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