Cast
Harry 'Snub' Pollard
Acting
Cast
Harry 'Snub' Pollard
Known for
Acting
Born
1889-11-08
From
Melbourne, Victoria, Australia
Died
1962-01-19
Also known as Harry 'Snub' Pollard, Harry Pollard, Snub Pollard
Biography
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.
Singin' in the Rain
as Old Man Getting Umbrella (uncredited)
The Man Who Shot Liberty Valance
as Statehood Audience Member (uncredited)
Julius Caesar
as Citizen of Rome (uncredited)
Red River
as Wagon Train Member (uncredited)
Miracle on 34th Street
as Final Court Officer Bearing Mail (uncredited)
Friendly Persuasion
as Carnival Patron (uncredited)
Canyon Passage
as Miner (uncredited)
The Purchase Price
as Harmonica Player Joe Atterbury (uncredited)
Stingaree
as Victor
Rollin' Westward
as Poker Player
Carrie
as Lunch Wagon Counterman (uncredited)
Pocketful of Miracles
as Knuckles (uncredited)
One-Eyed Jacks
as Townsman (uncredited)
The Man with the Golden Arm
as Street Vagrant (uncredited)
Inherit the Wind
as Townsman (uncredited)
The Tin Star
as Townsman(uncredited)
Unknown Island
as Extra in Dive, Pointing Out Tarnowski
Adam's Rib
as Man in Courtroom (uncredited)
Sister Kenny
as Man at Barn Dance (uncredited)
Trail Street
as Farmer (uncredited)
Limelight
as Street Musician
Kitty
as Hugh's Rental Coachman (uncredited)
Police
as First Flophouse Customer
The Gunfighter
as Townsman at Funeral (uncredited)
Scaramouche
as Man at Assembly Meeting
Frontier Town
as Peewee
Move On
Back Trail
as Goofy (as Snub Pollard)
Park Row
as Barfly
Booby Dupes
as Ice Cream Vendor (uncredited)
Till the Clouds Roll By
as Show Boat Orchestra Drummer (uncredited)
Pal Joey
as Waiter (uncredited)
Where the Sidewalk Ends
as Pool Hall Patron (uncredited)
The Country Girl
as Stagehand (uncredited)
Man of a Thousand Faces
as Comedy Waiter #2
Once Over
as Snub Pollard
Pistols for Breakfast
Bashful
as Snub the Butler
The Hoodlum Saint
as Parade Spectator (uncredited)
Si, Senor
Johnny Belinda
as Man on Jury (uncredited)
Who Was That Lady?
as Tattoo Artist (uncredited)
Jungle Menace
as Campbell
High Rollers
Framed
as (uncredited)
The Man from Colorado
as Townsman (uncredited)
Main Street Today
as Pop Denton (uncredited)
On Location
as The Caretaker of the Estate
Desperate
as Villager (uncredited)
It Happened Tomorrow
Monkey Businessmen
as Mr. Grimble (uncredited)
Runaway Daughters
as Mr. Fields, Little Drunk at Dance Club
Kid Dynamite
as Dance Official
Teacher's Pet
as Reporter (uncredited)
Fire!!
