Sammy Brooks

born: 10 June 1891 Brooklyn, New York, United States of America

died: 16 May 1951 Los Angeles, California, United States of America (paralytic ileus, age 59)

Short, brown-haired (and balding), blue eyed American actor who appeared in numerous short films for Hal Roach in the early 1920s. Appearing in over 120 films with Harold Lloyd alone, he may actually be the actor who has appeared in more films for Roach than any other. Fellow actor Noah Young is listed on the death certificate as the informant. The CA Death Index lists his name as "Rockenburg"; the one he more commonly went by was "Rothenberg", though the natural spelling is "Rottenberg". The Index also claims a birthdate of July 10 (as opposed to June 10). ***His height ranges: 3'10" (1916 directory), 4'0" (1920-21 directories), 4'2" (Motion Picture News, 11 March 1916), 4'5" (WWII draft reg. card).

Real name: Simon Rottenberg Height: 4'0" ***(see above)

Films listed on this page: complete Hal Roach filmography.

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1916 Luke, The Candy Cut-Up [unidentified character]   1916 Luke Pipes The Pippins [unidentified character]   1916 Luke's Double [unidentified character]   1916 Luke's Late Lunchers [unidentified character]   1916 Luke Laughs Last [unidentified character]   1916 Luke's Society Mix-Up [unidentified character]   1916 Luke Rides Roughshod [unidentified character]   1916 Luke, Crystal Gazer [unidentified character]   1916 Luke's Lost Lamb [unidentified character]   1916 Luke Does The Midway [unidentified character]   1916 Luke Joins The Navy Jewish man 1916 Luke And The Mermaids [unidentified character]   1916 Luke's Speedy Club Life [unidentified character]   1916 Luke And The Bang-Tails [unidentified character]   1916 Luke, The Chauffeur [unidentified character]   1916 Luke's Preparedness Preparations [unidentified character]   1916 Luke, The Gladiator [unidentified character]   1916 Luke, Patient Provider [unidentified character]   1916 Luke's Newsie Knockout [unidentified character]   1916 Luke's Movie Muddle [?] 1916 Luke, Rank Impersonator [unidentified character]   1916 Luke's Fireworks Fizzle [unidentified character]   1916 Luke Locates The Loot [unidentified character]   1916 Luke's Shattered Sleep [unidentified character]   1917 Luke's Lost Liberty [unidentified character]   1917 Luke's Trolley Troubles [unidentified character]   1917 Lonesome Luke, Lawyer [unidentified character]   1917 Lonesome Luke's Lively Life [unidentified character]   1917 Lonesome Luke On Tin Can Alley [unidentified character]   1917 Lonesome Luke's Honeymoon [unidentified character]   1917 Lonesome Luke, Plumber [unidentified character]   1917 Stop, Luke, Listen! [unidentified character]   1917 Lonesome Luke, Messenger Short messenger   1917 Lonesome Luke, Mechanic [unidentified character]   1917 Lonesome Luke's Wild Women [unidentified character]   1917 Over The Fence [unidentified character]   1917 Lonesome Luke Loses Patients [unidentified character]   1917 Pinched [unidentified character]   1917 By The Sad Sea Waves Spectator at beach   1917 Lonesome Luke In Birds Of A Feather [unidentified character]   1917 Bliss Short musician 1917 Rainbow Island [unidentified character]   1917 Lonesome Luke In Love, Laughs And Lather [unidentified character]   1917 The Flirt [unidentified character]   1917 Lonesome Luke In Clubs Are Trump [unidentified character]   1917 All Aboard Midget crew member   1917 Lonesome Luke In We Never Sleep [unidentified character]   1917 Move On [unidentified character]   1917 Bashful [unidentified character]   1917 Step Lively [unidentified character]   1918 The Tip [unidentified character]   1918 The Big Idea [unidentified character]   1918 The Lamb [unidentified character]   1918 Hit Him Again [unidentified character]   1918 Beat It [unidentified character]   1918 A Gasoline Wedding [unidentified character]   1918 Look Pleasant, Please [unidentified character]   1918 Here Come The Girls [unidentified character]   1918 Let's Go Tug-of-war competitor (front of line) 1918 On The Jump [unidentified character]   1918 Follow The Crowd Short gang member 1918 Pipe The Whiskers Man hitting punchball 1918 It's A Wild Life Short diner 1918 Hey There Short prop man   1918 Kicked Out [unidentified character]   1918 The Non-Stop Kid Short professor on street 1918 Two-Gun Gussie Barman 1918 Fireman Save My Child [unidentified character]   1918 The City Slicker [unidentified character]   1918 Sic 'Em, Towser [unidentified character]   1918 Somewhere In Turkey [unidentified character]   1918 Are Crooks Dishonest? [unidentified character]   1918 An Ozark Romance [unidentified character]   1918 That's Him Short detective 1918 Bees In His Bonnet [unidentified character]   1918 Swing Your Partners Man on street 1918 Why Pick On Me? [unidentified character]   1918 Nothing But Trouble Innocent passerby 1918 Take A Chance [unidentified character]   1918 She Loves Me Not [unidentified character]   1919 Wanted - $5000 [unidentified character]   1919 Love's Young Scream [unidentified character]   1919 Going! Going! Gone! Short sheriff's man 1919 Ask Father Small office worker 1919 On The Fire Short diner 1919 I'm On My Way [unidentified character]   1919 Look Out Below! Worker with hammer 1919 Next Aisle Over Short customer stuck in revolving door 1919 A Sammy In Siberia Short renegade 1919 Crack Your Heels Short farm hand 1919 Ring Up The Curtain Short actor with dog 1919 Young Mr. Jazz [unidentified character]   1919 Si, Senor [unidentified character]   1919 Before Breakfast Diner 1919 The Marathon [unidentified character]   1919 Back To The Woods Short tracker 1919 Pistols For Breakfast [unidentified character]   1919 Swat The Crook [unidentified character]   1919 Off The Trolley Short passenger 1919 Spring Fever Short man in park 1919 Billy Blazes, Esq. Short townsman 1919 Just Neighbors Short man in queue 1919 At The Old Stage Door [unidentified character]   1919 Never Touched Me Little man   1919 A Jazzed Honeymoon [unidentified character]   1919 Count Your Change Hotel guest/ Pedestrian 1919 Chop Suey & Co. [unidentified character]   1919 Heap Big Chief [unidentified character]   1919 Don't Shove Rollerskater 1919 Be My Wife [unidentified character]   1919 The Rajah [unidentified character]   1919 He Leads, Others Follow [unidentified character]   1919 Soft Money [unidentified character]   1919 Count The Votes [unidentified character]   1919 Pay Your Dues [unidentified character]   1919 His Only Father [unidentified character]   1919 Bumping Into Broadway [unidentified character]   1919 All At Sea Short blindfolded sailor 1919 Call For Mr. Caveman Mailman 1919 Captain Kidd's Kids Small pirate/Ship's passenger 1919 Looking For Trouble The champ's second 1919 Tough Luck Commanding officer 1919 The Floor Below [unidentified character]   1919 From Hand To Mouth [unidentified character]   1920 The Dippy Dentist Patient 1920 All Lit Up [unidentified character]   1920 His Royal Slyness [?] 1920 Raise The Rent Combative man 1920 Fresh Paint Roman model   1920 Haunted Spooks [unidentified character]   1920 Don't Weaken Short golfer 1920 An Eastern Westerner [?] 