Birth Day: 1889-11-08
Place of birth: Melbourne, Victoria, Australia
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.
Credits
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As Plumber's Assistant
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As Statehood Audience Member (uncredited)
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As Knuckles (uncredited)
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As Self (archive footage)
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As Eddie, Bellhop (Uncredited)
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As Man at Balloon Society Meeting (uncredited)
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As Townsman (uncredited)
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As Townsman (uncredited)
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As Tattoo Artist (uncredited)
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As Townsman (uncredited)
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As Reporter (uncredited)
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As Quartermaster Bates in 'Rain' (uncredited)
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As Townsman(uncredited)
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As Comedy Waiter #2
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As Waiter (uncredited)
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As Carnival Patron (uncredited)
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As Mr. Fields, Little Drunk at Dance Club
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As Street Vagrant (uncredited)
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As Waiter (uncredited)
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As Park Caretaker
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As Barfly (uncredited)
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As Man Pacing in Jail Cell
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As Street Musician
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As Old Man Getting Umbrella in "Singin' in the Rain" Number (uncredited)
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As Barfly
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As Telegram Deliverer (uncredited)
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As Lunch Wagon Counterman (uncredited)
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As Man at Assembly Meeting
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As Townsman (uncredited)
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As Stage Door Johnnie in Opening Number (uncredited)
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As Townsman
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As Townsman at Dance (uncredited)
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As Custodian on Stairway (uncredited)
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As Bartender (uncredited)
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As Townsman at Funeral (uncredited)
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As Pool Hall Patron (uncredited)
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As Stagehand (Uncredited)
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As Man in Courtroom (uncredited)
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As Elevator Operator (uncredited)
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As Show Spectator
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As Second Small Man at Dance (uncredited)
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As Party Guest (uncredited)
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As Goofy (as Snub Pollard)
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As Extra in Dive, Pointing Out Tarnowski
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As Man on Jury (uncredited)
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As Final Mail-Bearing Court Officer (uncredited)
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As Western Saloon Set Propman
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As Cabby (uncredited)
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As (uncredited)
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As Villager (uncredited)
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As Campbell
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As Party Guest (uncredited)
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As Townsman (uncredited)
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As Show Boat Orchestra Drummer (uncredited)
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As Amateur Contest Violinist (uncredited)
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As Taxi driver (uncredited)
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As Mr. Grimble (uncredited)
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As Man at Barn Dance (uncredited)
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As Ticket Seller
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As Town Barber (uncredited)
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As Parade Spectator (uncredited)
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As Drunk (uncredited)
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As Hugh's Rental Coachman (uncredited)
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As Cemetery Guard (uncredited)
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As Hog Calling Contest Spectator (uncredited)
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As Ice Cream Vendor (uncredited)
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As Janitor
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As Flop House Tramp (archive footage)
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As Pop Denton (uncredited)
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As Witness (uncredited)
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As Father at Baby Window (uncredited)
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As Saloon Swamper
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As Irate Father (uncredited)
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As Sheriff Hogwaller (uncredited)
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As Fireman
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As Dance Official
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As Townsman in Church (uncredited)
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As Flower Delivery Man (uncredited)
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As Knocked-out Motorist (uncredited)
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As Soup Customer (uncredited)
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As Baseball Game Spectator (uncredited)
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As Sailor (uncredited)
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As 2nd Bartender
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As Supper Club Patron
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As Stubby - Cab Driver (uncredited)
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As Saloon Drunk
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As Air Raid Refugee in Basement Crowd
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As Wedding Chapel Attendant (uncredited)
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As Racetrack Spectator (uncredited)
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As Party Guest (uncredited)
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As Pa, Man in Nightshirt
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As Archie
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As Townsman (uncredited)
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As Janitor Suds
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As Cookie
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As Keystone Cop
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As Poker Player
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As Peewee
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As Pee Wee
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As 'Perky'
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As Pee Wee
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As Pee Wee
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As Pee Wee
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As Bartender
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As Cookie
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As Campbell
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As Bartender
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As Edgar Wolfe (as Snub Pollard)
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As Prisoner
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As Stubby
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As Bad guy caught by sash window in shed (uncredited)
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As Pee Wee
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As Pee Wee McDougal
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As Hadley
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As Snub - Waiter (uncredited)
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As Gyp
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As Vic Moran
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As Cookie (Hart hand)
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As Baker
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As Property Man
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As Cinvvict Shorty
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As Frank Smith
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As Danny, the Pickpocket
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As Drummer (uncredited)
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As Renegade
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As Victor
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As George
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As King's Physician's Aide
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As Harmonica Player Joe Atterbury (uncredited)
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As Plumber's assistant
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As A Community Player (uncredited)
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As Photographer at Birthday Party
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As Boggins
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As Alphonse
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As Snub Pollard
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As The Boy
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As Inventor Ignatius Pollard
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As Shorter pal
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As The Papa
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As Abner Maize
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As Inventor
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As Hired Hand
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As Detective Snub Pollard
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As Our Hero
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As The Auctioneer's Helper
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As The Old Settler
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As Papa
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As Chambermaid Man
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As The Good Grandson
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As A Hobo
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As Snub
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As Snub - the Newspaper Plant Janitor
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As The Governor
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As Snub
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As Snub - the Scenario Writer
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As Snub the Ferryboat Pilot
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As The New Director
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As The Bridegroom
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As The Chauffeur
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As Hunter
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As The Tenderfoot
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As The Husband
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As Snub
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As The Caretaker of the Estate
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As Marquis de Marmalade
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As The Dandy
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As Husband
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As The Dandy
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As The Chap
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As Prince of Rochquefort
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As Snub
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As Bicycle Messenger
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As Snub
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As The Neighbor
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As Count Pop-up-skyvitch - the Bolshevik Officer (as Harry Pollard)
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As The Assistant Chef
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As The Henpecked Husband (as Harry Pollard)
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As Jelous Admirer
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As The Kidnapper
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As Snub
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As Billy Bullion
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As Hatchet Face
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As Sheriff 'Gun Shy' Gallagher
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As The Musical Comedy's Director
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As The Valet
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As The Corn-Fed Secretary
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As The Leading Man
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As The Unwelcome Suitor
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As The Neighbor
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As His Valet
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As The Dandy
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As Snub
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As Trolley conductor
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As The New Director
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As His Assistant
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As Snub
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As Snub - the Janitor (as Harry Pollard)
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As Snub, the Butler
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As Snub
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As Snub
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As Simplex Joe
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As Snoopy Sam - The House Detective
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As Snub
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As Passenger with trunk
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As Snub
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As Snub
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As Snub
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As Spectator at Beach
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As Snitch, Another
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As Cafe Waiter
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As Snub the Butler
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As First Flophouse Customer
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As Projectionist
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As Bellhop
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As Snub
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As Extra
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As Sourball Joe
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As Luke's Co-Worker
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As Moke Morpheus
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As Snub Larkin
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As Tin-Horn Tommy
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As Count
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As Hugo Snubb
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As Butler