Grover Ligon

Grover Ligon

Born: January 31, 1885
Died: March 3, 1965
in Kerney, Missouri, USA

Movies for Grover Ligon...

Time Out for Romance
Title: Time Out for Romance
Character: Crapshooter
Released: February 10, 1937
Type: Movie
A girl escapes marriage and hitchhikes with a young man in whose car a jewel thief has planted his loot.
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Father's Son
Title: Father's Son
Character: Chauffeur
Released: March 7, 1931
Type: Movie
Young Bill Emory is a typical mischievous, rambunctious boy, but his father William is a strict disciplinarian, and Bill is constantly being punished for simple childhood transgressions. Finally Bill can take no more of his father's excessive punishments and runs away. Complications ensue.
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The Million Dollar Collar
Title: The Million Dollar Collar
Character: Scar
Released: February 9, 1929
Type: Movie
Bill Holmes rescues Rinty from a car wreck not realizing that there is a stolen $50,000 diamond necklace hidden in the dog's collar.
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The Dome Doctor
Title: The Dome Doctor
Released: April 18, 1925
Type: Movie
A Larry Semon comedy short.
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Kid Speed
Title: Kid Speed
Released: November 16, 1924
Type: Movie
Avery DuPoys is a wealthy businessman, organising a race. He meets one of the competitors of the race, who is in love with DuPoys's daughter. Another competitor crashes into the action, who is also in love with DuPoys's daughter. DuPoys suggests that whoever wins the race will have the opportunity to visit his daughter every Wednesday night. An action-packed race commences, with one competitor doing more than usual to win the race.
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Scarem Much
Title: Scarem Much
Character: Ship Crewman
Released: March 23, 1924
Type: Movie
Scarem Much is a 1924 comedy short.
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Ten Dollars or Ten Days
Title: Ten Dollars or Ten Days
Character: Policeman (uncredited)
Released: January 6, 1924
Type: Movie
In this silent comedy, a pretty department store cashier is charged with a robbery that occurred overnight at the store. However, circumstantial evidence points to the store's soda clerk having committed both the $10,000 robbery and the assumed murder of the store's nightwatchman, who is missing.
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The Show
Title: The Show
Character: Bald Policeman
Released: March 19, 1922
Type: Movie
A harried propman backstage at a theater must put up with malfunctioning wind machines, roosters that spit nitroglycerine, and a gang planning to rob the theater's payroll.
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The Bakery
Title: The Bakery
Character: Bakery worker
Released: June 19, 1921
Type: Movie
Well-meaning but accident-prone bakery employee Larry is involved in numerous slapstick mishaps on the job. After accidentally causing the bakery owner to fall into a vat of cake batter Larry finds his job in jeopardy, but he redeems himself by foiling a robbery planned by the bakery foreman.
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Hearts and Flowers
Title: Hearts and Flowers
Character: Diner
Released: June 22, 1919
Type: Movie
A flirtatious hotel orchestra leader provokes conflict.
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Her Torpedoed Love
Title: Her Torpedoed Love
Character: Messenger Outside the House / Sailor
Released: May 13, 1917
Type: Movie
A wealthy invalid tries to add his hard-working cook to his will, but the conniving butler gets in the way.
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A Submarine Pirate
Title: A Submarine Pirate
Character: Cook (uncredited)
Released: December 26, 1915
Type: Movie
A waiter tricks his way into command of a sub in order to rob a ship carrying gold bullion.
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A Lover's Lost Control
Title: A Lover's Lost Control
Character: Man Calling Police
Released: August 2, 1915
Type: Movie
Mr. and Mrs. Gussle get up to some hijinks in this Keystone comedy.
