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