Sam Groom (born 1938) is an American film and television actor.
Life and career
Sam Groom was born in 1938.
Groom portrayed Tom Eldridge in the CBS drama ''Our Private World'' (1965). Following the cancellation of that prime-time serial, he replaced Ronnie Welch as Lee Pollock on ''
The Edge of Night'' before he replaced Joey Trent as Dr. Russ Matthews on ''
Another World'', and he played the title role in the syndicated television series ''
Dr. Simon Locke'' (1971),
and its spinoff, ''Police Surgeon''. Groom appeared on ''
Gunsmoke
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'' in 1972 and 1973 (episodes "No Tomorrow" and "The Child Between" respectively). He also played Hal Sterling, the father of a castaway family, on the 1980s
science fiction
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television series ''
Otherworld''. During the 1980s, Groom also was a spokesperson for
American Motors, appearing in many commercials for the popular American Motors'
Concord and American Motors'
Eagle
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model lineups. He later played Joseph Orsini in the
soap opera
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''
All My Children
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'' in 1993.
Groom made guest appearances in ''
Law & Order''; ''
Murder, She Wrote
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''; ''
The Love Boat''; ''
Hill Street Blues''; ''
Quincy, M.E.''; ''
Gunsmoke
''Gunsmoke'' is an American radio and television Western drama series created by director Norman Macdonnell and writer John Meston. It centered on Dodge City, Kansas, in the 1870s, during the settlement of the American West. The central charact ...
''; ''
The Feather and Father Gang''; ''
The Bionic Woman
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''; and ''
The Time Tunnel
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'' as a young scientist named Jerry. In 1976, he appeared both in an episode of ''
Sara'' and in ''
Territorial Men'', a television movie version of the series.
His film career included roles in ''
Act One'' (1963), ''
The Baby Maker'' (1970), ''
Time Travelers'' (1976), ''
Run for the Roses'' (1977), ''
Institute for Revenge'' (1979), ''
Hanging by a Thread'' (1979), ''
The Day the Loving Stopped'' (1981), ''
Deadly Eyes'' (1982), and as
John F. Kennedy in the television miniseries ''
Blood Feud
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'' (1983).
Groom is currently a part of the faculty at
HB Studio in New York City.
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See also
* List of people with surname Groom
References
External links
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Sam Groom images on Bing
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1938 births
Living people
American male television actors
20th-century American male actors
21st-century American male actors
American male film actors