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 · Square Dance Jubilee as Show Spectator
- 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)
- 1948 · Back Trail as Goofy (as Snub Pollard)
- 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 · Society Mugs as Party Guest (uncredited)
- 1946 · Canyon Passage as Miner (uncredited)
- 1946 · Monkey Businessmen as Mr. Grimble (uncredited)
- 1946 · Jungle Terror as Campbell
- 1946 · Badman's Territory as Town Barber (uncredited)
- 1946 · Partners in Time as Townsman (uncredited)
- 1946 · The Hoodlum Saint as Parade Spectator (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 · Defective Detectives as Janitor
- 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 · Mr. Celebrity as Racetrack Spectator (uncredited)
- 1941 · Red Skins and Red Heads as Party Guest (uncredited)
- 1939 · Lure of the Wasteland as Cookie
- 1938 · Starlight Over Texas as Pee Wee
- 1938 · Utah Trail as Pee Wee
- 1938 · Rollin' Plains as Pee Wee
- 1938 · Frontier Town as Peewee
- 1937 · Jungle Menace as Campbell
- 1937 · Sing Cowboy Sing as Prisoner
- 1937 · Strange As It Seems: The Herald of the Skies as Bartender
- 1936 · White Legion as Baker
- 1936 · The Gentleman from Louisiana as Hadley
- 1935 · Bars of Hate as Danny, the Pickpocket
- 1935 · The Drunkard as Property Man
- 1932 · The Midnight Patrol as
- 1931 · Girls Will Be Boys as Plumber's assistant
- 1929 · The Big Shot as
- 1928 · No Kidding as
- 1927 · Double Trouble as
- 1927 · Mitt The Prince as
- 1926 · The Yokel as
- 1924 · Get Busy as Shorter pal
- 1923 · Dear Ol' Pal as Abner Maize
- 1923 · The Mystery Man as Detective Snub Pollard
- 1923 · The Green Cat as Snub
- 1922 · Newly Rich as The Chauffeur
- 1922 · The Old Sea Dog as Snub the Ferryboat Pilot
- 1922 · 365 Days as The Good Grandson
- 1922 · Hale and Hearty as
- 1922 · Strictly Modern as Chambermaid Man
- 1922 · In the Movies as Snub - the Scenario Writer
- 1922 · Hot Off the Press as Snub - the Newspaper Plant Janitor
- 1922 · Blow 'Em Up as The Governor
- 1921 · On Location as The Caretaker of the Estate
- 1921 · Fifteen Minutes as The Husband
- 1921 · Name the Day as
- 1921 · What a Whopper! as
- 1921 · High Rollers as
- 1921 · Big Game as Hunter
- 1921 · Whirl o' the West as The Tenderfoot
- 1920 · Cash Customers as The Chap
- 1920 · Money to Burn as
- 1920 · Any Old Port as
- 1920 · Grab the Ghost as Husband
- 1920 · All Dressed Up as
- 1920 · Cracked Wedding Bells as
- 1920 · Waltz Me Around as
- 1920 · Why Go Home? as
- 1919 · It's a Hard Life as
- 1919 · Captain Kidd's Kids as The Valet
- 1919 · Call for Mr. Caveman as Hatchet Face
- 1919 · Giving the Bride Away as
- 1919 · His Only Father as
- 1919 · Start Something as
- 1919 · Count the Votes as
- 1919 · The Rajah as
- 1919 · Heap Big Chief as
- 1919 · Chop Suey & Co. as
- 1919 · Count Your Change as Billy Bullion
- 1919 · Never Touched Me as Jelous Admirer
- 1919 · At the Old Stage Door as
- 1919 · Off the Trolley as Trolley conductor
- 1919 · Swat the Crook as
- 1919 · Pistols for Breakfast as
- 1919 · Before Breakfast as
- 1919 · Ring Up the Curtain as The Leading Man
- 1919 · Crack Your Heels as
- 1919 · Just Dropped In as
- 1919 · Look Out Below as Snub
- 1919 · Wanted - $5,000 as
- 1918 · Hear 'Em Rave as
- 1918 · Why Pick on Me? as
- 1918 · Swing Your Partners as
- 1918 · Bees in His Bonnet as
- 1918 · Two Scrambled as
- 1918 · Bride and Gloom 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 Non-Stop Kid as Snub, the Butler
