- Acting films
- 20
- Acting avg
- 6.14
- Peak run
- 1953’61
Acting films, by TMDB rating
The career
Dot size shows audience votes. Films below the source vote floor sit on the baseline.
As an actor, films with 25+ votes
Sam by the numbers
Average
6.14
14 rated films
Vote weighted
6.22
bigger films count more
Median
6.3
half are better
Consistency
±0.93
rating spread
Career
30y
1953 to 1982
Total votes
2.27K
across every film
Best
6.8
One-Eyed Jacks
Worst
6.1
Every Which Way but Loose
Newest first
Filmography
| 1982 |  National Lampoon's Movie Madness | Sergeant ("Municipalians") | 3.5 | 41 |
| 1978 |  Every Which Way but Loose | Fat Man's Friend | 6.1 | 535 |
| 1976 |  The Last Hard Men | Dutch Vestal | 6.1 | 68 |
| 1976 |  The Missouri Breaks | Hank Rate | 6.5 | 263 |
| 1974 |  Macon County Line | Deputy Bill | 5.9 | 38 |
| 1974 |  'Gator Bait | TJ Bracken | 5.0 | 27 |
| 1972 |  The Final Comedown | · | · | 12 |
| 1972 | Blood Sabbath | Lonzo | · | 23 |
| 1971 |  Sometimes a Great Notion | John | 6.9 | 109 |
| 1971 |  Wild Rovers | Hansen | 6.1 | 52 |
| 1965 |  Fluffy | Policeman | · | 3 |
| 1963 |  PT 109 | Raymond Starkey | 6.1 | 34 |
| 1961 |  One-Eyed Jacks | Harvey Johnson | 6.8 | 266 |
| 1959 |  The Sound and the Fury | Bus Driver (uncredited) | · | 18 |
| 1958 |  The Young Lions | Pvt. Faber (uncredited) | 6.7 | 151 |
| 1957 |  The Shadow on the Window | Sgt. Paul Denke | · | 23 |
| 1956 |  Away All Boats | · | · | 24 |
| 1956 |  Somebody Up There Likes Me | Detective Arresting Rocky (uncredited) | 7.2 | 190 |
| 1954 |  Désirée | Fouche (uncredited) | 6.6 | 52 |
| 1953 |  The Wild One | Deputy (uncredited) | 6.5 | 346 |
Takes