
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.
Movie | The Man Who Shot Liberty Valance | Statehood Audience Member (uncredited) | 1962-04-13 |
Movie | Days of Thrills and Laughter | Self (archive footage) | 1961-03-21 |
Movie | One-Eyed Jacks | Townsman (uncredited) | 1961-03-30 |
Movie | Homicidal | Eddie, Bellhop (Uncredited) | 1961-07-26 |
Movie | Pocketful of Miracles | Knuckles (uncredited) | 1961-12-18 |
Movie | Master of the World | Man at Balloon Society Meeting (uncredited) | 1961-05-01 |
Movie | Who Was That Lady? | Tattoo Artist (uncredited) | 1960-04-08 |
Movie | Inherit the Wind | Townsman (uncredited) | 1960-07-07 |
Movie | The Oregon Trail | Townsman (uncredited) | 1959-08-31 |
Movie | Teacher's Pet | Reporter (uncredited) | 1958-04-01 |
Movie | The Buster Keaton Story | Audience Member (uncredited) | 1957-05-01 |
Movie | Jeanne Eagels | Quartermaster Bates in 'Rain' (uncredited) | 1957-08-02 |
Movie | Pal Joey | Waiter (uncredited) | 1957-10-25 |
Movie | Man of a Thousand Faces | Comedy Waiter #2 | 1957-08-15 |
Movie | The Tin Star | Townsman(uncredited) | 1957-11-06 |
Movie | Runaway Daughters | Mr. Fields, Little Drunk at Dance Club | 1956-01-20 |
Movie | Friendly Persuasion | Carnival Patron (uncredited) | 1956-10-30 |
Movie | The Man with the Golden Arm | Street Vagrant (uncredited) | 1955-12-26 |
Movie | Pete Kelly's Blues | Waiter (uncredited) | 1955-07-31 |
Movie | The Fast and the Furious | Park Caretaker | 1954-11-01 |
Movie | The Country Girl | Stagehand (uncredited) | 1954-12-15 |
Movie | Hannah Lee: An American Primitive | Man Pacing in Jail Cell | 1953-07-13 |
Movie | Conquest of Cochise | Barfly (uncredited) | 1953-09-01 |
Movie | Scaramouche | Man at Assembly Meeting | 1952-05-08 |
Movie | Singin' in the Rain | Old Man Getting Umbrella in "Singin' in the Rain" Number (uncredited) | 1952-04-10 |
Movie | Gents in a Jam | Telegram Deliverer (uncredited) | 1952-07-04 |
Movie | Limelight | Street Musician | 1952-10-16 |
Movie | Park Row | Barfly | 1952-09-01 |
Movie | The Old West | Townsman (uncredited) | 1952-09-29 |
Movie | The Company She Keeps | Restaurant Patron (uncredited) | 1951-01-06 |
Movie | Meet Me After the Show | Stage Door Johnnie in Opening Number (uncredited) | 1951-08-15 |
Movie | Valley of Fire | Townsman | 1951-11-20 |
Movie | The Barefoot Mailman | Townsman at Dance (uncredited) | 1951-12-03 |
Movie | Stars in My Crown | Bartender (uncredited) | 1950-05-11 |
Movie | The Gunfighter | Townsman at Funeral (uncredited) | 1950-05-26 |
Movie | Where the Sidewalk Ends | Pool Hall Patron (uncredited) | 1950-07-07 |
Movie | Walk Softly, Stranger | Custodian on Stairway (uncredited) | 1950-10-14 |
Movie | The Crooked Way | 1949-04-22 | |
Movie | A Woman's Secret | Stagehand (Uncredited) | 1949-01-13 |
Movie | The Lady Gambles | Elevator Operator (uncredited) | 1949-05-20 |
Movie | Square Dance Jubilee | Show Spectator | 1949-11-11 |
Movie | House of Strangers | 1949-07-01 | |
Movie | Adam's Rib | Man in Courtroom (uncredited) | 1949-11-18 |
Movie | The Man from Colorado | Townsman (uncredited) | 1948-08-07 |
