Sammy Brooks

Sammy Brooks

Born: July 8, 1891
Died: May 16, 1951
in New York City, New York, USA
Sammy Brooks (July 10, 1891 – May 16, 1951) was an American film actor. He appeared in 218 films between 1916 and 1938. He was born in New York City and died in Los Angeles, California.

Movies for Sammy Brooks...

Catch-As Catch-Can
Title: Catch-As Catch-Can
Character: Little Wrestling Match Referee (uncredited)
Released: August 22, 1931
Type: Movie
Zasu falls for a wrestler, drags Thelma to his next fight.
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The Real McCoy
Title: The Real McCoy
Character: Hunter (uncredited)
Released: February 1, 1930
Type: Movie
Charley poses as a hillbilly in his pursuit of a country girl.
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Berth Marks
Title: Berth Marks
Released: June 1, 1929
Type: Movie
The story involves Stan and Ollie as two musicians attempting to travel by train to Pottsville. It was only their second sound film, but a silent version was also made for cinemas at the time that were not equipped to show talkies.
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Movie Night
Title: Movie Night
Character: Man in Audience (uncredited)
Released: May 11, 1929
Type: Movie
A family goes on its weekly outing to the movies. Complications ensue...
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Bromo and Juliet
Title: Bromo and Juliet
Character: Bit Role (uncredited)
Released: September 19, 1926
Type: Movie
A young man puts on the play "Romeo and Juliet" as a fundraiser, but has to keep a close eye on his dad, who's had several drinks too many, and a pesky cab driver who's determined to collect his fare.
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Thundering Fleas
Title: Thundering Fleas
Character: Short Flea Circus Spectator
Released: July 18, 1926
Type: Movie
The kids from Our Gang have to attend a wedding, and they bring along their flea collection--which gets loose.
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Say It with Babies
Title: Say It with Babies
Released: May 16, 1926
Type: Movie
Casper is the baby-expert at a large department store and his life is less than peaceful as he provides much amusement for the babies at his own expense. On Sunday, he and his wife go on a picnic with the neighbors and hoe comes home on his day of rest with three traffic tickets and numerous stings from the hornets he failed to amuse.
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Madame Mystery
Title: Madame Mystery
Released: March 12, 1926
Type: Movie
A female secret agent has gotten ahold of a new type of explosive gas. She has to avoid the efforts of two men who are trying to steal it. They succeed in doing so, but the gas turns out to be not quite what they expected.
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Wandering Papas
Title: Wandering Papas
Character: Construction Worker (uncredited)
Released: February 21, 1926
Type: Movie
A cook for bridge constructors is told to collect food for dinner-Ritz style trout, Palmer house rabbit and a 15cm frosted cake. He sets off into the wide open spaces to collect the food, coming into contact with a mad hermit, who hates anybody seeing his daughter, before returning to cook dinner
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Don't Butt In
Title: Don't Butt In
Released: January 17, 1926
Type: Movie
James Parrott doing all kinds of handy work.
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A Punch in the Nose
Title: A Punch in the Nose
Released: January 3, 1926
Type: Movie
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Sherlock Sleuth
Title: Sherlock Sleuth
Character: Guest in Clown Costume
Released: July 12, 1925
Type: Movie
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Looking for Sally
Title: Looking for Sally
Character: Blind Man
Released: May 10, 1925
Type: Movie
Jimmie Jump is returning from Europe to the USA. His parents and an old girl-friend, Sally - whom he hasn't seen for years, are expecting him at the dock. But, due to some unfortunate coincidences they are mistaken about the identity of each other, but meet unbeknownst to that fact. Jimmie decides that he has to find that girl. Finally, after having annoyed a policeman, and a great fraction of the female population, he finds her working as a temperance worker. To get her attention, he dresses up in rags to meet her. But his way of introduction causes more confusion.
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Is Marriage the Bunk?
Title: Is Marriage the Bunk?