1920 All Dressed Up Party guest 1920 Any Old Port Man who is pushed over/ Dinner guest 1920 Don't Rock The Boat Sailor 1920 High And Dizzy [?] (possibly hotel guest in lobby) 1920 Call A Taxi Drunk #2 1920 Live And Learn Short man in road 1920 Little Miss Jazz Gallery visitor 1920 A London Bobby Short man with violin 1920 Go As You Please [unidentified character]   1920 Alias Aladdin Genie of the lamp 1920 Mamma's Boy [unidentified character]   1920 The Sleepyhead [unidentified character]   1920 Number, Please? Little man in telephone booth   1921 Whirl O' The West Cowboy   1921 Oh, Promise Me [unidentified character]   1921 Rush Orders [unidentified character]   1921 Now Or Never Short man on train 1921 Big Game Snub's driver 1921 Where's The Fire Short fireman 1921 High Rollers Skater/Monkey   1921 Among Those Present [unidentified character]   1921 At The Ringside Corner man 1921 Name The Day Wedding attendee   1921 Stop Kidding [unidentified character]   1921 The Jail Bird Warden (?) 1921 On Their Way Hobo 1921 The Lucky Number [unidentified character]   1921 Sweet By And By [unidentified character]   1921 Fifteen Minutes Short man at picnic 1921 The Pickaninny Short man in grocery store 1921 Sink Or Swim [unidentified character]   1921 Shake 'Em Up Soldier 1922 Loose Change Short man with gold nuggets barrel 1922 Stage Struck [?] 1922 The Anvil Chorus One of Marie's brothers   1922 Full O' Pep Short streetcar passenger 1922 In The Movies Theatre patron 1922 Good Morning Judge Reckless driver defendant 1922 The Sleuth Sleeping guest 1922 The Dumb-Bell Short actor playing doctor   1922 The Bride-To-Be [unidentified character]   1922 Take Next Car Short man in street 1922 Touch All The Bases Tigers player with donkey 1922 Grandma's Boy Townsman   1922 The Landlubber Dolls vendor 1922 The Golf Bug Golfer 1922 Shine 'Em Up Justice of the Peace   1922 Hook, Line And Sinker Band member 1922 The Flivver Taxi passenger 1922 Blaze Away [unidentified character]   1923 The Champeen! Fruit stand vendor   1923 Jailed And Bailed Laundry worker   1923 Tight Shoes Short customer at reception 1923 Before The Public On Lantern Slide   1923 Do Your Stuff Man on bench/Costumes man 1923 For Safe Keeping Jailer 1923 Bowled Over [?] 1923 Where Am I? Hotel guest who collects hat 1923 The Smile Wins [unidentified character]   1923 The Noon Whistle Mill worker 1923 Under Two Jags Gunner   1923 Pick And Shovel Miner   1923 Collars And Cuffs Card player 1923 The Uncovered Wagon Runt 1923 Kill Or Cure Short non-customer   1923 Post No Bills [unidentified character]   1923 Oranges And Lemons Worker 1923 Take The Air Worker 1923 The Walkout The boss   1923 A Man About Town Short man with hat 1923 No Pets Short man at séance 1923 Frozen Hearts The General's second 1923 The Soilers [unidentified character]   1923 Scorching Sands [unidentified character]   1923 Fully Insured Office worker 1923 It's A Joy! [unidentified character]   1924 Smithy Man in employment line 1924 The Cowboy Sheik Small man at dance 1924 Postage Due [unidentified character]   1924 Zeb vs. Paprika [unidentified character]   1924 Brothers Under The Chin Short seaman 1924 Near Dublin Barn dance musician 1924 Going To Congress Train passenger smoking pipe 1924 Rupert Of Hee Haw Palace guard 1924 Wide Open Spaces Businessman in saloon 1924 Our Congressman Tour bus driver   1924 A Ten-Minute Egg Lobby bystander 1924 Short Kilts McHungry 1924 A Truthful Liar Townsman   1924 The Goofy Age Short man on train 1924 The Poor Fish Balloon man 1925 The Rat's Knuckles Blind man 1925 The Big Town Train passenger 1925 Circus Fever Gene & Farina's mother 1925 Is Marriage The Bunk? Photographer   1925 Hold My Baby! Train passenger 1925 Looking For Sally Blind man 1925 Wild Papa [unidentified character]   1925 Tell It To A Policeman [unidentified character]   1925 Isn't Life Terrible? Short passenger 1925 Sherlock Sleuth Guest in clown costume   1925 Tame Men And Wild Women [unidentified character]   1925 Unfriendly Enemies Laughing man 1925 All Wool Short angry customer 1925 Should Sailors Marry? Train passenger in blackface 1925 Whistling Lions The Sheik 1925 Laughing Ladies [unidentified character]   1925 Tol'able Romeo Short man on bench 1926 A Punch In The Nose [unidentified character]   1926 Don't Butt In [unidentified character]   1926 Your Husband's Past [unidentified character]   1926 Pay The Cashier Short customer 1926 Wandering Papas Construction worker   1926 The Old War-Horse Short soldier with rifle 1926 Madame Mystery [unidentified character]   1926 Say It With Babies [?] 