Sammy McKim
Actor (1924-2004) · Canada · On the map · Actors · Died at 79
Sammy McKim was a Canadian film actor and artist. He graduated from Los Angeles Art Center with a Bachelor of Arts Degree and was born in Vancouver, British Columbia. He died in Burbank, California from heart failure in 2004.
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Lonely Heart BanditsFilm, Jimmy Ward1949
Flamingo RoadFilm1948
I, Jane DoeFilm, Newsboy1947
The HuckstersFilm, Western Union Messenger (uncredited)1944
NevadaFilm, Marvy Ide1943
We've Never Been LickedFilm, Senior Student (uncredited)1942
Wild Bill Hickok RidesFilm, Boy1941
Pacific BlackoutFilm, Kid at Bomb1940
Hi-Yo SilverFilm, Sammy1939
Dick Tracy's G-MenFilm, Sammy Williams1938
Call The MesquiteersFilm, Timothy Irving1937
Gunsmoke RanchFilm, Jimmy Warren1936
Country GentlemenFilm, Billy Heath
Free RentFilm, 19361924Born20 December 1924People around Sammy
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Ray Corrigan Also in The Night Riders (1939)
Max Terhune Also in The Night Riders and Gunsmoke Ranch
George Sherman Directed Red River Range and The Night Riders
Betty Burbridge Wrote Red River Range and New Frontier- Franklin Adreon Wrote The Lone Ranger and Dick Tracy's G-Men
Jack Kirk Also in Gunsmoke Ranch and Hit the Saddle
John English Directed Call The Mesquiteers (1938)
Martha O'Driscoll Also in Laddie and Pacific Blackout
John Wayne Also in Red River Range and The Night Riders
Michael Curtiz Directed The Story of Will Rogers (1952)
William Witney Directed The Painted Stallion (1937)J. P. McGowan Also in This Is the Life and Hit the Saddle
Bud Osborne Also in New Frontier and The Night Riders
George Chesebro Also in It Happened in Hollywood (1937)
LeRoy Mason Also in The Painted Stallion and New Frontier
Patrick McVey Also in Pacific Blackout (1941)- Robert Arthur Produced The Story of Will Rogers (1952)
Frank Ellis Also in It Happened in Hollywood (1937)
Mack V. Wright Directed Hit the Saddle (1937)
Allan Cavan Also in Dick Tracy's G-Men and The Night Riders
Hal Price Also in New Frontier and The Night Riders
Oliver Drake Wrote Gunsmoke Ranch and Hit the Saddle- Ralph Staub Directed Country Gentlemen and Mama Runs Wild
Lee Powell Also in The Lone Ranger and Hi-Yo Silver
Known for
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Mr. Smith Goes to Washington 1939
Sergeant York 1941
Flamingo Road 1949
Filmography 38
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About this person
McKim Served in the U.S. Army in 1943 with his brother David McKim where he fought in the Korean War. He earned the Distinguished Service Cross medal for being shot down in combat during the Korean War. After the war McKim stopped acting and became an artist, starting his career at the art department of Fox Studios before moving to the Walt Disney Company where he'd stay for the next 32 years until his retirement in 1987, 12 of which he would work closely with Walt Disney.