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
Credits
- 1963 · The Sound of Laughter as Plumber's Assistant
- 1962 · The Man Who Shot Liberty Valance as Statehood Audience Member (uncredited)
- 1961 · Pocketful of Miracles as Knuckles (uncredited)
- 1961 · Homicidal as Eddie, Bellhop (Uncredited)
- 1961 · Master of the World as Man at Balloon Society Meeting (uncredited)
- 1961 · One-Eyed Jacks as Townsman (uncredited)
- 1961 · Days of Thrills and Laughter as Self (archive footage)
- 1960 · Inherit the Wind as Townsman (uncredited)
- 1960 · Who Was That Lady? as Tattoo Artist (uncredited)
- 1959 · The Oregon Trail as Townsman (uncredited)
- 1958 · Teacher's Pet as Reporter (uncredited)
- 1957 · Pal Joey as Waiter (uncredited)
- 1957 · The Tin Star as Townsman(uncredited)
- 1957 · Man of a Thousand Faces as Comedy Waiter #2
- 1957 · Jeanne Eagels as Quartermaster Bates in 'Rain' (uncredited)
- 1956 · Friendly Persuasion as Carnival Patron (uncredited)
- 1956 · Runaway Daughters as Mr. Fields, Little Drunk at Dance Club
- 1955 · The Man with the Golden Arm as Street Vagrant (uncredited)
- 1955 · Alfred Hitchcock Presents as Bar Patron (uncredited)
- 1955 · Pete Kelly's Blues as Waiter (uncredited)
- 1954 · The Fast and the Furious as Park Caretaker
- 1954 · Public Defender as
- 1953 · Conquest of Cochise as Barfly (uncredited)
- 1953 · Hannah Lee: An American Primitive as Man Pacing in Jail Cell
- 1952 · Limelight as Street Musician
- 1952 · The Old West as Townsman (uncredited)
- 1952 · Park Row as Barfly
- 1952 · Carrie as Lunch Wagon Counterman (uncredited)
- 1952 · Gents in a Jam as Telegram Deliverer (uncredited)
- 1952 · Scaramouche as Man at Assembly Meeting
- 1952 · Singin' in the Rain as Old Man Getting Umbrella in "Singin' in the Rain" Number (uncredited)
- 1951 · The Barefoot Mailman as Townsman at Dance (uncredited)
- 1951 · Valley of Fire as Townsman
- 1951 · Meet Me After the Show as Stage Door Johnnie in Opening Number (uncredited)
- 1951 · Racket Squad as
- 1950 · Walk Softly, Stranger as Custodian on Stairway (uncredited)
- 1950 · Where the Sidewalk Ends as Pool Hall Patron (uncredited)
- 1950 · The Gunfighter as Townsman at Funeral (uncredited)
- 1950 · Stars in My Crown as Bartender (uncredited)
- 1949 · Adam's Rib as Man in Courtroom (uncredited)
- 1949 · House of Strangers as
- 1949 · The Lady Gambles as Elevator Operator (uncredited)
- 1949 · The Crooked Way as
- 1949 · A Woman's Secret as Stagehand (Uncredited)
- 1948 · Loaded Pistols as Second Small Man at Dance (uncredited)
- 1948 · Belle Starr's Daughter as Party Guest (uncredited)
- 1948 · Unknown Island as Extra in Dive, Pointing Out Tarnowski
- 1948 · Johnny Belinda as Man on Jury (uncredited)
- 1948 · The Man from Colorado as Townsman (uncredited)
- 1947 · The Paradine Case as Cabby (uncredited)
- 1947 · The Perils of Pauline as Western Saloon Set Propman
- 1947 · Desperate as Villager (uncredited)
- 1947 · Cheyenne as Barfly (uncredited)
- 1947 · Miracle on 34th Street as Final Mail-Bearing Court Officer (uncredited)
- 1947 · Thunder Mountain as Townsman (uncredited)
- 1947 · Framed as (uncredited)
- 1946 · Andy Plays Hookey as Ticket Seller
