Harry 'Snub' Pollard
Known For: Acting
Gender: Male
Date of Birth: November 8, 1889
Day of Death: January 19, 1962 (72 years old)
Place of Birth: Melbourne, Victoria, Australia
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.
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1952
Actor Telegram Deliverer (uncredited)
Gents in a Jam
Actor Townsman (uncredited)
The Old West
Actor Man at Assembly Meeting
Scaramouche
Actor Old Man Getting Umbrella in "Singin' in the Rain" Number (uncredited)
Singin' in the Rain
Actor Street Musician
Limelight
Actor Lunch Wagon Counterman (uncredited)
Carrie
Actor Barfly
Park Row
1951
1950
1949
1948
1947
Actor (uncredited)
Framed
Actor Villager (uncredited)
Desperate
Actor Final Mail-Bearing Court Officer (uncredited)
Miracle on 34th Street
Actor Cabby (uncredited)
The Paradine Case
Actor Western Saloon Set Propman
The Perils of Pauline
Actor Townsman (uncredited)
Thunder Mountain
Actor Barfly (uncredited)
Cheyenne
Actor Townsman
Yankee Fakir
1946
Actor Show Boat Orchestra Drummer (uncredited)
Till the Clouds Roll By
Actor Ticket Seller
Andy Plays Hookey
Actor Mr. Grimble (uncredited)
Monkey Businessmen
Actor Party Guest (uncredited)
Society Mugs
Actor Man at Barn Dance (uncredited)
Sister Kenny
Actor Townsman (uncredited)
Partners in Time
Actor Campbell
Jungle Terror
Actor Parade Spectator (uncredited)
The Hoodlum Saint
Actor Taxi driver (uncredited)
Strange Impersonation
Actor Amateur Contest Violinist (uncredited)
Road to Utopia
Actor Town Barber (uncredited)
Badman's Territory
Actor Miner (uncredited)
Canyon Passage
1945
1944
Actor
It Happened Tomorrow
Actor Father at Baby Window (uncredited)
Casanova Brown
Actor Witness (uncredited)
The Girl in the Case
Actor Janitor
Defective Detectives
Actor Pop Denton (uncredited)
Main Street Today
Actor Flop House Tramp (archive footage)
Charlie's Triple Trouble
Actor Townsman (uncredited)
Hail the Conquering Hero
1943
Actor Fireman
His Wedding Scare
Actor Irate Father (uncredited)
Clancy Street Boys
Actor Sheriff Hogwaller (uncredited)
Phony Express
Actor Saloon Swamper
The Kid Rides Again
Actor Flower Delivery Man (uncredited)
Ghosts on the Loose
Actor Townsman in Church (uncredited)
Edge of Darkness
Actor Dance Official
Kid Dynamite
1942
Actor Knocked-out Motorist (uncredited)
Bowery at Midnight
Actor Sailor (uncredited)
Stand by for Action
Actor
Vitamin 'U' for Me
Actor Stubby - Cab Driver (uncredited)
The Payoff
Actor Baseball Game Spectator (uncredited)
It Happened in Flatbush
Actor Soup Customer (uncredited)
'Neath Brooklyn Bridge
Actor 2nd Bartender
Boot Hill Bandits
Actor Supper Club Patron
Foreign Agent
1941
1940
1939
1938
1937
Actor Cookie
Arizona Days
Actor Stubby
Santa Fe Rides
Actor Bad guy caught by sash window in shed (uncredited)
Goofs and Saddles
Actor Pee Wee McDougal
Riders of the Rockies
Actor Bartender
Hittin' the Trail
Actor Prisoner
Sing Cowboy Sing
Actor Pee Wee
Tex Rides with the Boy Scouts
Actor Campbell
Jungle Menace
Actor Bartender
Strange As It Seems: The Herald of the Skies
Actor Edgar Wolfe (as Snub Pollard)
Nation Aflame
1936
1935
1934
1932
1931
1930
1929
1928
1927
1926
1924
1923
Actor Hired Hand
Jack Frost
Actor Inventor
It's a Gift
Actor Detective Snub Pollard
The Mystery Man
Actor Papa
Courtship of Miles Sandwich
Actor Abner Maize
Dear Ol' Pal
Actor The Auctioneer's Helper
Sold at Auction
Actor The Old Settler
California or Bust
Actor Our Hero
Fully Insured
Actor Snub
The Green Cat
Actor
Join the Circus
Actor The Papa
It's a Joy!
