'Snub' Pollard
The slight frame (5' 6"), pale, serious countenance, and dark, droopy mustache are unmistakeable, definitive identification badges in recalling silent comedian Harry "Snub" Pollard. Born in Australia as Harry Fraser, he joined a vaudeville troupe, which toured the United States around 1910. The troupe broke up there and Harry decided to stay, dubbing himself with "Pollard" as a last name moniker. He started off at the Essenay Film Studios in 1911 and briefly worked with the Keystone Kops. Hal Roach took an avid interest and, in 1915, had Snub co-starring with Harold Lloyd and Bebe Daniels in the highly successful Lonesome Luke series, which ran for years (86 films in all). In 1919, Snub took a chance and ventured on with his own solo one- and two-reelers with sights gags and gimmicks-a-plenty. Many of them were ably directed by Charley Chase and co-starred Marie Mosquini as his frequent leading lady. His "second banana" status, however, was firmly entrenched, and his vehicles were met with only a modicum of interest. He also made personal appearances on the farcical stage. His production company, created in 1926, eventually folded and he was relegated to supporting other top comedians again, notably Stan Laurel and Oliver Hardy and Andy Clyde, or appearing in poverty-row programmers. By the late 1930s, he was (ironically) reduced to silent, atmospheric bits in talking pictures. One last hurrah would be his playing of Pee Wee, sidekick to cowboy Tex Ritter, in a series of minor westerns. Thereafter, Snub continued obscurely in films until his death in 1962 of cancer. His sister was comedy actress Daphne Pollard who also entertained audiences with her own short films. Date of Death 19 January 1962, Burbank, California (cancer)
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- Born:
- Nov 9, 1889 In Melbourne, Victoria, Australia
- Movie/TV Credits:
- 234
- First Appeared:
- In the movie Sally Scrags, Housemaid 1913-08-13
- Latest Project:
- Movie The Man Who Shot Liberty Valance 1962-04-13
Known For
Filmography
| Movie | The Man Who Shot Liberty Valance | Statehood Audience Member (uncredited) | 1962-04-13 |
| Movie | Days of Thrills and Laughter | archive footage | 1961-03-21 |
| Movie | One-Eyed Jacks | Townsman (uncredited) | 1961-03-30 |
| Movie | Homicidal | Eddie - the 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 | Inherit the Wind | Townsman (uncredited) | 1960-07-07 |
| Movie | Teacher's Pet | Reporter (uncredited) | 1958-04-01 |
| Movie | Jeanne Eagels | Quartermaster Bates in 'Rain' (uncredited) | 1957-08-02 |
| Movie | Man of a Thousand Faces | Comedy Waiter #2 | 1957-08-15 |
| Movie | Pal Joey | Waiter (uncredited) | 1957-10-25 |
| Movie | Runaway Daughters | Mr. Fields, Little Drunk at Dance Club | 1956-01-20 |
| Movie | Friendly Persuasion | Carnival Patron (uncredited) | 1956-11-25 |
| Movie | Pete Kelly's Blues | Waiter (uncredited) | 1955-07-31 |
| Movie | The Man with the Golden Arm | Street Vagrant (uncredited) | 1955-12-26 |
| Movie | The Fast and the Furious | Park Caretaker | 1954-11-01 |
| Movie | Julius Caesar | Citizen of Rome | 1953-06-04 |
| Movie | Hannah Lee: An American Primitive | Man Pacing in Jail Cell | 1953-07-13 |
| Movie | Singin' in the Rain | Old Man Getting Umbrella in "Singin' in the Rain" Number (uncredited) | 1952-04-09 |
| Movie | Park Row | Barfly | 1952-09-01 |
| Movie | Limelight | Street Musician | 1952-10-23 |
| Movie | Meet Me After the Show | Stage Door Johnnie in Opening Number (uncredited) | 1951-08-15 |
