Acting
Harry 'Snub' Pollard
Snub Pollard (9 November 1889 – 19 January 1962) was an Australian-born vaudevillian, who became a silent film comedian in Hollywood, popular in the 1920s. Born Harold Fraser, in Melbourne, Australia on 9 November 1889, he began performing with Pollard's Lilliputian Opera Company at a young age. Like many of the actors in the popular juvenile company, he adopted Pollard as his stage name. The company ran several highly successful professional children's troupes that traveled Australia and New Zealand in the late nineteenth and early twentieth century. In 1908, Harry Pollard joined the company tour to North America. After the completion of the tour, he returned to the US. By 1915 he was regularly appearing in uncredited roles in movies, for example Charles Epting notes that Pollard can clearly be seen in Chaplin's 1915 short By the Sea. In later years, Pollard claimed Hal Roach had discovered him while he was performing on stage in Los Angeles. Pollard played supporting roles in the early films of Harold Lloyd and Bebe Daniels. The long-faced Pollard sported a Kaiser Wilhelm mustache turned upside-down; this became his trademark. Lloyd's producer, Hal Roach, gave Pollard his own starring series of one- and two-reel shorts. The most famous is 1923's It's a Gift, in which he plays an inventor of many Rube Goldberg-like contraptions, including a car that runs by magnet power. In early 1923, shortly after his second marriage, Pollard returned with his wife Elizabeth to see his relations in Australia. His visit attracted considerable attention, and he appeared again in several theatres to speak about the motion picture business. On his return to the US, he left Roach and joined the low-budget Weiss Brothers studio in 1926. There he co-starred with Marvin Loback as a poor man's version of Laurel and Hardy, copying that team's plots and gags. In later years, Pollard claimed the Great Depression wiped out his investments, and he had been unable to "adjust to the talkies." However, in the 1930s, he played small parts in talking comedies, and was featured as comic relief in "B" westerns. Pollard's silent-comedy credentials guaranteed him work in slapstick revivals. He appeared with other film veterans in Hollywood Cavalcade (1939), The Perils of Pauline (1947), and Man of a Thousand Faces (1957). He also appeared regularly as a supporting player in Columbia Pictures' two-reel comedies of the mid-1940s. Forsaking his familiar mustache in his later years, he landed much steadier work in films as a mostly uncredited bit player. He played incidental roles in scores of Hollywood features and shorts, almost always as a mousy, nondescript fellow, usually with no dialogue. Snub Pollard died of cancer on 19 January 1962, aged 72, after nearly 50 years in the movie business. His interment was at Forest Lawn Memorial Park (Hollywood Hills). For his contributions to motion pictures, Pollard has a star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame at 6415½ Hollywood Boulevard.
Filmography
The Parrott Chase
Film · 2009
Classic Comedy Teams
Film · 1986
The Sound of Laughter
Film · 1963
The Man Who Shot Liberty Valance
Film · 1962
Days of Thrills and Laughter
Film · 1961
Master of the World
Film · 1961
Pocketful of Miracles
Film · 1961
One-Eyed Jacks
Film · 1961
Homicidal
Film · 1961
Who Was That Lady?