Actor
Before the Public
Actor
A Tough Winter
1922
Actor The Chauffeur
Newly Rich
Actor Snub - the Scenario Writer
In the Movies
Actor
The Stone Age
Actor Snub
Full o' Pep
Actor The Governor
Blow 'Em Up
Actor Chambermaid Man
Strictly Modern
Actor The New Director
The Dumb-Bell
Actor The Bridegroom
Years to Come
Actor Snub the Ferryboat Pilot
The Old Sea Dog
Actor The Good Grandson
365 Days
Actor
Pardon Me
Actor
Some Baby
Actor Snub
Punch the Clock
Actor
Hale and Hearty
Actor Snub - the Newspaper Plant Janitor
Hot Off the Press
Actor A Hobo
Do Me a Favor
1921
1920
Actor
Raise the Rent
Actor
Don't Rock the Boat
Actor Snub
Drink Hearty
Actor
A London Bobby
Actor
Waltz Me Around
Actor Bicycle Messenger
Fresh Paint
Actor
Run 'Em Ragged
Actor
Park Your Car
Actor
Money to Burn
Actor
All Dressed Up
Actor Prince of Rochquefort
His Royal Slyness
Actor The Dandy
The Dippy Dentist
Actor
Any Old Port
Actor The Dandy
All Lit Up
Actor The Chap
Cash Customers
Actor
Cracked Wedding Bells
Actor
Call a Taxi
Actor Husband
Grab the Ghost
Actor
Live and Learn
Actor
Red Hot Hottentotts
Actor
Why Go Home?
Actor
Getting His Goat
Actor
Slippery Slickers
1919
Actor
Wanted - $5,000
Actor Snub
The Marathon
Actor Hatchet Face
Call for Mr. Caveman
Actor Billy Bullion
Count Your Change
Actor
Chop Suey & Co.
Actor Snub
Young Mr. Jazz
Actor His Valet
Back to the Woods
Actor
Si, Senor
Actor Count Pop-up-skyvitch - the Bolshevik Officer (as Harry Pollard)
A Sammy in Siberia
Actor
The Floor Below
Actor The Unwelcome Suitor
Spring Fever
Actor
A Jazzed Honeymoon
Actor
Going! Going! Gone!
Actor The Assistant Chef
On the Fire
Actor
Pay Your Dues
Actor The Kidnapper
From Hand to Mouth
Actor Sheriff 'Gun Shy' Gallagher
Billy Blazes, Esq.
Actor The Corn-Fed Secretary
Ask Father
Actor The Dandy
Looking for Trouble
Actor The Neighbor
Just Neighbors
Actor The Henpecked Husband (as Harry Pollard)
Next Aisle Over
Actor The Leading Man
Ring Up the Curtain
Actor The Neighbor
I'm on My Way
Actor Jelous Admirer
Never Touched Me
Actor The Valet
Captain Kidd's Kids
Actor The Musical Comedy's Director
Bumping Into Broadway
Actor
How Dry I Am
Actor
Be My Wife
Actor Snub
Look Out Below
Actor
Crack Your Heels
Actor
At the Old Stage Door
Actor
Just Dropped In
Actor
The Dutiful Dub
Actor Trolley conductor
Off the Trolley
Actor
Swat the Crook
Actor
Heap Big Chief
Actor
Pistols for Breakfast
Actor
All at Sea
Actor
The Rajah
Actor
Start Something
Actor
Giving the Bride Away
Actor
Order in the Court
Actor
It's a Hard Life
Actor
Tough Luck
Actor
Love's Young Scream
Actor
Before Breakfast
Actor
His Only Father
Actor
Count the Votes
Actor
He Leads, Others Follow
Actor
Soft Money
1918
Actor Simplex Joe
Take a Chance
Actor
Hear 'Em Rave
Actor
Hit Him Again
Actor Snub, the Butler
The Non-Stop Kid
Actor Snub
The City Slicker
Actor
Fireman Save My Child
Actor The New Director
Hey There
Actor Snub
Are Crooks Dishonest?
