Samuel de Vries, who was known as Sam, was a son of the theatre actor Louis de Vries. As a young man, he started his career with his father's theatre company. During World War I he toured the Netherlands East Indies.
Samuel de Vries acted with several theatre companies, including the Tooneelensemble Louis de Vries, Hollandsch Tooneel, Schouwtooneel, Nieuw Nederlandsch Tooneel, Vrije Produktie/Ad hoc Produktie, De Komedianten, Ensemble Bouber and Joodsch Kleinkunstensemble.
He also acted in the motion pictures “Klokslag Twaalf” (1936), “De man zonder hart” (1937) and “Boefje” (1939).
This person lived alone or no information about family members is known or traceable.
In addition, a Jokos file (number 55886) on this person is at the Amsterdam Municipal Archive. Access is subject to authorization from the Stichting Joods Maatschappelijk Werk.The Jokos file reveals that a claim was lodged for compensation for valuables surrendered to the Lippmann-Rosenthal looting bank (L-claim, number 1).