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Fatty's Tintype Tangle
Title: Fatty's Tintype Tangle
Character: Desk Clerk / Cop (uncredited)
Released: July 26, 1915
Type: Movie
Hubby and wifey are in love, but he's henpecked by her mother. A nip of whiskey gives him Dutch courage, and he storms out, declaring he won't be a domestic slave anymore. He heads for a park bench where a photographer mistakes him for a seated woman's sweetheart. The tintype of the two of them falls into the hands of the woman's husband, whose jealous rage frightens our hero. He abruptly leaves town, telling wifey he'll be away on business. Wifey doesn't need her house while he's away, so, unknown to hubby, she moves in with mom and rents the house to the couple from the park. When our hero returns home sooner than expected, the renter has another attack of jealousy.
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Fatty’s Faithful Fido
Title: Fatty’s Faithful Fido
Character: Thug (uncredited)
Released: March 19, 1915
Type: Movie
Fatty and Al are Minta's suitors. After Fatty sics his dog on him, Al marks Fatty for roughing up by two thugs, but the plan backfires.
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That Little Band Of Gold
Title: That Little Band Of Gold
Character: Attendant Outside Coat Check (uncredited)
Released: March 14, 1915
Type: Movie
A happy young couple become engaged, and soon afterwards they are married. But after their marriage, the husband begins to stay out carousing with his friends, leaving his wife at home with her mother. Then, when the three of them go to the opera together, the husband spots one of his friends in another box. Soon the domestic difficulties reach their peak.
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Love in Armor
Title: Love in Armor
Character: The Cop
Released: March 11, 1915
Type: Movie
Mae Busch and Charley Chase are in love. However, her father does not approve. A Baron sees Mae and concocts a fake kidnapping in order to get her attention. In other words, he pays two guys to pretend to try to abduct her and the Baron waltzes in like a hero and saves her. Well, the scheme seems to work as her family think the Baron is great and invite him to the house. But Charley and the two accomplices have other ideas...
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Fatty’s Chance Acquaintance
Title: Fatty’s Chance Acquaintance
Character: Ice Cream Buyer
Released: March 7, 1915
Type: Movie
Fatty and his domineering wife visit the park, where they encounter a pair of pickpockets.
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Fatty’s Reckless Fling
Title: Fatty’s Reckless Fling
Character: Card Player (uncredited)
Released: March 4, 1915
Type: Movie
Left alone by his wife, Fatty joins a poker game across the hall from his apartment and is left to face the law when the game is raided by police. He is given shelter by a neighbor, Mrs. Kennedy, leading to suspicions that they are romantically involved.
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Hearts and Planets
Title: Hearts and Planets
Character: Bearded Astronomer Pal
Released: February 20, 1915
Type: Movie
A 1915 short film directed by Walter Wright.
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A Bird's a Bird
Title: A Bird's a Bird
Character: Mrs. Walrus's Father
Released: February 8, 1915
Type: Movie
Mr. Walrus needs a turkey for Thanksgiving dinner with his in-laws but his plans keep going awry.
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Love, Speed and Thrills
Title: Love, Speed and Thrills
Character: Speed Cop with Rope (uncredited)
Released: January 18, 1915
Type: Movie
After Walrus has been shot, Ambrose takes him into his house. When Ambrose sees Walrus flirting with his wife he leaves. When Walrus runs away with Mrs. Ambrose, Ambrose gets on a horse to save her. The Keystone Kops are also after Walrus.
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Tillie's Punctured Romance
Title: Tillie's Punctured Romance
Character: Party Guest / Policeman (uncredited)
Released: December 21, 1914
Type: Movie
A womanizing city man meets Tillie in the country. When he sees that her father has a very large bankroll for his workers, he persuades her to elope with him.
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Ambrose's First Falsehood
Title: Ambrose's First Falsehood
Character: Waiter
Released: December 12, 1914
Type: Movie
After running into a friend and two ladies, a married man sends his wife a note saying that he's taken a train for business, but then his wife reads that the train crashed.
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His Prehistoric Past
Title: His Prehistoric Past
Character: Caveman (uncredited)
Released: December 7, 1914
Type: Movie
Set mostly in the Stone Age, a prehistoric king, with a harem of wives, rules a beach. Charlie arrives and falls for the king's favorite wife. In the end, it turns out to have been a dream; Charlie was asleep in the park.