Film · 1960
Inherit the Wind
Film · 1960
The Oregon Trail
Film · 1959
Teacher's Pet
Film · 1958
The Tin Star
Film · 1957
Jeanne Eagels
Film · 1957
Man of a Thousand Faces
Film · 1957
Pal Joey
Film · 1957
The Buster Keaton Story
Film · 1957
Runaway Daughters
Film · 1956
Friendly Persuasion
Film · 1956
The Man with the Golden Arm
Film · 1955
Pete Kelly's Blues
Film · 1955
Alfred Hitchcock Presents
Series · 1955
The Fast and the Furious
Film · 1954
The Country Girl
Film · 1954
Living It Up
Film · 1954
Public Defender
Series · 1954
Conquest of Cochise
Film · 1953
Hannah Lee: An American Primitive
Film · 1953
Julius Caesar
Film · 1953
Gents in a Jam
Film · 1952
The Old West
Film · 1952
Scaramouche
Film · 1952
Singin' in the Rain
Film · 1952
Limelight
Film · 1952
Carrie
Film · 1952
Park Row
Film · 1952
Valley of Fire
Film · 1951
The Barefoot Mailman
Film · 1951
Meet Me After the Show
Film · 1951
The Company She Keeps
Film · 1951
Racket Squad
Series · 1951
Stars in My Crown
Film · 1950
Where the Sidewalk Ends
Film · 1950
Walk Softly, Stranger
Film · 1950
The Gunfighter
Film · 1950
House of Strangers
Film · 1949
The Crooked Way
Film · 1949
The Lady Gambles
Film · 1949
Adam's Rib
Film · 1949
Square Dance Jubilee
Film · 1949
A Woman's Secret
Film · 1949
Belle Starr's Daughter
Film · 1948
Johnny Belinda
Film · 1948
Loaded Pistols
Film · 1948
Back Trail
Film · 1948
Unknown Island
Film · 1948
The Man from Colorado
Film · 1948
Red River
Film · 1948
Framed
Film · 1947
Desperate
Film · 1947
Miracle on 34th Street
Film · 1947
The Paradine Case
Film · 1947
The Perils of Pauline
Film · 1947
Thunder Mountain
Film · 1947
Cheyenne
Film · 1947
Yankee Fakir
Film · 1947
Trail Street
Film · 1947
Till the Clouds Roll By
Film · 1946
Andy Plays Hookey
Film · 1946
Monkey Businessmen
Film · 1946
Society Mugs
Film · 1946
Sister Kenny
Film · 1946
Partners in Time
Film · 1946
Jungle Terror
Film · 1946
The Hoodlum Saint
Film · 1946
Strange Impersonation
Film · 1946
Road to Utopia
Film · 1946
Badman's Territory
Film · 1946
Canyon Passage
Film · 1946
State Fair
Film · 1945
Three Pests in a Mess
Film · 1945
Rockin' in the Rockies
Film · 1945
Booby Dupes
Film · 1945
Kitty
Film · 1945
It Happened Tomorrow
Film · 1944
Casanova Brown
Film · 1944
The Girl in the Case
Film · 1944
Defective Detectives
Film · 1944
Main Street Today
Film · 1944
Charlie's Triple Trouble
Film · 1944
Hail the Conquering Hero
Film · 1944
Lucky Cowboy
Film · 1944
The Conspirators
Film · 1944
His Wedding Scare
Film · 1943
Clancy Street Boys
Film · 1943
Phony Express
Film · 1943
The Kid Rides Again
Film · 1943
Ghosts on the Loose
Film · 1943
Edge of Darkness
Film · 1943
Kid Dynamite
Film · 1943
Bowery at Midnight
Film · 1942
Stand by for Action
Film · 1942
Vitamin 'U' for Me
Film · 1942
The Payoff
Film · 1942
It Happened in Flatbush
Film · 1942
'Neath Brooklyn Bridge
Film · 1942
Boot Hill Bandits
Film · 1942
Foreign Agent
Film · 1942
Mr. Celebrity