1926 Don Key (Son Of Burro) [unidentified character]   1926 Never Too Old [unidentified character]   1926 Thundering Fleas Short flea circus spectator   1926 Should Husbands Pay? [unidentified character]   1926 Bromo And Juliet [unidentified character]   1926 Raggedy Rose [?]   1927 Are Brunettes Safe? Business owner 1928 The Ol' Gray Hoss Short pedestrian 1929 Movie Night Movie patron 1929 Berth Marks Short train passenger 1929 Snappy Sneezer Streetcar passenger 1930 The Real McCoy Hunter 1930 The Fighting Parson Short townsman 1930 All Teed Up Short golfer 1930 Below Zero Cafe patron 1930 Tiembla y Titubea  Cafe patron 1932 Any Old Port! Spectator 1933 One Track Minds Train passenger 1933 Midsummer Mush Pedestrian in opening scene 1934 Rhapsody In Brew Saxophonist 1935 Tit For Tat Pedestrian 1935 The Fixer Uppers Café patron 1935 Southern Exposure Courtroom spectator 1935 Twin Triplets Newspaper salesman 1936 The Bohemian Girl Gypsy vagabond   1936 On The Wrong Trek Hitchhiker 1936 Our Relations Denker's Beer Garden customer   1937 Way Out West Brushwood Gulch citizen 1938 Swiss Miss Townsman   DEATH CERTIFICATE (click any image to enlarge) Acknowledgements: https://archive.org/stream/motionpicturestu00moti#page/63/mode/1up/search/brooks (1916 directory) https://archive.org/stream/moctu00moti#page/85/mode/1up/search/brooks (1917 directory) https://familysearch.org/pal:/MM9.3.1/TH-1951-26180-11926-87?cc=1968530 (WWI Draft Reg. Card) https://archive.org/stream/motrestu00moti#page/83/mode/1up/search/brooks (1918 directory) https://archive.org/stream/motionpicturestu00moti_0#page/n209/mode/1up/search/brooks (1920 directory) https://archive.org/stream/14thcensusofpopu111unit#page/n238/mode/1up (1920 Census, line 45) https://archive.org/stream/motionpicturestu00johnrich#page/159/mode/1up (1921 directory) https://archive.org/stream/californiacensus00reel146#page/n48/mode/1up (1930 Census, line 25) https://familysearch.org/pal:/MM9.3.1/TH-1961-27799-5240-73?cc=2000219 (1940 Census, line 52) https://familysearch.org/pal:/MM9.3.1/TH-1-16386-18140-29?cc=186114 (WWII Draft Reg. Card) https://familysearch.org/pal:/MM9.3.1/TH-1-16386-20194-16?cc=1861144 (WWII Draft Reg. Card) https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:VP7D-CQY (CA Death Index) https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:VP7C-M5R (CA Death Index) https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:QP7B-LSDY (Death certificate) https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:2WZN-FLJ (birth record, real name) https://familysearch.org/pal:/MM9.3.1/TH-266-11898-7654-52?cc=1325221 (1900 Census, line 56, real name) Jesse Brisson (help and information and for listing of the films in correct chronological sequence; identification in Circus Fever, Any Old Port!, Below Zero, Tiembla y Titubea, The Fixer Uppers, Southern Exposure, Tit For Tat, One Track Minds) Jesse also disputes Sammy's appearances in Drink Hearty and Catch-As-Catch-Can Jim Jarvis (help and information; death certificate) Stéphane Maltais (identification in Touch All The Bases) Doug Di (identification in All Teed Up) The IMDb lists him as being in "Wise Guys Prefer Brunettes". This is wrong. This page was last updated on: 23 May 2023