Samuel Cooper Seale, a multifaceted individual, was born to John Cooper and Sara Yates Seale in the picturesque town of Waiohinu, Kau, Hawaii. His life took an interesting turn when he met the renowned filmmaker Cecil B. DeMille on the sun-kissed beach at Waikiki in 1915. DeMille's advice to pursue a career in Hollywood had a profound impact on Seale, and he soon found himself appearing in at least two of DeMille's movies.
However, Seale's life took a dramatic turn with the outbreak of World War I. He enlisted in the Army and was shipped to France, where he received an injury that led to his medical discharge. Returning to the United States before the war's end, Seale's acting career was put on hold.
There is a rumor that Seale suffered a serious injury while filming The Son of Tarzan in 1920, which may have been fatal. Although this rumor persisted, Seale's actual cause of death was cancer, which he succumbed to at the age of 33 on February 14, 1924, in Los Angeles, California.
In 1921, Seale decided to leave the world of acting behind and pursue his passion for art. He became a skilled sculptor and painter, but his career as an artist was tragically cut short by his untimely death.
