saves the life of Captain Tobias Bliss, tramp steamer skipper, in a daring rescue at sea. Speed flies the injured man back to the base hospital, where the two officers later visit him. There Ray meets Nancy Bliss, Bliss' grand-daughter, and falls in love with her. Speed meets her at a dance and urges Ray to propose before some other guy does. Ray is assigned to flood rescue duty, and Speed and Nancy start going out together and discover they are in love.
Movie - 1953, 2h 15m • as Theatre Patron (uncredited)
A supermodel gets murdered. While investigating the case the story of a waitress turned glamor girl is revealed.
Movie - 1939, 2h 15m • as Connors' Henchman Who Discovers Lion (uncredited)
Joel & Garda Sloan, a husband and wife detective team, who also sell rare books in New York, take a vacation to Seaside City. At Seaside, Joel's pal, Mike Stevens is managing and preparing for their beauty pageant. Joel is made one of the judges plus he has invested $5,000 in it, to Garda's dismay. Eric Bartell, promoter, arrives to dupe Stevens. When Ed Connors, New York racketeer arrives, Bartell is mysteriously murdered. Joel and Garda set out to investigate the murder.
Movie - 1949, 2h 15m • as Horse Player (uncredited)
A young girl is left with the notoriously cheap Sorrowful Jones as a marker for a bet. When her father doesn't return, he learns that taking care of a child interferes with his free-wheeling lifestyle. Sorrowful must also evade crooked gangsters and indulge in a bit of horse-thieving.
Movie - 1942, 2h 15m • as Henchman
The Army takes a bandleader (Kay Kyser) away from his bride (Ellen Drew) and sends him on a spy mission with a woman (Jane Wyman).
Movie - 1936, 2h 15m • as Stickup Man (uncredited)
A California Highway Patrolman gets involved with a smuggling ring.
Movie - 1949, 2h 15m • as Man
Emery Slade was one of the brightest stars in Hollywood in 1932, but by 1949 his career has hit the skids. Fortunately, he is able to convince studio head Melville Crossman to cast him in the adaptation of a hit Broadway show. Crossman has one condition: Slade must travel to New York and convince the female star of the stage production to join the film. Slade goes, but, when he eyes the winsome Julie Clarke, he hatches a different scheme.
Movie - 1949, 2h 15m • as Nightclub Patron (uncredited)
A federal agent infiltrates a crime syndicate.
Movie - 1935, 2h 15m • as Dapper mobster
A young woman who owns a coffee shop falls for a handsome young customer, unaware that he is a gangster.
Movie - 1939, 2h 15m • as Gangster
An embittered Louie Peronni returns from prison to find that his sister, Juli Peronni, is engaged to policeman Eddie Farrell, and also finds that his secret wife Annie Qualen has placed their baby girl in a foundling home. With his old gang again, Louie plans a robbery of a fur warehouse. Louie shoots down the night watchman and is trailed home where his father Guiseppe Peronni persuades him not to fight it out with the police. Determined to let Louie take the full rap, the gang kidnaps the district attorney's daughter.
Movie - 1942, 2h 15m • as Club Patron
The "Flyer" in question is William Marshall, a young man falsely accused of a crime. Escaping the clutches of the law, he becomes involved with several pretty young ladies. Marjorie Woodworth plays the girl who helps Marshall in his escape, pausing occasionally to participate in a some lively but forgettable musical numbers.
Movie - 1944, 2h 15m • as Taxi Driver (uncredited)
Eminent psychiatrist Dr. Brenner invites cartoonist Bill Harrison and his wife, Jack, to a banquet honoring war refugees. Bill volunteers to pick up fellow psychiatrist Dr. Baumler at the train station, but the man vanishes when he has Bill stop so he can use a pay phone. At the dinner, Bill and Jack are seated with Brenner's daughter, Freda, and, to Bill's surprise, another man is introduced as Baumler -- who dies moments later.
Movie - 1945, 2h 15m • as Second Ticket Clerk (uncredited)
A young couple's accident could make them rich, if they can evade a Nazi spy ring.
Movie - 1951, 2h 15m • as Workman (uncredited)
A young man tries to get rich by opening a diner. Comedy based on the popular comic strip.