as The Boy
The Hustler
as Snub
The Paradine Case
as Cabby (uncredited)
Cheyenne
as Barfly (uncredited)
Road to Utopia
as Amateur Contest Violinist (uncredited)
Headin' for the Rio Grande
as Cookie (Hart hand)
Loaded Pistols
as Second Small Man at Dance (uncredited)
The Lady Gambles
as Elevator Operator (uncredited)
Clubs Are Trump
as Snub
Hollywood Cavalcade
as Keystone Cop
Pete Kelly's Blues
as Waiter (uncredited)
Hail the Conquering Hero
as Townsman (uncredited)
House of Strangers
The Fast and the Furious
as Park Caretaker
Master of the World
as Man at Balloon Society Meeting (uncredited)
His Regeneration
as Extra
Hey There
as The New Director
Badman's Territory
as Town Barber (uncredited)
The Strange Love of Molly Louvain
as Bill Collector (uncredited)
The Oregon Trail
as Townsman (uncredited)
Jeanne Eagels
as Quartermaster Bates in 'Rain' (uncredited)
Stars in My Crown
as Bartender (uncredited)
Homicidal
as Eddie, Bellhop (Uncredited)
All Aboard
as Passenger with trunk
The Crooked Way
Classic Comedy Teams
as Self (archive footage)
All Wet
State Fair
as Hog Calling Contest Spectator (uncredited)
Walk Softly, Stranger
as Custodian on Stairway (uncredited)
Casanova Brown
as Father at Baby Window (uncredited)
Living It Up
as Vagrant in Park (uncredited)
Stand by for Action
as Sailor (uncredited)
A Woman's Secret
as Stagehand (Uncredited)
Edge of Darkness
as Townsman in Church (uncredited)
Rollin' Plains
as Pee Wee
Nation Aflame
as Edgar Wolfe (as Snub Pollard)
The Company She Keeps
as Restaurant Patron (uncredited)
Luke Joins the Navy
The Earl of Chicago
as Townsman (uncredited)
365 Days
as The Good Grandson
Clancy Street Boys
as Irate Father (uncredited)
Jungle Terror
as Campbell
Pinched
Defective Detectives
as Janitor
The Payoff
as Stubby - Cab Driver (uncredited)
Be My Wife
Valley of Fire
as Townsman
The Rawhide Terror
as Renegade
Ghosts on the Loose
as Flower Delivery Man (uncredited)
Luke's Busy Day
Hannah Lee: An American Primitive
as Man Pacing in Jail Cell
Belle Starr's Daughter
as Party Guest (uncredited)
The Barefoot Mailman
as Townsman at Dance (uncredited)
The Perils of Pauline
as Western Saloon Set Propman
Bowery at Midnight
as Knocked-out Motorist (uncredited)
One Good Turn
as A Community Player (uncredited)
Conquest of Cochise
as Barfly (uncredited)
Murder on the Yukon
as Archie
Great While It Lasted
as Hugo Snubb
The Kid Rides Again
as Saloon Swamper
Ridin' the Cherokee Trail
as Saloon Drunk
Fully Insured
as Our Hero
'Neath Brooklyn Bridge
as Soup Customer (uncredited)
Courtship of Miles Sandwich
as Papa
The Sound of Laughter
as Plumber's Assistant
A Gasoline Wedding
as Snub
The Old West
as Townsman (uncredited)
The Marathon
as Snub
Days of Thrills and Laughter
as Self (archive footage)
Heap Big Chief
Double Trouble
The Crime Patrol
as Gyp
Mr. Celebrity
as Racetrack Spectator (uncredited)
The Amazing Exploits of the Clutching Hand
as Snub - Waiter (uncredited)
Where the Buffalo Roam
as Pee Wee
Any Old Port
One More River
as George
Kicked Out
It's a Joy!
as The Papa
The Buster Keaton Story
as Audience Member (uncredited)
Over the Fence
as Snitch, Another
Luke, Patient Provider
Kicking the Germ Out of Germany
Bees in His Bonnet
Vitamin 'U' for Me
The Gentleman from Louisiana
as Hadley
Two Scrambled
It Happened in Flatbush
as Baseball Game Spectator (uncredited)
Bumping Into Broadway
as The Musical Comedy's Director
Ask Father
as The Corn-Fed Secretary
Arizona Days
as Cookie
The Flirt
as Restaurant owner
Pipe Down
The Dumb-Bell
as The New Director
White Legion
as Baker
Rainbow Island
as Snub
Utah Trail
as Pee Wee
The Drunkard
as Property Man
Confirm or Deny
as Air Raid Refugee in Basement Crowd
Charlie's Triple Trouble
as Flop House Tramp (archive footage)
Strange Impersonation
as Taxi driver (uncredited)
The Night Is Young
as Drummer (uncredited)
Thunder Mountain
as Townsman (uncredited)
Luke's Movie Muddle
as Projectionist
The Laramie Kid
as Cinvvict Shorty
Luke Locates the Loot
Grab the Ghost
as Husband
A Girl, a Guy, and a Gob
as Wedding Chapel Attendant (uncredited)
Before Breakfast
Hittin' the Trail
as Bartender
Cockeyed Cavaliers
as King's Physician's Aide
Partners in Time
as Townsman (uncredited)
Luke's Society Mixup
The Road to Singapore
as Photographer at Birthday Party (uncredited)
Big Game
as Hunter
The Girl in the Case
as Witness (uncredited)
Square Dance Jubilee
as Show Spectator
Yankee Fakir
as Townsman
Drink Hearty
as Snub
Here Comes a Sailor
Waltz Me Around
as Snub
Full o' Pep
as Snub
Mesquite Buckaroo
as Janitor Suds
Just Neighbors
as The Neighbor
Luke's Speedy Club Life
as Bellhop
The Black Coin
as Vic Moran
That's Him
Swing Your Partners
Back to the Woods
as His Valet
Sky Bandits
as Pa, Man in Nightshirt
Bughouse Bellhops
as Moke Morpheus
Blow 'Em Up
as The Governor
Lonesome Luke Lolls in Luxury
Captain Kidd's Kids
as The Valet
Rush Orders
as Marquis de Marmalade
Lonesome Luke Loses Patients
Luke, the Candy Cut-Up
Lonesome Luke, Messenger
as Snub
Park Your Car
The City Slicker
as Snub / The Bell Boy / The Cook
Looking for Trouble
as The Dandy
Why Pick on Me?
