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 Abner Maize
Dear Ol' Pal

Actor Papa
Courtship of Miles Sandwich

Actor The Old Settler
California or Bust
Actor The Auctioneer's Helper
Sold at Auction
Actor Our Hero
Fully Insured
Actor Snub
The Green Cat
Actor The Papa
It's a Joy!

Actor
Join the Circus
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 - the Newspaper Plant Janitor
Hot Off the Press
Actor Snub
Punch the Clock
Actor
Hale and Hearty

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
All Dressed Up

Actor Prince of Rochquefort
His Royal Slyness

Actor The Dandy
The Dippy Dentist
Actor
Money to Burn
Actor The Dandy
All Lit Up
Actor
Any Old Port
Actor
Call a Taxi
Actor The Chap
Cash Customers
Actor
Cracked Wedding Bells

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 Billy Bullion
Count Your Change

Actor
Chop Suey & Co.
Actor Hatchet Face
Call for Mr. Caveman

Actor Snub
Young Mr. Jazz

Actor His Valet
Back to the Woods

Actor The Kidnapper
From Hand to Mouth
Actor
The Floor Below

Actor
Pay Your Dues

Actor
A Jazzed Honeymoon

Actor Jelous Admirer
Never Touched Me

Actor The Neighbor
Just Neighbors

Actor The Unwelcome Suitor
Spring Fever

Actor The Henpecked Husband (as Harry Pollard)
Next Aisle Over

Actor The Assistant Chef
On the Fire

Actor
Si, Senor

Actor The Leading Man
Ring Up the Curtain

Actor Count Pop-up-skyvitch - the Bolshevik Officer (as Harry Pollard)
A Sammy in Siberia

Actor The Neighbor
I'm on My Way

Actor The Corn-Fed Secretary
Ask Father

Actor
Going! Going! Gone!
Actor The Dandy
Looking for Trouble

Actor The Valet
Captain Kidd's Kids

Actor The Musical Comedy's Director
Bumping Into Broadway

Actor Sheriff 'Gun Shy' Gallagher
Billy Blazes, Esq.
Actor
How Dry I Am
Actor
Be My Wife

Actor Snub
Look Out Below

Actor
The Dutiful Dub

Actor
Just Dropped In

Actor
Crack Your Heels

Actor
Pistols for Breakfast

Actor
Swat the Crook

Actor Trolley conductor
Off the Trolley

Actor
At the Old Stage Door

Actor
Heap Big Chief
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
He Leads, Others Follow

Actor
Soft Money
Actor
Count the Votes

Actor
His Only Father
1918

Actor
Hear 'Em Rave

Actor Simplex Joe
Take a Chance

Actor
Hit Him Again

Actor Snub
The City Slicker

Actor
Fireman Save My Child

Actor Snub
Two-Gun Gussie

Actor Snub, the Butler
The Non-Stop Kid

Actor The New Director
Hey There

Actor
An Ozark Romance

Actor
Kicking the Germ Out of Germany

Actor Snub
Are Crooks Dishonest?

Actor His Assistant
Somewhere in Turkey

Actor
Pipe the Whiskers

Actor
Sic 'Em, Towser

Actor
That's Him

Actor
Two Scrambled

Actor
Swing Your Partners

Actor
Why Pick on Me?
Actor Snoopy Sam - The House Detective
On the Jump

Actor Snub
A Gasoline Wedding
Actor
The Tip

Actor
Beat It

Actor
Here Come the Girls
Actor
Let's Go

Actor
It's a Wild Life
Actor
Kicked Out

Actor
Nothing But Trouble

Actor
She Loves Me Not

Actor Snub - the Janitor (as Harry Pollard)
Look Pleasant, Please

Actor
Follow the Crowd

Actor
Bride and Gloom

Actor
Bees in His Bonnet

Actor
The Lamb
Actor
Hello Teacher
1917

Actor
Birds of a Feather

Actor
From Laramie to London

Actor
Rainbow Island

Actor
Love, Laughs and Lather

Actor
The Flirt

Actor
Luke's Trolley Troubles

Actor
Move On

Actor
We Never Sleep

Actor Passenger with trunk
All Aboard

Actor
Clubs Are Trump

Actor Snub the Butler
Bashful

Actor
Lonesome Luke's Lively Life

Actor Cafe Waiter
Lonesome Luke on Tin Can Alley

Actor Snitch, Another
Over the Fence

Actor
Lonesome Luke Loses Patients

Actor Spectator at Beach
By the Sad Sea Waves

Actor Snub
Lonesome Luke, Messenger

Actor Snub
Bliss

Actor
Step Lively

Actor Snub
The Big Idea

Actor
Pinched

Actor
Lonesome Luke's Wild Women

Actor
Lonesome Luke's Lovely Rifle

Actor
Luke's Lost Liberty

Actor
Luke's Busy Day

Actor
Lonesome Luke, Lawyer

Actor
Luke Wins Ye Ladye Faire

Actor
Lonesome Luke's Honeymoon

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 First Flophouse Customer
Police

Actor
Luke Rides Roughshod

Actor
Luke, Crystal Gazer

Actor
Luke's Lost Lamb

Actor
Luke Does the Midway

Actor
Luke, Patient Provider

Actor
Luke, Rank Impersonator

Actor
Luke's Fireworks Fizzle

Actor
Luke Locates the Loot

Actor
Luke Joins the Navy

Actor
Luke and the Mermaids

Actor Bellhop
Luke's Speedy Club Life

Actor
Luke and the Bang-Tails

Actor
Luke's Shattered Sleep

Actor Projectionist
Luke's Movie Muddle

Actor
Luke and the Rural Roughnecks

Actor
Luke, the Candy Cut-Up

Actor
Luke's Society Mixup

Actor
Lonesome Luke Leans to the Literary

Actor
Luke Lugs Luggage

Actor
Lonesome Luke Lolls in Luxury

Actor
Luke Pipes the Pippins

Actor
Lonesome Luke, Circus King

Actor
Luke's Double

Actor Snub
Them Was the Happy Days!

Actor
Luke's Late Lunchers

Actor
Luke Laughs Last

Actor
Luke's Fatal Flivver

Actor
Luke's Washful Waiting

Actor
Luke, the Chauffeur

Actor
Luke's Preparedness Preparations

Actor
Luke, the Gladiator

Actor
Luke's Newsie Knockout
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 Hugo Snubb
Great While It Lasted

Actor Snub Larkin
Ragtime Snap Shots

Actor
A Foozle at the Tee Party

Actor
Ruses, Rhymes and Roughnecks

Actor Tin-Horn Tommy
Lonesome Luke, Social Gangster