- 1918 · Kicked Out as
- 1918 · On the Jump as Snoopy Sam - The House Detective
- 1918 · Beat It as
- 1918 · Hello Teacher as
- 1918 · The Lamb as
- 1918 · The Tip as
- 1917 · Step Lively as
- 1917 · Bashful as Snub the Butler
- 1917 · Move On as
- 1917 · We Never Sleep as
- 1917 · All Aboard as Passenger with trunk
- 1917 · The Flirt as
- 1917 · Rainbow Island as
- 1917 · From Laramie to London as
- 1917 · By the Sad Sea Waves as Spectator at Beach
- 1917 · Lonesome Luke Loses Patients as
- 1917 · Over the Fence as Snitch, Another
- 1917 · Lonesome Luke, Messenger as Snub
- 1917 · Lonesome Luke, Plumber as
- 1917 · Lonesome Luke's Honeymoon as
- 1917 · Lonesome Luke on Tin Can Alley as Cafe Waiter
- 1917 · Luke Wins Ye Ladye Faire as
- 1917 · Lonesome Luke, Lawyer as
- 1917 · Lonesome Luke's Lovely Rifle as
- 1916 · Luke's Shattered Sleep as
- 1916 · Luke Locates the Loot as
- 1916 · Luke's Fireworks Fizzle as
- 1916 · Luke's Newsie Knockout as
- 1916 · Luke, Patient Provider as
- 1916 · Luke, the Gladiator as
- 1916 · Luke's Preparedness Preparations as
- 1916 · Luke's Speedy Club Life as Bellhop
- 1916 · Luke Joins the Navy as
- 1916 · Luke Does the Midway as
- 1916 · Luke's Lost Lamb as
- 1916 · Luke, Crystal Gazer as
- 1916 · Luke's Washful Waiting as
- 1916 · Luke's Society Mixup as
- 1916 · Luke Laughs Last as
- 1916 · Luke's Late Lunchers as
- 1916 · Luke and the Bomb Throwers as
- 1916 · Luke's Double as
- 1916 · Lonesome Luke, Circus King as
- 1916 · Luke Pipes the Pippins as
- 1916 · Luke and the Rural Roughnecks as
- 1916 · Luke, the Candy Cut-Up as
- 1915 · Lonesome Luke, Social Gangster as Tin-Horn Tommy
- 1915 · Peculiar Patients' Pranks as
- 1915 · Ruses, Rhymes and Roughnecks as
- 1915 · Tinkering with Trouble as Sourball Joe
- 1915 · Bughouse Bellhops as Moke Morpheus
- 1915 · Fresh from the Farm as
- 1913 · Sally Scrags, Housemaid as Butler
- Future · The Bum's Rush as
- 1942 · Vitamin 'U' for Me as
- 1941 · Confirm or Deny as Air Raid Refugee in Basement Crowd
- 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
- 1937 · Tex Rides with the Boy Scouts as Pee Wee
- 1937 · Nation Aflame as Edgar Wolfe (as Snub Pollard)
- 1937 · Goofs and Saddles as Bad guy caught by sash window in shed (uncredited)
- 1937 · Riders of the Rockies as Pee Wee McDougal
- 1937 · Hittin' the Trail as Bartender
- 1937 · Santa Fe Rides as Stubby
- 1937 · Arizona Days as Cookie
- 1936 · The Black Coin as Vic Moran
- 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 · The Laramie Kid as Cinvvict Shorty
- 1935 · The Night Is Young as Drummer (uncredited)
- 1934 · One More River as George
- 1934 · Cockeyed Cavaliers as King's Physician's Aide
- 1934 · Stingaree as Victor
- 1934 · The Rawhide Terror as Renegade
- 1932 · The Purchase Price as Harmonica Player Joe Atterbury (uncredited)
- 1931 · One Good Turn as A Community Player (uncredited)
- 1931 · The Road to Singapore as Photographer at Birthday Party
- 1930 · Ex-Flame as Boggins
- 1929 · Sock and Run as Alphonse
- 1929 · Springtime Saps as
- 1928 · Men About Town as
- 1928 · Here Comes a Sailor as
- 1928 · Once Over as Snub Pollard
- 1928 · Thick and Thin as
- 1926 · All Wet as
- 1926 · Fire!! as The Boy
- 1926 · The Doughboy as
- 1924 · The Big Idea as Inventor Ignatius Pollard
- 1923 · It's a Joy! as The Papa
- 1923 · Fully Insured as Our Hero
- 1923 · Join the Circus as
- 1923 · It's a Gift as Inventor
- 1923 · Jack Frost as Hired Hand
