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Harry 'Snub' Pollard
Born · November 8, 1889
Died · January 19, 1962 (72 years old)
Known For: Acting
Place of Birth: Melbourne, Victoria, Australia
Bio
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.
The Sound of Laughter
Plumber's Assistant
2.0
1963
The Man Who Shot Liberty Valance
Statehood Audience Member (uncredited)
7.8
1962
Homicidal
Eddie, Bellhop (Uncredited)
6.5
1961
Master of the World
Man at Balloon Society Meeting (uncredited)
5.9
1961
One-Eyed Jacks
Townsman (uncredited)
6.7
1961
Days of Thrills and Laughter
Self (archive footage)
5.5
1961
Inherit the Wind
Townsman (uncredited)
7.7
1960
Pal Joey
Waiter (uncredited)
6.2
1957
The Tin Star
Townsman(uncredited)
7.0
1957
Man of a Thousand Faces
Comedy Waiter #2
6.7
1957
Alfred Hitchcock Presents
Bar Patron (uncredited) · (1 episode)
7.7
1955
Pete Kelly's Blues
Waiter (uncredited)
6.1
1955
Public Defender
(1 episode)
6.0
1954
Hannah Lee: An American Primitive
Man Pacing in Jail Cell
4.0
1953
Park Row
Barfly
6.7
1952
The Barefoot Mailman
Townsman at Dance (uncredited)
4.0
1951
Racket Squad
(1 episode)
6.0
1951
Where the Sidewalk Ends
Pool Hall Patron (uncredited)
7.2
1950
The Gunfighter
Townsman at Funeral (uncredited)
7.3
1950
A Woman's Secret
Stagehand (Uncredited)
5.6
1949
Unknown Island
Extra in Dive, Pointing Out Tarnowski
5.2
1948
Johnny Belinda
Man on Jury (uncredited)
6.8
1948
The Man from Colorado
Townsman (uncredited)
6.8
1948
Cheyenne
Barfly (uncredited)
6.8
1947
Miracle on 34th Street
Final Mail-Bearing Court Officer (uncredited)
7.4
1947
Thunder Mountain
Townsman (uncredited)
5.0
1947
Yankee Fakir
Townsman
5.0
1947
Sister Kenny
Man at Barn Dance (uncredited)
6.5
1946
Society Mugs
Party Guest (uncredited)
0.0
1946
Canyon Passage
Miner (uncredited)
6.6
1946
Jungle Terror
Campbell
0.0
1946
Badman's Territory
Town Barber (uncredited)
5.8
1946
Partners in Time
Townsman (uncredited)
6.0
1946
Strange Impersonation
Taxi driver (uncredited)
6.0
1946
Road to Utopia
Amateur Contest Violinist (uncredited)
6.6
1946
Kitty
Hugh's Rental Coachman (uncredited)
5.5
1945
Rockin' in the Rockies
Drunk (uncredited)
5.7
1945
Hail the Conquering Hero
Townsman (uncredited)
7.0
1944
The Girl in the Case
Witness (uncredited)
5.5
1944
Defective Detectives
Janitor
0.0
1944
Main Street Today
Pop Denton (uncredited)
6.2
1944
Charlie's Triple Trouble
Flop House Tramp (archive footage)
0.0
1944
Ghosts on the Loose
Flower Delivery Man (uncredited)
4.2
1943
Edge of Darkness
Townsman in Church (uncredited)
6.1
1943
Kid Dynamite
Dance Official
6.6
1943
The Payoff
Stubby - Cab Driver (uncredited)
5.8
1942
'Neath Brooklyn Bridge
Soup Customer (uncredited)
6.2
1942
It Happened in Flatbush
Baseball Game Spectator (uncredited)
4.8
1942
Sky Bandits
Pa, Man in Nightshirt
5.0
1940
Murder on the Yukon
Archie
3.5
1940
The Earl of Chicago
Townsman (uncredited)
5.6
1940
Mesquite Buckaroo
Janitor Suds
0.0
1939
Lure of the Wasteland
Cookie
0.0
1939
Rollin' Westward
Poker Player
5.0
1939
Nation Aflame
Edgar Wolfe (as Snub Pollard)
4.0
1937
Strange As It Seems: The Herald of the Skies
Bartender
0.0
1937
One More River
George
5.3
1934
The Midnight Patrol
0.0
1932
Sock and Run
Alphonse
0.0
1929
Once Over
Snub Pollard
0.0
1928
Fire!!
