Sammy McKim
Actor
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.
Filmography
Sergeant York
as Boy (uncredited) 1941
Flamingo Road
1949
New Frontier
as Stevie Braddock 1939
The Hucksters
as Western Union Messenger (uncredited) 1947
It Happened in Hollywood
as Boy 1937
Red River Range
as Tommy Jones 1938
The Night Riders
as Tim Randall 1939
Nevada
as Marvy Ide 1944
Little Men
as Tommy 1940
I, Jane Doe
as Newsboy 1948
Gunsmoke Ranch
as Jimmy Warren 1937
You're My Everything
as Messenger Boy (uncredited) 1949
The Old Barn Dance
as Johnny Dawson 1938
Hit the Saddle
as Tim Miller - Sheriff's Son 1937
Laddie
as Leon Stanton 1940
Country Gentlemen
as Billy Heath 1936