Character: Photographer
Released: March 29, 1925
Type: Movie
Charley has in-laws that look down on him because he's not rich. So, to try to keep up, he rushes out to buy a car--but no matter, they still think he's a drip--as does his wife. Later, when he's given a simple job to do by his boss, he screws it up--and loses face once again with his family.
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The Rat's Knuckles
Title: The Rat's Knuckles
Character: Blind man
Released: January 3, 1925
Type: Movie
Charley Chase is a hapless inventor with a better mouse trap in this silent comedy from 1925.
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The Poor Fish
Title: The Poor Fish
Character: Balloon man
Released: December 7, 1924
Type: Movie
Charley, frustrated by his office job, quarrels with his wife, after which they decide to switch jobs. She goes to the office and Charley does the housework. Having never done something like this in his life before, he starts a chaos, something his mother-in-law was expecting...
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Short Kilts
Title: Short Kilts
Character: McHungry
Released: August 3, 1924
Type: Movie
As a way to make peace between two feuding Scottish clans, one invites the other over for supper, but things don't turn out quite as expected.
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A Ten-Minute Egg
Title: A Ten-Minute Egg
Character: Lobby Bystander (uncredited)
Released: July 19, 1924
Type: Movie
The main premise for the comedy is the Jimmy discovers he can convince people he is a tough figure to be reckoned with merely by giving them a business card identifying him as the bouncer of the "Bucket of Blood Cafe."
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Wide Open Spaces
Title: Wide Open Spaces
Released: July 6, 1924
Type: Movie
Wide Open Spaces is a 1924 Western silent film starring Stan Laurel.
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Rupert of Hee-Haw
Title: Rupert of Hee-Haw
Character: Palace Guard
Released: June 7, 1924
Type: Movie
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Girl Shy
Title: Girl Shy
Character: Short Train Passenger (uncredited)
Released: April 20, 1924
Type: Movie
Harold Meadows is a shy, stuttering bachelor working in a tailor shop, who is writing a guidebook, The Secret of Making Love, for other bashful young men. Fate has him meet rich girl Mary, and they fall in love. But she is about to wed an already married man, so our hero embarks upon a hair-raising daredevil ride to prevent the wedding.
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Brothers Under the Chin
Title: Brothers Under the Chin
Released: April 13, 1924
Type: Movie
A 1924 silent comedy.
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Zeb vs. Paprika
Title: Zeb vs. Paprika
Released: March 16, 1924
Type: Movie
Stan Laurel as a harness racing jockey who must win a big race.
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Postage Due
Title: Postage Due
Released: February 17, 1924
Type: Movie
Stan does his best to recover a post-card, which he has forgotten to stamp. He attempts the recovery after hearing a remark by a postal inspector that the absence of the stamp makes the card a criminal offense for the sender. In the course of his struggles he swims through "oceans" of mail, rides up and down chutes, gets tied up in a mail bag and finally finds himself locked in a delivery truck with two thieves.
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The Cowboy Sheik
Title: The Cowboy Sheik
Released: February 3, 1924
Type: Movie
A shy cowboy is interested in the local school teacher, but must compete with a bully for her attention.
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Smithy
Title: Smithy
Character: Man in Employment Line
Released: January 19, 1924
Type: Movie
After being discharged from the 372nd infantry, on account of a bean shortage, smithy seeks employment. He finds a job on a construction site, where he helps to build a house, and soon causes havoc amongst the other workers. The construction company owner leaves for a week, and tells his secretary to send a letter to Mr. Smith telling him to complete the construction of the house while he (the owner) is away. The letter is accidently sent to Smithy who manages to complete the house. When the owner returns the house is complete, and Smithy is commended until the last support beam is removed...
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It's a Joy!
Title: It's a Joy!
Character: Studio Flunky
Released: December 30, 1923
Type: Movie
'Snub' Pollard as a eccentric movie director.
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Scorching Sands
Title: Scorching Sands
Released: December 9, 1923
Type: Movie
The misadventures of two intrepid explorers in the Egyptian desert.
