Samuel "Sam" William Lufkin (May 8, 1891 - February 19, 1952) was an American

United States

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 actor

Actor

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 who usually appeared in small or bit roles in short comedy films.

Career

Born in Utah

Utah

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, Lufkin spent most of his career at the Hal Roach Studios where he made over 60 films. In over half of these, he appeared alongside Laurel and Hardy

Laurel and Hardy

Laurel and Hardy were one of the most popular and critically acclaimed comedy double acts of the early Classical Hollywood era of American cinema...

, again mostly in small parts, but occasionally in more substantial roles, such as an irascible cop (The Music Box), or an irate motorist (Two Tars

Two Tars

Two Tars, directed by James Parrott and released in 1928, is recognized as one of Laurel and Hardy's greatest films. A silent film, it largely consists of a 'reciprocal destruction' involving motorists in a traffic jam, which has much inventive mayhem with the destruction of various...

). After Laurel and Hardy left Roach in 1940, the grim-faced Lufkin mostly appeared in further bit roles in Hollywood feature films before his death of uremia

Uremia

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 in 1952. His grave is located at Pierce Brothers Valhalla Memorial Park

Valhalla Memorial Park Cemetery

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.

Selected filmography

Year	Title	Role	Notes
1920	Haunted Spooks Haunted Spooks Haunted Spooks is a 1920 silent comedy film starring Harold Lloyd and Mildred Davis.- Plot :The action in Haunted Spooks is sparked by Harold's romantic problems. The opening sequence has him disappointed in love and trying, with notable lack of success, to commit suicide...	Bearded Man in Car	Uncredited
1923	A Man About Town A Man About Town -Cast:* Stan Laurel - A man about town* Katherine Grant - The girl* James Finlayson - Humko, store detective* Charles Stevenson - Shop assistant* George Rowe - Cross-eyed barber* Mark Jones - Cross-eyed barber* Eddie Baker - Cop...	Bit Role	Uncredited
1924	High Society High Society (1924 film) High Society is a 1924 short silent comedy film directed by Robert F. McGowan. It was the 29th Our Gang short subject released.-Cast:* Mickey Daniels - Mickey Kelly* Jackie Condon - Percival 'Percy' Kelly* Mary Kornman - Mary...	Police detective
1926	Thundering Fleas Thundering Fleas Thundering Fleas is a 1926 Our Gang film featuring Oliver Hardy and directed by Robert F. McGowan. It was the 51st Our Gang short subject released...	Extra at the wedding
	The Nickel-Hopper The Nickel-Hopper The Nickel-Hopper is a 1926 film starring Mabel Normand and featuring Oliver Hardy and Boris Karloff in minor uncredited roles.-Cast:* Mabel Normand - Paddy, the nickel hopper* Michael Visaroff - Paddy's father...	Dance hall extra	Uncredited
1927	Sugar Daddies Sugar Daddies Sugar Daddies is a 1927 short comedy silent film starring Jimmy Finlayson, and a pre-teamed Stan Laurel and Oliver Hardy.- Cast :*James Finlayson as Oil tycoon Cyrus Brittle*Stan Laurel as Brittle's lawyer*Oliver Hardy as Brittle's butler...	Fun House ticket taker
1928	Playin' Hookey Playin' Hookey Playin' Hookey is a 1928 short silent comedy film directed by Robert A. McGowan. It was the 69th Our Gang short subject released.-Cast:* Joe Cobb - Joe* Allen Hoskins - Farina* Jannie Hoskins - Zuccini* Jackie Condon - Jackie* Jay R...	Keystone-ish cop
1929	That's My Wife	Waiter	Uncredited
	Double Whoopee Double Whoopee Double Whoopee is a 1929 Hal Roach Studios silent short comedy starring Laurel and Hardy. It was shot during February 1929 and released by Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer on May 18 of that year.-Synopsis:...	Man poked in eye
1931	Pardon Us Pardon Us Pardon Us is Laurel and Hardy's first feature length comedy film. It was produced by Hal Roach and Stan Laurel, directed by James Parrott, and originally distributed by MGM in 1931.- Plot :...	Bit Part	Uncredited
1932	Any Old Port! Any Old Port! Any Old Port! is a 1932 short film starring Laurel and Hardy, directed by James W.Horne and produced by Hal Roach.-Plot:Sailors Laurel and Hardy disembark and book in a sleazy hotel. The owner Mugsie Long intends to marry a young girl against her wishes, but Stan and Ollie come to her rescue...	Referee	Uncredited
1932	The Music Box	Cop	Uncredited
