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Harry 'Snub' Pollard
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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 reg…
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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.
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Harry 'Snub' Pollard's Filmography
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The Parrott Chase
as (archive footage) (uncredited)
Classic Comedy Teams
as Self (archive footage)
The Sound of Laughter
as Plumber's Assistant
The Man Who Shot Liberty Valance
as Statehood Audience Member (uncredited)
Pocketful of Miracles
as Knuckles (uncredited)
Homicidal
as Eddie, Bellhop (Uncredited)
Master of the World
as Man at Balloon Society Meeting (uncredited)
One-Eyed Jacks
as Townsman (uncredited)
Days of Thrills and Laughter
as Self (archive footage)
Inherit the Wind
as Townsman (uncredited)
Who Was That Lady?
as Tattoo Artist (uncredited)
The Oregon Trail
as Townsman (uncredited)
Teacher's Pet
as Reporter (uncredited)
The Tin Star
as Townsman(uncredited)
Pal Joey
as Waiter (uncredited)
Man of a Thousand Faces
as Comedy Waiter #2
Jeanne Eagels
as Quartermaster Bates in 'Rain' (uncredited)
The Buster Keaton Story
as Audience Member (uncredited)
Friendly Persuasion
as Carnival Patron (uncredited)
Runaway Daughters
as Mr. Fields, Little Drunk at Dance Club
The Man with the Golden Arm
as Street Vagrant (uncredited)
Pete Kelly's Blues
as Waiter (uncredited)
The Country Girl
as Stagehand (uncredited)
The Fast and the Furious
as Park Caretaker
Living It Up
as Vagrant in Park (uncredited)
Conquest of Cochise
as Barfly (uncredited)
Hannah Lee: An American Primitive
as Man Pacing in Jail Cell
Julius Caesar
as Citizen of Rome (uncredited)
Limelight
as Street Musician
The Old West
as Townsman (uncredited)
Park Row
as Barfly
Carrie
as Lunch Wagon Counterman (uncredited)
Gents in a Jam
as Telegram Deliverer (uncredited)
Scaramouche
as Man at Assembly Meeting
Singin' in the Rain
as Old Man Getting Umbrella (uncredited)
The Barefoot Mailman
as Townsman at Dance (uncredited)
Valley of Fire
as Townsman
Meet Me After the Show
as Stage Door Johnnie in Opening Number (uncredited)
The Company She Keeps
as Restaurant Patron (uncredited)
Walk Softly, Stranger
as Custodian on Stairway (uncredited)
Where the Sidewalk Ends
as Pool Hall Patron (uncredited)
The Gunfighter
as Townsman at Funeral (uncredited)
Stars in My Crown
as Bartender (uncredited)
Adam's Rib
as Man in Courtroom (uncredited)
Square Dance Jubilee
as Show Spectator
House of Strangers
The Lady Gambles
as Elevator Operator (uncredited)
The Crooked Way
A Woman's Secret
as Stagehand (Uncredited)
Loaded Pistols
as Second Small Man at Dance (uncredited)
Belle Starr's Daughter
as Party Guest (uncredited)
Unknown Island
as Extra in Dive, Pointing Out Tarnowski
Red River
as Wagon Train Member (uncredited)
Johnny Belinda
as Man on Jury (uncredited)
The Man from Colorado
as Townsman (uncredited)
Back Trail
as Goofy (as Snub Pollard)
The Paradine Case
as Cabby (uncredited)
The Perils of Pauline
as Western Saloon Set Propman
Desperate
as Villager (uncredited)
Cheyenne
as Barfly (uncredited)
Miracle on 34th Street
as Final Court Officer Bearing Mail (uncredited)
Thunder Mountain
as Townsman (uncredited)
Framed
as (uncredited)
Yankee Fakir
as Townsman
Trail Street
as Farmer (uncredited)
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Andy Plays Hookey
as Ticket Seller
Till the Clouds Roll By
as Show Boat Orchestra Drummer (uncredited)
Sister Kenny
as Man at Barn Dance (uncredited)
Society Mugs
as Party Guest (uncredited)
Canyon Passage
as Miner (uncredited)
Monkey Businessmen
as Mr. Grimble (uncredited)
Jungle Terror
as Campbell
Badman's Territory
as Town Barber (uncredited)
The Hoodlum Saint
as Parade Spectator (uncredited)
Partners in Time
as Townsman (uncredited)
Strange Impersonation
as Taxi driver (uncredited)
Road to Utopia
as Amateur Contest Violinist (uncredited)
Booby Dupes
as Ice Cream Vendor (uncredited)
Kitty
as Hugh's Rental Coachman (uncredited)
State Fair
as Hog Contest Spectator (uncredited)
Rockin' in the Rockies
as Drunk (uncredited)
Three Pests in a Mess
