Sam Appel (August 8, 1871 – June 18, 1947) was a Mexican-born American character actor of the silent and

sound film A sound film is a motion picture with synchronized sound, or sound technologically coupled to image, as opposed to a silent film. The first known public exhibition of projected sound films took place in Paris in 1900, but decades passed befo ...

eras. He appeared in forty films during his 28-year career, mostly in supporting roles.

Filmography

(Per AFI database) *''She Hired a Husband'' (1918) *'' The Light of Western Stars'' (1918) *''The Silk Lined Burglar'' (1919) *''The Web of Chance'' (1919) *''La La Lucille'' (1920) *'' Two Kinds of Women'' (1922) *'' The Girl of the Golden West'' (1923) *'' Long Live the King'' (1923) *''

Code of the Sea ''Code of the Sea'' is a 1924 American silent drama film produced by Famous Players–Lasky and distributed by Paramount Pictures. It was directed by Victor Fleming and starred Rod La Rocque and Jacqueline Logan Jacqueline Medura Logan (No ...

'' (1924) *'' The Lady Who Lied'' (1925) *''

The White Black Sheep ''The White Black Sheep'' is a 1926 American silent drama film produced by Inspiration Pictures and distributed by First National. it was directed by Sidney Olcott with Richard Barthelmess and Patsy Ruth Miller in the lead roles. Cast Prod ...

'' (1926) *''

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'' (1928) *''

Love Comes Along ''Love Comes Along'' is a 1930 American romantic film directed by Rupert Julian, written by Wallace Smith, based on the uncompleted play ''Conchita'' by Edward Knoblock. It was a vehicle specifically picked to highlight the vocal talents of Bebe ...

'' (1930) *''

Under a Texas Moon ''Under A Texas Moon'' is a 1930 American pre-Code musical Western film photographed entirely in Technicolor. It was based on the novel ''Two-Gun Man'' (from 1929) which was written by Stewart Edward White. It was the second all-color, all-ta ...

'' (1930) *'' Yankee Don'' (1931) *''

Flying Down to Rio ''Flying Down to Rio'' is a 1933 American pre-Code RKO musical film famous for being the first screen pairing of Fred Astaire and Ginger Rogers, although Dolores del Río and Gene Raymond received top billing and the leading roles. Among ...

'' (1933) *''Grand Canary'' (1934) *''

The Mighty Barnum ''The Mighty Barnum'' is a 1934 film starring Wallace Beery as P.T. Barnum. The movie was written by Gene Fowler and Bess Meredyth, adapted from their play of the same name, and directed by Walter Lang. Beery had played Barnum four years earlie ...

'' (1934) *'' Hi, Gaucho!'' (1935) *''

In Caliente ''In Caliente'' (also known as ''Viva Señorita'') is a 1935 American romantic musical comedy film directed by Lloyd Bacon, starring Dolores del Río and Pat O'Brien. The film was written by Ralph Block and Warren Duff. The musical numbers ...

'' (1935) *''

Man of Iron ''Man of Iron'' ( pl, Człowiek z żelaza) is a 1981 film directed by Andrzej Wajda. It depicts the Solidarity labour movement and its first success in persuading the Polish government to recognize the workers' right to an independent union. Th ...

'' (1935) *''

Under the Pampas Moon ''Under the Pampas Moon'', also known as ''The Gaucho'', is a 1935 American Western film directed by James Tinling and starring Warner Baxter and Ketti Gallian. Baxter plays an Argentine gaucho. Rita Hayworth also had an early role in the film. ...

'' (1935) *'' Diamond Jim'' (1935) *'' Rose of the Rancho'' (1936) *'' Ramona'' (1936) *'' A Message to Garcia'' (1936) *''

Anthony Adverse ''Anthony Adverse'' is a 1936 American epic historical drama film directed by Mervyn LeRoy and starring Fredric March and Olivia de Havilland. The screenplay by Sheridan Gibney draws elements of its plot from eight of the nine books in Hervey ...

'' (1936) *'' Give Us This Night'' (1936) *'' The Firefly'' (1937) *'' The Last Train from Madrid'' (1937) *''

20 Mule Team ''20 Mule Team'' (also known as ''Twenty Mule Team'') is a 1940 American Western film about Death Valley, and Daggett, California borax miners, directed by Richard Thorpe and starring Wallace Beery, Marjorie Rambeau and Anne Baxter. The f ...

'' (1940) *''

Down Mexico Way ''Down Mexico Way'' is a 1941 American Western film directed by Joseph Santley and starring Gene Autry, Smiley Burnette, and Fay McKenzie. Based on a story by Dorrell and Stuart E. McGowan, the film is about a singing cowboy who comes to the ai ...

'' (1941) *''

A Girl, a Guy and a Gob ''A Girl, a Guy and a Gob'' is a 1941 film produced by Harold Lloyd and starring George Murphy, Lucille Ball, and Edmond O'Brien. Plot summary When Stephen Herrick, a sedate, mild-mannered shipping magnate, loses his opera tickets, Mrs. Grang ...

'' (1941) *''Honolulu Lu'' (1941) *''

Reap the Wild Wind ''Reap the Wild Wind'' is a 1942 American adventure film produced and directed by Cecil B. DeMille and starring Ray Milland, John Wayne, and Paulette Goddard, with a supporting cast featuring Raymond Massey, Robert Preston, Lynne Overman, ...

'' (1942) *''Bad Men of the Border'' (1945) *'' Masquerade in Mexico'' (1946) *''

Gilda ''Gilda'' is a 1946 American film noir directed by Charles Vidor and starring Rita Hayworth in her signature role and Glenn Ford. The film is known for cinematographer Rudolph Maté's lush photography, costume designer Jean Louis's wardrobe fo ...

'' (1946) *''Perilous Holiday'' (1946) *'' The Return of Monte Cristo'' (1946)

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* {{DEFAULTSORT:Appel, Sam American male film actors American male silent film actors 1871 births 1947 deaths 20th-century American male actors Male actors from Jalisco Mexican emigrants to the United States Mexican expatriate actors in the United States