The Boy
0.0
1926
Get Busy
Shorter pal
5.0
1924
It's a Joy!
The Papa
0.0
1923
Fully Insured
Our Hero
5.0
1923
Join the Circus
0.0
1923
The Green Cat
Snub
0.0
1923
Before the Public
5.0
1923
A Tough Winter
0.0
1923
Hale and Hearty
0.0
1922
Punch the Clock
Snub
5.0
1922
Do Me a Favor
A Hobo
5.0
1922
Hot Off the Press
Snub - the Newspaper Plant Janitor
0.0
1922
On Location
The Caretaker of the Estate
0.0
1921
High Rollers
3.5
1921
Live and Learn
0.0
1920
Call a Taxi
0.0
1920
Grab the Ghost
Husband
0.0
1920
Cracked Wedding Bells
0.0
1920
Getting His Goat
0.0
1920
Slippery Slickers
0.0
1920
Why Go Home?
0.0
1920
Red Hot Hottentotts
0.0
1920
Tough Luck
0.0
1919
It's a Hard Life
0.0
1919
Order in the Court
0.0
1919
Giving the Bride Away
0.0
1919
His Only Father
0.0
1919
Start Something
0.0
1919
Count the Votes
0.0
1919
Soft Money
0.0
1919
He Leads, Others Follow
0.0
1919
Be My Wife
0.0
1919
At the Old Stage Door
0.0
1919
Before Breakfast
0.0
1919
Crack Your Heels
0.0
1919
Just Dropped In
0.0
1919
Look Out Below
Snub
5.4
1919
Love's Young Scream
0.0
1919
Nothing But Trouble
0.0
1918
Bees in His Bonnet
0.0
1918
On the Jump
Snoopy Sam - The House Detective
0.0
1918
Let's Go
0.0
1918
A Gasoline Wedding
Snub
5.3
1918
Hello Teacher
0.0
1918
The Lamb
0.0
1918
The Tip
0.0
1918
The Big Idea
Snub
4.5
1917
Step Lively
4.6
1917
Pinched
5.0
1917
Lonesome Luke's Wild Women
0.0
1917
Lonesome Luke, Mechanic
0.0
1917
Stop! Luke! Listen!
0.0
1917
Lonesome Luke, Plumber
0.0
1917
Lonesome Luke's Honeymoon
0.0
1917
Luke Wins Ye Ladye Faire
0.0
1917
Lonesome Luke, Lawyer
0.0
1917
Luke's Busy Day
0.0
1917
Luke's Lost Liberty
0.0
1917
Lonesome Luke's Lovely Rifle
0.0
1917
Luke's Movie Muddle
Projectionist
5.0
1916
Luke's Newsie Knockout
0.0
1916
Luke, the Gladiator
0.0
1916
Luke's Preparedness Preparations
0.0
1916
Luke, the Chauffeur
0.0
1916
Luke's Washful Waiting
0.0
1916
Luke's Society Mixup
0.0
1916
Luke's Fatal Flivver
0.0
1916
Luke Laughs Last
0.0
1916
Luke's Late Lunchers
0.0
1916
Them Was the Happy Days!
Snub
0.0
1916
Luke's Double
0.0
1916
Lonesome Luke, Circus King
0.0
1916
Luke Pipes the Pippins
0.0
1916
Luke and the Rural Roughnecks
0.0
1916
Lonesome Luke Lolls in Luxury
0.0
1916
Luke Lugs Luggage
0.0
1916
Lonesome Luke Leans to the Literary
0.0
1916
Lonesome Luke, Social Gangster
Tin-Horn Tommy
0.0
1915
Peculiar Patients' Pranks
0.0
1915
Ruses, Rhymes and Roughnecks
0.0
1915
A Foozle at the Tee Party
0.0
1915
Ragtime Snap Shots
Snub Larkin
0.0
1915
Great While It Lasted
Hugo Snubb
0.0
1915
Tinkering with Trouble
Sourball Joe
0.0
1915
Bughouse Bellhops
Moke Morpheus
0.0
1915
Giving Them Fits
Luke's Co-Worker
0.0
1915
The Bum's Rush
0.0
Pocketful of Miracles
Knuckles (uncredited)
7.3
1961
Who Was That Lady?
