
Acting
Sammy Brooks
Born 1891-07-08 · New York City, New York, USA
Sammy Brooks (July 10, 1891 – May 16, 1951) was an American film actor. He appeared in 218 films between 1916 and 1938. He was born in New York City and died in Los Angeles, California.
Acting credits
6.2A young man, unaccustomed to children, must accompany a young girl on a train trip.
Now or Never
1921
5.8After being discharged from the 372nd infantry, on account of a bean shortage, smithy seeks employment. He finds a job on a construction site, where he helps to build a house, and soon causes havoc amongst the other workers. The construction company owner leaves for a week, and tells his secretary to send a letter to Mr. Smith telling him to complete the construction of the house while he (the owner) is away. The letter is accidently sent to Smithy who manages to complete the house. When the owner returns the house is complete, and Smithy is commended until the last support beam is removed...
Smithy
1924
5.4A cook for bridge constructors is told to collect food for dinner-Ritz style trout, Palmer house rabbit and a 15cm frosted cake. He sets off into the wide open spaces to collect the food, coming into contact with a mad hermit, who hates anybody seeing his daughter, before returning to cook dinner.
Wandering Papas
1926
6.3Wide Open Spaces is a 1924 Western silent film starring Stan Laurel.
Wide Open Spaces
1924
6.9Stan and Ollie are musicians attempting to travel by train to Pottsville.
Berth Marks
1929
9.0A short film starring Harold Lloyd.
Crack Your Heels
1919
6.5Finlayson plays an intrepid army cameraman on the battlefield in the world war, and Rowe plays his hapless assistant. Cranking away in no man's land, they take foolish chances and must dodge flying shells, falling down and losing their film repeatedly.
Unfriendly Enemies
1925
5.9The misadventures of two intrepid explorers in the Egyptian desert.
Scorching Sands
1923
Snub plays a rich guy who wants to impress the ladies with his virility. So he pays a tough boxer to take a dive in a staged fight, though the fight definitely does not go anything like expected.
Looking for Trouble
1919
6.9Harold Meadows is a shy, stuttering bachelor working in a tailor shop, who is writing a guidebook, The Secret of Making Love, for other bashful young men. Fate has him meet rich girl Mary, and they fall in love. But she is about to wed an already married man, so our hero embarks upon a hair-raising daredevil ride to prevent the wedding.
Girl Shy
1924
6.1Harold is a bookkeeper who works in an office but can't keep his mind on his job -- the spring weather is too nice to stay indoors. After escaping from his office he romps in the park instead.
Spring Fever
1919
6.4A meek young man must find the courage within when a rogue tramp menaces his hometown.
Grandma's Boy
1922
6.5Lloyd is a serious young middle-class guy on the make who wants to marry the boss’ daughter. The problem is getting in to see the boss so that he can ask for her hand in marriage as the office is guarded by a bunch of comic, clumsy flunkies who throw everyone out who tries to get in.
Ask Father
1919
6.7A family goes on its weekly outing to the movies. Complications ensue...
Movie Night
1929
6.5Jimmie Jump is returning from Europe to the USA. His parents and an old girl-friend, Sally - whom he hasn't seen for years, are expecting him at the dock. But, due to some unfortunate coincidences they are mistaken about the identity of each other, but meet unbeknownst to that fact. Jimmie decides that he has to find that girl. Finally, after having annoyed a policeman, and a great fraction of the female population, he finds her working as a temperance worker. To get her attention, he dresses up in rags to meet her. But his way of introduction causes more confusion.
Looking for Sally
1925
8.0A tenderfoot arrives in a western town and the inhabitants give him a rough time.
Whirl o' the West
1921
Harold has trouble with his father and is ordered out of the house. He becomes a waiter and pulls off some highly amusing stunts at a swell dinner party.
Kicked Out
1918
10.0The adventures of a penniless young man, who finds himself in a house full of crooks.
Swat the Crook
1919
An auto accident hurls Snub into a skating rink, where he encounters Rowe and Marie. Among the various slip-and-falling going on, two frisky escaped monkeys from a show put on skates to join in and create pandemonium.
High Rollers
1921
6.0A bicycle messenger is sent to make a posh delivery to a wealthy artist's estate-- populated with attractive models.
Fresh Paint
1920
Paul Parrott comedy produced by Hal Roach.
The Landlubber
1922
The setting is a shoe store and the action is pretty frenetic. You get to see Paul lose the store's money, catch a shoe thief, knock down a bunch of shelves and more.
Tight Shoes
1923
NRA young man's dreams are shaken by his father's insistence that he get a job and go to work. He becomes a waiter in a restaurant, and has some funny adventures.
Before Breakfast
1919
4.9Lonesome Luke has a movie theater and also works the box office and as an usher. He has to put up with, among other things, an incompetent projectionist who falls asleep all the time. Complications ensue.
Luke's Movie Muddle
1916