Film · 1941
Red Skins and Red Heads
Film · 1941
A Girl, a Guy, and a Gob
Film · 1941
Ridin' the Cherokee Trail
Film · 1941
Confirm or Deny
Film · 1941
Murder on the Yukon
Film · 1940
Sky Bandits
Film · 1940
The Earl of Chicago
Film · 1940
Hollywood Cavalcade
Film · 1939
Rollin' Westward
Film · 1939
Lure of the Wasteland
Film · 1939
Mesquite Buckaroo
Film · 1939
Song of the Buckaroo
Film · 1938
Utah Trail
Film · 1938
Rollin' Plains
Film · 1938
Where the Buffalo Roam
Film · 1938
Frontier Town
Film · 1938
Starlight Over Texas
Film · 1938
Arizona Days
Film · 1937
Santa Fe Rides
Film · 1937
Goofs and Saddles
Film · 1937
Riders of the Rockies
Film · 1937
Tex Rides with the Boy Scouts
Film · 1937
Sing Cowboy Sing
Film · 1937
Hittin' the Trail
Film · 1937
Jungle Menace
Film · 1937
Strange As It Seems: The Herald of the Skies
Film · 1937
Nation Aflame
Film · 1937
The Amazing Exploits of the Clutching Hand
Film · 1936
The Crime Patrol
Film · 1936
White Legion
Film · 1936
The Black Coin
Film · 1936
The Gentleman from Louisiana
Film · 1936
Headin' for the Rio Grande
Film · 1936
The Drunkard
Film · 1935
Bars of Hate
Film · 1935
Just My Luck
Film · 1935
The Laramie Kid
Film · 1935
The Night Is Young
Film · 1935
Stingaree
Film · 1934
The Rawhide Terror
Film · 1934
Cockeyed Cavaliers
Film · 1934
One More River
Film · 1934
The Purchase Price
Film · 1932
The Midnight Patrol
Film · 1932
The Strange Love of Molly Louvain
Film · 1932
The Road to Singapore
Film · 1931
One Good Turn
Film · 1931
Girls Will Be Boys
Film · 1931
Ex-Flame
Film · 1930
The Big Shot
Film · 1929
Springtime Saps
Film · 1929
Sock and Run
Film · 1929
Here We Are
Film · 1929
Pipe Down
Film · 1929
Thick and Thin
Film · 1928
Here Comes a Sailor
Film · 1928
No Kidding
Film · 1928
Men About Town
Film · 1928
Once Over
Film · 1928
Double Trouble
Film · 1927
Mitt The Prince
Film · 1927
The Bum's Rush
Film · 1927
All Wet
Film · 1926
The Doughboy
Film · 1926
The Yokel
Film · 1926
Fire!!
Film · 1926
The Big Idea
Film · 1924
Get Busy
Film · 1924
Jack Frost
Film · 1923
It's a Gift
Film · 1923
The Mystery Man
Film · 1923
Dear Ol' Pal
Film · 1923
Courtship of Miles Sandwich
Film · 1923
Sold at Auction!
Film · 1923
California or Bust
Film · 1923
Fully Insured
Film · 1923
The Green Cat
Film · 1923
Join the Circus
Film · 1923
It's a Joy!
Film · 1923
Before the Public
Film · 1923
A Tough Winter
Film · 1923
Newly Rich
Film · 1922
In the Movies
Film · 1922
The Stone Age
Film · 1922
Blow 'Em Up
Film · 1922
Full o' Pep
Film · 1922
Strictly Modern
Film · 1922
The Dumb-Bell
Film · 1922
Years to Come
Film · 1922
The Old Sea Dog
Film · 1922
365 Days
Film · 1922
Pardon Me
Film · 1922
Some Baby
Film · 1922
Punch the Clock
Film · 1922
Hale and Hearty
Film · 1922
Hot Off the Press
Film · 1922
Do Me a Favor
Film · 1922
Blue Sunday
Film · 1921
The Hustler
Film · 1921
His Best Girl
Film · 1921
Whirl o' the West
Film · 1921
At the Ringside
Film · 1921
What a Whopper!