- 1946 · Till the Clouds Roll By as Show Boat Orchestra Drummer (uncredited)
- 1946 · Sister Kenny as Man at Barn Dance (uncredited)
- 1946 · Canyon Passage as Miner (uncredited)
- 1946 · Monkey Businessmen as Mr. Grimble (uncredited)
- 1946 · Badman's Territory as Town Barber (uncredited)
- 1946 · The Hoodlum Saint as Parade Spectator (uncredited)
- 1946 · Partners in Time as Townsman (uncredited)
- 1946 · Strange Impersonation as Taxi driver (uncredited)
- 1946 · Road to Utopia as Amateur Contest Violinist (uncredited)
- 1945 · Booby Dupes as Ice Cream Vendor (uncredited)
- 1945 · Kitty as Hugh's Rental Coachman (uncredited)
- 1945 · State Fair as Hog Calling Contest Spectator (uncredited)
- 1945 · Rockin' in the Rockies as Drunk (uncredited)
- 1945 · Three Pests in a Mess as Cemetery Guard (uncredited)
- 1944 · Casanova Brown as Father at Baby Window (uncredited)
- 1944 · The Girl in the Case as Witness (uncredited)
- 1944 · It Happened Tomorrow as
- 1944 · Main Street Today as Pop Denton (uncredited)
- 1944 · Charlie's Triple Trouble as Flop House Tramp (archive footage)
- 1943 · Phony Express as Sheriff Hogwaller (uncredited)
- 1943 · Ghosts on the Loose as Flower Delivery Man (uncredited)
- 1943 · Clancy Street Boys as Irate Father (uncredited)
- 1943 · Edge of Darkness as Townsman in Church (uncredited)
- 1943 · Kid Dynamite as Dance Official
- 1943 · The Kid Rides Again as Saloon Swamper
- 1943 · His Wedding Scare as Fireman
- 1942 · Stand by for Action as Sailor (uncredited)
- 1942 · The Payoff as Stubby - Cab Driver (uncredited)
- 1942 · 'Neath Brooklyn Bridge as Soup Customer (uncredited)
- 1942 · Bowery at Midnight as Knocked-out Motorist (uncredited)
- 1942 · Foreign Agent as Supper Club Patron
- 1942 · It Happened in Flatbush as Baseball Game Spectator (uncredited)
- 1942 · Boot Hill Bandits as 2nd Bartender
- 1941 · Confirm or Deny as Air Raid Refugee in Basement Crowd
- 1941 · Mr. Celebrity as Racetrack Spectator (uncredited)
- 1941 · A Girl, a Guy, and a Gob as Wedding Chapel Attendant (uncredited)
- 1941 · Ridin' the Cherokee Trail as Saloon Drunk
- 1940 · Sky Bandits as Pa, Man in Nightshirt
- 1940 · Murder on the Yukon as Archie
- 1940 · The Earl of Chicago as Townsman (uncredited)
- 1939 · Hollywood Cavalcade as Keystone Cop
- 1939 · Mesquite Buckaroo as Janitor Suds
- 1939 · Rollin' Westward as Poker Player
- 1938 · Song of the Buckaroo as 'Perky'
- 1938 · Where the Buffalo Roam as Pee Wee
- 1938 · Utah Trail as Pee Wee
- 1938 · Rollin' Plains as Pee Wee
- 1938 · Frontier Town as Peewee
- 1937 · Nation Aflame as Edgar Wolfe (as Snub Pollard)
- 1937 · Jungle Menace as Campbell
- 1937 · Goofs and Saddles as Bad guy caught by sash window in shed (uncredited)
- 1937 · Riders of the Rockies as Pee Wee McDougal
- 1937 · Sing Cowboy Sing as Prisoner
- 1937 · Strange As It Seems: The Herald of the Skies as Bartender
- 1937 · Hittin' the Trail as Bartender
- 1937 · Santa Fe Rides as Stubby
- 1937 · Arizona Days as Cookie
- 1936 · White Legion as Baker
- 1936 · The Black Coin as Vic Moran
- 1936 · The Gentleman from Louisiana as Hadley
- 1936 · The Crime Patrol as Gyp
- 1936 · The Amazing Exploits of the Clutching Hand as Snub - Waiter (uncredited)
- 1936 · Headin' for the Rio Grande as Cookie (Hart hand)