Tattoo Artist (uncredited)
6.2
1960
The Oregon Trail
Townsman (uncredited)
5.3
1959
Teacher's Pet
Reporter (uncredited)
6.8
1958
Jeanne Eagels
Quartermaster Bates in 'Rain' (uncredited)
6.3
1957
Friendly Persuasion
Carnival Patron (uncredited)
6.6
1956
Runaway Daughters
Mr. Fields, Little Drunk at Dance Club
3.9
1956
The Man with the Golden Arm
Street Vagrant (uncredited)
7.2
1955
The Fast and the Furious
Park Caretaker
4.9
1954
Conquest of Cochise
Barfly (uncredited)
5.1
1953
Limelight
Street Musician
7.9
1952
The Old West
Townsman (uncredited)
5.0
1952
Carrie
Lunch Wagon Counterman (uncredited)
6.4
1952
Gents in a Jam
Telegram Deliverer (uncredited)
7.0
1952
Scaramouche
Man at Assembly Meeting
7.1
1952
Singin' in the Rain
Old Man Getting Umbrella in "Singin' in the Rain" Number (uncredited)
8.1
1952
Valley of Fire
Townsman
0.0
1951
Meet Me After the Show
Stage Door Johnnie in Opening Number (uncredited)
5.0
1951
Walk Softly, Stranger
Custodian on Stairway (uncredited)
5.0
1950
Stars in My Crown
Bartender (uncredited)
6.9
1950
Adam's Rib
Man in Courtroom (uncredited)
7.1
1949
Square Dance Jubilee
Show Spectator
7.0
1949
House of Strangers
6.9
1949
The Lady Gambles
Elevator Operator (uncredited)
6.0
1949
The Crooked Way
6.4
1949
Loaded Pistols
Second Small Man at Dance (uncredited)
5.7
1948
Belle Starr's Daughter
Party Guest (uncredited)
4.4
1948
Back Trail
Goofy (as Snub Pollard)
0.0
1948
The Paradine Case
Cabby (uncredited)
6.2
1947
The Perils of Pauline
Western Saloon Set Propman
6.2
1947
Desperate
Villager (uncredited)
6.5
1947
Framed
(uncredited)
6.4
1947
Andy Plays Hookey
Ticket Seller
0.0
1946
Till the Clouds Roll By
Show Boat Orchestra Drummer (uncredited)
5.7
1946
Monkey Businessmen
Mr. Grimble (uncredited)
5.5
1946
The Hoodlum Saint
Parade Spectator (uncredited)
5.2
1946
Booby Dupes
Ice Cream Vendor (uncredited)
4.8
1945
State Fair
Hog Calling Contest Spectator (uncredited)
6.6
1945
Three Pests in a Mess
Cemetery Guard (uncredited)
6.0
1945
Casanova Brown
Father at Baby Window (uncredited)
6.3
1944
It Happened Tomorrow
6.7
1944
Phony Express
Sheriff Hogwaller (uncredited)
5.4
1943
Clancy Street Boys
Irate Father (uncredited)
7.3
1943
The Kid Rides Again
Saloon Swamper
5.5
1943
His Wedding Scare
Fireman
0.0
1943
Stand by for Action
Sailor (uncredited)
7.0
1942
Bowery at Midnight
Knocked-out Motorist (uncredited)
5.1
1942
Foreign Agent
Supper Club Patron
4.0
1942
Boot Hill Bandits
2nd Bartender
5.8
1942
Vitamin 'U' for Me
0.0
1942
Confirm or Deny
Air Raid Refugee in Basement Crowd
3.8
1941
Mr. Celebrity
Racetrack Spectator (uncredited)
4.0
1941
Red Skins and Red Heads
Party Guest (uncredited)
0.0
1941
A Girl, a Guy, and a Gob
Wedding Chapel Attendant (uncredited)
4.7
1941
Ridin' the Cherokee Trail
Saloon Drunk
6.0
1941
Hollywood Cavalcade
Keystone Cop
5.1
1939
Song of the Buckaroo
'Perky'
0.0
1938
Where the Buffalo Roam
Pee Wee
5.0
1938
Starlight Over Texas
Pee Wee
0.0
1938
Utah Trail
Pee Wee
5.0
1938
Rollin' Plains
Pee Wee
0.0
1938
Frontier Town
Peewee
5.0
1938
Tex Rides with the Boy Scouts
Pee Wee
0.0
1937
Jungle Menace
Campbell
5.0
1937
Goofs and Saddles