Film · 1921
Big Game
Film · 1921
Name the Day
Film · 1921
Rush Orders
Film · 1921
Fifteen Minutes
Film · 1921
High Rollers
Film · 1921
On Location
Film · 1921
Raise the Rent
Film · 1920
Don't Rock the Boat
Film · 1920
Drink Hearty
Film · 1920
A London Bobby
Film · 1920
Waltz Me Around
Film · 1920
Fresh Paint
Film · 1920
Run 'Em Ragged
Film · 1920
Park Your Car
Film · 1920
All Dressed Up
Film · 1920
The Dippy Dentist
Film · 1920
Money to Burn
Film · 1920
His Royal Slyness
Film · 1920
All Lit Up
Film · 1920
Any Old Port
Film · 1920
Cash Customers
Film · 1920
Cracked Wedding Bells
Film · 1920
Grab the Ghost
Film · 1920
Call a Taxi!
Film · 1920
Live and Learn
Film · 1920
Red Hot Hottentotts
Film · 1920
Why Go Home?
Film · 1920
Getting His Goat
Film · 1920
Slippery Slickers
Film · 1920
Wanted - $5,000
Film · 1919
The Marathon
Film · 1919
Count Your Change
Film · 1919
Call for Mr. Caveman
Film · 1919
Chop Suey & Co.
Film · 1919
Young Mr. Jazz
Film · 1919
Back to the Woods
Film · 1919
Pay Your Dues
Film · 1919
On the Fire
Film · 1919
Just Neighbors
Film · 1919
Next Aisle Over
Film · 1919
A Jazzed Honeymoon
Film · 1919
Si, Senor
Film · 1919
Going! Going! Gone!
Film · 1919
Looking for Trouble
Film · 1919
Billy Blazes, Esq.
Film · 1919
A Sammy in Siberia
Film · 1919
From Hand to Mouth
Film · 1919
Ask Father
Film · 1919
Ring Up the Curtain
Film · 1919
Never Touched Me!
Film · 1919
Captain Kidd's Kids
Film · 1919
Bumping Into Broadway
Film · 1919
I'm on My Way
Film · 1919
The Floor Below
Film · 1919
Spring Fever
Film · 1919
How Dry I Am
Film · 1919
Be My Wife
Film · 1919
Look Out Below
Film · 1919
Just Dropped In
Film · 1919
The Dutiful Dub
Film · 1919
Swat the Crook
Film · 1919
Crack Your Heels
Film · 1919
Heap Big Chief
Film · 1919
Off the Trolley
Film · 1919
Pistols for Breakfast
Film · 1919
At the Old Stage Door
Film · 1919
All at Sea
Film · 1919
The Rajah
Film · 1919
Start Something
Film · 1919
Giving the Bride Away
Film · 1919
Order in the Court
Film · 1919
Tough Luck
Film · 1919
It's a Hard Life
Film · 1919
Love's Young Scream
Film · 1919
Before Breakfast
Film · 1919
Soft Money
Film · 1919
Count the Votes
Film · 1919
He Leads, Others Follow
Film · 1919
His Only Father
Film · 1919
Take a Chance
Film · 1918
Hear 'Em Rave
Film · 1918
Hit Him Again
Film · 1918
Hey There
Film · 1918
Fireman Save My Child
Film · 1918
An Ozark Romance
Film · 1918
Somewhere in Turkey
Film · 1918
Pipe the Whiskers
Film · 1918
The Non-Stop Kid
Film · 1918
The City Slicker
Film · 1918
Are Crooks Dishonest?
Film · 1918
Kicking the Germ Out of Germany
Film · 1918
Two Scrambled
Film · 1918
Two-Gun Gussie
Film · 1918
Sic 'Em, Towser
Film · 1918
Swing Your Partners
Film · 1918
Why Pick on Me?
