Acting
Harry 'Snub' Pollard
EN, NL, XX cinema · 403 credits
Born
8 November 1889
Died
19 January 1962 (aged 72)
Birthplace
Melbourne, Victoria, Australia
Also known as Harry 'Snub' Pollard · Harry Pollard · Snub Pollard · Harold Hopetown Fraser · Harold Fraser · Harry Fraser
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.
Known for
Filmography
The Parrott Chase
2009
The Parrott Chase
as (archive footage) (uncredited)
Classic Comedy Teams
as Self (archive footage)
The Sound of Laughter
as Plumber's Assistant
The Man Who Shot Liberty Valance
as Statehood Audience Member (uncredited)
Days of Thrills and Laughter
as Self (archive footage)
Master of the World
as Man at Balloon Society Meeting (uncredited)
Pocketful of Miracles
as Knuckles (uncredited)
One-Eyed Jacks
as Townsman (uncredited)
Homicidal
as Eddie, Bellhop (Uncredited)
Who Was That Lady?
as Tattoo Artist (uncredited)
Inherit the Wind
as Townsman (uncredited)
The Oregon Trail
as Townsman (uncredited)
Teacher's Pet
as Reporter (uncredited)
The Tin Star
as Townsman(uncredited)
Jeanne Eagels
as Quartermaster Bates in 'Rain' (uncredited)
Man of a Thousand Faces
as Comedy Waiter #2
Pal Joey
as Waiter (uncredited)
The Buster Keaton Story
as Audience Member (uncredited)
Runaway Daughters
as Mr. Fields, Little Drunk at Dance Club
Friendly Persuasion
as Carnival Patron (uncredited)
The Man with the Golden Arm
as Street Vagrant (uncredited)
Pete Kelly's Blues
as Waiter (uncredited)
The Fast and the Furious
as Park Caretaker
The Country Girl
as Stagehand (uncredited)
Living It Up
as Vagrant in Park (uncredited)
Conquest of Cochise
as Barfly (uncredited)
Hannah Lee: An American Primitive
as Man Pacing in Jail Cell
Julius Caesar
as Citizen of Rome (uncredited)
Gents in a Jam
as Telegram Deliverer (uncredited)
The Old West
as Townsman (uncredited)
Scaramouche
as Man at Assembly Meeting
Singin' in the Rain
as Old Man Getting Umbrella (uncredited)
Limelight
as Street Musician
Carrie
as Lunch Wagon Counterman (uncredited)
Park Row
as Barfly
Valley of Fire
as Townsman
The Barefoot Mailman
as Townsman at Dance (uncredited)
Meet Me After the Show
as Stage Door Johnnie in Opening Number (uncredited)
The Company She Keeps
as Restaurant Patron (uncredited)
Stars in My Crown
as Bartender (uncredited)
Where the Sidewalk Ends
as Pool Hall Patron (uncredited)
Walk Softly, Stranger
as Custodian on Stairway (uncredited)
The Gunfighter
as Townsman at Funeral (uncredited)
The Lady Gambles
as Elevator Operator (uncredited)
Adam's Rib
as Man in Courtroom (uncredited)
Square Dance Jubilee
as Show Spectator
A Woman's Secret
as Stagehand (Uncredited)
Belle Starr's Daughter
as Party Guest (uncredited)
Johnny Belinda
as Man on Jury (uncredited)
Loaded Pistols
as Second Small Man at Dance (uncredited)
Back Trail
as Goofy (as Snub Pollard)
Unknown Island
as Extra in Dive, Pointing Out Tarnowski
The Man from Colorado
as Townsman (uncredited)
Red River
as Wagon Train Member (uncredited)
Framed
as (uncredited)
Desperate
as Villager (uncredited)
Miracle on 34th Street
as Final Court Officer Bearing Mail (uncredited)
The Paradine Case
as Cabby (uncredited)
The Perils of Pauline
as Western Saloon Set Propman
Thunder Mountain
as Townsman (uncredited)
Cheyenne
as Barfly (uncredited)
Yankee Fakir
as Townsman
Trail Street
as Farmer (uncredited)
Till the Clouds Roll By
as Show Boat Orchestra Drummer (uncredited)
Andy Plays Hookey
1946
Andy Plays Hookey
as Ticket Seller
Monkey Businessmen
as Mr. Grimble (uncredited)
Society Mugs