| Movie | The Barefoot Mailman | Townsman at Dance (uncredited) | 1951-12-03 |
| Movie | Stars in My Crown | 1950-05-11 | |
| Movie | Walk Softly, Stranger | Custodian on Stairway (uncredited) | 1950-10-14 |
| Movie | The Gunfighter | Townsman at Funeral (uncredited) | 1950-06-23 |
| Movie | Where the Sidewalk Ends | Pool Hall Patron (uncredited) | 1950-07-07 |
| Movie | A Woman's Secret | Stagehand (Uncredited) | 1949-01-13 |
| Movie | House of Strangers | 1949-07-01 | |
| Movie | Square Dance Jubilee | Show Spectator | 1949-11-11 |
| Movie | Adam's Rib | Man in Courtroom (uncredited) | 1949-11-18 |
| Movie | Back Trail | Goofy (as Snub Pollard) | 1948-07-18 |
| Movie | Johnny Belinda | Man on Jury (uncredited) | 1948-09-14 |
| Movie | Loaded Pistols | Second Small Man at Dance (uncredited) | 1948-12-15 |
| Movie | Unknown Island | Extra in Dive, Pointing Out Tarnowski | 1948-10-15 |
| Movie | Miracle on 34th Street | Final Mail-Bearing Court Officer (uncredited) | 1947-06-04 |
| Movie | Desperate | Villager (uncredited) | 1947-06-20 |
| Movie | The Paradine Case | Cabby (uncredited) | 1947-12-31 |
| Movie | The Perils of Pauline | Western Saloon Set Propman (as Snub Pollard) | 1947-07-04 |
| Movie | Strange Impersonation | Taxi driver (uncredited) | 1946-03-16 |
| Movie | The Hoodlum Saint | Parade Spectator (uncredited) | 1946-04-04 |
| Movie | Road to Utopia | Amateur Contest Violinist (uncredited) | 1946-02-27 |
| Movie | Badman's Territory | Town Barber (uncredited) | 1946-05-04 |
| Movie | Andy Plays Hookey | Ticket Seller | 1946-12-19 |
| Movie | Society Mugs | Party Guest (uncredited) | 1946-09-19 |
| Movie | Till the Clouds Roll By | Show Boat Orchestra Drummer (uncredited) | 1946-12-05 |
| Movie | Monkey Businessmen | Mr. Grimble | 1946-06-20 |
| Movie | Rockin' in the Rockies | Drunk (uncredited) | 1945-04-17 |
| Movie | Booby Dupes | Ice Cream Vendor | 1945-10-18 |
| Movie | Kitty | Hugh's Rental Coachman (uncredited) | 1945-10-16 |
| Movie | Casanova Brown | Father at Baby Window (uncredited) | 1944-08-23 |
| Movie | The Kid Rides Again | Saloon Swamper | 1943-01-27 |
| Movie | Phony Express | Sheriff Hogwaller (uncredited) | 1943-11-18 |
| Movie | Kid Dynamite | Dance Official | 1943-02-05 |
| Movie | Edge of Darkness | Townsman in Church (uncredited) | 1943-04-09 |
| Movie | Ghosts on the Loose | Flower Delivery Man | 1943-07-30 |
| Movie | Boot Hill Bandits | 2nd Bartender | 1942-04-24 |
| Movie | It Happened in Flatbush | Baseball Game Spectator (uncredited) | 1942-05-28 |
| Movie | 'Neath Brooklyn Bridge | Soup Customer (uncredited) | 1942-11-20 |
| Movie | Foreign Agent | Supper Club Patron | 1942-10-09 |
| Movie | Bowery at Midnight | The Knocked-out Motorist | 1942-10-30 |
| 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 | Mesquite Buckaroo | Janitor Suds | 1939-04-30 |
| Movie | Hollywood Cavalcade | Keystone Cop | 1939-10-13 |
| Movie | Rollin' Plains | Pee Wee | 1938-07-08 |
| Movie | Frontier Town | Peewee | 1938-03-04 |
| Movie | Utah Trail | Pee Wee | 1938-08-12 |
| Movie | Song of the Buckaroo | 'Perky' | 1938-12-07 |
| Movie | Starlight Over Texas | Pee Wee | 1938-09-06 |
| Movie | Where the Buffalo Roam | Pee Wee | 1938-10-12 |
| Movie | Sing Cowboy Sing | Prisoner | 1937-05-22 |
| Movie | Arizona Days | Cookie | 1937-01-30 |
| Movie | Hittin' the Trail | Bartender | 1937-04-03 |
| Movie | Riders of the Rockies | Pee Wee McDougal | 1937-07-02 |
| Movie | Jungle Menace | Campbell | 1937-09-01 |
| Movie | Tex Rides with the Boy Scouts | Pee Wee | 1937-11-26 |
| Movie | Nation Aflame | Edgar Wolfe (as Snub Pollard) | 1937-10-15 |
