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person_profile-Harry 'Snub' Pollard

Harry 'Snub' Pollard Died at age: 72

Actor | Producer

Date of Birth:

Nov 08, 1889

Country of birth:

Australia

Died:

Jan 19, 1962

Biography of

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.

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Harry 'Snub' Pollard

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Filmography of

Harry 'Snub' Pollard

Found 127 Movies in total

The Man Who Shot Liberty Valance

Statehood Audience Member (uncredited) ( Actor )

... 1962

Pocketful of Miracles

Knuckles (uncredited) ( Actor )

... 1961

Homicidal

Eddie, Bellhop (Uncredited) ( Actor )

... 1961

Master of the World

Man at Balloon Society Meeting (uncredited) ( Actor )

... 1961

One-Eyed Jacks

Townsman (uncredited) ( Actor )

... 1961

Days of Thrills and Laughter

archive footage ( Actor )

... 1961

Inherit the Wind

Townsman (uncredited) ( Actor )

... 1960

Who Was That Lady?

Tattoo Artist (uncredited) ( Actor )

... 1960

The Oregon Trail

Townsman (uncredited) ( Actor )

... 1959

Teacher's Pet

Reporter (uncredited) ( Actor )

... 1958

Pal Joey

Waiter (uncredited) ( Actor )

... 1957

The Tin Star

Townsman(uncredited) ( Actor )

... 1957

Man of a Thousand Faces

Comedy Waiter #2 ( Actor )

... 1957

Jeanne Eagels

Quartermaster Bates in 'Rain' (uncredited) ( Actor )

... 1957

The Buster Keaton Story

Audience Member (uncredited) ( Actor )

... 1957

Friendly Persuasion

Carnival Patron (uncredited) ( Actor )

... 1956

Runaway Daughters

Mr. Fields, Little Drunk at Dance Club ( Actor )

... 1956

The Man with the Golden Arm

Street Vagrant (uncredited) ( Actor )

... 1955

Pete Kelly's Blues

Waiter (uncredited) ( Actor )

... 1955

The Fast and the Furious

Park Caretaker ( Actor )

... 1954

Conquest of Cochise

Barfly (uncredited) ( Actor )

... 1953

Hannah Lee: An American Primitive

Man Pacing in Jail Cell ( Actor )

... 1953

Limelight

Street Musician ( Actor )

... 1952

The Old West

Townsman (uncredited) ( Actor )

... 1952

Park Row

Barfly ( Actor )

... 1952

Carrie

Lunch Wagon Counterman (uncredited) ( Actor )

... 1952

Scaramouche

Man at Assembly Meeting ( Actor )

... 1952

Singin' in the Rain

Old Man Getting Umbrella in "Singin' in the Rain" Number (uncredited) ( Actor )

... 1952

The Barefoot Mailman

Townsman at Dance (uncredited) ( Actor )

... 1951

Valley of Fire

Townsman ( Actor )

... 1951

Meet Me After the Show

Stage Door Johnnie in Opening Number (uncredited) ( Actor )

... 1951

Walk Softly, Stranger

Custodian on Stairway (uncredited) ( Actor )

... 1950

Where the Sidewalk Ends

Pool Hall Patron (uncredited) ( Actor )

... 1950

The Gunfighter

Townsman at Funeral (uncredited) ( Actor )

... 1950

... 1950

Adam's Rib

Man in Courtroom (uncredited) ( Actor )

... 1949

Square Dance Jubilee

Show Spectator ( Actor )

... 1949

... 1949

The Lady Gambles

Elevator Operator ( Actor )

... 1949

... 1949

A Woman's Secret

Stagehand (Uncredited) ( Actor )

... 1949

Loaded Pistols

Second Small Man at Dance (uncredited) ( Actor )

... 1948

Belle Starr's Daughter

Party Guest (uncredited) ( Actor )

... 1948

Unknown Island

Extra in Dive, Pointing Out Tarnowski ( Actor )

... 1948

Red River

Wagon Train Member (uncredited) ( Actor )

... 1948

Johnny Belinda

Man on Jury (uncredited) ( Actor )

... 1948

The Man from Colorado

Townsman (uncredited) ( Actor )

... 1948

Back Trail

Goofy (as Snub Pollard) ( Actor )

... 1948

The Paradine Case

Cabby (uncredited) ( Actor )

... 1947

The Perils of Pauline

Western Saloon Set Propman ( Actor )

... 1947

Desperate

Villager (uncredited) ( Actor )

... 1947

Cheyenne

Barfly (uncredited) ( Actor )

... 1947

Miracle on 34th Street

Final Mail-Bearing Court Officer (uncredited) ( Actor )

... 1947

Thunder Mountain

Townsman (uncredited) ( Actor )

... 1947

Framed

(uncredited) ( Actor )

... 1947

Yankee Fakir

Townsman ( Actor )

... 1947

Till the Clouds Roll By

Show Boat Orchestra Drummer (uncredited) ( Actor )

... 1946

Sister Kenny

Man at Barn Dance (uncredited) ( Actor )

... 1946

Canyon Passage

Miner (uncredited) ( Actor )