- 1935 · Just My Luck as Frank Smith
- 1935 · Bars of Hate as Danny, the Pickpocket
- 1935 · The Laramie Kid as Cinvvict Shorty
- 1935 · The Drunkard as Property Man
- 1935 · The Night Is Young as Drummer (uncredited)
- 1934 · One More River as George
- 1934 · Stingaree as Victor
- 1932 · The Purchase Price as Harmonica Player Joe Atterbury (uncredited)
- 1932 · The Midnight Patrol as
- 1931 · One Good Turn as A Community Player (uncredited)
- 1931 · The Road to Singapore as Photographer at Birthday Party
- 1930 · Ex-Flame as Boggins
- 1928 · Here Comes a Sailor as
- 1928 · Thick and Thin as
- 1927 · Double Trouble as
- 1924 · The Big Idea as Inventor Ignatius Pollard
- 1923 · Join the Circus as
- 1923 · It's a Gift as Inventor
- 1923 · Courtship of Miles Sandwich as Papa
- 1923 · Sold at Auction as The Auctioneer's Helper
- 1923 · Before the Public as
- 1922 · 365 Days as The Good Grandson
- 1922 · Hale and Hearty as
- 1922 · Strictly Modern as Chambermaid Man
- 1922 · Punch the Clock as Snub
- 1922 · Full o' Pep as Snub
- 1922 · Blow 'Em Up as The Governor
- 1921 · Name the Day as
- 1921 · Big Game as Hunter
- 1920 · Park Your Car as
- 1920 · Live and Learn as
- 1920 · Run 'Em Ragged as
- 1920 · All Dressed Up as
- 1920 · Drink Hearty as Snub
- 1920 · Fresh Paint as Bicycle Messenger
- 1920 · His Royal Slyness as Prince of Rochquefort
- 1920 · The Dippy Dentist as The Dandy
- 1919 · From Hand to Mouth as The Kidnapper
- 1919 · The Floor Below as
- 1919 · Captain Kidd's Kids as The Valet
- 1919 · Bumping Into Broadway as The Musical Comedy's Director
- 1919 · His Only Father as
- 1919 · Pay Your Dues as
- 1919 · Soft Money as
- 1919 · He Leads, Others Follow as
- 1919 · Heap Big Chief as
- 1919 · Chop Suey & Co. as
- 1919 · A Jazzed Honeymoon as
- 1919 · Never Touched Me as Jelous Admirer
- 1919 · Just Neighbors as The Neighbor
- 1919 · Billy Blazes, Esq. as Sheriff 'Gun Shy' Gallagher
- 1919 · Spring Fever as The Unwelcome Suitor
- 1919 · Off the Trolley as Trolley conductor
- 1919 · Pistols for Breakfast as
- 1919 · Back to the Woods as His Valet
- 1919 · The Marathon as Snub
- 1919 · Si, Senor as
- 1919 · Ring Up the Curtain as The Leading Man
- 1919 · Young Mr. Jazz as Snub
- 1919 · Crack Your Heels as
- 1919 · Just Dropped In as
- 1919 · A Sammy in Siberia as Count Pop-up-skyvitch - the Bolshevik Officer (as Harry Pollard)
- 1919 · Next Aisle Over as The Henpecked Husband (as Harry Pollard)
- 1919 · The Dutiful Dub as
- 1919 · Look Out Below as Snub
- 1919 · I'm on My Way as The Neighbor
- 1919 · On the Fire as The Assistant Chef
- 1919 · Ask Father as The Corn-Fed Secretary
- 1919 · Wanted - $5,000 as
- 1918 · Take a Chance as Simplex Joe
- 1918 · Nothing But Trouble as
- 1918 · Why Pick on Me? as
- 1918 · Kicking the Germ Out of Germany as
- 1918 · An Ozark Romance as
- 1918 · Are Crooks Dishonest? as Snub
- 1918 · Somewhere in Turkey as His Assistant
- 1918 · Sic 'Em, Towser as
- 1918 · The City Slicker as Snub
- 1918 · Fireman Save My Child as
- 1918 · Two-Gun Gussie as Snub
- 1918 · The Non-Stop Kid as Snub, the Butler
- 1918 · Kicked Out as
- 1918 · Hey There as The New Director
- 1918 · It's a Wild Life as
- 1918 · Follow the Crowd as
