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