Biography
Samuel DeWitt "Sam" Hennings (born December 17, 1950) is an American actor, writer, and voice actor best known for his roles in Memphis Beat, Four Good Days, Supernatural, and his starring role in The Work and the Glory trilogy.
Known For
Complete Filmography

Caddo Lake
2024
as Ben
When an 8-year-old girl mysteriously vanishes on Caddo Lake, a series of past deaths and disappearances begin to link together, forever altering a bro...

The Neon Highway
2024
as Ray
A car crash ended Wayne Collins' dream to make it in Nashville, but a chance encounter with a country music legend rekindles the flame.

Ten Tricks
2022
as Keith
In one night, a madam at a brothel makes plans to get pregnant, while a magician working across the street makes a drastic move to change his life.

Four Good Days
2021
as Dale
A mother helps her daughter work through four crucial days of recovery from substance abuse.
That Guy... Who Was In That Thing 3: Trek Stars
2019
as Self
Documentary about actors who detail their ups and downs as they struggle to forge careers in Hollywood.

Juanita
2019
as Drew
Fed up with her deadbeat grown kids and marginal urban existence, Juanita takes a Greyhound bus to Paper Moon, Montana - where she reinvents herself a...

Literally, Right Before Aaron
2017
as Priest (Father Jack)
Still reeling from his breakup with college sweetheart Allison, Adam's world is thrown into further chaos when he’s surprisingly invited to attend her...

Hypnotized
2015
as Governor
The story about a hypnotist whose stage act is to give contrasting personalities to his audience members: but during one of his shows, after hypnotizi...

Escape from Polygamy
2013
as Merril
Recently-widowed Leann and her 17-year-old daughter Julina move into an isolated polygamous compound, where the freethinking Julina meets like-minded ...

Pawn Shop Chronicles
2013
as Virgil
The stories of a missing wife, a couple of meth heads and an Elvis impersonator are connected by the items found in a small town's pawn shop.

Pawn Shop Chronicles
2013
as The Devil
The stories of a missing wife, a couple of meth heads and an Elvis impersonator are connected by the items found in a small town's pawn shop.

Slow Moe
2010
as Frank Moebly
An awkward teenage boy's dream comes true when he finds a mysterious pair of glasses that turns him into the greatest baseball player his town has eve...

Stolen
2009
as Older Luke Wakefield
A detective becomes obsessed with solving a child's 50-year-old murder, uncovering striking similarities between the case and his son's disappearance.

The Work and the Glory III: A House Divided
2006
as Benjamin Steed
Joshua Steed returns to Missouri a wealthy man with a beautiful wife; however, the past has a way of catching up. Soon Joshua is tangled in a web of r...
Playing Patti
2006
as Bill
Dark-humored documentary about television child actress Patti Cohoon and how, on the occasion of her 40th birthday, she reflects on having attained he...

Soldier of God
2005
as Gerard de Ridfort
“Soldier of God” A film by W. D. Hogan From The New York Times Director W. D. Hogan‘s sweeping period epic “Soldier of God” unfurls in the Middle Ea...

The Work and the Glory II: American Zion
2005
as Benjamin Steed
Divided by their diverse reactions to a nascent ideology, the Steeds struggle to hold together as the strength of their convictions and their filial b...

Havoc
2005
as Mr. Rubin
A wealthy Los Angeles teen and her superficial friends wants to break out of suburbia and experience Southern California's "gangsta" lifestyle. But pr...

Bound by Lies
2005
as Lieutenant Bill Holleran
When Detecive Max Garrett is assigned to protect the sultry photographer Laura Cross from a ruthless killer, he has no idea what he's in for. The more...

Sci-Fi Slaughter
2005
as Tom Baines (archive footage)
Calling all Aliens from Angel City to the desert, razor sharp claws, killer parasites, deadly websites, and world destruction prevail. But have no fea...

The Aviator
2004
as HELL'S ANGELS Stunt Coordinator
A biopic depicting the life of filmmaker and aviation pioneer Howard Hughes from 1927 to 1947, during which time he became a successful film producer ...

The Work and the Glory
2004
as Benjamin Steed
When Benjamin Steed and Mary Ann Steed relocate their family to upstate New York in the early 1800's, they unwittingly settle in a town divided along ...

The Lone Ranger
2003
as Mr. Hartman
This version takes a look at the character in the years before he became a legend. It all begins with the introduction of Luke Hartman, a 20-year old ...

Hunter: Return to Justice
2002
as Roger Prescott
On enforced leave following a failed drug bust, LAPD Lieutenant Rick Hunter heads to San Diego, where he catches up with former partner Dee Dee McCall...

Point Last Seen
1998
as Frank
Fact-based story about a tracker who searches for a little girl who was lost in the desert, but suffers internally because her own children were kidna...
The Snow Child
1997
Based on a Russian folktale, The Snow Child tells the story of a couple who unlock a painful memory, inviting a season of magic into their lives. The ...

The Beneficiary
1997
as Captain Greer
Lust, desire and money motivate a greedy woman to murder her philandering rich husband.

Indecent Behavior III
1995
as Frank Pavan
A sex therapist finds herself forced to cooperate with the police in tracking down a killer who has been targeting other sex therapists by using her a...

Drop Zone
1994
as Torski
A daring prison break from an airliner at 30,000 feet leaves U.S. Marshal Pete Nessip mourning a brother and gunning for revenge. After being ordered ...

Seasons of the Heart
1993
as Jed Richards
Martha and Jed Richards live in Oregon in 1862. They and their two daughters moved there to make a new life, but the daughters died of cholera along t...

Seedpeople
1992
as Tom Bains
The citizens of Comet Valley are being taken over by seeds from an alien plant that has taken root there. A sheriff investigates the strange goings-on...

Final Shot: The Hank Gathers Story
1992
as Coach Spencer
Chronicling the short but eventful life of Hank Gathers (played by Donny B. Lord as a child and Victor Love as a young adult), this fact-based drama c...

Shout
1991
as Travis Parker
A new music teacher in a 1955 West Texas home for wayward boys brings new vision and hope for many of the interned boys.

Night Angel
1990
as Mr. Crenshaw
A legendary she-demon, in the updated guise of a beautiful model, infiltrates the offices of a successful fashion magazine with the aim of corrupting ...

Mission Manila
1990
as Tony
Web is a desperate man with a dangerous mission. His young brother Tony has mysteriously vanished with a million dollars worth of heroin that belongs ...

Private War
1988
as Joseph Bates
An army sergeant terrorizes his troops in this war drama.

On Our Own
1988
as Jack Glover
Four children set out on their own after their mother's death to avoid being separated by foster care. Trying to find their Uncle Jack, they encounter...