“It was known in the industry if you just shook a script at him, he knew his lines. But Sam, Harry McKim recalled Wednesday, “was the prominent one.” McKim’s four siblings - Harry, David, Lydia and Peggy - also worked as child actors in the movies. “He had a great smile and just that all-American, freckled-face look that was perfect for those westerns of that era.” “He was one of the best-remembered western child actors of the 1930s and ‘40s,” said Boyd Magers, editor and publisher of Western Clippings, a publication about western films. While under contract at Republic Studios, McKim worked on films with Gene Autry and others. McKim was also in the serials “The Great Adventures of Wild Bill Hickok,” starring Bill Elliott “The Painted Stallion” starring Corrigan and “The Lone Ranger,” starring Lee Powell. He appeared frequently in westerns, including half a dozen appearances in “The Three Mesquiteers” series starring Bob Livingston, Ray Corrigan and Max Terhune, and later John Wayne. A casting director spotted McKim there, and he immediately began working in films. Shortly after their arrival, he visited a cousin who worked at MGM. He had incredible talent and was as fine a gentleman as you would ever want to know.”īorn in Vancouver, Canada, McKim moved to Los Angeles with his family in 1935.

McKim, Sklar said, “was the quintessential researcher you always knew he would dig out the real gems for our stories, especially historical subjects.

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