Harry 'Snub' Pollard
Personal Info
Known for
Acting
Gender
Male
Birthday
1889-11-08
Day of Death
1962-01-19 (72 years old)
Place of Birth
Melbourne, Victoria, Australia
Harry 'Snub' Pollard
Biography
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
Acting
Teaching the Teacher
as Teacher
(1963)
The Sound of Laughter
as Plumber's Assistant
(1962)
The Man Who Shot Liberty Valance
as Statehood Audience Member (uncredited)
(1961)
One-Eyed Jacks
as Townsman (uncredited)
(1961)
Pocketful of Miracles
as Knuckles (uncredited)
(1961)
Master of the World
as Man at Balloon Society Meeting (uncredited)
(1961)
Homicidal
as Eddie, Bellhop (Uncredited)
(1961)
Days of Thrills and Laughter
as Self (archive footage)
(1960)
Inherit the Wind
as Townsman (uncredited)
(1960)
Who Was That Lady?
as Tattoo Artist (uncredited)
(1959)
The Oregon Trail
as Townsman (uncredited)
(1958)
Teacher's Pet
as Reporter (uncredited)
(1957)
The Tin Star
as Townsman(uncredited)
(1957)
Pal Joey
as Waiter (uncredited)
(1957)
Man of a Thousand Faces
as Comedy Waiter #2
(1957)
The Buster Keaton Story
as Audience Member (uncredited)
(1957)
Jeanne Eagels
as Quartermaster Bates in 'Rain' (uncredited)
(1956)
Friendly Persuasion
as Carnival Patron (uncredited)
(1956)
Runaway Daughters
as Mr. Fields, Little Drunk at Dance Club
(1955)
The Man with the Golden Arm
as Street Vagrant (uncredited)
(1955)
Pete Kelly's Blues
as Waiter (uncredited)
(1954)
The Fast and the Furious
as Park Caretaker
(1954)
The Country Girl
as Stagehand (uncredited)
(1953)
Hannah Lee: An American Primitive
as Man Pacing in Jail Cell
(1953)
Conquest of Cochise
as Barfly (uncredited)
(1952)
Singin' in the Rain
as Old Man Getting Umbrella in "Singin' in the Rain" Number (uncredited)
(1952)
Scaramouche
as Man at Assembly Meeting
(1952)
Limelight
as Street Musician
(1952)
Carrie
as Lunch Wagon Counterman (uncredited)
(1952)
The Old West
as Townsman (uncredited)
(1952)
Park Row
as Barfly
(1952)
Gents in a Jam
as Telegram Deliverer (uncredited)
(1951)
Valley of Fire
as Townsman
(1951)
Meet Me After the Show
as Stage Door Johnnie in Opening Number (uncredited)
(1951)
The Barefoot Mailman
as Townsman at Dance (uncredited)
(1950)
The Gunfighter
as Townsman at Funeral (uncredited)
(1950)
Where the Sidewalk Ends
as Pool Hall Patron (uncredited)
(1950)
Stars in My Crown
as Bartender (uncredited)
(1950)
Walk Softly, Stranger
as Custodian on Stairway (uncredited)
(1949)
Adam's Rib
as Man in Courtroom (uncredited)
(1949)
A Woman's Secret
as Stagehand (Uncredited)
(1949)
(1949)
The Lady Gambles
as Elevator Operator (uncredited)
(1949)
(1949)
Square Dance Jubilee
as Show Spectator
(1948)
Red River
as Wagon Train Member (uncredited)
(1948)
The Man from Colorado
as Townsman (uncredited)
(1948)
Johnny Belinda
as Man on Jury (uncredited)
(1948)
Belle Starr's Daughter
as Party Guest (uncredited)
(1948)
Unknown Island
as Extra in Dive, Pointing Out Tarnowski
(1948)
Loaded Pistols
as Second Small Man at Dance (uncredited)
(1948)
Back Trail
as Goofy (as Snub Pollard)
(1947)
Miracle on 34th Street
as Final Mail-Bearing Court Officer (uncredited)
(1947)
The Paradine Case
as Cabby (uncredited)
(1947)
Framed
as (uncredited)
(1947)
Cheyenne
as Barfly (uncredited)
(1947)
The Perils of Pauline
