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name: "Sam Allen"
canonical: "https://film.one/person/sam-allen"
fi1m_id: "sam-allen"
tmdb_id: 1683154
roles: []
born: "25 December 1861"
died: "13 September 1934"
reviewed_on_fi1m: 1
average_over: 1
updated: "2026-09-25T06:13:05.550944+00:00"
licence: "© Fi1m Ltd. Written by AI under a human editor; checked against sources before publication. Quote with attribution and a link to the canonical URL."
---

# Sam Allen

## Identity

Sam Allen

- **Canonical:** https://film.one/person/sam-allen
- **Type:** Person
- **Fi1m ID:** sam-allen
- **TMDB ID:** 1683154
- **Same entity:** https://www.themoviedb.org/person/1683154

Actor. Born 25 December 1861 in Baltimore, Maryland, USA. Died 13 September 1934.

## Details

- **Born:** 25 December 1861, Baltimore, Maryland, USA
- **Died:** 13 September 1934
- **Elsewhere:** https://www.themoviedb.org/person/1683154

## Streaming the US now

- **HBO Max:** [*The Gold Rush*](https://film.one/film/the-gold-rush.md) (89)

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## Biography

Sam Allen (25 December 1861 – 13 September 1934) was an American actor. He began his career on the stage in 1880 and moved into film work with Biograph in New York in 1910.

He appeared in around 18 features between 1921 and 1930. Allen is noted for his role as Uncle Hughey in *The Virginian* (1923). His other credits include *The Gold Rush* (1925) as Man in Dance Hall (uncredited), *The Sea Beast* (1926), *Death Valley* (1927) and *The Sea Wolf* (1930). He also founded a brewery and a hotel complex.

*Sources: en.wikipedia.org, imdb.com.*

## On Fi1m (1)

- *The Gold Rush* (1925), Fi1m 89, as Man in Dance Hall (uncredited) — [page](https://film.one/film/the-gold-rush.md)

## Complete filmography (20)

Every credit, newest first. Titles without a page can be requested for review on the HTML page.

- *The Cowboy Counsellor* (1932), as Hotel Clerk
- *The Sea Wolf* (1930), as Neilson
- *Burning Bridges* (1928), as Dr. Zach McCarthy
- *Black Jack* (1927), as Ed Holbrook
- *Death Valley* (1927), as Her Father
- *Woman’s Law* (1927), as Jules La Pierre
- *Mother* (1927), as Cpl. Cotter
- *Dog Scents* (1926), as Jasper Jones
- *The Midnight Limited* (1926), as Sam Foster
- *The Sea Beast* (1926), as Captain
- *Man Rustlin'* (1926), as Pop Geers
- *The Bashful Buccaneer* (1925), as Captain
- *The Timber Wolf* (1925), as Joe Terry
- *The Gold Rush* (1925), as Man in Dance Hall (uncredited) — Fi1m 89, [page](https://film.one/film/the-gold-rush.md)
- *The Power God* (1925), as John Morgan
- *The Virginian* (1923), as Uncle Hughie
- *Are You a Failure?* (1923), as Thaddeus Crane
- *Confidence* (1922), as Const. Kittering
- *The Son of the Wolf* (1922), as Father Roubeau
- *Conflict* (1921), as Orrin Lakin

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