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Frozen Hearts
Title: Frozen Hearts
Character: The general's second
Released: October 27, 1923
Type: Movie
In the trembling Russian village of Popoffski, a young woman (Katherine Grant) is wooed by a hopeful lover, the son of a humble pool shark (Stan) right under the very nose of her father. When the man proposes marriage to her the father is happy to let her go, seeing as he has nine other children to worry about. As the couple celebrate their love for one another they are approached by a military officer who threatens to take the woman away to use as a court dancer.
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A Man About Town
Title: A Man About Town
Character: Minor Role (uncredited)
Released: September 15, 1923
Type: Movie
A feckless young man who wishes to switch from one streetcar to another is told to follow a pretty young lady-- so he follows her all over town.
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Take the Air
Title: Take the Air
Released: September 9, 1923
Type: Movie
James Parrott, little Sammy Brooks, Baker and Jones ("the strong guy" = the drunk) are all workers on a construction-sit run by violent and exploitative boss Noah Young and it is a "building a skyscraper" comedy.
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Oranges and Lemons
Title: Oranges and Lemons
Character: Worker
Released: August 12, 1923
Type: Movie
After getting into a scuffle with his boss and some co-workers, an orange packer tries to help another co-worker, only to wind up in a conflict with him as well. Trying to elude his boss, he heads inside the packing house, and visits with the women who are packing fruit into cases. Then he heads to a storage area, and tries to use the machinery to escape his pursuers.
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Post No Bills
Title: Post No Bills
Released: August 5, 1923
Type: Movie
Paul Parrott plays an obsessive-compulsive bill poster in this thoroughly average Hal Roach comedy from 1923. Hired to help publicize a new Gloria Snootful picture, Paul goes bonkers with glue and paper and ends up attaching promotional material to any surface within his reach, including the rear ends of a number of people, though his attempt to nail a poster to a glass window is somewhat less successful.
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Collars and Cuffs
Title: Collars and Cuffs
Character: Laundry Worker
Released: July 1, 1923
Type: Movie
Collars and Cuffs is a 1923 silent comedy film starring Stan Laurel.
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Pick and Shovel
Title: Pick and Shovel
Character: Miner
Released: June 16, 1923
Type: Movie
Pick and Shovel, also known as The Miner, is a 1923 silent comedy film starring Stan Laurel.
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Under Two Jags
Title: Under Two Jags
Released: June 2, 1923
Type: Movie
Stan is in the company of ladies in this film. He is serving in the military with female officers, but there is also a demure lady who wins his affections.
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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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Before the Public
Title: Before the Public
Character: On Lantern Slide
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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Tight Shoes
Title: Tight Shoes
Released: February 25, 1923
Type: Movie
The setting is a shoe store and the action is pretty frenetic. You get to see Paul lose the store's money, catch a shoe thief, knock down a bunch of shelves and more.
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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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Shine 'Em Up
Title: Shine 'Em Up
Character: Justice of the Peace
Released: November 4, 1922
Type: Movie
Paul's career as a shoeshine man is interrupted when he is mistaken for an escaped convict, but after the Station Master gives him a job at the train station he proves his worth.
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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: Short 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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The Sleuth
Title: The Sleuth
Character: Sleeping guest
Released: July 16, 1922
Type: Movie
Paul Parrott stars as a detective in a hotel trying to recognize a fake sheik
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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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High Rollers
Title: High Rollers
Released: June 26, 1921
Type: Movie
An auto accident hurls Snub into a skating rink, where he encounters Rowe and Marie. Among the various slip-and-falling going on, two frisky escaped monkeys from a show put on skates to join in and create pandemonium.
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Big Game
Title: Big Game
Released: May 22, 1921
Type: Movie
While attempting to hunt a formidable Peruvian Duck, Snub Pollard and Ernest Morrison inadvertently come to the aid of a kidnapped tourist.
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Now or Never
Title: Now or Never
Character: Short Man on Train
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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Whirl o' the West
Title: Whirl o' the West
Character: Cowboy
Released: January 23, 1921
Type: Movie
A tenderfoot arrives in a western town and the inhabitants give him a rough time.