as Western Saloon Set Propman
(1947)
Desperate
as Villager (uncredited)
(1947)
Yankee Fakir
as Townsman
(1947)
Thunder Mountain
as Townsman (uncredited)
(1946)
Till the Clouds Roll By
as Show Boat Orchestra Drummer (uncredited)
(1946)
Badman's Territory
as Town Barber (uncredited)
(1946)
Canyon Passage
as Miner (uncredited)
(1946)
Strange Impersonation
as Taxi driver (uncredited)
(1946)
The Hoodlum Saint
as Parade Spectator (uncredited)
(1946)
Sister Kenny
as Man at Barn Dance (uncredited)
(1946)
Road to Utopia
as Amateur Contest Violinist (uncredited)
(1946)
Society Mugs
as Party Guest (uncredited)
(1946)
Monkey Businessmen
as Mr. Grimble (uncredited)
(1946)
Andy Plays Hookey
as Ticket Seller
(1946)
Partners in Time
as Townsman (uncredited)
(1946)
Jungle Terror
as Campbell
(1945)
State Fair
as Hog Calling Contest Spectator (uncredited)
(1945)
Kitty
as Hugh's Rental Coachman (uncredited)
(1945)
Three Pests in a Mess
as Cemetery Guard (uncredited)
(1945)
Rockin' in the Rockies
as Drunk (uncredited)
(1945)
Booby Dupes
as Ice Cream Vendor (uncredited)
(1944)
Hail the Conquering Hero
as Townsman (uncredited)
(1944)
(1944)
Casanova Brown
as Father at Baby Window (uncredited)
(1944)
The Girl in the Case
as Witness (uncredited)
(1944)
Main Street Today
as Pop Denton (uncredited)
(1944)
Defective Detectives
as Janitor
(1944)
Charlie's Triple Trouble
as Flop House Tramp (archive footage)
(1943)
Edge of Darkness
as Townsman in Church (uncredited)
(1943)
Ghosts on the Loose
as Flower Delivery Man (uncredited)
(1943)
The Kid Rides Again
as Saloon Swamper
(1943)
Phony Express
as Sheriff Hogwaller (uncredited)
(1943)
Kid Dynamite
as Dance Official
(1943)
His Wedding Scare
as Fireman
(1943)
Clancy Street Boys
as Irate Father (uncredited)
(1942)
Stand by for Action
as Sailor (uncredited)
(1942)
Bowery at Midnight
as Knocked-out Motorist (uncredited)
(1942)
The Payoff
as Stubby - Cab Driver (uncredited)
(1942)
It Happened in Flatbush
as Baseball Game Spectator (uncredited)
(1942)
Foreign Agent
as Supper Club Patron
(1942)
'Neath Brooklyn Bridge
as Soup Customer (uncredited)
(1942)
Boot Hill Bandits
as 2nd Bartender
(1942)
(1941)
A Girl, a Guy, and a Gob
as Wedding Chapel Attendant (uncredited)
(1941)
Confirm or Deny
as Air Raid Refugee in Basement Crowd
(1941)
Ridin' the Cherokee Trail
as Saloon Drunk
(1941)
Mr. Celebrity
as Racetrack Spectator (uncredited)
(1941)
Red Skins and Red Heads
as Party Guest (uncredited)
(1940)
The Earl of Chicago
as Townsman (uncredited)
(1940)
Sky Bandits
as Pa, Man in Nightshirt
(1940)
Murder on the Yukon
as Archie
(1939)
Hollywood Cavalcade
as Keystone Cop
(1939)
Lure of the Wasteland
as Cookie
(1939)
Rollin' Westward
as Poker Player
(1939)
Mesquite Buckaroo
as Janitor Suds
(1938)
Where the Buffalo Roam
as Pee Wee
(1938)
Starlight Over Texas
as Pee Wee
(1938)
Rollin' Plains
as Pee Wee
(1938)
Frontier Town
as Peewee
(1938)
Utah Trail
as Pee Wee
(1938)
Song of the Buckaroo
as 'Perky'
(1937)
Tex Rides with the Boy Scouts
as Pee Wee
(1937)
Sing Cowboy Sing
as Prisoner
(1937)
Jungle Menace
as Campbell
(1937)
Goofs and Saddles
as Bad guy caught by sash window in shed (uncredited)
(1937)
Riders of the Rockies
as Pee Wee McDougal
(1937)
Hittin' the Trail
as Bartender
(1937)
Arizona Days
as Cookie
(1937)