Movie | Back Trail | Goofy (as Snub Pollard) | 1948-07-18 |
Movie | Johnny Belinda | Man on Jury (uncredited) | 1948-09-14 |
Movie | Red River | Wagon Train Member (uncredited) | 1948-09-17 |
Movie | Loaded Pistols | Second Small Man at Dance (uncredited) | 1948-12-15 |
Movie | Belle Starr's Daughter | Party Guest (uncredited) | 1948-11-13 |
Movie | Unknown Island | Extra in Dive, Pointing Out Tarnowski | 1948-10-15 |
Movie | Framed | (uncredited) | 1947-05-25 |
Movie | Yankee Fakir | Townsman | 1947-04-01 |
Movie | Thunder Mountain | Townsman (uncredited) | 1947-06-01 |
Movie | Miracle on 34th Street | Final Mail-Bearing Court Officer (uncredited) | 1947-06-04 |
Movie | The Paradine Case | Cabby (uncredited) | 1947-12-31 |
Movie | Desperate | Villager (uncredited) | 1947-06-20 |
Movie | The Perils of Pauline | Western Saloon Set Propman | 1947-07-04 |
Movie | Cheyenne | Barfly (uncredited) | 1947-06-06 |
Movie | Badman's Territory | Town Barber (uncredited) | 1946-05-04 |
Movie | Strange Impersonation | Taxi driver (uncredited) | 1946-03-16 |
Movie | Road to Utopia | Amateur Contest Violinist (uncredited) | 1946-02-27 |
Movie | Monkey Businessmen | Mr. Grimble (uncredited) | 1946-06-20 |
Movie | The Hoodlum Saint | Parade Spectator (uncredited) | 1946-04-04 |
Movie | Andy Plays Hookey | Ticket Seller | 1946-12-19 |
Movie | Canyon Passage | Miner (uncredited) | 1946-07-17 |
Movie | Till the Clouds Roll By | Show Boat Orchestra Drummer (uncredited) | 1946-12-05 |
Movie | Sister Kenny | Man at Barn Dance (uncredited) | 1946-10-10 |
Movie | Society Mugs | Party Guest (uncredited) | 1946-09-19 |
Movie | Three Pests in a Mess | Cemetery Guard (uncredited) | 1945-01-19 |
Movie | Rockin' in the Rockies | Drunk (uncredited) | 1945-04-17 |
Movie | Booby Dupes | Ice Cream Vendor (uncredited) | 1945-10-18 |
Movie | Kitty | Hugh's Rental Coachman (uncredited) | 1945-10-16 |
Movie | It Happened Tomorrow | 1944-03-31 | |
Movie | Defective Detectives | Janitor | 1944-04-03 |
Movie | The Girl in the Case | Witness (uncredited) | 1944-04-20 |
Movie | Casanova Brown | Father at Baby Window (uncredited) | 1944-08-23 |
Movie | Hail the Conquering Hero | Townsman (uncredited) | 1944-08-09 |
Movie | The Kid Rides Again | Saloon Swamper | 1943-01-27 |
Movie | Kid Dynamite | Dance Official | 1943-02-05 |
Movie | Edge of Darkness | Townsman in Church (uncredited) | 1943-04-09 |
Movie | Phony Express | Sheriff Hogwaller (uncredited) | 1943-11-18 |
Movie | Ghosts on the Loose | Flower Delivery Man (uncredited) | 1943-07-30 |
Movie | Clancy Street Boys | Irate Father (uncredited) | 1943-04-23 |
Movie | Foreign Agent | Supper Club Patron | 1942-10-09 |
Movie | It Happened in Flatbush | Baseball Game Spectator (uncredited) | 1942-05-28 |
Movie | Bowery at Midnight | Knocked-out Motorist (uncredited) | 1942-10-30 |
Movie | Boot Hill Bandits | 2nd Bartender | 1942-04-24 |
Movie | Stand by for Action | Sailor (uncredited) | 1942-12-31 |
Movie | The Payoff | Stubby - Cab Driver (uncredited) | 1942-11-24 |
Movie | 'Neath Brooklyn Bridge | Soup Customer (uncredited) | 1942-11-20 |
