Wally Howe

Wally Howe

Born: March 4, 1878
Died: November 23, 1957
in Fitchburg, Massachusetts, USA

Movies for Wally Howe...

Adventure's End
Title: Adventure's End
Character: Kierce
Released: December 5, 1937
Type: Movie
Pacific pearl diver Duke Slade escapes angry natives by joining a whaler whose dying captain persuades him to marry his daughter who is already being wooed by the first mate.
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Red River Valley
Title: Red River Valley
Character: Rancher (uncredited)
Released: March 2, 1936
Type: Movie
Gene and Frog set out to find out who has been causing the accidents at a dam construction site.
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Headin' for the Rio Grande
Title: Headin' for the Rio Grande
Character: Reports Escape
Released: January 1, 1936
Type: Movie
Western - Singing cowboy Tex Saunders (Tex Ritter) finds himself in a heap of trouble when he agrees to investigate local gangsters at the behest of a lovely lady (Eleanor Stewart). As payment for his pains, he's framed by a saloon owner (Warner Richmond) for killing bad guy Red Dugan (James Mason) and forced to sweat it out in jail. Will his faithful sidekick, Chilo (Syd Saylor), show up to save his skin … or will Tex have a date with the gallows? - Tex Ritter, Warner Richmond, Eleanor Stewart
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Lawless Range
Title: Lawless Range
Character: Hank Mason
Released: November 4, 1935
Type: Movie
John Middleton is investigating cattle rustling when he is captured and tossed into a cave with Emmett, a rancher who disappeared earlier. They help each other escape and learn that a local banker is trying to scare everyone away to grab up some secret gold mines.
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The Lucky Texan
Title: The Lucky Texan
Character: Townsman with News (uncredited)
Released: January 22, 1934
Type: Movie
Jerry Mason, a young Texan, and Jake Benson, an old rancher, become partners and strike it rich with a gold mine. They then find their lives complicated by bad guys and a woman.
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Speedy
Title: Speedy
Character: Lung Machine Concessionaire (uncredited)
Released: April 7, 1928
Type: Movie
Speedy loses his job as a soda jerk, then spends the day with his girl at Coney Island. He then becomes a cab driver and delivers Babe Ruth to Yankee Stadium, where he stays to see the game. When the railroad tries to run the last horse-drawn trolley (operated by his girl's grandfather) out of business, Speedy organizes the neighborhood old-timers to thwart their scheme.
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Behind the Counter
Title: Behind the Counter
Released: March 3, 1928
Type: Movie
Eddie, a prim store salesman, gets locked in overnight and battles hoodlums.
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Call Again
Title: Call Again
Character: Man chased by cop (uncredited)
Released: January 1, 1928
Type: Movie
Edward Everett Horton is scheduled to go on a date with Duane Thompson. She, being only 25, is a schoolgirl at Aileen Manning's girl's school. Horton becomes trapped in the school, trying to avoid headmistress and cops.
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The Freshman
Title: The Freshman
Character: Gardener (uncredited)
Released: September 20, 1925
Type: Movie
Harold Lamb is so excited about going to college that he has been working to earn spending money, practicing college yells, and learning a special way of introducing himself that he saw in a movie. When he arrives at Tate University, he soon becomes the target of practical jokes and ridicule. With the help of his one real friend Peggy, he resolves to make every possible effort to become popular.
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The Whole Truth
Title: The Whole Truth
Character: Chemist
Released: November 3, 1923
Type: Movie
A prosecutor instructs the audience of a courtroom to observe the tearful and slightly hysterical wife (Helen Gilmore) who is sitting in the witness box, and claims she is this way due to her husband, who shows up very infrequently. For the defence (James Finlayson), he never did anything to be proud of - and was proud of it. He sits there smirking and sipping a glass of water before being momentarily distracted. He goes to take another sip of his drink but instead picks up a different glass containing something very different.
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It's a Gift
Title: It's a Gift
Character: Customer
Released: October 13, 1923
Type: Movie
A group of oil magnates are trying to think of new ways to attract business. One of them suggests that they contact the inventor Pollard, who has devised a new gasoline substitute. Pollard himself lives in a home filled with his eccentric inventions. When he gets the message from the oil company, he is excited about the opportunity to demonstrate his innovation.
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Why Worry?
Title: Why Worry?
Character: The Valet
Released: September 9, 1923
Type: Movie
A hypochondriac vacations in the tropics for the fresh air - and finds himself in the middle of a revolution instead.
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The Uncovered Wagon
Title: The Uncovered Wagon
Released: July 7, 1923
Type: Movie
Hal Roach short is a spoof of the 1923 Western COVERED WAGON, which was a huge hit for Paramount. In this film a group of people are heading out West to Hollywood so they pack up their "wagons" and head out where they must battle various elements including crossing a dangerous river and battling Indians. The "wagons" are actually cars with a cover on them and the Indians even ride in on bicycles so you can tell the type of humor that Roach is going for.