Santa Fe Rides
as Stubby
(1937)
Nation Aflame
as Edgar Wolfe (as Snub Pollard)
(1937)
Strange As It Seems: The Herald of the Skies
as Bartender
(1936)
The Gentleman from Louisiana
as Hadley
(1936)
The Crime Patrol
as Gyp
(1936)
The Black Coin
as Vic Moran
(1936)
The Amazing Exploits of the Clutching Hand
as Snub - Waiter (uncredited)
(1936)
White Legion
as Baker
(1936)
Headin' for the Rio Grande
as Cookie (Hart hand)
(1935)
The Night Is Young
as Drummer (uncredited)
(1935)
The Laramie Kid
as Cinvvict Shorty
(1935)
Bars of Hate
as Danny, the Pickpocket
(1935)
Just My Luck
as Frank Smith
(1935)
The Drunkard
as Property Man
(1934)
Stingaree
as Victor
(1934)
One More River
as George
(1934)
Cockeyed Cavaliers
as King's Physician's Aide
(1934)
The Rawhide Terror
as Renegade
(1932)
The Strange Love of Molly Louvain
as Bill Collector (uncredited)
(1932)
The Purchase Price
as Harmonica Player Joe Atterbury (uncredited)
(1932)
(1931)
One Good Turn
as A Community Player (uncredited)
(1931)
The Road to Singapore
as Photographer at Birthday Party
(1931)
Girls Will Be Boys
as Plumber's assistant
(1930)
Ex-Flame
as Boggins
(1929)
(1929)
Sock and Run
as Alphonse
(1929)
(1928)
Once Over
as Snub Pollard
(1928)
(1928)
(1928)
(1928)
(1927)
(1927)
(1926)
Fire!!
as The Boy
(1926)
(1926)
(1926)
(1924)
The Big Idea
as Inventor Ignatius Pollard
(1924)
Get Busy
as Shorter pal
(1923)
Courtship of Miles Sandwich
as Papa
(1923)
(1923)
Sold at Auction
as The Auctioneer's Helper
(1923)
Jack Frost
as Hired Hand
(1923)
Fully Insured
as Our Hero
(1923)
California or Bust
as The Old Settler
(1923)
(1923)
Dear Ol' Pal
as Abner Maize
(1923)
It's a Joy!
as The Papa
(1923)
The Mystery Man
as Detective Snub Pollard
(1923)
It's a Gift
as Inventor
(1923)
(1923)
The Green Cat
as Snub
(1922)
In the Movies
as Snub - the Scenario Writer
(1922)
Punch the Clock
as Snub
(1922)
Hot Off the Press
as Snub - the Newspaper Plant Janitor
(1922)
The Dumb-Bell
as The New Director
(1922)
Full o' Pep
as Snub
(1922)
Years to Come
as The Bridegroom
(1922)
The Old Sea Dog
as Snub the Ferryboat Pilot
(1922)
(1922)
Newly Rich
as The Chauffeur
(1922)
(1922)
365 Days
as The Good Grandson
(1922)
Do Me a Favor
as A Hobo
(1922)
Blow 'Em Up
as The Governor
(1922)
(1922)
Strictly Modern
as Chambermaid Man
(1922)
(1921)
Big Game
as Hunter
(1921)
(1921)
(1921)
Rush Orders
as Marquis de Marmalade
(1921)
On Location
as The Caretaker of the Estate
(1921)
(1921)
Fifteen Minutes
as The Husband
(1921)
The Hustler
as Snub
(1921)
(1921)
(1921)
(1921)
Whirl o' the West
as The Tenderfoot
(1920)
His Royal Slyness
as Prince of Rochquefort
(1920)
The Dippy Dentist
as The Dandy
(1920)
(1920)
(1920)
(1920)
(1920)
(1920)
Cash Customers
as The Chap
(1920)
Grab the Ghost
as Husband
(1920)
(1920)
Fresh Paint
as Bicycle Messenger
(1920)
(1920)
Drink Hearty
as Snub
(1920)
(1920)
(1920)
All Lit Up
as The Dandy
(1920)
(1920)
(1920)
(1920)
(1920)
(1920)
(1920)
(1919)
(1919)
Bumping Into Broadway
as The Musical Comedy's Director
(1919)
Ask Father
as The Corn-Fed Secretary
(1919)
A Sammy in Siberia
as Count Pop-up-skyvitch - the Bolshevik Officer (as Harry Pollard)
(1919)
(1919)
(1919)
(1919)
Count Your Change
as Billy Bullion
(1919)
On the Fire
as The Assistant Chef
(1919)
Billy Blazes, Esq.
