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