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Dogs of War!
Title: Dogs of War!
Character: Actor
Released: July 1, 1923
Type: Movie
The gang wages war using old vegetables as munitions. Later, they ruin a movie in progress when they double-expose the film.
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Sold at Auction
Title: Sold at Auction
Character: The Man Who Sold
Released: May 26, 1923
Type: Movie
This Hal Roach comedy short I found on the "American Slapstick" DVD collection of rare silent comedies starts bizarre and has an anything goes-quality one rarely sees in Mr. Roach's output. It stars Snub Pollard who is initially introduced as a baby left on a doorstep before we see him fully grown about 20 or so years later still in that basket! From there, he gets bumped car to car crossing the street prior to getting literally thrown through a window as an auction is taking place! Also appearing is James Finlayson as a man who's items accidentally get sold.
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The Smile Wins
Title: The Smile Wins
Released: April 8, 1923
Type: Movie
James Parrott as a very persistent book salesman.
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Safety Last!
Title: Safety Last!
Character: Man with Flowers / Studio Photographer
Released: April 1, 1923
Type: Movie
When a store clerk organizes a contest to climb the outside of a tall building, circumstances force him to make the perilous climb himself.
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Before the Public
Title: Before the Public
Released: March 4, 1923
Type: Movie
'Snub' Pollard is an local actor getting a big break in the movie industry, coming home to show off his fame.
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Jailed and Bailed
Title: Jailed and Bailed
Released: February 11, 1923
Type: Movie
A silent comedy short starring Jobyna Ralston and James Parrott.
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Blaze Away
Title: Blaze Away
Released: December 3, 1922
Type: Movie
Paul is practicing the art of being a cowboy. He consults a book before firing his gun, climbing onto a saddle on top of a chair and then falling off and dressing his wounds. He then gets back on his 'saddle' and fires his gun again, this time in the direction of another man who has just entered the room. Paul leaves abruptly and rides into town on a horse, and straight through a crowded saloon. A town marshal sees this as act act of bravery and rewards Paul with a sheriff's badge immediately. A fearful rival makes his mark when he lights his cigarette by tossing it into the air and shooting at it to ignite it!
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Dr. Jack
Title: Dr. Jack
Character: Asylum Guard (uncredited)
Released: November 26, 1922
Type: Movie
Country doctor Jack Jackson is called in to treat the Sick-Little-Well-Girl, who has been making Dr. Saulsbourg and his sanitarium very rich after years of unsuccessful treatment.
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The Landlubber
Title: The Landlubber
Released: September 9, 1922
Type: Movie
Paul Parrott comedy produced by Hal Roach.
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Take Next Car
Title: Take Next Car
Released: July 29, 1922
Type: Movie
In this 1922 Pathe-distributed, Hal Roach silent-era comedy, the owner of a local streetcar business is in danger of losing his franchise, but the streetcar operator (played by Paul Parrott) and his girl friend (who happens to be the boss's daughter; portrayed by Jobyna Ralston) try to save the day.
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The Dumb-Bell
Title: The Dumb-Bell
Character: Actor playing doctor
Released: July 16, 1922
Type: Movie
The owners of a movie studio are having problems with a temperamental director, and they promise an actor on one of his pictures that he can have the job if he can find a way to make the director leave the picture.
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Good Morning, Judge
Title: Good Morning, Judge
Released: June 18, 1922
Type: Movie
Courtroom comedy with Eddie Boland as Judge.
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Do Me a Favor
Title: Do Me a Favor
Released: May 21, 1922
Type: Movie
Marie's inebriated husband refuses to go to bed, so she asks Snub, a homeless man she finds sleeping in the park, to assist.
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On Location
Title: On Location
Released: November 6, 1921
Type: Movie
Snub is an street sweeper with OCD, living in a neighborhood full of fussy people. He is sweeping the street when he anticipates a cop who is about to throw some litter into the road and dashes over to catch it in his cart. He then tries to save a drunken man from falling into the road before stopping his cart to pick up a solitary leaf which has dared to fallen upon the ground. The eccentric and obsessed street sweeper meticulously disposes of the leaf but when he turns around he finds half the tree has shed its leaves at that very moment
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Now or Never
Title: Now or Never
Character: Sheriff of Teetersburg
Released: March 27, 1921
Type: Movie
A young man, unaccustomed to children, must accompany a young girl on a train trip.
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Run 'Em Ragged
Title: Run 'Em Ragged
Released: August 1, 1920
Type: Movie
Run ’Em Ragged, Snub Pollard’s 39th starring vehicle, uses familiar slapstick-- Over-the-top make-up, ethnic humor, and a chase across Los Angeles’s Echo Park-- But there is more here than knockabout; Sophisticated sight gags test the limits of the characters’ perception, making expert use of such props as a seemingly bottomless rowboat.