Movie | Ridin' the Cherokee Trail | Saloon Drunk | 1941-02-25 |
Movie | A Girl, a Guy, and a Gob | Wedding Chapel Attendant (uncredited) | 1941-03-14 |
Movie | Mr. Celebrity | Racetrack Spectator (uncredited) | 1941-10-10 |
Movie | Confirm or Deny | Air Raid Refugee in Basement Crowd | 1941-12-12 |
Movie | The Earl of Chicago | Townsman (uncredited) | 1940-01-05 |
Movie | Murder on the Yukon | Archie | 1940-02-25 |
Movie | Sky Bandits | Pa, Man in Nightshirt | 1940-07-06 |
Movie | Rollin' Westward | Poker Player | 1939-03-01 |
Movie | Lure of the Wasteland | Cookie | 1939-03-18 |
Movie | Hollywood Cavalcade | Keystone Cop | 1939-10-13 |
Movie | Mesquite Buckaroo | Janitor Suds | 1939-04-30 |
Movie | Frontier Town | Peewee | 1938-03-04 |
Movie | Utah Trail | Pee Wee | 1938-08-12 |
Movie | Rollin' Plains | Pee Wee | 1938-07-08 |
Movie | Starlight Over Texas | Pee Wee | 1938-09-06 |
Movie | Where the Buffalo Roam | Pee Wee | 1938-10-12 |
Movie | Song of the Buckaroo | 'Perky' | 1938-12-07 |
Movie | Sing Cowboy Sing | Prisoner | 1937-05-22 |
Movie | Hittin' the Trail | Bartender | 1937-04-03 |
Movie | Santa Fe Rides | Stubby | 1937-02-25 |
Movie | Goofs and Saddles | Bad guy caught by sash window in shed (uncredited) | 1937-07-02 |
Movie | Arizona Days | Cookie | 1937-01-30 |
Movie | Riders of the Rockies | Pee Wee McDougal | 1937-07-02 |
Movie | Tex Rides with the Boy Scouts | Pee Wee | 1937-11-26 |
Movie | Nation Aflame | Edgar Wolfe (as Snub Pollard) | 1937-10-15 |
Movie | Jungle Menace | Campbell | 1937-09-01 |
Movie | The Amazing Exploits of the Clutching Hand | Snub - Waiter (uncredited) | 1936-04-17 |
Movie | The Crime Patrol | Gyp | 1936-05-12 |
Movie | Headin' for the Rio Grande | Cookie (Hart hand) | 1936-01-01 |
Movie | The Gentleman from Louisiana | Hadley | 1936-08-14 |
Movie | White Legion | Baker | 1936-10-24 |
Movie | The Black Coin | Vic Moran | 1936-09-01 |
Movie | The Laramie Kid | Cinvvict Shorty | 1935-06-01 |
Movie | The Night Is Young | Drummer (uncredited) | 1935-01-11 |
Movie | Bars of Hate | Danny, the Pickpocket | 1935-11-01 |
Movie | Just My Luck | Frank Smith | 1935-12-30 |
Movie | Stingaree | Victor | 1934-05-24 |
Movie | The Rawhide Terror | Renegade | 1934-03-19 |
Movie | Cockeyed Cavaliers | King's Physician's Aide | 1934-06-29 |
Movie | One More River | George | 1934-08-06 |
Movie | The Strange Love of Molly Louvain | Bill Collector (uncredited) | 1932-05-28 |
Movie | The Purchase Price | Harmonica Player Joe Atterbury (uncredited) | 1932-07-23 |
Movie | The Road to Singapore | Photographer at Birthday Party | 1931-09-02 |
Movie | One Good Turn | A Community Player (uncredited) | 1931-10-31 |
Movie | The Doughboy | 1926-09-21 | |
Movie | Sold at Auction | The Auctioneer's Helper | 1923-05-26 |
Movie | Courtship of Miles Sandwich | Papa | 1923-06-24 |
Movie | California or Bust | The Old Settler | 1923-04-28 |
Movie | It's a Gift | Inventor | 1923-10-14 |
Movie | Fully Insured | Our Hero | 1923-12-16 |
Movie | Dear Ol' Pal | Abner Maize | 1923-11-11 |
Movie | Years to Come | The Bridegroom | 1922-01-28 |
Movie | The Dumb-Bell | The New Director | 1922-07-16 |