Look Out Below
as Snub
Giving Them Fits
as Luke's Co-Worker
Love's Young Scream
He Leads, Others Follow
Young Mr. Jazz
as Snub
The Floor Below
Them Was the Happy Days!
as Snub
Here Come the Girls
It's a Gift
as Inventor
Fresh from the Farm
Luke's Fireworks Fizzle
Luke, Rank Impersonator
Two-Gun Gussie
as Snub
Strictly Modern
as Chambermaid Man
Phony Express
as Sheriff Hogwaller (uncredited)
Call a Taxi!
Love, Laughs and Lather
A Jazzed Honeymoon
Sic 'Em, Towser
Rockin' in the Rockies
as Drunk (uncredited)
Off the Trolley
as Trolley conductor
Order in the Court
Lonesome Luke, Plumber
Follow the Crowd
From Hand to Mouth
as The Kidnapper
Lonesome Luke on Tin Can Alley
as Cafe Waiter
The Non-Stop Kid
as Snub, the Butler
Birds of a Feather
Red Skins and Red Heads
as Party Guest (uncredited)
Fresh Paint
as Bicycle Messenger
Lure of the Wasteland
as Cookie
Luke's Fatal Flivver
Take a Chance
as Simplex Joe
The Tip
The Dutiful Dub
The Rajah
His Wedding Scare
as Fireman
Going! Going! Gone!
Never Touched Me!
as Jealous Admirer
A Sammy in Siberia
as Count Pop-up-skyvitch - the Bolshevik Officer (as Harry Pollard)
Ragtime Snap Shots
as Snub Larkin
The Midnight Patrol
Luke's Double
Step Lively
Beat It
Blue Sunday
Tex Rides with the Boy Scouts
as Pee Wee
Luke and the Rural Roughnecks
Hear 'Em Rave
Ruses, Rhymes and Roughnecks
The Mystery Man
as Detective Snub Pollard
Hello Teacher
Dear Ol' Pal
as Abner Maize
Foreign Agent
as Supper Club Patron
At the Ringside
Sing Cowboy Sing
as Prisoner
The Bum's Rush
Luke and the Mermaids
Get Busy
as Shorter pal
Luke's Shattered Sleep
Luke, the Gladiator
By the Sad Sea Waves
as Spectator at Beach
On the Jump
as Snoopy Sam - The House Detective
Swat the Crook
Lonesome Luke Leans to the Literary
The Lamb
Meet Me After the Show
as Stage Door Johnnie in Opening Number (uncredited)
It's a Wild Life
as Snub
Riders of the Rockies
as Pee Wee McDougal
Luke Wins Ye Ladye Faire
Slippery Slickers
His Royal Slyness
as Prince of Rochquefort
Sock and Run
as Alphonse
Luke Foils the Villain
Cash Customers
as The Chap
Luke Rides Roughshod
The Green Cat
as Snub / Big Boss
Lonesome Luke's Lively Life
Pay Your Dues
Society Mugs
as Party Guest (uncredited)
Bars of Hate
as Danny, the Pickpocket
All Lit Up
as The Dandy
Luke Does the Midway
Lonesome Luke's Honeymoon
Starlight Over Texas
as Pee Wee
Luke, the Chauffeur
Pipe the Whiskers
It's a Hard Life
Why Go Home?
