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Personal Info

Gender

Male

Birthday

1924-12-20 (100 years old)

Place of Birth

Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada

Sammy McKim

Biography:

Sammy McKim (December 20, 1924 – July 9, 2004) 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. 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.

Known For

Acting

1950

Lonely Heart Bandits as Jimmy Ward

1949

You're My Everything as Messenger Boy (uncredited)

1948

I, Jane Doe as Newsboy

1947

The Hucksters as Western Union Messenger (uncredited)
Undercover Maisie as Trainee (Uncredited)

1944

Nevada as Marvy Ide

1943

We've Never Been Licked as Senior Student (uncredited)

1942

1941

Sergeant York as Boy (uncredited)
Pacific Blackout as Kid at Bomb

1940

Laddie as Leon Stanton
Rocky Mountain Rangers as Danny Burke
Little Men as Tommy
Texas Terrors as Bob as a Boy
Hi-Yo Silver as Sammy

1939

Flying G-Men as Billy McKay
Dick Tracy's G-Men as Sammy Williams
The Night Riders as Tim Randall
New Frontier as Stevie Braddock
Mr. Smith Goes to Washington as Boy Ranger (uncredited)
Western Caravans as Matt Winters

1938

1937

Gunsmoke Ranch as Jimmy Warren
Hit the Saddle as Tim Miller - Sheriff's Son
The Trigger Trio as Mickey Evans
Heart of the Rockies as Davey Dawson
The Painted Stallion as Christopher Kit Carson

1936

Country Gentlemen as Billy Heath