
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)
Master of the World
as Man at Balloon Society Meeting (uncredited)
(1961)
Pocketful of Miracles
as Knuckles (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)
Man of a Thousand Faces
as Comedy Waiter #2
(1957)
Pal Joey
as Waiter (uncredited)
(1957)
Jeanne Eagels
as Quartermaster Bates in 'Rain' (uncredited)
(1957)
The Buster Keaton Story
as Audience Member (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)
(1954)
Living It Up
as Vagrant in Park (uncredited)
(1953)
Conquest of Cochise
as Barfly (uncredited)
(1953)
Hannah Lee: An American Primitive
as Man Pacing in Jail Cell
(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)
Park Row
as Barfly
(1952)
The Old West
as Townsman (uncredited)
(1952)
Gents in a Jam
as Telegram Deliverer (uncredited)
(1951)
The Company She Keeps
as Restaurant Patron (uncredited)
(1951)
Valley of Fire
as Townsman
(1951)
The Barefoot Mailman
as Townsman at Dance (uncredited)
(1951)
Meet Me After the Show
as Stage Door Johnnie in Opening Number (uncredited)
(1950)
Where the Sidewalk Ends
as Pool Hall Patron (uncredited)
(1950)
The Gunfighter
as Townsman at Funeral (uncredited)
(1950)
Walk Softly, Stranger
as Custodian on Stairway (uncredited)
(1950)
Stars in My Crown
as Bartender (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)
Unknown Island
as Extra in Dive, Pointing Out Tarnowski
(1948)
Back Trail
as Goofy (as Snub Pollard)
(1948)
Belle Starr's Daughter
as Party Guest (uncredited)
(1948)
Loaded Pistols
as Second Small Man at Dance (uncredited)
(1947)
Miracle on 34th Street
as Final Mail-Bearing Court Officer (uncredited)
(1947)
Cheyenne
as Barfly (uncredited)
(1947)
The Perils of Pauline
as Western Saloon Set Propman
(1947)
The Paradine Case
as Cabby (uncredited)
(1947)
Framed
as (uncredited)
(1947)
Thunder Mountain
as Townsman (uncredited)
(1947)
Desperate
as Villager (uncredited)
(1947)
Yankee Fakir
as Townsman
(1946)
Till the Clouds Roll By
as Show Boat Orchestra Drummer (uncredited)
(1946)
Canyon Passage
as Miner (uncredited)
(1946)
Badman's Territory
as Town Barber (uncredited)
(1946)
The Hoodlum Saint
as Parade Spectator (uncredited)
(1946)
Road to Utopia
as Amateur Contest Violinist (uncredited)
(1946)
Strange Impersonation
as Taxi driver (uncredited)
(1946)
Partners in Time
as Townsman (uncredited)
(1946)
Society Mugs
as Party Guest (uncredited)
(1946)
Monkey Businessmen
as Mr. Grimble (uncredited)
(1946)
Jungle Terror
as Campbell
(1946)
Sister Kenny
as Man at Barn Dance (uncredited)
(1946)
Andy Plays Hookey
as Ticket Seller
(1945)
State Fair
as Hog Calling Contest Spectator (uncredited)
(1945)
Kitty
as Hugh's Rental Coachman (uncredited)
(1945)
Booby Dupes
as Ice Cream Vendor (uncredited)
(1945)
Three Pests in a Mess
as Cemetery Guard (uncredited)
(1945)
Rockin' in the Rockies
as Drunk (uncredited)
(1944)
(1944)
Hail the Conquering Hero
as Townsman (uncredited)
(1944)
The Girl in the Case
as Witness (uncredited)
(1944)
Casanova Brown
as Father at Baby Window (uncredited)
(1944)
Defective Detectives
as Janitor
(1944)
Main Street Today
as Pop Denton (uncredited)
(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)
Clancy Street Boys
as Irate Father (uncredited)
(1943)
His Wedding Scare
as Fireman
(1942)
Bowery at Midnight
as Knocked-out Motorist (uncredited)
(1942)
Stand by for Action
as Sailor (uncredited)
(1942)
Boot Hill Bandits
as 2nd Bartender
(1942)
'Neath Brooklyn Bridge
as Soup Customer (uncredited)
(1942)
The Payoff
as Stubby - Cab Driver (uncredited)
(1942)
Foreign Agent
as Supper Club Patron
(1942)
It Happened in Flatbush
as Baseball Game Spectator (uncredited)
(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)
Red Skins and Red Heads
as Party Guest (uncredited)
(1941)
Ridin' the Cherokee Trail
as Saloon Drunk
(1941)
Mr. Celebrity
as Racetrack Spectator (uncredited)
(1940)
Murder on the Yukon
as Archie
(1940)
The Earl of Chicago
as Townsman (uncredited)
