Sam Groom

Acting

Sam Groom

Born 1938-06-13 · Columbus, Ohio, USA

Acting credits

Deadly Eyes poster
5.6

Corn grain contaminated with steroids produces large rats the size of small dogs who begin feeding on the residents of Toronto. Paul, a college basketball coach, teams up with Kelly, a local health inspector, to uncover the source of the mysterious rat attacks and they eventually try to prevent the opening of a new subway line as well as find the mutant rats nest quickly, or there will be a huge massacre of the entire city!

Deadly Eyes

1982

Time Travelers poster
6.3

When a novel virus devastates the world in 1976, Dr. Earnshaw notices that it resembles a virus that a Dr. Henderson found a cure for in 1871 Chicago. However, the doctor perished and his notes were destroyed in the Great Chicago Fire. Earnshaw is approached by a government agent, Jeffrey Adams, who informs him of a Top Secret time traveling technology and asks for his assistance in finding Dr. Henderson and his cure. But their adventure becomes a race against time when a glitch sends them back to the day before the fire instead of the planned four days.

Time Travelers

1976

Act One poster
6.3

This autobiographical story traces the career of playwright Moss Hart. Moss struggles as a dramatic writer until he concentrates his efforts on writing comedy. He suffers through a series of professional and romantic failures before a meeting with George S. Kaufman which changes his fortunes.

Act One

1963

Sharon: Portrait of a Mistress poster
4.0

A woman's inability to make a lasting commitment results in her having a string of affairs with married men.

Sharon: Portrait of a Mistress

1977

More Than Murder poster
5.1

Private eye Mike Hammer tries to clear his friend, Captain Chambers, who has been framed for cocaine possession.

More Than Murder

1984

Deadly Games poster
3.2

A masked maniac with a penchant for a monster-themed board game is playing his own twisted game with the women of a small American town. Each time the dice are rolled, another victim meets a grisly end. Returning home to mourn the death of her murdered sister, Keegan befriends local cop Roger and reclusive cinema projectionist Billy — but soon finds herself in the killer's sights.

Deadly Games

1982

The Baby Maker poster
6.2

Tish Gray had a baby and gave it up for adoption. She is contacted by a second childless couple who want her to have the husband's baby because of the wife's inability to have children. She accepts but finds that knowing the parents, and developing a relationship with them for the entire pregnancy complicates the simple arrangement.

The Baby Maker

1970

Winner Take All poster
7.4

The chronicle of an average American housewife who just happens to be addicted to gambling.

Winner Take All

1975

Paradise Lost poster
9.0

Playwright Clifford Odets' portrait of the Great Depression unfolds in the modest two-family home of Leo and Clara Gordon as misfortune strikes them and the people running with them. Opened on Broadway in 1935, it became one of the Group Theatre's most controversial plays and Odets' favorite.

Paradise Lost

1971

Blood Feud poster
NR

Made for TV movie about Bobby Kennedy's campaign to bring Jimmy Hoffa to justice.

Blood Feud

1983

Beyond the Bermuda Triangle poster
5.0

A retired businessman notices that there has been a rash of ships and planes disappearing off the Florida coast, and he starts to investigate.

Beyond the Bermuda Triangle

1975

For Pete's Sake poster
7.5

"For Pete's Sake" is the heartfelt and inspiring story of a man (Robert Sampson) struggling to come to terms with his wife's (Pippa Scott) untimely death, while raising their young son (Johnny Jenson). Sam Groom portrays the family's pastor and Terri Garr debuts as a wayward young woman in this entertaining and thought-provoking comedy-drama.

For Pete's Sake

1966

Betrayal poster
5.9

Wealthy widow Helen Mercer hires a young woman, Gretchen Addison, to act as her personal assistant and companion. Unfortunately, Helen is a poor judge of character, as Gretchen is part of a murderous extortionist duo with her boyfriend, Jay. However, Gretchen has second thoughts when she develops genuine affection for Helen. When Gretchen informs Jay that she wants to call off their plot, he refuses and carries on with the plan. Now both Helen and Gretchen may be in grave danger.

Betrayal

1974

The Day the Loving Stopped poster
7.5

Due to her parents' divorce, a young lady named Judy begins to doubt herself and love in general as her wedding day approaches.

The Day the Loving Stopped

1981

Territorial Men poster
NR

The story of Sara Yarnell, a schoolteacher who moves from Philadelphia to the Western frontier to start a new life. She becomes the only teacher in a one-room schoolhouse in Independence, Colorado.

Territorial Men

1976

Run for the Roses poster
7.0

Juanito, a boy from Puerto Rico, finds himself in Kentucky and drawn to a thoroughbred horse. He believes the horse can win the Derby and eventually others around him start to think it's possible.

Run for the Roses

1977

No artwork available
6.7

A sophisticated computer named IFR (the film's title is its nickname) supervises an organization dedicated to correcting wrongs against the defenseless and assigns human operatives to track down the evildoers and bring them to justice non-violently.

Institute for Revenge

1979

No artwork available
8.0

A spaceship lands safely on a distant planet but all on-board have been slain except for one female crew member.

The Space-Watch Murders

1978