Cliff Saum
Date of birth: 1882-12-18
Place of birth: Columbus, Ohio, USA
Known for: Acting
Also known as:
Biography
Cliff Saum was born on December 18, 1882 in Columbus, Ohio, USA. He was an actor and assistant director, known for A Bum Mistake (1914), The Volunteer Fireman (1915) and The $5,000,000 Counterfeiting Plot (1914). He died on March 5, 1943 in Glendale, California, USA.
Movie Credits
Manpower
1941-08-09
Hank McHenry and Johnny Marshall work as power company linesmen. Hank is injured in an accident and
The Male Animal
1942-03-12
The trustees of Midwestern University have forced three teachers out of their jobs for being suspect
The Hidden Hand
1942-11-07
Eccentric wealthy old woman Lorinda Channing uses her insane brother, John Channing, to help her fri
Nancy Drew… Detective
1938-11-19
After a wealthy dowager who has made a substantial donation to her alma mater suddenly disappears, N
Lady Killer
1933-12-09
An ex-gang member tries to resist his old cohorts' criminal influence after he suddenly becomes a Ho
The Dragon Murder Case
1934-08-25
Wonderful idea to give a party with people who dislike each other. Late at night, everyone decides t
The Three Sisters
1930-04-20
A 1930 American pre-Code film directed by Paul Sloane and starring Louise Dresser, Tom Patricola and
The Dark Horse
1932-06-16
The Progressive Party convention is deadlocked for governor, so both sides nominate the dark horse Z
The Case of the Black Parrot
1941-01-09
Sandy Vantine and her uncle, Paul Vantine, return from Europe with an antique cabinet purchased duri
Hard to Handle
1933-01-28
A hustling public relations man promotes a series of fads.
River's End
1930-11-01
Sgt. Conniston and his alcoholic guide O'Toole are on the trail of an escaped murderer named Keith.
Show Girl in Hollywood
1930-04-20
Broadway actress leaves New York to become a star in Hollywood, and succeeds despite sleazy director
Ready, Willing and Able
1937-03-06
Two starving songwriters will only get funding if they get British actress Jane Clarke to star in th
Brother Rat
1938-10-29
Story of three buddies at the Virginia Military Institute. Cadet Bing Edwards is secretly married an
Racket Busters
1938-07-16
A trucker with a pregnant wife fights a New York mobster's protection racket.
Boy Meets Girl
1938-08-27
Two lazy screenwriters need a story for the studio's cowboy star. A studio waitress turns out to be
Code of the Secret Service
1939-05-27
Secret Service agents try to solve the theft of treasury banknote plates.
Broadway Gondolier
1935-07-27
A taxi driver travels to Venice and poses as a gondolier to land a radio singing job.
The Goose and the Gander
1935-09-21
When Georgiana Summers learns that the woman who stole and married her husband is planning a romanti
Angels Wash Their Faces
1939-08-26
A young man just released from a reformatory moves to a new neighborhood with his sister, intending
Cowboy from Brooklyn
1938-07-09
A singing cowboy turns out to be a tenderfoot.
It's Love I'm After
1937-10-08
An infatuated debutante renews a Shakespearean actor's running feud with his leading lady.
Desirable
1934-09-08
A man meets the daughter of his lover and they begin to fall in love.
Love Is on the Air
1937-10-02
A newscaster gets demoted for exposing the town's criminal activities over the airwaves.
The Case of the Stuttering Bishop
1937-06-08
A Bishop from Australia comes to Perry to ask him to take a case of a woman wrongly accused of mansl
Melody for Two
1937-05-01
A singing bandleader signs on with an all-girls band.
Naughty But Nice
1939-06-23
Donald Hardwick (Dick Powell) is a stuffed-shirt, classical music professor. His family and small-to
Secret Service of the Air
1939-03-04
Brass Bancroft and his sidekick Gabby Watters are recruited onto the secret service and go undercove
Side Show
1931-09-19
A circus side show performer tries to discourage her younger sister from following in her footsteps.