(1940)
Sky Bandits
as Pa, Man in Nightshirt
(1939)
Hollywood Cavalcade
as Keystone Cop
(1939)
Mesquite Buckaroo
as Janitor Suds
(1939)
Rollin' Westward
as Poker Player
(1939)
Lure of the Wasteland
as Cookie
(1938)
Song of the Buckaroo
as 'Perky'
(1938)
Rollin' Plains
as Pee Wee
(1938)
Where the Buffalo Roam
as Pee Wee
(1938)
Frontier Town
as Peewee
(1938)
Starlight Over Texas
as Pee Wee
(1938)
Utah Trail
as Pee Wee
(1937)
Sing Cowboy Sing
as Prisoner
(1937)
Nation Aflame
as Edgar Wolfe (as Snub Pollard)
(1937)
Jungle Menace
as Campbell
(1937)
Hittin' the Trail
as Bartender
(1937)
Tex Rides with the Boy Scouts
as Pee Wee
(1937)
Santa Fe Rides
as Stubby
(1937)
Arizona Days
as Cookie
(1937)
Goofs and Saddles
as Bad guy caught by sash window in shed (uncredited)
(1937)
Riders of the Rockies
as Pee Wee McDougal
(1937)
Strange As It Seems: The Herald of the Skies
as Bartender
(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)
The Gentleman from Louisiana
as Hadley
(1936)
White Legion
as Baker
(1936)
Headin' for the Rio Grande
as Cookie (Hart hand)
(1935)
The Laramie Kid
as Cinvvict Shorty
(1935)
Bars of Hate
as Danny, the Pickpocket
(1935)
The Night Is Young
as Drummer (uncredited)
(1935)
The Drunkard
as Property Man
(1935)
Just My Luck
as Frank Smith
(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)
(1929)
Sock and Run
as Alphonse
(1928)
(1928)
(1928)
Once Over
as Snub Pollard
(1928)
(1928)
(1927)
(1927)
(1926)
(1926)
(1926)
Fire!!
as The Boy
(1926)
(1924)
The Big Idea
as Inventor Ignatius Pollard
(1924)
Get Busy
as Shorter pal
(1923)
Dear Ol' Pal
as Abner Maize
(1923)
Sold at Auction
as The Auctioneer's Helper
(1923)
(1923)
Courtship of Miles Sandwich
as Papa
(1923)
(1923)
It's a Joy!
as The Papa
(1923)
California or Bust
as The Old Settler
(1923)
Fully Insured
as Our Hero
(1923)
(1923)
The Mystery Man
as Detective Snub Pollard
(1923)
Jack Frost
as Hired Hand
(1923)
The Green Cat
as Snub
(1923)
It's a Gift
as Inventor
(1922)
Do Me a Favor
as A Hobo
(1922)
The Old Sea Dog
as Snub the Ferryboat Pilot
(1922)
The Dumb-Bell
as The New Director
(1922)
365 Days
as The Good Grandson
(1922)
Hot Off the Press
as Snub - the Newspaper Plant Janitor
(1922)
Full o' Pep
as Snub
(1922)
In the Movies
as Snub - the Scenario Writer
(1922)
(1922)
(1922)
Punch the Clock
as Snub
(1922)
Newly Rich
as The Chauffeur
(1922)
Years to Come
as The Bridegroom
(1922)
Blow 'Em Up
as The Governor
(1922)
Strictly Modern
as Chambermaid Man
(1922)
(1922)
(1921)
(1921)
Big Game
as Hunter
(1921)
(1921)
Fifteen Minutes
as The Husband
(1921)
(1921)
Rush Orders
as Marquis de Marmalade
(1921)
On Location
as The Caretaker of the Estate
(1921)
Whirl o' the West
as The Tenderfoot
(1921)
The Hustler
as Snub
(1921)
(1921)
(1921)
(1920)
Grab the Ghost
as Husband
(1920)
His Royal Slyness
as Prince of Rochquefort
(1920)
(1920)
(1920)
All Lit Up
as The Dandy
(1920)
(1920)
(1920)
Cash Customers
as The Chap
(1920)
(1920)
(1920)
(1920)
The Dippy Dentist
as The Dandy
(1920)
(1920)
(1920)
(1920)
Drink Hearty
as Snub
(1920)
Fresh Paint
as Bicycle Messenger
(1920)
(1920)
(1920)
(1920)
(1920)
(1920)
(1919)
Captain Kidd's Kids
as The Valet
(1919)
Bumping Into Broadway
as The Musical Comedy's Director
(1919)
Young Mr. Jazz
as Snub
(1919)
Just Neighbors
as The Neighbor
(1919)
Ask Father
as The Corn-Fed Secretary
(1919)
From Hand to Mouth
as The Kidnapper
(1919)
A Sammy in Siberia
as Count Pop-up-skyvitch - the Bolshevik Officer (as Harry Pollard)
(1919)
I'm on My Way
as The Neighbor
(1919)
Back to the Woods
as His Valet
(1919)
Next Aisle Over
as The Henpecked Husband (as Harry Pollard)
(1919)
(1919)
(1919)
The Marathon
as Snub
(1919)
Count Your Change
as Billy Bullion
(1919)
(1919)
(1919)
(1919)
(1919)
On the Fire
as The Assistant Chef
(1919)
(1919)
(1919)
(1919)
Spring Fever
as The Unwelcome Suitor
(1919)
(1919)
(1919)
(1919)
Looking for Trouble
as The Dandy
(1919)
(1919)
Look Out Below
as Snub
(1919)
(1919)
(1919)
Billy Blazes, Esq.
