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- Second Unit Director or Assistant Director
Sam Corker, Jr. was familiar with both sides of the entertainment business, being knowledgeable about the business and administrative end of as well as being a topflight performer in front of the footlights. Born in Charleston, South Carolina, he was the son of a fisherman who served in the United States Navy during the American Civil War. The son decided that his fate led elsewhere, and when he was in his teens, he headed north to New York City where he got a job as an usher at Augustin Daly's theatre on Broadway. In 1897, Corker was the business manager for Bob Cole and Billy Johnson's traveling minstrel show, "A Trip to Coontown." In 1904, he managed the road company of "In Dahomey," eventually traveling to Great Britain, to great acclaim. In 1908, he was briefly the manager of the Pekin Theatre in Chicago and later involved in organizing minstrel shows and booking vaudeville acts. He died as the result of a fall from a ladder and was buried in his home town of Charleston.- Harry Steinfeldt was born on 29 September 1877 in St. Louis, Missouri, USA. He died on 17 August 1914 in Bellevue, Kentucky, USA.
- Actor
- Director
Robert Drouet was born on 27 March 1870 in Clinton, Iowa, USA. He was an actor and director, known for The Gambler of the West (1915), The Two Fathers (1913) and Beverly of Graustark (1914). He was married to Mildred Loring (actress). He died on 17 August 1914 in New York City, New York, USA.