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