Bad guy caught by sash window in shed (uncredited)
6.8
1937
Riders of the Rockies
Pee Wee McDougal
5.0
1937
Sing Cowboy Sing
Prisoner
4.0
1937
Hittin' the Trail
Bartender
5.0
1937
Santa Fe Rides
Stubby
0.0
1937
Arizona Days
Cookie
4.0
1937
White Legion
Baker
4.5
1936
The Black Coin
Vic Moran
6.0
1936
The Gentleman from Louisiana
Hadley
0.0
1936
The Crime Patrol
Gyp
0.0
1936
The Amazing Exploits of the Clutching Hand
Snub - Waiter (uncredited)
4.8
1936
Headin' for the Rio Grande
Cookie (Hart hand)
0.0
1936
Just My Luck
Frank Smith
0.0
1935
Bars of Hate
Danny, the Pickpocket
5.0
1935
The Laramie Kid
Cinvvict Shorty
5.0
1935
The Drunkard
Property Man
0.0
1935
The Night Is Young
Drummer (uncredited)
5.0
1935
Cockeyed Cavaliers
King's Physician's Aide
6.0
1934
Stingaree
Victor
5.9
1934
The Rawhide Terror
Renegade
4.2
1934
The Purchase Price
Harmonica Player Joe Atterbury (uncredited)
6.6
1932
One Good Turn
A Community Player (uncredited)
7.0
1931
The Road to Singapore
Photographer at Birthday Party
5.4
1931
Girls Will Be Boys
Plumber's assistant
0.0
1931
Ex-Flame
Boggins
0.0
1930
The Big Shot
5.5
1929
Springtime Saps
8.0
1929
No Kidding
0.0
1928
Men About Town
0.0
1928
Here Comes a Sailor
5.0
1928
Thick and Thin
0.0
1928
Double Trouble
0.0
1927
Mitt The Prince
0.0
1927
All Wet
0.0
1926
The Yokel
5.0
1926
The Doughboy
5.5
1926
The Big Idea
Inventor Ignatius Pollard
0.0
1924
Dear Ol' Pal
Abner Maize
0.0
1923
It's a Gift
Inventor
6.0
1923
The Mystery Man
Detective Snub Pollard
0.0
1923
Jack Frost
Hired Hand
0.0
1923
Courtship of Miles Sandwich
Papa
0.0
1923
Sold at Auction
The Auctioneer's Helper
4.5
1923
California or Bust
The Old Settler
0.0
1923
Newly Rich
The Chauffeur
0.0
1922
The Old Sea Dog
Snub the Ferryboat Pilot
0.0
1922
365 Days
The Good Grandson
0.0
1922
The Stone Age
0.0
1922
The Dumb-Bell
The New Director
6.0
1922
Some Baby
0.0
1922
Strictly Modern
Chambermaid Man
0.0
1922
In the Movies
Snub - the Scenario Writer
0.0
1922
Full o' Pep
Snub
0.0
1922
Pardon Me
0.0
1922
Blow 'Em Up
The Governor
0.0
1922
Years to Come
The Bridegroom
3.5
1922
The Hustler
Snub
0.0
1921
Fifteen Minutes
The Husband
5.0
1921
Name the Day
0.0
1921
What a Whopper!
4.5
1921
At the Ringside
0.0
1921
Blue Sunday
0.0
1921
Big Game
Hunter
0.0
1921
Rush Orders
Marquis de Marmalade
0.0
1921
His Best Girl
0.0
1921
Whirl o' the West
The Tenderfoot
0.0
1921
Park Your Car
4.0
1920
Cash Customers
The Chap
0.0
1920
Money to Burn
0.0
1920
A London Bobby
0.0
1920
Run 'Em Ragged
5.0
1920
Don't Rock the Boat
0.0
1920
Any Old Port
0.0
1920
All Dressed Up
0.0
1920
Drink Hearty
Snub
0.0
1920
Fresh Paint
Bicycle Messenger
5.0
1920
Raise the Rent
5.0
1920
Waltz Me Around
4.5
1920
His Royal Slyness
Prince of Rochquefort
5.8
1920
All Lit Up
The Dandy
5.0
1920
The Dippy Dentist
The Dandy
5.2
1920
From Hand to Mouth
The Kidnapper
6.5
1919
The Floor Below
5.0
1919
Looking for Trouble
The Dandy
5.2
1919
How Dry I Am
0.0
1919
Captain Kidd's Kids
The Valet
6.3
1919
Call for Mr. Caveman
Hatchet Face
4.5
1919
Bumping Into Broadway
The Musical Comedy's Director
6.9
1919
All at Sea
0.0
1919
Pay Your Dues
5.0
1919
The Rajah
5.0
1919
Heap Big Chief
5.0
1919
Chop Suey & Co.