Movie | 365 Days | The Good Grandson | 1922-09-16 |
Movie | The Old Sea Dog | Snub the Ferryboat Pilot | 1922-10-14 |
Movie | Rush Orders | Marquis de Marmalade | 1921-04-07 |
Movie | Whirl o' the West | The Tenderfoot | 1921-01-23 |
Movie | Big Game | Hunter | 1921-05-22 |
Movie | At the Ringside | 1921-07-16 | |
Movie | Fifteen Minutes | The Husband | 1921-10-29 |
Movie | Name the Day | 1921-08-20 | |
Movie | What a Whopper! | 1921-07-30 | |
Movie | His Royal Slyness | Prince of Rochquefort | 1920-02-08 |
Movie | The Dippy Dentist | The Dandy | 1920-01-25 |
Movie | Waltz Me Around | 1920-02-22 | |
Movie | Run 'Em Ragged | 1920-08-01 | |
Movie | Fresh Paint | Bicycle Messenger | 1920-03-07 |
Movie | Money to Burn | 1920-08-28 | |
Movie | Park Your Car | 1920-12-19 | |
Movie | Ring Up the Curtain | The Leading Man | 1919-04-27 |
Movie | Young Mr. Jazz | Snub | 1919-04-20 |
Movie | Crack Your Heels | 1919-04-20 | |
Movie | Si, Senor | 1919-05-11 | |
Movie | Back to the Woods | His Valet | 1919-05-31 |
Movie | Swat the Crook | 1919-06-15 | |
Movie | Pistols for Breakfast | 1919-06-08 | |
Movie | Just Dropped In | 1919-04-13 | |
Movie | The Marathon | Snub | 1919-05-25 |
Movie | Next Aisle Over | The Henpecked Husband (as Harry Pollard) | 1919-03-30 |
Movie | Ask Father | The Corn-Fed Secretary | 1919-02-09 |
Movie | Going! Going! Gone! | 1919-01-25 | |
Movie | Off the Trolley | Trolley conductor | 1919-06-22 |
Movie | On the Fire | The Assistant Chef | 1919-02-22 |
Movie | I'm on My Way | The Neighbor | 1919-03-08 |
Movie | The Dutiful Dub | 1919-03-23 | |
Movie | Look Out Below | Snub | 1919-03-16 |
Movie | A Sammy in Siberia | Count Pop-up-skyvitch - the Bolshevik Officer (as Harry Pollard) | 1919-04-06 |
Movie | Count Your Change | Billy Bullion | 1919-08-10 |
Movie | Call for Mr. Caveman | Hatchet Face | 1919-11-19 |
Movie | Bumping Into Broadway | The Musical Comedy's Director | 1919-11-02 |
Movie | Pay Your Dues | 1919-10-12 | |
Movie | Captain Kidd's Kids | The Valet | 1919-11-30 |
Movie | How Dry I Am | 1919-12-07 | |
Movie | From Hand to Mouth | The Kidnapper | 1919-12-28 |
Movie | The Floor Below | 1919-12-27 | |
Movie | Spring Fever | The Unwelcome Suitor | 1919-06-29 |
Movie | The Rajah | 1919-09-14 | |
Movie | Looking for Trouble | The Dandy | 1919-12-14 |
Movie | Never Touched Me | Jelous Admirer | 1919-07-26 |
Movie | Be My Wife | 1919-09-07 | |
Movie | Billy Blazes, Esq. | Sheriff 'Gun Shy' Gallagher | 1919-07-06 |
Movie | A Jazzed Honeymoon | 1919-08-02 | |
Movie | At the Old Stage Door | 1919-07-20 | |
Movie | Heap Big Chief | 1919-08-24 | |
Movie | Chop Suey & Co. | 1919-08-17 | |
Movie | Pipe the Whiskers | 1918-04-14 | |
Movie | Follow the Crowd | 1918-04-07 | |
Movie | It's a Wild Life | Snub | 1918-04-21 |
Movie | On the Jump | Snoopy Sam - The House Detective | 1918-03-31 |
Movie | Kicked Out | 1918-05-05 | |
Movie | Hey There | The New Director | 1918-04-28 |
Movie | The Non-Stop Kid | Snub, the Butler | 1918-05-12 |
Movie | A Gasoline Wedding | Snub | 1918-03-03 |
Movie | The Tip | 1918-01-06 | |
Movie | Two-Gun Gussie | Snub | 1918-05-19 |