Smashing the Money Ring
1939-10-21
T-Man Brass Bancroft goes undercover in a prison which has a secret counterfeit operation set up in
Gentlemen Are Born
1934-11-17
A well-cloistered and protected-against-reality group of college students get their diplomas in the
Guns of the Pecos
1936-12-28
A singing cowboy (Dick Foran) thwarts a thieving judge and courts a woman (Anne Nagel) in Texas.
Girls on Probation
1938-10-22
A dizzy young girl falls into crime but wins her lawyer's heart.
On Your Toes
1939-10-14
A Russian dance company agrees to stage the new ballet written by a vaudeville hoofer.
Devil's Island
1939-01-07
A French doctor sentenced for treason performs brain surgery on the prison commandant's daughter.
King of the Underworld
1939-01-14
Physician Carole Nelson, suspected of having ties to notorious gangster Joe Gurney, must prove her i
Treachery Rides the Range
1936-05-02
The Indians need the Buffalo to survive and the Government has promised to keep the herds free from
They Made Me a Criminal
1939-01-21
A boxer flees, believing he has committed a murder while he was drunk.
Nancy Drew... Reporter
1939-02-18
While participating in a contest at a local newspaper in which school children are asked to submit a
The Oklahoma Kid
1939-03-11
McCord's gang robs the stage carrying money to pay Indians for their land, and the notorious outlaw
Women in the Wind
1939-04-15
A famous aviator helps an amateur enter a cross-country air race for women.
Dark Victory
1939-04-20
Socialite Judith Traherne lives a lavish but emotionally empty life. Riding horses is one of her few
Nancy Drew... Trouble Shooter
1939-06-17
When a close friend of the Drew family is accused of murder in a rural community, Nancy, aided by bo
Hell's Kitchen
1939-07-08
A paroled convict's efforts to improve conditions at a boys' reform school alarm the school's corrup
Each Dawn I Die
1939-08-19
A corrupt D.A. with governatorial ambitions is annoyed by an investigative reporter's criticism of h
King of Hockey
1936-12-19
Gamblers try to pressure a star hockey player into throwing a game.
The Return of Doctor X
1939-11-23
When news reporter Walter Garrett arrives at the hotel room of bombshell actress Angela Merrova to c
Nancy Drew and the Hidden Staircase
1939-09-09
Nancy helps two aging spinsters fulfill the byzantine provisions of their father's will, but the mur
Dust Be My Destiny
1939-09-16
Embittered after serving time for a burglary he did not commit, Joe Bell is soon back in jail, on a
The Roaring Twenties
1939-10-28
After World War I, Armistice Lloyd Hart goes back to practice law, former saloon keeper George Hally
Heart of the North
1938-12-10
A two-fisted Canadian Mountie leads lawmen in pursuit of the thieves who stole an Edmonton-bound fre
The Cherokee Strip
1937-05-15
A singing lawyer and other homesteaders participate in the Oklahoma land rush and found the town of
Midnight Court
1937-03-06
After losing his bid for district attorney, an aspiring young lawyer agrees to defend a ring of car
The Great O'Malley
1937-02-13
His role in the plight of an unemployed man (Humphrey Bogart) and his disabled daughter profoundly a
Blazing Sixes
1937-06-12
Government agent Red Barton is sent to a small western town to find both the source of a recent seri
Varsity Show
1937-09-04
Winfield College students rebel against a stodgy professor who won't permit "swing" music be played
Wine, Women and Horses
1937-09-11
An ex-gambler hooks up with an old flame after his old habit resurfaces and drives off his wife.