as Party Guest (uncredited)
Sister Kenny
as Man at Barn Dance (uncredited)
Partners in Time
as Townsman (uncredited)
Jungle Terror
as Campbell
The Hoodlum Saint
as Parade Spectator (uncredited)
Strange Impersonation
as Taxi driver (uncredited)
Road to Utopia
as Amateur Contest Violinist (uncredited)
Badman's Territory
as Town Barber (uncredited)
Canyon Passage
as Miner (uncredited)
State Fair
as Hog Contest Spectator (uncredited)
Three Pests in a Mess
as Cemetery Guard (uncredited)
Rockin' in the Rockies
as Drunk (uncredited)
Booby Dupes
as Ice Cream Vendor (uncredited)
Kitty
as Hugh's Rental Coachman (uncredited)
Casanova Brown
as Father at Baby Window (uncredited)
The Girl in the Case
as Witness (uncredited)
Defective Detectives
as Janitor
Main Street Today
as Pop Denton (uncredited)
Charlie's Triple Trouble
1944
Charlie's Triple Trouble
as Flop House Tramp (archive footage)
Hail the Conquering Hero
as Townsman (uncredited)
Lucky Cowboy
1944
Lucky Cowboy
as Man Trying to Stop Fight
The Conspirators
as Airport Baggage Clerk (uncredited)
His Wedding Scare
as Fireman
Clancy Street Boys
as Irate Father (uncredited)
Phony Express
as Sheriff Hogwaller (uncredited)
The Kid Rides Again
as Saloon Swamper
Ghosts on the Loose
as Flower Delivery Man (uncredited)
Edge of Darkness
as Townsman in Church (uncredited)
Kid Dynamite
as Dance Official
Bowery at Midnight
as Knocked-out Motorist (uncredited)
Stand by for Action
as Sailor (uncredited)
The Payoff
as Stubby - Cab Driver (uncredited)
It Happened in Flatbush
as Baseball Game Spectator (uncredited)
'Neath Brooklyn Bridge
as Soup Customer (uncredited)
Boot Hill Bandits
as 2nd Bartender
Foreign Agent
1942
Foreign Agent
as Supper Club Patron
Mr. Celebrity
as Racetrack Spectator (uncredited)
Red Skins and Red Heads
1941
Red Skins and Red Heads
as Party Guest (uncredited)
A Girl, a Guy, and a Gob
as Wedding Chapel Attendant (uncredited)
Ridin' the Cherokee Trail
as Saloon Drunk
Confirm or Deny
as Air Raid Refugee in Basement Crowd
Murder on the Yukon
as Archie
Sky Bandits
as Pa, Man in Nightshirt
The Earl of Chicago
as Townsman (uncredited)
Hollywood Cavalcade
as Keystone Cop
Rollin' Westward
as Poker Player
Lure of the Wasteland
as Cookie
Mesquite Buckaroo
as Janitor Suds
Song of the Buckaroo
as 'Perky'
Rollin' Plains
as Pee Wee
Utah Trail
as Pee Wee
Where the Buffalo Roam
as Pee Wee
Frontier Town
as Peewee
Starlight Over Texas
as Pee Wee
Arizona Days
as Cookie
Santa Fe Rides
as Stubby
Goofs and Saddles
as Bad guy caught by sash window in shed (uncredited)
Riders of the Rockies
as Pee Wee McDougal
Hittin' the Trail
as Bartender
Sing Cowboy Sing
as Prisoner
Jungle Menace
as Campbell
Nation Aflame
as Edgar Wolfe (as Snub Pollard)
The Amazing Exploits of the Clutching Hand
as Snub - Waiter (uncredited)
The Black Coin
as Vic Moran
Headin' for the Rio Grande
as Cookie (Hart hand)
The Drunkard
as Property Man
Bars of Hate
as Danny, the Pickpocket
Just My Luck
as Frank Smith
The Laramie Kid
as Cinvvict Shorty
The Night Is Young
as Drummer (uncredited)
The Rawhide Terror
as Renegade
Stingaree
as Victor
Cockeyed Cavaliers
as King's Physician's Aide
One More River
as George
The Purchase Price
as Harmonica Player Joe Atterbury (uncredited)
The Strange Love of Molly Louvain
as Bill Collector (uncredited)
The Road to Singapore
as Photographer at Birthday Party (uncredited)
One Good Turn
as A Community Player (uncredited)
Girls Will Be Boys
as Plumber's assistant
Ex-Flame
as Boggins
Once Over
1928
Once Over
as Snub Pollard
Fire!!