as Cemetery Guard (uncredited)
The Conspirators
as Airport Baggage Clerk (uncredited)
Casanova Brown
as Father at Baby Window (uncredited)
Hail the Conquering Hero
as Townsman (uncredited)
The Girl in the Case
as Witness (uncredited)
Defective Detectives
as Janitor
It Happened Tomorrow
Main Street Today
as Pop Denton (uncredited)
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Lucky Cowboy
as Man Trying to Stop Fight
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Charlie's Triple Trouble
as Flop House Tramp (archive footage)
Phony Express
as Sheriff Hogwaller (uncredited)
Ghosts on the Loose
as Flower Delivery Man (uncredited)
Clancy Street Boys
as Irate Father (uncredited)
Edge of Darkness
as Townsman in Church (uncredited)
Kid Dynamite
as Dance Official
The Kid Rides Again
as Saloon Swamper
His Wedding Scare
as Fireman
Stand by for Action
as Sailor (uncredited)
The Payoff
as Stubby - Cab Driver (uncredited)
'Neath Brooklyn Bridge
as Soup Customer (uncredited)
Bowery at Midnight
as Knocked-out Motorist (uncredited)
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Foreign Agent
as Supper Club Patron
It Happened in Flatbush
as Baseball Game Spectator (uncredited)
Boot Hill Bandits
as 2nd Bartender
Vitamin 'U' for Me
Confirm or Deny
as Air Raid Refugee in Basement Crowd
Mr. Celebrity
as Racetrack Spectator (uncredited)
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Red Skins and Red Heads
as Party Guest (uncredited)
A Girl, a Guy, and a Gob
as Wedding Chapel Attendant (uncredited)
Ridin' the Cherokee Trail
as Saloon Drunk
Sky Bandits
as Pa, Man in Nightshirt
Murder on the Yukon
as Archie
The Earl of Chicago
as Townsman (uncredited)
Hollywood Cavalcade
as Keystone Cop
Mesquite Buckaroo
as Janitor Suds
Lure of the Wasteland
as Cookie
Rollin' Westward
as Poker Player
Song of the Buckaroo
as 'Perky'
Where the Buffalo Roam
as Pee Wee
Starlight Over Texas
as Pee Wee
Utah Trail
as Pee Wee
Rollin' Plains
as Pee Wee
Frontier Town
as Peewee
Tex Rides with the Boy Scouts
as Pee Wee
Nation Aflame
as Edgar Wolfe (as Snub Pollard)
Jungle Menace
as Campbell
Goofs and Saddles
as Bad guy caught by sash window in shed (uncredited)
Riders of the Rockies
as Pee Wee McDougal
Sing Cowboy Sing
as Prisoner
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Strange As It Seems: The Herald of the Skies
as Bartender
Hittin' the Trail
as Bartender
Santa Fe Rides
as Stubby
Arizona Days
as Cookie
Headin' for the Rio Grande
as Cookie (Hart hand)
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White Legion
as Baker
The Black Coin
as Vic Moran
The Gentleman from Louisiana
as Hadley
The Crime Patrol
as Gyp
The Amazing Exploits of the Clutching Hand
as Snub - Waiter (uncredited)
Just My Luck
as Frank Smith
Bars of Hate
as Danny, the Pickpocket
The Laramie Kid
as Cinvvict Shorty
The Drunkard
as Property Man
The Night Is Young
as Drummer (uncredited)
One More River
as George
Cockeyed Cavaliers
as King's Physician's Aide
Stingaree
as Victor
The Rawhide Terror
as Renegade
The Purchase Price
as Harmonica Player Joe Atterbury (uncredited)
The Strange Love of Molly Louvain
as Bill Collector (uncredited)
The Midnight Patrol
One Good Turn
as A Community Player (uncredited)
The Road to Singapore
as Photographer at Birthday Party (uncredited)
Girls Will Be Boys
as Plumber's assistant
Ex-Flame
as Boggins
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Sock and Run
as Alphonse
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Pipe Down
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Here We Are
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The Big Shot
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Springtime Saps
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No Kidding
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Men About Town
Here Comes a Sailor
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Once Over
as Snub Pollard
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Thick and Thin
Double Trouble
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Mitt The Prince
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The Bum's Rush
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All Wet
Fire!!