Calling Philo Vance
1940-02-03
Philo is in Vienna working for the US Government to see if Archer Coe is selling aircraft designs to
Moby Dick
1930-09-20
Herman Melville's mad Capt. Ahab (John Barrymore) spends years hunting the white whale that got his
The Beloved Brat
1938-04-30
Roberta Morgan is being raised in a wealthy home where her mother is occupied with her society-club
Smart Blonde
1937-01-02
Ambitious reporter Torchy Blane guides her policeman boyfriend to correctly pinpoint who shot the ma
Torchy Blane in Chinatown
1939-02-02
Torchy Blane joins her police-detective fiance to solve a series of murders involving a set of Chine
Torchy Blane... Playing with Dynamite
1939-08-12
Torchy Blane and Steve McBride try to nab a gangster by tracking his moll.
Brother Rat and a Baby
1940-01-13
Three comrades graduate from Viriginia Military Institute. Bing has a chance to return to VMI as a f
Fireman, Save My Child
1932-02-20
Joe Grant is an inventor, fireman and baseball player in his small hometown. He gets an offer to pla
Moonlight on the Prairie
1935-11-02
A singing medicine-show cowboy and his magician partner catch a killer.
King of the Lumberjacks
1940-04-13
Outdoor drama about a newly-hired lumberjack discovering that his former girlfriend is now his new b
Murder in the Big House
1942-04-11
When a prisoner on Death Row is "accidentally" killed just before his execution, a reporter smells s
Jailbreak
1936-08-05
A reporter gets himself sent to prison so he can solve a murder behind bars.
Trailin' West
1936-09-04
A singing secret agent tracks down renegades at President Lincoln's request.
Once a Doctor
1937-01-23
Dr. Frank Brace (Joe King) is an important doctor with son Jerry (Gordon Oliver) as well as foster
The Three Musketeers
1935-11-01
In 17th century France, young D'Artagnan wants to join the King's Musketeers, but instead befriends
California Mail
1936-11-14
The Pony Express is finished as the Post Office plans to award the mail contract to a stage line. Bi
Land Beyond the Law
1937-03-13
A wild cowboy changes course and becomes a sheriff after his father is murdered.
Talent Scout
1937-07-24
A Hollywood heartthrob helps a small-town girl achieve stardom.
Flowing Gold
1940-08-24
In the American oilfields, a fugitive from justice's destiny is intertwined with the fortunes and th
Jezebel
1938-03-26
In 1850s Louisiana, the willfulness of a tempestuous Southern belle threatens to destroy all who car
East of the River
1940-11-09
Two troublesome boys grow into very different men, one becoming a hoodlum and the other embracing co
Castle on the Hudson
1940-02-17
A hardened crook behind bars comes up against a reform-minded warden.
They Drive by Night
1940-07-26
Joe and Paul Fabrini are Wildcat, or independent, truck drivers who have their own small one-truck b
Her Husband's Secretary
1937-02-26
A businessman buys trouble when he hires his wife"s best friend as his secretary.
Over the Goal
1937-10-16
The Carlton State star quarterback is wrongly thrown in jail, almost guaranteeing a major loss as we
Over the Wall
1938-04-02
When a singing, song-writing prizefighter is framed for murder and sent to the state pen, his girlfr
Satan Met a Lady
1936-07-22
In the second screen version of The Maltese Falcon, a detective is caught between a lying seductress
Afraid to Talk
1932-11-17
Corrupt politicians resort to murder and blackmail when a young boy accidentally witnesses them taki
A Shot in the Dark
1941-04-05
A reporter and a police detective sort through the clues in a night-club owner's murder.
Wild Bill Hickok Rides
1942-01-31
The Western hero takes on a ruthless land baron whose henchmen killed his best friend.
Men in Exile
1937-04-04
An ex-con takes flight after he's framed for a jewelry store robbery and murder.
Expensive Women
1931-10-24
A wealthy young woman struggles to find love while surrounded by possible suitors.
Brother, Can You Spare a Dime?
1975-08-06
Period music, film clips and newsreel footage combined into a visual exploration of the American ent
The Nurse's Secret
1941-05-24
An apparent suicide by a rich woman leads her nurse and a policeman to an insurance scam.