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High and Dizzy
Title: High and Dizzy
Character: Her Father
Released: July 11, 1920
Type: Movie
A tipsy doctor encounters his patient sleepwalking on a building ledge, high above the street.
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An Eastern Westerner
Title: An Eastern Westerner
Character: (uncredited)
Released: May 2, 1920
Type: Movie
A young man in New York has exasperated his father because of his constant carousing and irresponsibility, so his father sends him to his uncle's ranch in the west. The young man arrives in the town of Piute Pass, which is being terrorized by Tiger Lip Tompkins and his gang, the Masked Angels. The Easterner befriends a young woman whose father is being held captive by Tompkins, and he decides to help her.
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Cracked Wedding Bells
Title: Cracked Wedding Bells
Released: April 4, 1920
Type: Movie
'Snub' Pollard in a lot of wedding problems.
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Haunted Spooks
Title: Haunted Spooks
Character: The Uncle
Released: March 14, 1920
Type: Movie
After numerous failed attempts to commit suicide, our hero (Lloyd) runs into a lawyer who is looking for a stooge to stand in as a groom in order to secure an inheritance for his client (Davis). The inheritance is a house, which her scheming uncle "haunts" so that he can scare them off and claim the property.
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His Royal Slyness
Title: His Royal Slyness
Released: February 8, 1920
Type: Movie
A young adventurer trades places with a European prince and falls in love above his station.
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The Dippy Dentist
Title: The Dippy Dentist
Character: Patient in waiting room
Released: January 25, 1920
Type: Movie
The film begins with a girl who is supposedly irresistible to all men. Several guys all come to her to pledge their undying love--including Harold Lloyd's brother, Gaylord (who is a dentist). Shortly after this, a new dentist (Snub Pollard) arrives to work in an office across the hall. In a very funny scene, Pollard manages to steal all of Gaylord's patients from his waiting room. However, when it comes to dental work, Snub is highly unlikely to receive the American Dental Association's seal of approval. That's because he's incredibly rough and manages to toss a guy out the window when he pulls his tooth.
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Don't Shove
Title: Don't Shove
Released: August 31, 1919
Type: Movie
Harold and his rival fight over Bebe on her birthday, first at her home and then at a nearby skating rink.
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Count Your Change
Title: Count Your Change
Released: August 10, 1919
Type: Movie
Harold becomes the victim of a clever bulldog pup who chases him in and out of various places.
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The Marathon
Title: The Marathon
Character: The Rich Girl's Father
Released: May 25, 1919
Type: Movie
Boy trying to impress girl, gets chased by her father and the police right into an ongoing marathon.
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Si, Senor
Title: Si, Senor
Released: May 11, 1919
Type: Movie
Our hero is a barber in a small Mexican town, wooing a local senorita, against the wishes of her mother.
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Young Mr. Jazz
Title: Young Mr. Jazz
Character: (uncredited)
Released: April 20, 1919
Type: Movie
While running away from his girl's father, Harold's car breaks down in front of a dance hall run by crooks. Harold has to not only stay one step ahead of the girl's father, but also those trying to rob them of everything they have.
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A Sammy in Siberia
Title: A Sammy in Siberia
Character: (uncredited)
Released: April 6, 1919
Type: Movie
A bumbling American soldier saves a girl from a bunch of Cossacks.
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Next Aisle Over
Title: Next Aisle Over
Character: (uncredited)
Released: March 30, 1919
Type: Movie
A salesman takes a job at a department store to impress a girl and winds up stopping a kidnapping.
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Ask Father
Title: Ask Father
Character: The Boss
Released: February 9, 1919
Type: Movie
Lloyd is a serious young middle-class guy on the make who wants to marry the boss’ daughter. The problem is getting in to see the boss so that he can ask for her hand in marriage as the office is guarded by a bunch of comic, clumsy flunkies who throw everyone out who tries to get in.
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Take a Chance
Title: Take a Chance
Released: December 15, 1918
Type: Movie
It's a classic boy-meets-girl story, boy-loses-girl, boy gets mistaken for an escaped convict and ruthlessly chased by armies of cops across the countryside in a thrill-packed stunt-addled climax.
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Just Rambling Along
Title: Just Rambling Along
Released: November 3, 1918
Type: Movie
A nervy young man follows a pretty lady into a diner to flirt with her, but winds up getting stuck with the tab.
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The City Slicker
Title: The City Slicker
Released: June 2, 1918
Type: Movie
Our hero gets a job at a hotel in the country and proceeds to introduce some changes, installing gadgets and time-saving devices.