Actor
Two Scrambled
Actor
Kicking the Germ Out of Germany
Actor His Assistant
Somewhere in Turkey
Actor
Swing Your Partners
Actor
That's Him
Actor
Why Pick on Me?
Actor
Pipe the Whiskers
Actor Snub
Two-Gun Gussie
Actor
An Ozark Romance
Actor
Sic 'Em, Towser
Actor Snoopy Sam - The House Detective
On the Jump
Actor Snub
A Gasoline Wedding
Actor
Nothing But Trouble
Actor
The Tip
Actor
Let's Go
Actor
Kicked Out
Actor
She Loves Me Not
Actor
Beat It
Actor
Here Come the Girls
Actor
It's a Wild Life
Actor Snub - the Janitor (as Harry Pollard)
Look Pleasant, Please
Actor
Follow the Crowd
Actor
Bride and Gloom
Actor
Bees in His Bonnet
Actor
Hello Teacher
Actor
The Lamb
1917
Actor Snitch, Another
Over the Fence
Actor
Birds of a Feather
Actor
Clubs Are Trump
Actor Cafe Waiter
Lonesome Luke on Tin Can Alley
Actor
Move On
Actor
We Never Sleep
Actor
Lonesome Luke's Lively Life
Actor Spectator at Beach
By the Sad Sea Waves
Actor Passenger with trunk
All Aboard
Actor
Rainbow Island
Actor Snub
Lonesome Luke, Messenger
Actor
Love, Laughs and Lather
Actor
Lonesome Luke Loses Patients
Actor
The Flirt
Actor
Luke's Trolley Troubles
Actor Snub the Butler
Bashful
Actor
From Laramie to London
Actor Snub
Bliss
Actor Snub
The Big Idea
Actor
Step Lively
Actor
Pinched
Actor
Lonesome Luke's Wild Women
Actor
Lonesome Luke's Lovely Rifle
Actor
Luke's Busy Day
Actor
Luke's Lost Liberty
Actor
Lonesome Luke, Lawyer
Actor
Lonesome Luke's Honeymoon
Actor
Luke Wins Ye Ladye Faire
Actor
Lonesome Luke, Plumber
Actor
Stop! Luke! Listen!
Actor
Lonesome Luke, Mechanic
1916
Actor
Luke and the Bomb Throwers
Actor
Luke Foils the Villain
Actor
Luke, Crystal Gazer
Actor
Luke Locates the Loot
Actor
Luke Joins the Navy
Actor
Luke and the Bang-Tails
Actor
Luke, Rank Impersonator
Actor
Luke's Fireworks Fizzle
Actor
Luke's Lost Lamb
Actor
Luke, Patient Provider
Actor Bellhop
Luke's Speedy Club Life
Actor
Luke and the Mermaids
Actor
Luke Does the Midway
Actor First Flophouse Customer
Police
Actor
Luke Rides Roughshod
Actor
Luke's Shattered Sleep
Actor Projectionist
Luke's Movie Muddle
Actor
Luke, the Candy Cut-Up
Actor
Luke and the Rural Roughnecks
Actor
Luke's Society Mixup
Actor
Lonesome Luke Leans to the Literary
Actor Snub
Them Was the Happy Days!
Actor
Lonesome Luke Lolls in Luxury
Actor
Luke Lugs Luggage
Actor
Lonesome Luke, Circus King
Actor
Luke Laughs Last
Actor
Luke's Late Lunchers
Actor
Luke's Fatal Flivver
Actor
Luke's Washful Waiting
Actor
Luke, the Chauffeur
Actor
Luke's Double
Actor
Luke Pipes the Pippins
Actor
Luke's Newsie Knockout
Actor
Luke's Preparedness Preparations
Actor
Luke, the Gladiator
1915
Actor Count
A Countless Count
Actor
Fresh from the Farm
Actor Luke's Co-Worker
Giving Them Fits
Actor
Peculiar Patients' Pranks
Actor Extra
His Regeneration
Actor Moke Morpheus
Bughouse Bellhops
Actor Sourball Joe
Tinkering with Trouble
Actor Snub Larkin
Ragtime Snap Shots
Actor Hugo Snubb
Great While It Lasted
Actor
Ruses, Rhymes and Roughnecks
Actor
A Foozle at the Tee Party
Actor Tin-Horn Tommy
Lonesome Luke, Social Gangster