- 1918 · Let's Go as
- 1918 · Here Come the Girls as
- 1918 · Look Pleasant, Please as Snub - the Janitor (as Harry Pollard)
- 1918 · A Gasoline Wedding as Snub
- 1918 · Beat It as
- 1917 · The Big Idea as Snub
- 1917 · Bashful as Snub the Butler
- 1917 · All Aboard as Passenger with trunk
- 1917 · Clubs Are Trump as
- 1917 · Bliss as Snub
- 1917 · Birds of a Feather as
- 1917 · By the Sad Sea Waves as Spectator at Beach
- 1917 · Pinched as
- 1917 · Over the Fence as Snitch, Another
- 1917 · Lonesome Luke's Wild Women as
- 1917 · Lonesome Luke, Messenger as Snub
- 1917 · Lonesome Luke on Tin Can Alley as Cafe Waiter
- 1917 · Lonesome Luke, Lawyer as
- 1916 · Luke Locates the Loot as
- 1916 · Luke's Fireworks Fizzle as
- 1916 · Luke, Rank Impersonator as
- 1916 · Luke's Movie Muddle as Projectionist
- 1916 · Luke's Preparedness Preparations as
- 1916 · Luke, the Chauffeur as
- 1916 · Luke and the Bang-Tails as
- 1916 · Luke and the Mermaids as
- 1916 · Luke Joins the Navy as
- 1916 · Luke Does the Midway as
- 1916 · Luke's Fatal Flivver as
- 1916 · Luke Laughs Last as
- 1916 · Police as First Flophouse Customer
- 1916 · Them Was the Happy Days! as Snub
- 1916 · Luke Pipes the Pippins as
- 1916 · Luke Lugs Luggage as
- 1916 · Lonesome Luke Leans to the Literary as
- 1915 · Lonesome Luke, Social Gangster as Tin-Horn Tommy
- 1915 · Great While It Lasted as Hugo Snubb
- 1915 · Tinkering with Trouble as Sourball Joe
- 1915 · Giving Them Fits as Luke's Co-Worker
- Future · Teaching the Teacher as Teacher
- 1949 · Square Dance Jubilee as Show Spectator
- 1948 · Back Trail as Goofy (as Snub Pollard)
- 1946 · Society Mugs as Party Guest (uncredited)
- 1946 · Jungle Terror as Campbell
- 1944 · Defective Detectives as Janitor
- 1942 · Vitamin 'U' for Me as
- 1941 · Red Skins and Red Heads as Party Guest (uncredited)
- 1939 · Lure of the Wasteland as Cookie
- 1938 · Starlight Over Texas as Pee Wee
- 1937 · Tex Rides with the Boy Scouts as Pee Wee
- 1934 · Cockeyed Cavaliers as King's Physician's Aide
- 1934 · The Rawhide Terror as Renegade
- 1931 · Girls Will Be Boys as Plumber's assistant
- 1929 · Sock and Run as Alphonse
- 1929 · The Big Shot as
- 1929 · Springtime Saps as
- 1928 · No Kidding as
- 1928 · Men About Town as
- 1928 · Once Over as Snub Pollard
- 1927 · Mitt The Prince as
- 1926 · All Wet as
- 1926 · Fire!! as The Boy
- 1926 · The Yokel as
- 1926 · The Doughboy as
- 1924 · Get Busy as Shorter pal
- 1923 · It's a Joy! as The Papa
- 1923 · Fully Insured as Our Hero
- 1923 · Dear Ol' Pal as Abner Maize
- 1923 · The Mystery Man as Detective Snub Pollard
- 1923 · The Green Cat as Snub
- 1923 · Jack Frost as Hired Hand
- 1923 · California or Bust as The Old Settler
- 1923 · A Tough Winter as
- 1922 · Newly Rich as The Chauffeur
- 1922 · The Old Sea Dog as Snub the Ferryboat Pilot
- 1922 · The Stone Age as
- 1922 · The Dumb-Bell as The New Director
- 1922 · Some Baby as
- 1922 · In the Movies as Snub - the Scenario Writer
- 1922 · Do Me a Favor as A Hobo
- 1922 · Hot Off the Press as Snub - the Newspaper Plant Janitor
- 1922 · Pardon Me as
- 1922 · Years to Come as The Bridegroom
- 1921 · The Hustler as Snub
- 1921 · On Location as The Caretaker of the Estate