Spy Ship
1942-06-06
A radio reporter begins to suspect that a commentator at his station may be using her position to br
I Was Framed
1942-04-04
A reporter runs from charges by a corrupt politician only to face them years later.
The Go-Getter
1937-05-22
A Navy veteran with one leg fights to make himself a success.
The House Without a Key
1926-11-21
A Pathe serial in ten chapters of two-reels each: Dan Winterslip, a wealthy man in Honolulu, has not
Stranded
1935-06-29
A Traveler's Aid worker who delights in solving people's problems gets mixed up with gangsters.
Alex in Wonderland
1940-03-09
In this Warner Bros. short film, Alex visits his sister Belinda and her husband Fred. It looks like
Action in the North Atlantic
1943-06-12
Merchant Marine sailors Joe Rossi (Humphrey Bogart) and Steve Jarvis (Raymond Massey) are charged wi
Penrod's Double Trouble
1938-07-23
When a young boy disappears, a man desperate for the offered reward money turns up with an identical
Penrod and Sam
1937-02-28
A boy and his gang catch bank robbers using their clubhouse as a hide-out.
The Adventurous Blonde
1937-11-13
The third of nine Torchy Blane movies. Angry that police detective Steve McBride (Barton MacLane) i
Blondes at Work
1938-02-05
When a rival newspaper publisher complains to his captain about possible collusion between himself a
Torchy Gets Her Man
1938-11-12
A notorious counterfeiter passes himself off as a Secret Service agent to Steve and gets him to unwi
Dames
1934-09-01
A reformer's daughter wins the lead role in a scandalous Broadway show.
The Doorway to Hell
1930-10-18
A vicious crime lord decides that he has had enough and much to the shock of his colleagues decides
Murder in the Clouds
1934-12-15
Bob Halsey is a first-rate pilot who's in love with stewardess Judy Wagner. He's ordered to deliver
Baby Face
1933-07-13
A young woman uses her body and her sexuality to help her climb the social ladder, but soon begins t
The Kennel Murder Case
1933-10-28
Philo Vance, accompanied by his prize-losing Scottish terrier, investigates the locked-room murder o
Highway West
1941-08-07
A young woman marries a man who turns out to be a bank robber.
Blonde Crazy
1931-09-16
The adventures of a cocky con man and his beautiful accomplice.
Noah's Ark
1928-11-01
The Biblical story of Noah and the Great Flood, with a parallel story of soldiers in the First World
Money and the Woman
1940-08-17
An embezzler's wife begs his boss for forgiveness, only to fall in love with him.
The Merry Frinks
1934-05-26
An heiress abandons an out-of-work husband, two sons and a lovesick daughter.
The Man Who Came to Dinner
1941-12-24
An acerbic critic wreaks havoc when a hip injury forces him to move in indefinitely with a Midwester
On Trial
1939-04-01
An ambitious attorney (Edward Norris) tries to prove a man (John Litel) who killed to protect his wi
Lest We Forget
1918-01-27
A story of the First World War, told in semi-documentary style, focusing on the iniquities of the Ge
The Bridge of Sighs
1925-01-01
The spoiled, arrogant and slow-witted son of a wealthy businessman falls in love with the daughter o
You Can't Get Away with Murder
1939-03-23
Johnnie learns crime from petty thug Frank Wilson. When Wilson kills a pawnbroker with a gun stolen
Jimmy the Gent
1934-03-09
An unpolished racketeer, whose racket is finding heirs for unclaimed fortunes, affects ethics and te
Upperworld
1934-04-28
A railroad tycoon, disillusioned with his marriage, starts seeing a showgirl. Things go agreeably un
That Certain Woman
1937-08-30
A gangster's widow fights for love despite society's disapproval.
The World Changes
1933-11-25
Generational saga tracing the events in the lives of the midwest pioneering Nordholm family, as seen