Sammy McKim was the second of a family of five child actors of the 1930s and 1940s, but the first to get into the movies and pave the way for the rest of the McKim siblings. Sammy and his older brother, David McKim, were born in Vancouver, Canada. The family moved to Seattle, Washington, when they were both still young and settled there for a time...
Interviewed in "Growing Up on the Set: Interviews with 39 Former Child Actors of Classic Film and Television" by Tom Goldrup and Jim Goldrup (McFarland, 2002).
Earned his first extra job in 1935 and was paid $5.
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Earned the Distinguished Service Cross medal during the Korean War after being shot down between friendly and enemy lines while on a combat mission.
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His wife and his brother David McKim's wife were sisters.
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Sammy's son, Matt McKim, also became an artist and landed a position with Walt Disney Imagineering, working extensively on Disneyland Paris projects. Sammy himself lent his talents to projects for California's Disneyland, sketching Frontierland and Main Street. He has the distinction of creating the first souvenir map of Disneyland as well.
Actor
Title
Year
Status
Character
Flight Nurse
1953
Patient (uncredited)
Battle Circus
1953
Soldier (uncredited)
Above and Beyond
1952
Captain (uncredited)
Thunderbirds
1952
Cpl. Ray Hanford (as Sam McKim)
The Story of Will Rogers
1952
Scotty, Flier (uncredited)
Saturday's Hero
1951
Student (uncredited)
Call Me Mister
1951
Pfc.Clerk (uncredited)
Lonely Heart Bandits
1950
Jimmy Ward
Destination Big House
1950
Newsboy (uncredited)
You're My Everything
1949
Messenger Boy (uncredited)
Flamingo Road
1949
Hotel Bellboy (uncredited)
I, Jane Doe
1948
Newsboy (uncredited)
The Hucksters
1947
Western Union Messenger (uncredited)
Dark Delusion
1947
Young Townsboy (uncredited)
Undercover Maisie
1947
Trainee (uncredited)
The Adventures of Mark Twain
1944
Cub Pilot (uncredited)
We've Never Been Licked
1943
Senior Student (uncredited)
Wild Bill Hickok Rides
1942
Boy (uncredited)
Pacific Blackout
1941
Kid at Bomb (uncredited)
Public Enemies
1941
Newsboy
Sergeant York
1941
Boy (uncredited)
Men of Boys Town
1941
Boys Town Sentry (uncredited)
Nice Girl?
1941
Boy (uncredited)
Father's Son
1941
Junior Stewart (uncredited)
Little Men
1940
Tommy
Texas Terrors
1940
Bob as a Boy
Rocky Mountain Rangers
1940
Danny Burke
Laddie
1940
Leon Stanton
Rovin' Tumbleweeds
1939
Eddie
Mr. Smith Goes to Washington
1939
Boy Ranger (uncredited)
Dick Tracy's G-Men
1939
Sammy Williams (uncredited)
New Frontier
1939
Stevie Braddock
Western Caravans
1939
Matt Winters
The Night Riders
1939
Tim Randall
Flying G-Men
1939
Young Boy (uncredited)
Ambush
1939
Boy With Wagon (uncredited)
Red River Range
1938
Tommy Jones
Sons of the Legion
1938
Spec
The Crowd Roars
1938
One Punch O'Malley - First Boy Fighter (uncredited)
The Great Adventures of Wild Bill Hickok
1938
Boots
Reformatory
1938
Inmate (uncredited)
Call the Mesquiteers
1938
Timothy Irving
The Lone Ranger
1938
Sammy [Chs. 11-15]
The Old Barn Dance
1938
Johnny Dawson
Mama Runs Wild
1937
Boy
The Old Wyoming Trail
1937
Boy at Dance (uncredited)
The Trigger Trio
1937
Mickey Evans
The Game That Kills
1937
Jack
It Happened in Hollywood
1937
Boy
Heart of the Rockies
1937
Davey Dawson
Bury the Hatchet
1937
The Painted Stallion
1937
Christopher Kit Carson
Gunsmoke Ranch
1937
Jimmy Warren
Motor Madness
1937
Boy (uncredited)
Hit the Saddle
1937
Tim Miller - Sheriff's Son
Free Rent
1936
Short
The Cowboy Star
1936
Sammy (uncredited)
Country Gentlemen
1936
Billy Heath
San Francisco
1936
Choirboy (uncredited)
Girl of the Ozarks
1936
Schoolboy (uncredited)
Annie Oakley
1935
Boy at Shooting Gallery (uncredited)
This Is the Life
1935
Boy at Picnic (uncredited)
Miscellaneous
Title
Year
Status
Character
The Gnome-Mobile
1967
art styling - as Sam McKim
Nikki, Wild Dog of the North
1961
continuity sketches: Walt Disney Productions - as Sam McKim
Soundtrack
Title
Year
Status
Character
The Old Barn Dance
1938
performer: "Roamin' Around the Range" - uncredited
Thanks
Title
Year
Status
Character
Walt: The Man Behind the Myth
2001
TV Movie documentary grateful acknowledgment - as Sam McKim
Self
Title
Year
Status
Character
Walt: The Man Behind the Myth
2001
TV Movie documentary
Himself (as Sam McKim)
Land of Opportunity: Tillers of the Soil
1950
Documentary short
Narrator
Archive Footage
Title
Year
Status
Character
Man with the Steel Whip
1954
uncredited
Hi-Yo Silver
1940
Sammy
The Painted Stallion
1938
Kit Carson
Known for movies
The Old Barn Dance (1938) as Johnny Dawson
The Painted Stallion (1937) as Christopher Kit Carson
$1.4 Million