- 1923 · Courtship of Miles Sandwich as Papa
- 1923 · Sold at Auction as The Auctioneer's Helper
- 1923 · California or Bust as The Old Settler
- 1923 · Before the Public as
- 1923 · A Tough Winter as
- 1922 · The Stone Age as
- 1922 · The Dumb-Bell as The New Director
- 1922 · Some Baby as
- 1922 · Punch the Clock as Snub
- 1922 · Do Me a Favor as A Hobo
- 1922 · Full o' Pep as Snub
- 1922 · Pardon Me as
- 1922 · Years to Come as The Bridegroom
- 1921 · The Hustler as Snub
- 1921 · At the Ringside as
- 1921 · Blue Sunday as
- 1921 · Rush Orders as Marquis de Marmalade
- 1921 · His Best Girl as
- 1920 · Park Your Car as
- 1920 · A London Bobby as
- 1920 · Live and Learn as
- 1920 · Run 'Em Ragged as
- 1920 · Call a Taxi as
- 1920 · Don't Rock the Boat as
- 1920 · Drink Hearty as Snub
- 1920 · Fresh Paint as Bicycle Messenger
- 1920 · Raise the Rent as
- 1920 · His Royal Slyness as Prince of Rochquefort
- 1920 · Getting His Goat as
- 1920 · All Lit Up as The Dandy
- 1920 · The Dippy Dentist as The Dandy
- 1920 · Slippery Slickers as
- 1920 · Red Hot Hottentotts as
- 1919 · From Hand to Mouth as The Kidnapper
- 1919 · The Floor Below as
- 1919 · Tough Luck as
- 1919 · Looking for Trouble as The Dandy
- 1919 · How Dry I Am as
- 1919 · Order in the Court as
- 1919 · Bumping Into Broadway as The Musical Comedy's Director
- 1919 · All at Sea as
- 1919 · Pay Your Dues as
- 1919 · Soft Money as
- 1919 · He Leads, Others Follow as
- 1919 · Be My Wife as
- 1919 · A Jazzed Honeymoon as
- 1919 · Just Neighbors as The Neighbor
- 1919 · Billy Blazes, Esq. as Sheriff 'Gun Shy' Gallagher
- 1919 · Spring Fever as The Unwelcome Suitor
- 1919 · Back to the Woods as His Valet
- 1919 · The Marathon as Snub
- 1919 · Si, Senor as
- 1919 · Young Mr. Jazz as Snub
- 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 · 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 · Going! Going! Gone! as
- 1919 · Love's Young Scream as
- 1918 · She Loves Me Not as
- 1918 · Take a Chance as Simplex Joe
- 1918 · Nothing But Trouble as
- 1918 · That's Him as
- 1918 · The City Slicker as Snub
- 1918 · Fireman Save My Child as
- 1918 · Two-Gun Gussie as Snub
- 1918 · Hey There as The New Director
- 1918 · It's a Wild Life as
- 1918 · Pipe the Whiskers 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 · Hit Him Again as
- 1917 · The Big Idea as Snub
- 1917 · Clubs Are Trump as
- 1917 · Love, Laughs and Lather as
- 1917 · Bliss as Snub
- 1917 · Birds of a Feather as
- 1917 · Pinched as
- 1917 · Lonesome Luke's Wild Women as
- 1917 · Lonesome Luke, Mechanic as
- 1917 · Stop! Luke! Listen! as
- 1917 · Lonesome Luke's Lively Life as
- 1917 · Luke's Trolley Troubles as
- 1917 · Luke's Busy Day as
- 1917 · Luke's Lost Liberty as
- 1916 · Luke, Rank Impersonator as
- 1916 · Luke's Movie Muddle as Projectionist
- 1916 · Luke, the Chauffeur as
- 1916 · Luke and the Bang-Tails as
- 1916 · Luke and the Mermaids as
- 1916 · Luke Rides Roughshod as
- 1916 · Luke's Fatal Flivver as
- 1916 · Police as First Flophouse Customer
- 1916 · Them Was the Happy Days! as Snub
- 1916 · Luke Foils the Villain as
- 1916 · Lonesome Luke Lolls in Luxury as
- 1916 · Luke Lugs Luggage as
- 1916 · Lonesome Luke Leans to the Literary as
- 1915 · A Foozle at the Tee Party as
- 1915 · Ragtime Snap Shots as Snub Larkin
- 1915 · Great While It Lasted as Hugo Snubb
- 1915 · Giving Them Fits as Luke's Co-Worker
- Future · Teaching the Teacher as Teacher
- 1915 · A Countless Count as Count
- 1915 · His Regeneration as Extra