as Sheriff 'Gun Shy' Gallagher
(1919)
Ring Up the Curtain
as The Leading Man
(1919)
(1919)
(1919)
(1919)
(1919)
(1919)
(1919)
Off the Trolley
as Trolley conductor
(1919)
Never Touched Me
as Jelous Admirer
(1919)
(1919)
(1919)
(1919)
(1919)
Call for Mr. Caveman
as Hatchet Face
(1919)
(1919)
(1919)
(1919)
(1918)
Two-Gun Gussie
as Snub
(1918)
Take a Chance
as Simplex Joe
(1918)
A Gasoline Wedding
as Snub
(1918)
Hey There
as The New Director
(1918)
The Non-Stop Kid
as Snub, the Butler
(1918)
(1918)
(1918)
On the Jump
as Snoopy Sam - The House Detective
(1918)
It's a Wild Life
as Snub
(1918)
Are Crooks Dishonest?
as Snub
(1918)
(1918)
(1918)
(1918)
The City Slicker
as Snub
(1918)
(1918)
(1918)
(1918)
(1918)
Look Pleasant, Please
as Snub - the Janitor (as Harry Pollard)
(1918)
(1918)
(1918)
Let's Go
as Man on beach
(1918)
(1918)
Somewhere in Turkey
as His Assistant
(1918)
(1918)
(1918)
(1918)
(1918)
(1918)
(1918)
(1918)
(1918)
(1918)
(1917)
The Flirt
as Restaurant owner
(1917)
Over the Fence
as Snitch, Another
(1917)
Clubs Are Trump
as Snub
(1917)
Bliss
as Snub
(1917)
(1917)
All Aboard
as Passenger with trunk
(1917)
(1917)
(1917)
The Big Idea
as Snub
(1917)
By the Sad Sea Waves
as Spectator at Beach
(1917)
(1917)
Lonesome Luke on Tin Can Alley
as Cafe Waiter
(1917)
(1917)
(1917)
(1917)
(1917)
(1917)
Bashful
as Snub the Butler
(1917)
(1917)
(1917)
Lonesome Luke, Messenger
as Snub
(1917)
(1917)
Rainbow Island
as Snub
(1917)
(1917)
(1917)
(1917)
(1917)
(1917)
(1917)
(1917)
(1916)
Police
as First Flophouse Customer
(1916)
(1916)
(1916)
Luke's Movie Muddle
as Projectionist
(1916)
(1916)
(1916)
(1916)
(1916)
(1916)
(1916)
(1916)
(1916)
(1916)
(1916)
Luke's Speedy Club Life
as Bellhop
(1916)
(1916)
Them Was the Happy Days!
as Snub
(1916)
(1916)
(1916)
(1916)
(1916)
(1916)
(1916)
(1916)
(1916)
(1916)
(1916)
(1916)
(1916)
(1916)
(1916)
(1916)
(1916)
(1916)
(1915)
His Regeneration
as Extra
(1915)
Bughouse Bellhops
as Moke Morpheus
(1915)
Giving Them Fits
as Luke's Co-Worker
(1915)
Great While It Lasted
as Hugo Snubb
(1915)
Ragtime Snap Shots
as Snub Larkin
(1915)
(1915)
Lonesome Luke, Social Gangster
as Tin-Horn Tommy
(1915)
Tinkering with Trouble
as Sourball Joe
(1915)
A Countless Count
as Count
(1915)
(1915)
(1915)
(1913)
Sally Scrags, Housemaid
as Butler