---
name: "Sam Baker"
canonical: "https://film.one/person/sam-baker"
fi1m_id: "sam-baker"
imdb_id: "nm0048905"
tmdb_id: 133104
wikidata_id: "Q55632413"
roles: []
born: "4 May 1907"
died: "8 May 1982"
reviewed_on_fi1m: 2
average_fi1m_score: 78
average_over: 2
updated: "2026-09-25T06:10:29.705275+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 Baker

## Identity

Sam Baker

- **Canonical:** https://film.one/person/sam-baker
- **Type:** Person
- **Fi1m ID:** sam-baker
- **IMDb ID:** nm0048905
- **TMDB ID:** 133104
- **Wikidata ID:** Q55632413
- **Same entity:** https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sam_Baker_(actor), https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q55632413, https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0048905/, https://www.themoviedb.org/person/133104

Actor. Born 4 May 1907 in Taylor, Indiana, USA. Died 8 May 1982.

## Details

- **Born:** 4 May 1907, Taylor, Indiana, USA
- **Died:** 8 May 1982
- **Also known as:** Samuel D. Baker
- **Titles on Fi1m:** 2: 1 acting, 1 other
- **Fi1m score by decade:** 1920s 82 (1), 1930s 74 (1)
- **Elsewhere:** https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sam_Baker_(actor), https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q55632413, https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0048905/, https://www.themoviedb.org/person/133104

## Streaming the US now

- **Apple TV:** [*The Thief of Bagdad*](https://film.one/film/the-thief-of-bagdad-1924.md) (82)

For United States; add `?region=XX` for another country.

## Biography

Sam Baker, also credited as Samuel D. Baker, was an American actor. His first screen appearance was as the Sworder (uncredited) in the silent fantasy film *The Thief of Bagdad* (1924).

He appeared in a number of silent and early sound films, including as Queequeg in *The Sea Beast* (1926), as the title character in *The Missing Link* (1927), and as Hugo in the serial *The Lost City* (1935). Other credits include *Les Misérables* (1935), in which he played a black convict (uncredited). Baker died in 1982.

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

## On Fi1m (2)

### Performed in (1)

- *Les Misérables* (1935), Fi1m 74, as Black Convict — [page](https://film.one/film/les-miserables-1935.md)

### Also credited (1) — thanks, archive footage, uncredited

- *The Thief of Bagdad* (1924), Fi1m 82, as Sworder (uncredited) — [page](https://film.one/film/the-thief-of-bagdad-1924.md)

## Complete filmography (9)

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

- *Rescue: Special Ops* (2009), series, as Nate Reynolds
- *Public Hero Number 1* (1935), as Mose Jones
- *Les Misérables* (1935), as Black Convict — Fi1m 74, [page](https://film.one/film/les-miserables-1935.md)
- *The Lost City* (1935), as Hugo, lead giant
- *King of the Jungle* (1933), as Gwana
- *Jungle Mystery* (1932), as Zungu
- *The Isle of Lost Ships* (1929), as Native Tribeman
- *The Sea Beast* (1926), as Queequeeq
- *The Thief of Bagdad* (1924), as Sworder (uncredited) — Fi1m 82, [page](https://film.one/film/the-thief-of-bagdad-1924.md)

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