- 1921 · Fifteen Minutes as The Husband
- 1921 · What a Whopper! as
- 1921 · At the Ringside as
- 1921 · High Rollers as
- 1921 · Blue Sunday as
- 1921 · Rush Orders as Marquis de Marmalade
- 1921 · His Best Girl as
- 1921 · Whirl o' the West as The Tenderfoot
- 1920 · Cash Customers as The Chap
- 1920 · Money to Burn as
- 1920 · A London Bobby as
- 1920 · Call a Taxi as
- 1920 · Don't Rock the Boat as
- 1920 · Any Old Port as
- 1920 · Grab the Ghost as Husband
- 1920 · Cracked Wedding Bells as
- 1920 · Waltz Me Around as
- 1920 · Raise the Rent as
- 1920 · Getting His Goat as
- 1920 · All Lit Up as The Dandy
- 1920 · Slippery Slickers as
- 1920 · Why Go Home? as
- 1920 · Red Hot Hottentotts as
- 1919 · Tough Luck as
- 1919 · Looking for Trouble as The Dandy
- 1919 · How Dry I Am as
- 1919 · It's a Hard Life as
- 1919 · Order in the Court as
- 1919 · Call for Mr. Caveman as Hatchet Face
- 1919 · Giving the Bride Away as
- 1919 · All at Sea as
- 1919 · Start Something as
- 1919 · Count the Votes as
- 1919 · The Rajah as
- 1919 · Be My Wife as
- 1919 · Count Your Change as Billy Bullion
- 1919 · At the Old Stage Door as
- 1919 · Swat the Crook as
- 1919 · Before Breakfast as
- 1919 · Going! Going! Gone! as
- 1919 · Love's Young Scream as
- 1918 · She Loves Me Not as
- 1918 · Hear 'Em Rave as
- 1918 · Swing Your Partners as
- 1918 · Bees in His Bonnet as
- 1918 · Two Scrambled as
- 1918 · Bride and Gloom as
- 1918 · That's Him as
- 1918 · Pipe the Whiskers as
- 1918 · On the Jump as Snoopy Sam - The House Detective
- 1918 · Hit Him Again as
- 1918 · Hello Teacher as
- 1918 · The Lamb as
- 1917 · We Never Sleep as
- 1917 · Stop! Luke! Listen! as
- 1917 · Lonesome Luke's Lively Life as
- 1916 · Luke's Late Lunchers as
- Future · The Bum's Rush as
- 1918 · The Tip as
- 1917 · Step Lively as
- 1917 · Move On as
- 1917 · The Flirt as
- 1917 · Love, Laughs and Lather as
- 1917 · Rainbow Island as
- 1917 · From Laramie to London as
- 1917 · Lonesome Luke Loses Patients as
- 1917 · Lonesome Luke, Mechanic as
- 1917 · Lonesome Luke, Plumber as
- 1917 · Lonesome Luke's Honeymoon as
- 1917 · Luke Wins Ye Ladye Faire as
- 1917 · Luke's Trolley Troubles as
- 1917 · Luke's Busy Day as
- 1917 · Luke's Lost Liberty as
- 1917 · Lonesome Luke's Lovely Rifle as
- 1916 · Luke's Shattered Sleep as
- 1916 · Luke's Newsie Knockout as
- 1916 · Luke, Patient Provider as
- 1916 · Luke, the Gladiator as
- 1916 · Luke's Speedy Club Life as Bellhop
- 1916 · Luke's Lost Lamb as
- 1916 · Luke, Crystal Gazer as
- 1916 · Luke Rides Roughshod as
- 1916 · Luke's Washful Waiting as
- 1916 · Luke's Society Mixup as
- 1916 · Luke and the Bomb Throwers as
- 1916 · Luke's Double as
- 1916 · Lonesome Luke, Circus King as
- 1916 · Luke and the Rural Roughnecks as
- 1916 · Luke Foils the Villain as
- 1916 · Luke, the Candy Cut-Up as
- 1916 · Lonesome Luke Lolls in Luxury as
- 1915 · Peculiar Patients' Pranks as
- 1915 · Ruses, Rhymes and Roughnecks as
- 1915 · A Foozle at the Tee Party as
- 1915 · Ragtime Snap Shots as Snub Larkin
- 1915 · Bughouse Bellhops as Moke Morpheus
- 1915 · Fresh from the Farm as
- 1915 · A Countless Count as Count
- 1915 · His Regeneration as Extra
- 1913 · Sally Scrags, Housemaid as Butler