| Movie | The Crime Patrol | Gyp | 1936-05-12 |
| Movie | Headin' for the Rio Grande | Cookie (Hart hand) | 1936-01-01 |
| Movie | The Black Coin | Vic Moran | 1936-09-01 |
| Movie | The Gentleman from Louisiana | Hadley | 1936-08-14 |
| Movie | White Legion | Baker | 1936-10-24 |
| 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 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 | 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 | 1923-10-13 |
| 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 | Big Game | Hunter | 1921-05-22 |
| Movie | Whirl o' the West | The Tenderfoot | 1921-01-23 |
| Movie | At the Ringside | 1921-07-16 | |
| Movie | Rush Orders | Marquis de Marmalade | 1921-04-07 |
| Movie | What a Whopper! | 1921-07-30 | |
| Movie | Fifteen Minutes | The Husband | 1921-10-29 |
| Movie | Name the Day | 1921-08-20 | |
| Movie | Waltz Me Around | 1920-02-22 | |
| Movie | The Dippy Dentist | The Dandy | 1920-01-25 |
| Movie | Fresh Paint | Bicycle Messenger | 1920-03-07 |
| Movie | His Royal Slyness | Prince of Rochquefort | 1920-02-08 |
| Movie | Run 'Em Ragged | 1920-08-01 | |
| 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 | Crack Your Heels | 1919-04-20 | |
| Movie | Young Mr. Jazz | Snub | 1919-04-20 |
| Movie | Si, Senor | 1919-05-11 | |
| Movie | Back to the Woods | His Valet | 1919-05-31 |
| Movie | Just Dropped In | 1919-04-13 | |
| Movie | Swat the Crook | 1919-06-15 | |
| Movie | The Marathon | Snub | 1919-05-25 |
| Movie | On the Fire | 1919-02-22 | |
| Movie | Off the Trolley | Trolley conductor | 1919-06-22 |
| Movie | Ask Father | The Corn-Fed Secretary | 1919-02-09 |
| Movie | Going! Going! Gone! | 1919-01-25 | |
| Movie | I'm on My Way | The Neighbor | 1919-03-08 |
| Movie | Look Out Below | Snub | 1919-03-16 |
| Movie | Next Aisle Over | The Henpecked Husband (as Harry Pollard) | 1919-03-30 |
| Movie | The Dutiful Dub | 1919-03-23 | |
| Movie | A Sammy in Siberia | Count Pop-up-skyvitch - the Bolshevik Officer (as Harry Pollard) | 1919-04-06 |
| Movie | Pistols for Breakfast | 1919-06-08 | |
| 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 | Be My Wife | 1919-09-07 | |
| Movie | At the Old Stage Door | 1919-07-20 | |
| Movie | Billy Blazes, Esq. | Sheriff 'Gun Shy' Gallagher | 1919-07-06 |
| Movie | A Jazzed Honeymoon | 1919-08-02 | |
| Movie | Never Touched Me | Jelous Admirer | 1919-07-26 |
| Movie | Heap Big Chief | 1919-08-24 | |
| Movie | Count Your Change | Billy Bullion | 1919-08-10 |
| Movie | Chop Suey & Co. | 1919-08-17 | |
| Movie | It's a Wild Life | 1918-04-21 | |
| Movie | Follow the Crowd | 1918-04-07 | |
| Movie | Pipe the Whiskers | 1918-04-14 | |
| Movie | The Non-Stop Kid | Snub, the Butler | 1918-05-12 |
| 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 | 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 | 1918-03-24 | |
| Movie | The City Slicker | Snub | 1918-06-02 |
| Movie | Why Pick on Me? | 1918-10-12 | |
| Movie | Swing Your Partners | 1918-09-29 | |
| 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 | Two Scrambled | 1918-09-01 | |
| Movie | Hear 'Em Rave | 1918-12-01 | |
| Movie | That's Him | 1918-08-04 | |
| 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 | Kicking the Germ Out of Germany | 1918-07-21 | |
| 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 | 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 | 1917-10-28 | |
| Movie | The Flirt | 1917-11-11 | |
| Movie | All Aboard | Passenger with trunk | 1917-11-25 |
| Movie | Clubs Are Trump | 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 |