as The Boy
The Big Idea
as Inventor Ignatius Pollard
Get Busy
1924
Get Busy
as Shorter pal
Jack Frost
as Hired Hand
It's a Gift
as Inventor
The Mystery Man
1923
The Mystery Man
as Detective Snub Pollard
Dear Ol' Pal
as Abner Maize
California or Bust
as The Old Settler
Sold at Auction!
as The Auctioneer's Helper
Fully Insured
1923
Fully Insured
as Our Hero
The Green Cat
as Snub / Big Boss, Writer
It's a Joy!
1923
It's a Joy!
as The Papa
Newly Rich
as The Chauffeur
In the Movies
as Snub - the Scenario Writer
Blow 'Em Up
1922
Blow 'Em Up
as The Governor
Strictly Modern
1922
Strictly Modern
as Chambermaid Man
The Dumb-Bell
as The New Director
Years to Come
1922
Years to Come
as The Bridegroom
The Old Sea Dog
as Snub the Ferryboat Pilot
365 Days
as The Good Grandson
Hot Off the Press
as Snub - the Newspaper Plant Janitor
Do Me a Favor
as A Hobo
Whirl o' the West
as The Tenderfoot
Big Game
1921
Big Game
as Hunter
Rush Orders
1921
Rush Orders
as Marquis de Marmalade
Fifteen Minutes
as The Husband
On Location
1921
On Location
as The Caretaker of the Estate
Waltz Me Around
as Snub
Fresh Paint
as Bicycle Messenger
His Royal Slyness
as Prince of Rochquefort
The Dippy Dentist
as The Dandy
All Lit Up
as The Dandy
Grab the Ghost
as Husband
The Marathon
as Snub
Count Your Change
as Billy Bullion
Call for Mr. Caveman
as Hatchet Face
Young Mr. Jazz
as Snub
Back to the Woods
as His Valet
From Hand to Mouth
as The Kidnapper
Never Touched Me!
as Jealous Admirer
Just Neighbors
as The Neighbor
Spring Fever
as The Unwelcome Suitor
Next Aisle Over
as The Henpecked Husband (as Harry Pollard)
On the Fire
as The Assistant Chef
Ring Up the Curtain
as The Leading Man
A Sammy in Siberia
as Count Pop-up-skyvitch - the Bolshevik Officer (as Harry Pollard)
I'm on My Way
as The Neighbor
Ask Father
as The Corn-Fed Secretary
Captain Kidd's Kids
as The Valet
Bumping Into Broadway
as The Musical Comedy's Director
Billy Blazes, Esq.
as Sheriff 'Gun Shy' Gallagher
Look Out Below
as Snub
Off the Trolley
as Trolley conductor
Take a Chance
as Simplex Joe
The City Slicker
as Snub / The Bell Boy / The Cook
Two-Gun Gussie
as Snub
The Non-Stop Kid
as Snub, the Butler
Hey There
as The New Director
Somewhere in Turkey
as His Assistant
On the Jump
1918
On the Jump
as Snoopy Sam - The House Detective
Let's Go
1918
Let's Go
as Man on beach
It's a Wild Life
as Snub
Look Pleasant, Please
as Snub - the Janitor (as Harry Pollard)
Rainbow Island
as Snub
The Flirt
as Restaurant owner
Move On
Actor
All Aboard
as Passenger with trunk
Clubs Are Trump
as Snub
Bashful
as Snub the Butler
Lonesome Luke on Tin Can Alley
as Cafe Waiter
Over the Fence
as Snitch, Another
By the Sad Sea Waves
as Spectator at Beach
Bliss
as Snub
The Big Idea
as Snub
Pinched
Actor
Police
as First Flophouse Customer
Luke's Movie Muddle
as Projectionist
Giving Them Fits
as Luke's Co-Worker
His Regeneration
as Extra
Bughouse Bellhops
as Moke Morpheus
Tinkering with Trouble
as Sourball Joe
Great While It Lasted
as Hugo Snubb
Ragtime Snap Shots
as Snub Larkin
Lonesome Luke, Social Gangster
as Tin-Horn Tommy