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Leading Lizzie Astray
Title: Leading Lizzie Astray
Character: Cafe Waiter (uncredited)
Released: November 30, 1914
Type: Movie
A city slicker tries to woo a country girl while her boyfriend fixes his tire.
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Shot in the Excitement
Title: Shot in the Excitement
Character: 2nd Cop
Released: October 26, 1914
Type: Movie
Keystone short about two suitors getting into an increasingly, cartoonishly violent fight over a woman.
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Those Love Pangs
Title: Those Love Pangs
Character: Movie Patron (uncredited)
Released: October 10, 1914
Type: Movie
Charlie and a rival vie for the favor of their landlady.
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The Masquerader
Title: The Masquerader
Character: Actor (uncredited)
Released: August 27, 1914
Type: Movie
Charlie plays an actor who bungles several scenes and is kicked out. He returns convincingly dressed as a lady and charms the director, but Charlie never makes it into the film.
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The Great Toe Mystery
Title: The Great Toe Mystery
Character: Shoe Clerk (uncredited)
Released: July 25, 1914
Type: Movie
A man goes in hot pursuit of the shoe store clerk he feels has made inappropriate advances towards his wife.
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Mabel's Married Life
Title: Mabel's Married Life
Character: Bartender (uncredited)
Released: June 20, 1914
Type: Movie
Mabel goes home after being humiliated by a masher whom her husband won't fight. The husband goes off to a bar and gets drunk.
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Mabel's Busy Day
Title: Mabel's Busy Day
Character: Vendor (uncredited)
Released: June 13, 1914
Type: Movie
Mabel tries to sell hot dogs at a car race, but isn't doing a very good job at it. She sets down the box of hot dogs and leaves them for a moment. Charlie finds them and gives them away to the hungry spectators at the track as Mabel frantically tries to find her lost box of hot dogs. Mabel finds out that Charlie has stolen them and sends the police after him. Chaos ensues.
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The Knockout
Title: The Knockout
Character: Tramp in Derby / Cop (uncredited)
Released: June 11, 1914
Type: Movie
To show his girl how brave he is, Pug challenges the champion to a fight. Charlie referees, trying to avoid contact with the two monsters.
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Caught in the Rain
Title: Caught in the Rain
Character: Cop (uncredited)
Released: May 4, 1914
Type: Movie
When a married couple become separated in the park, a tramp sits with the lady and is beat up when her husband rejoins her. He takes a room in their hotel, and chaos ensues.
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Mabel at the Wheel
Title: Mabel at the Wheel
Character: Henchman (uncredited)
Released: April 18, 1914
Type: Movie
A villain, competing with his rival's race car, kidnaps the rival before the race. Mabel decides to take the wheel in his place.
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Making a Living
Title: Making a Living
Character: Bald Man in Newspaper Office (uncredited)
Released: February 2, 1914
Type: Movie
A swindler scams a newspaper reporter-photographer and then, not realizing where the man is employed, applies for a job at his newspaper.
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He Would a Hunting Go
Title: He Would a Hunting Go
Character: The Cop
Released: December 29, 1913
Type: Movie
Count Chicori is perused by a bear whilst visiting at a hunting lodge.
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Mabel's Dramatic Career
Title: Mabel's Dramatic Career
Character: Audience Member
Released: September 8, 1913
Type: Movie
A young man falls in love with his mother's kitchen maid, Mabel. But his mother objects strongly, and arranges for him to meet another young woman whom she considers more suitable. Mabel confronts the young woman, and is dismissed from her position. Later, when the young man learns about the new career that Mabel has found, he begins to act in an agitated and unpredictable manner.
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Fatty's Day Off
Title: Fatty's Day Off
Character: Invalid in Chair
Released: September 1, 1913
Type: Movie
Fatty's Day Off is a 1913 movie starring Roscoe Arbuckle and Charles Avery.