Sam Newfield(1899-1964)

In an interview, his nephew Sigmund Neufeld Jr. stated that Sam suffered from a serious gambling addiction for most of his life, which kept him virtually penniless most of the time and eventually caused the break-up of his marriage. When he finally retired after 30+ years making movies, he was so broke that his brother Sigmund Neufeld paid off his gambling debts and set him up in an apartment in Hollywood, seeing that his bills were paid and that he had enough money to live on.