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A London Bobby
Title: A London Bobby
Released: August 22, 1920
Type: Movie
Snub, as a member of the London police force, is assigned to a neighborhood where a terrific free-for-all battle is taking place. After the struggle is snuffed out by a particularly belligerent chap who wades into the crowd and sends its members into the land of twittering birdies with an assortment of right and left-handed blows, Snub steps forth and accepts credit for the feat.
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Call a Taxi
Title: Call a Taxi
Released: July 25, 1920
Type: Movie
After being ejected from an establishment for being drunk and disorderly, George Rowe, Sammy Brooks, Hughie Mack and Snub Pollard form a drunken singing quartet in the street before a car comes and takes Sammy and George away, leaving the other two staggering in the road. Snub and Hughie agree to go somewhere "where there are no wives, landlords or prohibitionists", and so three months later they emerge on a prairie with supplies dwindling.
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Any Old Port
Title: Any Old Port
Released: June 27, 1920
Type: Movie
Captain Dandy (Snub Pollard) is about to sail and arrives on the dock where several women take turns to individually say goodbye to him (the last one even wrestles him to the ground) before he boards the ship.
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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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Haunted Spooks
Title: Haunted Spooks
Character: Short Butler (uncredited)
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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Fresh Paint
Title: Fresh Paint
Released: March 7, 1920
Type: Movie
A bicycle messenger is sent to make a posh delivery to a wealthy artist's estate-- populated with attractive models.
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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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All Lit Up
Title: All Lit Up
Released: February 1, 1920
Type: Movie
Snub goes butterfly hunting in Grffith Park and catches Marie Mosquini by accident. They go to a café where all the men have a lot of hair on their faces and the usual mischief ensues.
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The Dippy Dentist
Title: The Dippy Dentist
Character: A Patient
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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Looking for Trouble
Title: Looking for Trouble
Character: The champ's second
Released: December 14, 1919
Type: Movie
Snub plays a rich guy who wants to impress the ladies with his virility. So he pays a tough boxer to take a dive in a staged fight, though the fight definitely does not go anything like expected.
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Captain Kidd's Kids
Title: Captain Kidd's Kids
Character: Small pirate
Released: November 30, 1919
Type: Movie
After a wild bachelor party, our hero finds himself aboard a sailing vessel where he encounters numerous adventures. In a dream sequence, he fantasizes that the ship is seized by a band of female pirates.
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Bumping Into Broadway
Title: Bumping Into Broadway
Released: November 2, 1919
Type: Movie
A young playwright spends his last cent to pay the past-due rent for the pretty dancer who's his boarding house next-door neighbor. Soon after, he winds up at a gambling club, where he wins big - just before a police raid.
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All at Sea
Title: All at Sea
Released: November 2, 1919
Type: Movie
Sailor 'Snub' Pollard on 'beach leave'.
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His Only Father
Title: His Only Father
Released: October 19, 1919
Type: Movie
An American short comedy film.
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Pay Your Dues
Title: Pay Your Dues
Released: October 12, 1919
Type: Movie
While blindfolded and playing pin the tail on the donkey with some lady friends, our hero is mistaken for an escaped initiate of a kooky fraternal order.
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Be My Wife
Title: Be My Wife
Released: September 7, 1919
Type: Movie
Harold and his boss get in a lively rivalry over the new stenographer.
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Don't Shove
Title: Don't Shove
Character: Party Guest
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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Heap Big Chief
Title: Heap Big Chief
Released: August 24, 1919
Type: Movie
Harold and Snub, camping in the wilds, prove too much for the Indians that take them captive.
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Chop Suey & Co.
Title: Chop Suey & Co.
Released: August 17, 1919
Type: Movie
Chop Suey & Co. is a 1919 American short comedy film
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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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A Jazzed Honeymoon
Title: A Jazzed Honeymoon
Released: August 2, 1919
Type: Movie
This time, Harold's the skinny sap who married the hottie, and he doesn't quite have the spine to tell her ex-beaus to blow. The honeymoon finds him mistaken for a boiler worker.