4.8
1919
Count Your Change
Billy Bullion
5.0
1919
A Jazzed Honeymoon
5.1
1919
Never Touched Me
Jelous Admirer
5.6
1919
Just Neighbors
The Neighbor
6.4
1919
Billy Blazes, Esq.
Sheriff 'Gun Shy' Gallagher
5.9
1919
Spring Fever
The Unwelcome Suitor
5.6
1919
Off the Trolley
Trolley conductor
5.8
1919
Swat the Crook
0.0
1919
Pistols for Breakfast
8.0
1919
Back to the Woods
His Valet
4.1
1919
The Marathon
Snub
5.8
1919
Si, Senor
0.0
1919
Ring Up the Curtain
The Leading Man
5.2
1919
Young Mr. Jazz
Snub
5.8
1919
A Sammy in Siberia
Count Pop-up-skyvitch - the Bolshevik Officer (as Harry Pollard)
5.2
1919
Next Aisle Over
The Henpecked Husband (as Harry Pollard)
5.4
1919
The Dutiful Dub
0.0
1919
I'm on My Way
The Neighbor
5.8
1919
On the Fire
The Assistant Chef
5.0
1919
Ask Father
The Corn-Fed Secretary
6.5
1919
Going! Going! Gone!
4.7
1919
Wanted - $5,000
0.0
1919
She Loves Me Not
0.0
1918
Take a Chance
Simplex Joe
6.0
1918
Hear 'Em Rave
4.8
1918
Why Pick on Me?
5.0
1918
Swing Your Partners
5.0
1918
Two Scrambled
0.0
1918
Bride and Gloom
0.0
1918
That's Him
5.0
1918
Kicking the Germ Out of Germany
0.0
1918
An Ozark Romance
0.0
1918
Are Crooks Dishonest?
Snub
5.6
1918
Somewhere in Turkey
His Assistant
6.0
1918
Sic 'Em, Towser
0.0
1918
The City Slicker
Snub
5.0
1918
Fireman Save My Child
5.5
1918
Two-Gun Gussie
Snub
5.3
1918
The Non-Stop Kid
Snub, the Butler
5.1
1918
Kicked Out
0.0
1918
Hey There
The New Director
6.9
1918
It's a Wild Life
5.0
1918
Pipe the Whiskers
5.0
1918
Follow the Crowd
5.5
1918
Here Come the Girls
2.0
1918
Look Pleasant, Please
Snub - the Janitor (as Harry Pollard)
5.0
1918
Beat It
0.0
1918
Hit Him Again
0.0
1918
Bashful
Snub the Butler
6.9
1917
Move On
4.5
1917
We Never Sleep
0.0
1917
All Aboard
Passenger with trunk
4.9
1917
Clubs Are Trump
5.2
1917
The Flirt
4.2
1917
Love, Laughs and Lather
0.0
1917
Rainbow Island
5.0
1917
From Laramie to London
0.0
1917
Bliss
Snub
4.3
1917
Birds of a Feather
0.0
1917
By the Sad Sea Waves
Spectator at Beach
5.8
1917
Lonesome Luke Loses Patients
0.0
1917
Over the Fence
Snitch, Another
5.9
1917
Lonesome Luke, Messenger
Snub
4.5
1917
Lonesome Luke on Tin Can Alley
Cafe Waiter
0.0
1917
Lonesome Luke's Lively Life
0.0
1917
Luke's Trolley Troubles
0.0
1917
Luke's Shattered Sleep
0.0
1916
Luke Locates the Loot
0.0
1916
Luke's Fireworks Fizzle
0.0
1916
Luke, Rank Impersonator
0.0
1916
Luke, Patient Provider
0.0
1916
Luke and the Bang-Tails
0.0
1916
Luke's Speedy Club Life
Bellhop
0.0
1916
Luke and the Mermaids
0.0
1916
Luke Joins the Navy
5.0
1916
Luke Does the Midway
0.0
1916
Luke's Lost Lamb
0.0
1916
Luke, Crystal Gazer
0.0
1916
Luke Rides Roughshod
0.0
1916
Police
First Flophouse Customer
6.2
1916
Luke and the Bomb Throwers
0.0
1916
Luke Foils the Villain
0.0
1916
Luke, the Candy Cut-Up
0.0
1916
Fresh from the Farm
0.0
1915
A Countless Count
Count
0.0
1915
Teaching the Teacher
Teacher
0.0
His Regeneration
Extra
4.2
1915
Sally Scrags, Housemaid
Butler
0.0
1913