FrameThrower · Actors · Will Sampson
Will Sampson
5 films · 671 frames · top-billed in 1 · 1975–1986
Born 26 September 1933 · Okmulgee, Oklahoma, USA · died 3 June 1987
Will Sampson was a Native-American businessman, entrepreneur, rodeo performer, actor and painter/artist. He was born in Okmulgee, Oklahoma and was an imposing 6' 7" (2.01 m) tall and also wore size 18 4E shoes. Sampson's most notable roles were as "Chief Bromden" in One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest and as "Taylor the Medicine Man" in the horror film Poltergeist II. He had a recurring role on the TV series Vega$, as Harlon Twoleaf and starred in the movies Fish Hawk, The Outlaw Josey Wales, and Orca.
Mr.…
How their films are shot
Measured across 671 frames from the 5 films we hold. This is the look of the work Will takes, not a claim about any single frame — we index the cast of a film, never the people in a shot.
Across the 5 films we hold, 50% of their frames are day, 43% natural — the look of the work Will takes.
Time of day
Lighting
Shot size
Camera angle
Mood
Films in the library
Every poster opens that film — stills, cinematography notes and colour palette.
A reference database for filmmakers
FrameThrower is a fully machine-searchable film database and visual reference library — all 671 frames from Will Sampson's 5 films, and 5,000+ films besides, indexed frame by frame and readable by AI. Search it in plain language, from a reference image, or by colour; call it from an API, an MCP server or an SDK. It's the reference layer for making the next movie.