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Never Touched Me
Title: Never Touched Me
Character: Little Man
Released: July 26, 1919
Type: Movie
At the Killjoy Cafe, "everything is first class except the food and the service."
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At the Old Stage Door
Title: At the Old Stage Door
Released: July 20, 1919
Type: Movie
Our hero visits the opera, is mistaken for the manager and is treated like royalty until the deception is uncovered.
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Just Neighbors
Title: Just Neighbors
Character: Short Man in Bank (uncredited)
Released: July 13, 1919
Type: Movie
Suburban neighbors join together to build a garden shed, but through carelessness, wind up ruining the garden, as well as the laundry, which is drying in the yard.
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Billy Blazes, Esq.
Title: Billy Blazes, Esq.
Released: July 6, 1919
Type: Movie
Billy Blazes confronts Crooked Charley, who has been ruling the town of Peaceful Vale through fear and violence.
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Spring Fever
Title: Spring Fever
Character: Short man in park
Released: June 29, 1919
Type: Movie
Harold is a bookkeeper who works in an office but can't keep his mind on his job -- the spring weather is too nice to stay indoors. After escaping from his office he romps in the park instead.
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Off the Trolley
Title: Off the Trolley
Released: June 22, 1919
Type: Movie
Harold Lloyd plays a troublemaker who messes up with strangers and cops along the way. During the confusion he takes a trolley to escape, falling in love with a female collector who doesn't care much about him and he also annoys the trolley conductor. But it seems that odds and luck will be on his favor.
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Swat the Crook
Title: Swat the Crook
Released: June 15, 1919
Type: Movie
The adventures of a penniless young man, who finds himself in a house full of crooks.
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Pistols for Breakfast
Title: Pistols for Breakfast
Released: June 8, 1919
Type: Movie
A 1919 Comedy short.
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The Marathon
Title: The Marathon
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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Before Breakfast
Title: Before Breakfast
Released: May 18, 1919
Type: Movie
A young man's dreams are shaken by his father's insistence that he get a job and go to work. He becomes a waiter in a restaurant, and has some funny adventures.
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Crack Your Heels
Title: Crack Your Heels
Released: April 20, 1919
Type: Movie
A short film starring Harold Lloyd.
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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: Short Soldier (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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Look Out Below
Title: Look Out Below
Released: March 16, 1919
Type: Movie
A story of a love sick youth and a pretty maiden and their adventure, which includes riding around on pieces of steel to the top of a skyscraper overlooking the Los Angeles streets.
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Ask Father
Title: Ask Father
Character: Short office worker
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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Wanted - $5,000
Title: Wanted - $5,000
Released: January 12, 1919
Type: Movie
Wanted – $5,000 is a 1919 American short comedy film featuring Harold Lloyd and Bebe Daniels.
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She Loves Me Not
Title: She Loves Me Not
Released: December 29, 1918
Type: Movie
A short film starring Harold Lloyd.
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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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An Ozark Romance
Title: An Ozark Romance
Released: July 6, 1918
Type: Movie
Harold visits the Ozarks, where he has some funny experiences with a mountain girl and her eccentric family.
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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.
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Fireman Save My Child
Title: Fireman Save My Child
Released: May 25, 1918
Type: Movie
In this popular two reeler where Harold runs to the rescue of a woman on a fire engine, he is seen hanging on the moving vehicle by the released water hose that forces him closer to the ground.
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The Non-Stop Kid
Title: The Non-Stop Kid
Character: Short bearded man
Released: May 12, 1918
Type: Movie
Bebe is surrounded by suitors, but her father wants her to marry Professor M. T. Noodle. Harold makes his move by impersonating the professor.
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Kicked Out
Title: Kicked Out
Released: May 5, 1918
Type: Movie
Harold has trouble with his father and is ordered out of the house. He becomes a waiter and pulls off some highly amusing stunts at a swell dinner party.