as Sheriff 'Gun Shy' Gallagher
(1919)
Never Touched Me
as Jelous Admirer
(1919)
Back to the Woods
as His Valet
(1919)
(1919)
Young Mr. Jazz
as Snub
(1919)
The Marathon
as Snub
(1919)
Spring Fever
as The Unwelcome Suitor
(1919)
Just Neighbors
as The Neighbor
(1919)
Captain Kidd's Kids
as The Valet
(1919)
(1919)
(1919)
Ring Up the Curtain
as The Leading Man
(1919)
(1919)
Next Aisle Over
as The Henpecked Husband (as Harry Pollard)
(1919)
Looking for Trouble
as The Dandy
(1919)
From Hand to Mouth
as The Kidnapper
(1919)
(1919)
(1919)
I'm on My Way
as The Neighbor
(1919)
(1919)
(1919)
(1919)
(1919)
(1919)
(1919)
(1919)
Off the Trolley
as Trolley conductor
(1919)
(1919)
(1919)
(1919)
Look Out Below
as Snub
(1919)
(1919)
(1919)
(1919)
(1919)
(1919)
(1919)
(1919)
(1919)
(1919)
Call for Mr. Caveman
as Hatchet Face
(1918)
(1918)
(1918)
(1918)
Two-Gun Gussie
as Snub
(1918)
(1918)
(1918)
Hey There
as The New Director
(1918)
A Gasoline Wedding
as Snub
(1918)
The City Slicker
as Snub
(1918)
(1918)
Take a Chance
as Simplex Joe
(1918)
(1918)
(1918)
(1918)
(1918)
(1918)
(1918)
(1918)
(1918)
(1918)
(1918)
(1918)
The Non-Stop Kid
as Snub, the Butler
(1918)
Are Crooks Dishonest?
as Snub
(1918)
(1918)
Look Pleasant, Please
as Snub - the Janitor (as Harry Pollard)
(1918)
On the Jump
as Snoopy Sam - The House Detective
(1918)
(1918)
(1918)
(1918)
(1918)
(1918)
(1918)
Somewhere in Turkey
as His Assistant
(1917)
Bliss
as Snub
(1917)
(1917)
(1917)
By the Sad Sea Waves
as Spectator at Beach
(1917)
(1917)
Lonesome Luke, Messenger
as Snub
(1917)
Over the Fence
as Snitch, Another
(1917)
All Aboard
as Passenger with trunk
(1917)
Bashful
as Snub the Butler
(1917)
(1917)
(1917)
(1917)
The Big Idea
as Snub
(1917)
(1917)
(1917)
(1917)
(1917)
(1917)
(1917)
(1917)
(1917)
Lonesome Luke on Tin Can Alley
as Cafe Waiter
(1917)
(1917)
(1917)
(1917)
(1917)
(1917)
(1917)
(1917)
(1917)
(1916)
Police
as First Flophouse Customer
(1916)
(1916)
(1916)
(1916)
(1916)
(1916)
(1916)
(1916)
(1916)
Them Was the Happy Days!
as Snub
(1916)
(1916)
(1916)
(1916)
(1916)
(1916)
(1916)
Luke's Movie Muddle
as Projectionist
(1916)
(1916)
(1916)
(1916)
(1916)
(1916)
Luke's Speedy Club Life
as Bellhop
(1916)
(1916)
(1916)
(1916)
(1916)
(1916)
(1916)
(1916)
(1916)
(1916)
(1916)
(1916)
(1915)
Great While It Lasted
as Hugo Snubb
(1915)
His Regeneration
as Extra
(1915)
Tinkering with Trouble
as Sourball Joe
(1915)
Giving Them Fits
as Luke's Co-Worker
(1915)
Lonesome Luke, Social Gangster
as Tin-Horn Tommy
(1915)
(1915)
Ragtime Snap Shots
as Snub Larkin
(1915)
(1915)
Bughouse Bellhops
as Moke Morpheus
(1915)
(1915)
(1915)
A Countless Count
as Count
(1913)
Sally Scrags, Housemaid
as Butler