---
name: "Sam Benson"
canonical: "https://film.one/person/sam-benson"
roles: ["Costume designer"]
born: "1 January 1886"
died: "13 June 1957"
reviewed_on_fi1m: 3
average_fi1m_score: 85
average_over: 3
updated: "2026-09-20T01:08:58.229545+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 Benson

Costume designer. Born 1 January 1886 in New York City, New York, USA. Died 13 June 1957.

## Details

- **Work:** Costume designer
- **Born:** 1 January 1886, New York City, New York, USA
- **Died:** 13 June 1957
- **Active:** 1940–1944
- **Also known as:** Little Sammy
- **Fi1m against the critics:** 85 to 81 across 3 titles
- **Score spread:** 3 at 80+, 0 at 60–79, 0 under 60
- **Genres:** Drama 2, Mystery 1, Western 1
- **Screen time:** 5 hours of reviewed films
- **Box office:** $4m across 2 films with figures
- **Elsewhere:** https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q3470447, https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0072641/, https://www.themoviedb.org/person/108820

## Biography

Sam Benson was an American costume designer and wardrobe supervisor. He worked for William Fox and 20th Century Fox from 1925 until his death.

His credits include costume design on *The Ox-Bow Incident* (1943) and wardrobe supervisor or master roles on *The Grapes of Wrath* (1940), *Laura* (1944), *Lifeboat* (1944), *Leave Her to Heaven* (1945), *My Darling Clementine* (1946), *The Ghost and Mrs. Muir* (1947), *Pickup on South Street* (1953), *Niagara* (1953) and *River of No Return* (1954). He was also credited as Little Sammy.

*Sources: imdb.com, themoviedb.org.*

## On Fi1m (3)

- *Laura* (1944), Fi1m 86, Costume Supervisor — [page](https://film.one/film/laura.md)
- *The Ox-Bow Incident* (1943), Fi1m 84, Costume Design, Costume design — [page](https://film.one/film/the-ox-bow-incident.md)
- *The Grapes of Wrath* (1940), Fi1m 86, Wardrobe Supervisor — [page](https://film.one/film/the-grapes-of-wrath.md)

## Complete filmography (65)

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

- *Desk Set* (1957), as Wardrobe Master
- *The Man in the Gray Flannel Suit* (1956), as Wardrobe Master
- *The Tall Men* (1955), Wardrobe Supervisor
- *There's No Business Like Show Business* (1954), Wardrobe Assistant
- *The Raid* (1954), Wardrobe Supervisor
- *River of No Return* (1954), Wardrobe Supervisor
- *Pickup on South Street* (1953), Wardrobe Supervisor
- *Niagara* (1953), Wardrobe Supervisor
- *Stars and Stripes Forever* (1952), Wardrobe Assistant
- *Fixed Bayonets!* (1951), as Wardrobe Master
- *The Frogmen* (1951), Costume Design
- *The Fireball* (1950), Wardrobe Supervisor
- *Panic in the Streets* (1950), as Wardrobe Master
- *Broken Arrow* (1950), as Wardrobe Master
- *The Street with No Name* (1948), Wardrobe Supervisor
- *Call Northside 777* (1948), Wardrobe Designer
- *Anna Karenina* (1948), Costume Supervisor
- *Kiss of Death* (1947), Wardrobe Supervisor
- *The Ghost and Mrs. Muir* (1947), as Wardrobe Master
- *My Darling Clementine* (1946), as Wardrobe Master
- *The Dark Corner* (1946), Wardrobe Supervisor
- *Leave Her to Heaven* (1945), Wardrobe Supervisor
- *A Walk in the Sun* (1945), Costume Design
- *A Tree Grows in Brooklyn* (1945), Wardrobe Supervisor
- *Laura* (1944), Costume Supervisor — Fi1m 86, [page](https://film.one/film/laura.md)
- *The Purple Heart* (1944), Costume Design
- *Lifeboat* (1944), as Wardrobe Master
- *Claudia* (1943), Wardrobe Supervisor
- *The Ox-Bow Incident* (1943), Costume Design — Fi1m 84, [page](https://film.one/film/the-ox-bow-incident.md)
- *The Black Swan* (1942), Wardrobe Designer
- *The Pied Piper* (1942), Wardrobe Supervisor
- *Moontide* (1942), Wardrobe Supervisor
- *This Above All* (1942), Wardrobe Designer
- *Belle Starr* (1941), Wardrobe Supervisor
- *The Grapes of Wrath* (1940), Wardrobe Supervisor — Fi1m 86, [page](https://film.one/film/the-grapes-of-wrath.md)
- *Jesse James* (1939), as Wardrobe Master
- *Rebecca of Sunnybrook Farm* (1938), Costume Supervisor
- *The Great Hospital Mystery* (1937), Wardrobe Designer
- *Seventh Heaven* (1937), Wardrobe Designer
- *Love Is News* (1937), as Wardrobe Master
- *High Tension* (1936), as Meek-Mannered Man
- *Way Down East* (1935), Wardrobe Supervisor
- *Steamboat Round the Bend* (1935), Costume Design
- *Caravan* (1934), Wardrobe Designer
- *Baby Take a Bow* (1934), Wardrobe Designer
- *Hoopla* (1933), Wardrobe Supervisor
- *Pilgrimage* (1933), Wardrobe Supervisor
- *State Fair* (1933), Costume Design
- *Robbers' Roost* (1932), Wardrobe Assistant
- *Wild Girl* (1932), as Wardrobe Master
- *6 Hours to Live* (1932), Costume Design
- *Skyline* (1931), as Wardrobe Master
- *Quick Millions* (1931), Costume Design
- *A Connecticut Yankee* (1931), Costume Design
- *Oh, for a Man!* (1930), Wardrobe Supervisor
- *The Big Trail* (1930), Wardrobe Designer
- *Up the River* (1930), as Wardrobe Master
- *The War Horse* (1927), as Wardrobe Master
- *Upstream* (1927), Costume Supervisor
- *Wings of the Storm* (1926), Wardrobe Designer
- *3 Bad Men* (1926), Costume Design
- *The Outsider* (1926), Costume Design
- *Thank You* (1925), Wardrobe Supervisor
- *Lightnin'* (1925), Costume Design
- *Riders of the Purple Sage* (1925), Wardrobe Designer

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