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Hey There
Title: Hey There
Character: Short Prop Man
Released: April 28, 1918
Type: Movie
In this early short Harold Lloyd sneaks into a movie studio in order to locate an attractive young lady he's just met at a snack bar. He's retrieved a letter she dropped and wants to return it to her, but it's pretty clear that his interest extends beyond mere politeness. (She's the adorable young Bebe Daniels, so this is easy to understand.) The movie studio setting provides Harold with lots of opportunities to do what comedians do in comedies like this one: flirt with actresses, anger the studio brass, and dash through sets disrupting everything.
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It's a Wild Life
Title: It's a Wild Life
Released: April 21, 1918
Type: Movie
Harold invades the "Gilded Guzzle" café, where he appropriates a lady's roll of money, hides under a table and impersonates a cigar store Indian.
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Pipe the Whiskers
Title: Pipe the Whiskers
Released: April 14, 1918
Type: Movie
Our hero is a janitor in a old age rest home who actually runs the place.
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Follow the Crowd
Title: Follow the Crowd
Released: April 7, 1918
Type: Movie
A clueless man finds a bomb on the street and keeps throwing it to the crowd around him. The sketch then moves with the clueless nerd getting involved in all sorts of troubles until he accidentally gets into a hideout from a terrorist group that will complicate things for him more than he ever hoped.
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Look Pleasant, Please
Title: Look Pleasant, Please
Character: (uncredited)
Released: March 10, 1918
Type: Movie
A photo studio operator seems only interested in flirting with women. Hilarity ensues.
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Hit Him Again
Title: Hit Him Again
Released: February 17, 1918
Type: Movie
A short film starring Harold Lloyd.
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We Never Sleep
Title: We Never Sleep
Released: December 2, 1917
Type: Movie
Luke is an inept detective who follows the wrong man to a seaside hotel.
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All Aboard
Title: All Aboard
Character: Midget crew member
Released: November 25, 1917
Type: Movie
In order to get his daughter away from her suitors, her father decides to spirit her away to Bermuda. Our hero, however, stows away on the ship. When discovered, he is credited with catching a crook, thus winning a reward and the girl.
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Clubs Are Trump
Title: Clubs Are Trump
Released: November 18, 1917
Type: Movie
In pre-historic times (dream sequence), our hero, in a loin cloth, battles other cavemen over the opposite sex.
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The Flirt
Title: The Flirt
Released: November 11, 1917
Type: Movie
A man takes a job in a café, hoping to get to know the pretty waitress working there.
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Rainbow Island
Title: Rainbow Island
Released: October 28, 1917
Type: Movie
After finding a note in a floating bottle, our hero is off to resue the heroine. He runs into a tribe of cannibals.
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Bliss
Title: Bliss
Character: Short musician
Released: October 14, 1917
Type: Movie
A counterfeit count is aided in his courtship of the heroine by her father who is overwhelmed by his "title."
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Birds of a Feather
Title: Birds of a Feather
Released: October 7, 1917
Type: Movie
Luke, running a chili parlor, inherits a million dollars and joins high society.
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By the Sad Sea Waves
Title: By the Sad Sea Waves
Character: Spectator at Beach
Released: September 30, 1917
Type: Movie
Our vagabond hero dons a lifeguard's uniform and madcap antics ensue on the beach, and in the changing stalls!
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Pinched
Title: Pinched
Released: September 23, 1917
Type: Movie
Harold's checked cap, blown from his head by a freakish wind, gets him into trouble. First he comes into conflict with the police as a highwayman, then the cap serves to identify him as a housebreaker and lands him in jail, while the innocent cause of his trouble becomes his cellmate for another reason. Eventually a distracted wife rescues both her husband and Harold from the clutches of the law, the cap this time aiding him to regain his freedom.
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Lonesome Luke Loses Patients
Title: Lonesome Luke Loses Patients
Released: September 16, 1917
Type: Movie
Luke operates a sanatarium, which he has naturally staffed with a bevy of attractive nurses.