... 1946

Jungle Terror

Campbell ( Actor )

... 1946

Badman's Territory

Town Barber (uncredited) ( Actor )

... 1946

The Hoodlum Saint

Parade Spectator (uncredited) ( Actor )

... 1946

Partners in Time

Townsman (uncredited) ( Actor )

... 1946

Strange Impersonation

Taxi driver (uncredited) ( Actor )

... 1946

Road to Utopia

Amateur Contest Violinist (uncredited) ( Actor )

... 1946

Kitty

Hugh's Rental Coachman (uncredited) ( Actor )

... 1945

State Fair

Hog Calling Contest Spectator (uncredited) ( Actor )

... 1945

Rockin' in the Rockies

Drunk (uncredited) ( Actor )

... 1945

Casanova Brown

Father at Baby Window (uncredited) ( Actor )

... 1944

Hail the Conquering Hero

Townsman (uncredited) ( Actor )

... 1944

The Girl in the Case

Witness (uncredited) ( Actor )

... 1944

... 1944

Ghosts on the Loose

Flower Delivery Man (uncredited) ( Actor )

... 1943

Clancy Street Boys

Irate Father (uncredited) ( Actor )

... 1943

Edge of Darkness

Townsman in Church (uncredited) ( Actor )

... 1943

Kid Dynamite

Dance Official ( Actor )

... 1943

The Kid Rides Again

Saloon Swamper ( Actor )

... 1943

Stand by for Action

Sailor (uncredited) ( Actor )

... 1942

The Payoff

Stubby - Cab Driver (uncredited) ( Actor )

... 1942

'Neath Brooklyn Bridge

Soup Customer (uncredited) ( Actor )

... 1942

Bowery at Midnight

Knocked-out Motorist (uncredited) ( Actor )

... 1942

It Happened in Flatbush

Baseball Game Spectator (uncredited) ( Actor )

... 1942

Boot Hill Bandits

2nd Bartender ( Actor )

... 1942

Confirm or Deny

Air Raid Refugee in Basement Crowd ( Actor )

... 1941

Mr. Celebrity

Racetrack Spectator (uncredited) ( Actor )

... 1941

A Girl, a Guy, and a Gob

Wedding Chapel Attendant (uncredited) ( Actor )

... 1941

Ridin' the Cherokee Trail

Saloon Drunk ( Actor )

... 1941

Sky Bandits

Pa, Man in Nightshirt ( Actor )

... 1940

Murder on the Yukon

Archie ( Actor )

... 1940

The Earl of Chicago

Townsman (uncredited) ( Actor )

... 1940

Hollywood Cavalcade

Keystone Cop ( Actor )

... 1939

Mesquite Buckaroo

Janitor Suds ( Actor )

... 1939

Lure of the Wasteland

Cookie ( Actor )

... 1939

Rollin' Westward

Poker Player ( Actor )

... 1939

Song of the Buckaroo

'Perky' ( Actor )

... 1938

Where the Buffalo Roam

Pee Wee ( Actor )

... 1938

Starlight Over Texas

Pee Wee ( Actor )

... 1938

Utah Trail

Pee Wee ( Actor )

... 1938

Rollin' Plains

Pee Wee ( Actor )

... 1938

Frontier Town

Peewee ( Actor )

... 1938

... 1937

Nation Aflame

Edgar Wolfe (as Snub Pollard) ( Actor )

... 1937

Jungle Menace

Campbell ( Actor )

... 1937

Riders of the Rockies

Pee Wee McDougal ( Actor )

... 1937

Sing Cowboy Sing

Prisoner ( Actor )

... 1937

Hittin' the Trail

Bartender ( Actor )

... 1937

Santa Fe Rides

Stubby ( Actor )

... 1937

Arizona Days

Cookie ( Actor )

... 1937

The Black Coin

Vic Moran ( Actor )

... 1936

... 1936

The Crime Patrol

Gyp ( Actor )

... 1936

The Amazing Exploits of the Clutching Hand

Snub - Waiter (uncredited) ( Actor )

... 1936

Headin' for the Rio Grande

Cookie (Hart hand) ( Actor )

... 1936

Just My Luck

Frank Smith ( Actor )

... 1935

Bars of Hate

Danny, the Pickpocket ( Actor )

... 1935

The Laramie Kid

Cinvvict Shorty ( Actor )

... 1935

The Drunkard

Property Man ( Actor )

... 1935

The Night Is Young

Drummer (uncredited) ( Actor )

... 1935

One More River

George ( Actor )

... 1934

Cockeyed Cavaliers

King's Physician's Aide ( Actor )

... 1934

Stingaree

Victor ( Actor )

... 1934

The Rawhide Terror

Renegade ( Actor )

... 1934

The Purchase Price

Harmonica Player Joe Atterbury (uncredited) ( Actor )

... 1932

The Strange Love of Molly Louvain

Bill Collector (uncredited) ( Actor )

... 1932

... 1932

The Road to Singapore

Photographer at Birthday Party ( Actor )

... 1931

Ex-Flame

Boggins ( Actor )

... 1930