Ex-Flame
as Boggins
Santa Fe Rides
as Stubby
How Dry I Am
Lonesome Luke, Mechanic
Lonesome Luke, Social Gangster
as Tin-Horn Tommy
Boot Hill Bandits
as 2nd Bartender
The Big Idea
as Snub
Stop! Luke! Listen!
Goofs and Saddles
as Bad guy caught by sash window in shed (uncredited)
Luke's Newsie Knockout
Do Me a Favor
as A Hobo
The Big Idea
as Inventor Ignatius Pollard
Spring Fever
as The Unwelcome Suitor
Next Aisle Over
as The Henpecked Husband (as Harry Pollard)
An Ozark Romance
Raise the Rent
Newly Rich
as The Chauffeur
Just Dropped In
Luke's Late Lunchers
Luke and the Bang-Tails
A Tough Winter
Sold at Auction!
as The Auctioneer's Helper
Just My Luck
as Frank Smith
Tough Luck
Nothing But Trouble
Luke's Washful Waiting
Three Pests in a Mess
as Cemetery Guard (uncredited)
Whirl o' the West
as The Tenderfoot
No Kidding
We Never Sleep
Lonesome Luke's Lovely Rifle
Count Your Change
as Billy Bullion
Lonesome Luke, Lawyer
Andy Plays Hookey
as Ticket Seller
Wanted - $5,000
Red Hot Hottentotts
Count the Votes
On the Fire
as The Assistant Chef
Name the Day
The Old Sea Dog
as Snub the Ferryboat Pilot
The Dippy Dentist
as The Dandy
Pardon Me
Luke Laughs Last
From Laramie to London
Crack Your Heels
Years to Come
as The Bridegroom
Hot Off the Press
as Snub - the Newspaper Plant Janitor
Jack Frost
as Hired Hand
She Loves Me Not
Mitt The Prince
What a Whopper!
Look Pleasant, Please
as Snub - the Janitor (as Harry Pollard)
Strange As It Seems: The Herald of the Skies
as Bartender
Ring Up the Curtain
as The Leading Man
All Dressed Up
Don't Rock the Boat
Billy Blazes, Esq.
as Sheriff 'Gun Shy' Gallagher
Start Something
Luke Lugs Luggage
The Stone Age
At the Old Stage Door
Getting His Goat
In the Movies
as Snub - the Scenario Writer
Girls Will Be Boys
as Plumber's assistant
California or Bust
as The Old Settler
Luke's Lost Liberty
Cracked Wedding Bells
Song of the Buckaroo
as 'Perky'
Soft Money
Some Baby
Luke's Trolley Troubles
A London Bobby
The Doughboy
Luke, Crystal Gazer
Gents in a Jam
as Telegram Deliverer (uncredited)
A Foozle at the Tee Party
Bliss
as Snub
Call for Mr. Caveman
as Hatchet Face
I'm on My Way
as The Neighbor
Luke's Lost Lamb
Lonesome Luke, Circus King
Punch the Clock
as Snub
Springtime Saps
Chop Suey & Co.
Hit Him Again
Giving the Bride Away
The Parrott Chase
as (archive footage) (uncredited)
Money to Burn
Lucky Cowboy
as Man Trying to Stop Fight
Somewhere in Turkey
as His Assistant
Bride and Gloom
Let's Go
as Man on beach
Before the Public
Hale and Hearty
His Only Father
All at Sea
Luke Pipes the Pippins
The Yokel
Lonesome Luke's Wild Women
Run 'Em Ragged
Live and Learn
Luke and the Bomb Throwers
Sally Scrags, Housemaid
as Butler
Peculiar Patients' Pranks
Join the Circus
Fireman Save My Child
Luke's Preparedness Preparations
Fifteen Minutes
as The Husband
Are Crooks Dishonest?
as Snub
Tinkering with Trouble
as Sourball Joe
The Big Shot
A Countless Count
as Count
Thick and Thin
His Best Girl
Men About Town
Teaching the Teacher
as Teacher