1933	Sons of the Desert Sons of the Desert Sons of the Desert is a 1933 American film starring Laurel and Hardy, and directed by William A. Seiter. It was first released in the United States on December 29, 1933 and is regarded as one of Laurel and Hardy's greatest films...	First Waiter	Uncredited
1934	Going Bye-Bye! Going Bye-Bye! - Plot :In a packed courtroom, Butch Long vows revenge on 'squealers' Laurel and Hardy whose evidence has helped to send him to prison for the rest of his life, threatening to "break off their legs and wrap 'em around their necks!"...	Man with warning
1935	Bonnie Scotland Bonnie Scotland Bonnie Scotland is a 1935 American film starring Laurel and Hardy, produced by Hal Roach for Hal Roach Studios and directed by James W. Horne...	Native henchman	Uncredited
1936	Our Relations Our Relations Our Relations is a 1936 feature film starring Stan Laurel and Oliver Hardy, produced by Laurel for Hal Roach Studios.-Plot:Laurel and Hardy star as both their famous Stan and Ollie characters and as Stan and Ollie's twin brothers Bert and Alf...	Waiter	Uncredited
1937	Grips, Grunts and Groans Grips, Grunts and Groans Grips, Grunts and Groans is the 20th short subject starring American slapstick comedy team the Three Stooges. The trio made a total of 190 shorts for Columbia Pictures between 1934 and 1959.-Plot:...	Bit Part	Uncredited
1938	Block-Heads Block-Heads Block-Heads is a 1938 comedy film starring Stan Laurel and Oliver Hardy, produced by Hal Roach Studios for Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer. The film, a reworking of elements from the Laurel and Hardy shorts We Faw Down and Unaccustomed As We Are , was Roach's final film for MGM, and is remembered as one of...	Veteran	Uncredited
1939	Zenobia Zenobia (film) Zenobia is a 1939 comedy film starring Oliver Hardy, Harry Langdon, Billie Burke, Alice Brady, James Ellison, Jean Parker, June Lang, Stepin Fetchit, and Hattie McDaniel...	Townsman	Uncredited
1940	A Chump at Oxford A Chump at Oxford A Chump at Oxford, directed by Alfred J. Goulding and released in 1940 by United Artists, was the penultimate Laurel and Hardy film made at the Hal Roach studios. Originally released as a streamliner featurette at forty minutes long, twenty minutes of footage largely unrelated to the main plot...	Water wagon driver	Uncredited
	Saps at Sea Saps at Sea Saps at Sea is a 1940 American film directed by Gordon Douglas, distributed by United Artists, and Laurel and Hardy's last film produced by Hal Roach Studio.- Plot :...	Workman at Horn Factory	Uncredited
1946	Crack-Up Crack-Up (1946 film) Crack-Up is a film noir directed by Irving Reis, remembered for directing many "Falcon" movies of the early 1940s including The Falcon Takes Over. The drama is based on "Madman's Holiday", a story written by mystery writer Fredric Brown...	Detective	Uncredited
	Sister Kenny Sister Kenny Sister Kenny is a 1946 biographical film about Sister Elizabeth Kenny, an Australian bush nurse, who fought to help people who suffered from polio, despite opposition from the medical establishment...	Photographer	Uncredited
	Lady Luck Lady Luck (1946 film) Lady Luck is a Hollywood comedy film released in 1946, starring Robert Young and Barbara Hale. It tells the story of a professional gambler who falls in love with a woman who hates gambling.-External links:*...	Gambler	Uncredited
1947	Born to Kill Born to Kill (1947 film) Born to Kill is a 1947 film noir starring Lawrence Tierney and directed by Robert Wise. It was the first film noir to be directed by Wise, who later directed The Set-Up , The Captive City , and Odds Against Tomorrow...	Crap Dealer	Uncredited
	Riffraff Riffraff (1947 film) Riffraff is a 1947 black-and-white film starring Pat O'Brien, Anne Jeffreys and Walter Slezak. Considered a minor film noir entry more in the adventure genre, it was directed by Ted Tetzlaff, who also directed The Window and worked as a cinematographer for over 100 films, including another...	Bit Role	Uncredited
1948	The Miracle of the Bells The Miracle of the Bells The Miracle of the Bells is a 1948 film produced by RKO. It stars Fred MacMurray, Alida Valli, Frank Sinatra, and Lee J. Cobb. Directed by Irving Pichel, with a script by Quentin Reynolds and Ben Hecht.The film is based on a novel by Russell Janney....	Man	Uncredited
1950	Born to Be Bad Born to Be Bad (1950 film) Born to Be Bad is a 1950 melodrama starring Joan Fontaine as a manipulative young woman who will stop at nothing to get what she wants. It was based on the novel All Kneeling by Anne Parrish.-Cast:*Joan Fontaine as Christabel Caine Carey...	Taxi Driver	Uncredited
1951	Law of the Badlands	Bank Teller	Uncredited

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