as The Boy
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The Yokel
The Doughboy
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Get Busy
as Shorter pal
The Big Idea
as Inventor Ignatius Pollard
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It's a Joy!
as The Papa
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Fully Insured
as Our Hero
Join the Circus
Dear Ol' Pal
as Abner Maize
It's a Gift
as Inventor
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The Mystery Man
as Detective Snub Pollard
The Green Cat
as Snub / Big Boss
Jack Frost
as Hired Hand
Courtship of Miles Sandwich
as Papa
Sold at Auction!
as The Auctioneer's Helper
California or Bust
as The Old Settler
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Before the Public
A Tough Winter
Newly Rich
as The Chauffeur
The Old Sea Dog
as Snub the Ferryboat Pilot
365 Days
as The Good Grandson
The Stone Age
The Dumb-Bell
as The New Director
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Some Baby
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Hale and Hearty
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Strictly Modern
as Chambermaid Man
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Punch the Clock
as Snub
In the Movies
as Snub - the Scenario Writer
Do Me a Favor
as A Hobo
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Full o' Pep
as Snub
Hot Off the Press
as Snub - the Newspaper Plant Janitor
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Pardon Me
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Blow 'Em Up
as The Governor
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Years to Come
as The Bridegroom
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The Hustler
as Snub
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On Location
as The Caretaker of the Estate
Fifteen Minutes
as The Husband
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Name the Day
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What a Whopper!
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At the Ringside
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High Rollers
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Blue Sunday
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Big Game
as Hunter
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Rush Orders
as Marquis de Marmalade
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His Best Girl
Whirl o' the West
as The Tenderfoot
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Park Your Car
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Cash Customers
as The Chap
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Money to Burn
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A London Bobby
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Live and Learn
Run 'Em Ragged
Call a Taxi!
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Don't Rock the Boat
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Any Old Port
Grab the Ghost
as Husband
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All Dressed Up
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Drink Hearty
as Snub
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Cracked Wedding Bells
Fresh Paint
as Bicycle Messenger
Waltz Me Around
as Snub
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Raise the Rent
His Royal Slyness
as Prince of Rochquefort
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Getting His Goat
All Lit Up
as The Dandy
The Dippy Dentist
as The Dandy
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Slippery Slickers
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Why Go Home?
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Red Hot Hottentotts
From Hand to Mouth
as The Kidnapper
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The Floor Below
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Tough Luck
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Looking for Trouble
as The Dandy
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How Dry I Am
Captain Kidd's Kids
as The Valet
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It's a Hard Life
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Order in the Court
Call for Mr. Caveman
as Hatchet Face
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Giving the Bride Away
Bumping Into Broadway
as The Musical Comedy's Director
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All at Sea
His Only Father
Pay Your Dues
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Start Something
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Count the Votes
Soft Money
He Leads, Others Follow
The Rajah
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Be My Wife
Heap Big Chief
Chop Suey & Co.
Count Your Change
as Billy Bullion
A Jazzed Honeymoon
Never Touched Me!
as Jealous Admirer
At the Old Stage Door
Just Neighbors
as The Neighbor
Billy Blazes, Esq.
as Sheriff 'Gun Shy' Gallagher
Spring Fever
as The Unwelcome Suitor
Off the Trolley
as Trolley conductor
Swat the Crook
Pistols for Breakfast
Back to the Woods
as His Valet
The Marathon
as Snub
Before Breakfast
Si, Senor
Ring Up the Curtain
as The Leading Man
Crack Your Heels
Young Mr. Jazz
as Snub
Just Dropped In
A Sammy in Siberia
as Count Pop-up-skyvitch - the Bolshevik Officer (as Harry Pollard)
Next Aisle Over
as The Henpecked Husband (as Harry Pollard)
The Dutiful Dub
Look Out Below
as Snub
I'm on My Way
as The Neighbor
On the Fire
as The Assistant Chef
Ask Father
as The Corn-Fed Secretary
Going! Going! Gone!
