Sam Baker (actor)

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
Sam Baker as Hugo in The Lost City (1935)
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]

Filmography

Year	Title	Role	Notes
1924	The Thief of Bagdad	Sworder	Uncredited
1926	The Sea Beast	Queequeeq
1926	The Road to Mandalay	Minor Role	Uncredited
1927	The Missing Link	The Missing Link
1929	The Far Call	Tubal
1929	The Isle of Lost Ships	Native Tribeman
1931	Women of All Nations	Chief Eunuch	Uncredited
1932	Jungle Mystery	Zungu	Serial
1933	King of the Jungle	Gwana
1934	Drums O' Voodoo
1935	Under Pressure	Iron Man	Uncredited
1935	The Lost City	Hugo	Serial
1935	Les Misérables	Black Convict	Uncredited
1935	Public Hero ﹟1	Mose Jones
1935	Steamboat Round the Bend	Minor Role	Uncredited, (final film role)