Film · 1918
That's Him
Film · 1918
On the Jump
Film · 1918
A Gasoline Wedding
Film · 1918
The Tip
Film · 1918
She Loves Me Not
Film · 1918
Beat It
Film · 1918
Here Come the Girls
Film · 1918
It's a Wild Life
Film · 1918
Kicked Out
Film · 1918
Nothing But Trouble
Film · 1918
Let's Go
Film · 1918
Look Pleasant, Please
Film · 1918
Follow the Crowd
Film · 1918
Bride and Gloom
Film · 1918
Bees in His Bonnet
Film · 1918
The Lamb
Film · 1918
Hello Teacher
Film · 1918
From Laramie to London
Film · 1917
The Flirt
Film · 1917
Love, Laughs and Lather
Film · 1917
Rainbow Island
Film · 1917
Bashful
Film · 1917
Move On
Film · 1917
Birds of a Feather
Film · 1917
By the Sad Sea Waves
Film · 1917
All Aboard
Film · 1917
Lonesome Luke's Lively Life
Film · 1917
We Never Sleep
Film · 1917
Lonesome Luke on Tin Can Alley
Film · 1917
Over the Fence
Film · 1917
Luke's Trolley Troubles
Film · 1917
Bliss
Film · 1917
Lonesome Luke Loses Patients
Film · 1917
Lonesome Luke, Messenger
Film · 1917
Clubs Are Trump
Film · 1917
The Big Idea
Film · 1917
Step Lively
Film · 1917
Pinched
Film · 1917
Lonesome Luke's Wild Women
Film · 1917
Luke's Busy Day
Film · 1917
Lonesome Luke's Lovely Rifle
Film · 1917
Luke's Lost Liberty
Film · 1917
Lonesome Luke, Lawyer
Film · 1917
Lonesome Luke's Honeymoon
Film · 1917
Lonesome Luke, Plumber
Film · 1917
Luke Wins Ye Ladye Faire
Film · 1917
Stop! Luke! Listen!
Film · 1917
Lonesome Luke, Mechanic
Film · 1917
Luke and the Bomb Throwers
Film · 1916
Luke Foils the Villain
Film · 1916
Luke Does the Midway
Film · 1916
Luke's Lost Lamb
Film · 1916
Luke, Patient Provider
Film · 1916
Luke Locates the Loot
Film · 1916
Luke's Speedy Club Life
Film · 1916
Luke's Fireworks Fizzle
Film · 1916
Luke, Crystal Gazer
Film · 1916
Luke and the Mermaids
Film · 1916
Luke Joins the Navy
Film · 1916
Luke and the Bang-Tails
Film · 1916
Police
Film · 1916
Luke Rides Roughshod
Film · 1916
Luke, Rank Impersonator
Film · 1916
Luke's Shattered Sleep
Film · 1916
Luke's Movie Muddle
Film · 1916
Luke, the Candy Cut-Up
Film · 1916
Luke and the Rural Roughnecks
Film · 1916
Luke's Society Mixup
Film · 1916
Lonesome Luke Leans to the Literary
Film · 1916
Lonesome Luke Lolls in Luxury
Film · 1916
Lonesome Luke, Circus King
Film · 1916
Luke Pipes the Pippins
Film · 1916
Luke's Late Lunchers
Film · 1916
Luke Lugs Luggage
Film · 1916
Luke's Double
Film · 1916
Them Was the Happy Days!
Film · 1916
Luke's Fatal Flivver
Film · 1916
Luke Laughs Last
Film · 1916
Luke's Washful Waiting
Film · 1916
Luke, the Chauffeur
Film · 1916
Luke's Preparedness Preparations
Film · 1916
Luke, the Gladiator
Film · 1916
Luke's Newsie Knockout
Film · 1916
A Countless Count
Film · 1915
Fresh from the Farm
Film · 1915
Giving Them Fits
Film · 1915
Peculiar Patients' Pranks
Film · 1915
His Regeneration
Film · 1915
Bughouse Bellhops
Film · 1915
Lonesome Luke, Social Gangster
Film · 1915
Tinkering with Trouble
Film · 1915
A Foozle at the Tee Party
Film · 1915
Great While It Lasted
Film · 1915
Ruses, Rhymes and Roughnecks
Film · 1915
Ragtime Snap Shots
Film · 1915
Sally Scrags, Housemaid
Film · 1913
Teaching the Teacher
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