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Love's Young Scream
Wanted - $5,000
She Loves Me Not
Take a Chance
as Simplex Joe
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Hear 'Em Rave
Nothing But Trouble
Why Pick on Me?
Swing Your Partners
Bees in His Bonnet
Two Scrambled
Bride and Gloom
That's Him
Kicking the Germ Out of Germany
An Ozark Romance
Are Crooks Dishonest?
as Snub
Somewhere in Turkey
as His Assistant
Sic 'Em, Towser
The City Slicker
as Snub / The Bell Boy / The Cook
Fireman Save My Child
Two-Gun Gussie
as Snub
The Non-Stop Kid
as Snub, the Butler
Kicked Out
Hey There
as The New Director
It's a Wild Life
as Snub
Pipe the Whiskers
Follow the Crowd
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On the Jump
as Snoopy Sam - The House Detective
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Let's Go
as Man on beach
Here Come the Girls
Look Pleasant, Please
as Snub - the Janitor (as Harry Pollard)
A Gasoline Wedding
as Snub
Beat It
Hit Him Again
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Hello Teacher
The Lamb
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The Tip
Step Lively
The Big Idea
as Snub
Bashful
as Snub the Butler
Move On
We Never Sleep
All Aboard
as Passenger with trunk
Clubs Are Trump
as Snub
The Flirt
as Restaurant owner
Love, Laughs and Lather
Rainbow Island
as Snub
From Laramie to London
Bliss
as Snub
Birds of a Feather
By the Sad Sea Waves
as Spectator at Beach
Pinched
Lonesome Luke Loses Patients
Over the Fence
as Snitch, Another
Lonesome Luke's Wild Women
Lonesome Luke, Mechanic
Lonesome Luke, Messenger
as Snub
Stop! Luke! Listen!
Lonesome Luke, Plumber
Lonesome Luke's Honeymoon
Lonesome Luke on Tin Can Alley
as Cafe Waiter
Lonesome Luke's Lively Life
Luke Wins Ye Ladye Faire
Lonesome Luke, Lawyer
Luke's Trolley Troubles
Luke's Busy Day
Luke's Lost Liberty
Lonesome Luke's Lovely Rifle
Luke's Shattered Sleep
Luke Locates the Loot
Luke's Fireworks Fizzle
Luke, Rank Impersonator
Luke's Movie Muddle
as Projectionist
Luke's Newsie Knockout
Luke, Patient Provider
Luke, the Gladiator
Luke's Preparedness Preparations
Luke, the Chauffeur
Luke and the Bang-Tails
Luke's Speedy Club Life
as Bellhop
Luke and the Mermaids
Luke Joins the Navy
Luke Does the Midway
Luke's Lost Lamb
Luke, Crystal Gazer
Luke Rides Roughshod
Luke's Washful Waiting
Luke's Society Mixup
Luke's Fatal Flivver
Luke Laughs Last
Police
as First Flophouse Customer
Luke's Late Lunchers
Luke and the Bomb Throwers
Them Was the Happy Days!
as Snub
Luke's Double
Lonesome Luke, Circus King
Luke Pipes the Pippins
Luke and the Rural Roughnecks
Luke Foils the Villain
Luke, the Candy Cut-Up
Lonesome Luke Lolls in Luxury
Luke Lugs Luggage
Lonesome Luke Leans to the Literary
Lonesome Luke, Social Gangster
as Tin-Horn Tommy
Peculiar Patients' Pranks
Ruses, Rhymes and Roughnecks
A Foozle at the Tee Party
Ragtime Snap Shots
as Snub Larkin
Great While It Lasted
as Hugo Snubb
Tinkering with Trouble
as Sourball Joe
Bughouse Bellhops
as Moke Morpheus
Giving Them Fits
as Luke's Co-Worker
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Fresh from the Farm
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A Countless Count
as Count
His Regeneration
as Extra
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Sally Scrags, Housemaid
as Butler
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Teaching the Teacher
as Teacher