Movie | Hit Him Again | 1918-02-17 | |
Movie | Beat It | 1918-02-24 | |
Movie | Here Come the Girls | 1918-03-17 | |
Movie | Look Pleasant, Please | Snub - the Janitor (as Harry Pollard) | 1918-03-10 |
Movie | Let's Go | Man on beach | 1918-03-24 |
Movie | Swing Your Partners | 1918-09-29 | |
Movie | Why Pick on Me? | 1918-10-12 | |
Movie | Two Scrambled | 1918-09-01 | |
Movie | Nothing But Trouble | 1918-10-26 | |
Movie | Take a Chance | Simplex Joe | 1918-12-15 |
Movie | Fireman Save My Child | 1918-05-25 | |
Movie | She Loves Me Not | 1918-12-29 | |
Movie | That's Him | 1918-08-04 | |
Movie | Hear 'Em Rave | 1918-12-01 | |
Movie | Kicking the Germ Out of Germany | 1918-07-21 | |
Movie | The City Slicker | Snub | 1918-06-02 |
Movie | Sic 'Em, Towser | 1918-06-09 | |
Movie | Somewhere in Turkey | His Assistant | 1918-06-16 |
Movie | Are Crooks Dishonest? | Snub | 1918-06-23 |
Movie | An Ozark Romance | 1918-07-06 | |
Movie | Lonesome Luke Loses Patients | 1917-09-16 | |
Movie | By the Sad Sea Waves | Spectator at Beach | 1917-09-30 |
Movie | Birds of a Feather | 1917-10-07 | |
Movie | Over the Fence | Snitch, Another | 1917-09-09 |
Movie | Lonesome Luke's Lively Life | 1917-03-18 | |
Movie | Bliss | Snub | 1917-10-14 |
Movie | Luke's Trolley Troubles | 1917-02-04 | |
Movie | Lonesome Luke on Tin Can Alley | Cafe Waiter | 1917-04-15 |
Movie | Lonesome Luke, Messenger | Snub | 1917-08-05 |
Movie | Lonesome Luke's Wild Women | 1917-09-02 | |
Movie | Pinched | 1917-09-23 | |
Movie | Move On | 1917-12-09 | |
Movie | Bashful | Snub the Butler | 1917-12-23 |
Movie | Step Lively | 1917-12-30 | |
Movie | From Laramie to London | 1917-10-21 | |
Movie | We Never Sleep | 1917-12-02 | |
Movie | The Big Idea | Snub | 1917-12-30 |
Movie | Love, Laughs and Lather | 1917-11-04 | |
Movie | Rainbow Island | Snub | 1917-10-28 |
Movie | The Flirt | Restaurant owner | 1917-11-11 |
Movie | All Aboard | Passenger with trunk | 1917-11-25 |
Movie | Clubs Are Trump | Snub | 1917-11-18 |
Movie | Luke, Crystal Gazer | 1916-07-24 | |
Movie | Luke Does the Midway | 1916-08-21 | |
Movie | Luke's Lost Lamb | 1916-08-07 | |
Movie | Luke and the Rural Roughnecks | 1916-03-01 | |
Movie | Luke Joins the Navy | 1916-09-04 | |
Movie | Luke, the Candy Cut-Up | 1916-01-31 | |
Movie | Police | First Flophouse Customer | 1916-05-27 |
Movie | Luke Rides Roughshod | 1916-07-10 | |
Movie | Luke's Movie Muddle | Projectionist | 1916-12-03 |
Movie | Luke and the Mermaids | 1916-09-18 | |
Movie | Luke Locates the Loot | 1916-12-24 | |
Movie | Luke's Shattered Sleep | 1916-12-31 | |
Movie | Luke, Rank Impersonator | 1916-12-10 | |
Movie | Luke's Fireworks Fizzle | 1916-12-17 | |
Movie | Luke, Patient Provider | 1916-11-19 | |
Movie | Luke's Speedy Club Life | Bellhop | 1916-10-01 |
Movie | Luke and the Bang-Tails | 1916-10-15 | |
Movie | His Regeneration | Extra | 1915-05-07 |
Movie | Peculiar Patients' Pranks | 1915-12-22 | |
Movie | Giving Them Fits | Luke's Co-Worker | 1915-11-01 |
Movie | Sally Scrags, Housemaid | Butler | 1913-08-13 |
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