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Over the Fence
Title: Over the Fence
Character: (uncredited)
Released: September 9, 1917
Type: Movie
Snitch steals Ginger's (stolen) baseball tickets and takes Ginger's girl to the game. Finding himself without tickets, Ginger dresses as a baseball player and wins the game. A possible debut of the "Glasses" or "Boy" character.
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Lonesome Luke, Messenger
Title: Lonesome Luke, Messenger
Character: Short Messager (uncredited)
Released: August 5, 1917
Type: Movie
While on the job, delivering a message, Luke finds himself in a girl's seminary.
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Lonesome Luke on Tin Can Alley
Title: Lonesome Luke on Tin Can Alley
Released: April 15, 1917
Type: Movie
Luke is a pickpocket, hiding out from the cops in a dive in the slum part of town. He later winds up in a boxing match which again brings the law on his tail.
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Lonesome Luke's Lively Life
Title: Lonesome Luke's Lively Life
Released: March 18, 1917
Type: Movie
Luke runs the coat-check concession at the White Light Cafe.
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Luke's Trolley Troubles
Title: Luke's Trolley Troubles
Released: February 4, 1917
Type: Movie
Luke and his sidekick steal a trolley car and create havoc for passengers.
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Luke's Shattered Sleep
Title: Luke's Shattered Sleep
Character: Small Tramp
Released: December 31, 1916
Type: Movie
Audiences may think Luke with his St. Vitus movement never sleeps, but they are dead wrong. Like Bill Shakespeare Luke "blesses the man who first invented sleep." After a screamingly comical search for slumber he finally hits the hay and sleeps without moving to Brooklyn.
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Luke Locates the Loot
Title: Luke Locates the Loot
Released: December 24, 1916
Type: Movie
As a detective, Luke is after a gang of crooks who are robbing party guests of their jewels.
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Luke's Fireworks Fizzle
Title: Luke's Fireworks Fizzle
Released: December 17, 1916
Type: Movie
Luke, working in a fireworks factory.
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Luke, Rank Impersonator
Title: Luke, Rank Impersonator
Released: December 10, 1916
Type: Movie
Luke crashes a society affair, thereby livening things up.
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Luke's Movie Muddle
Title: Luke's Movie Muddle
Released: December 3, 1916
Type: Movie
Lonesome Luke has a movie theater and also works the box office and as an usher. He has to put up with, among other things, an incompetent projectionist who falls asleep all the time. Complications ensue.
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Luke, Patient Provider
Title: Luke, Patient Provider
Released: November 19, 1916
Type: Movie
When a doctor is forced, because of a lack of patients, to dismiss his pretty nurse, Luke comes to the rescue and uses his flivver to supply a ready supply of accident cases.
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Luke and the Bang-Tails
Title: Luke and the Bang-Tails
Released: October 15, 1916
Type: Movie
Lonesome Luke at the Tijuana Races.
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Luke's Speedy Club Life
Title: Luke's Speedy Club Life
Released: October 1, 1916
Type: Movie
Luke is a bellboy at a fancy club.
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Luke and the Mermaids
Title: Luke and the Mermaids
Released: September 18, 1916
Type: Movie
Lonesome Luke asleep in the briny deep.
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Luke Joins the Navy
Title: Luke Joins the Navy
Character: Jewish Man
Released: September 4, 1916
Type: Movie
The beginning of the film you find Harold Lloyd playing his "Lonesome Luke" character. Out of the blue, Lloyd decides he's going to join the navy and you really wonder if part of the film leading to it is missing. After all, the decision seemed to come from no where and why Snub Pollard would also join is unclear. And, oddly, they seem to skip all training and are stationed on a navy ship. Soon Pollard's wife comes to the boat looking for him and she's put off the boat as the movie ends very, very anticlimactically.
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Luke Does the Midway
Title: Luke Does the Midway
Released: August 21, 1916
Type: Movie
Lonesome Luke at the San Diego Exposition.
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Luke's Lost Lamb
Title: Luke's Lost Lamb
Released: August 7, 1916
Type: Movie
A day at the seaside chasing a lost child.
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Luke, Crystal Gazer
Title: Luke, Crystal Gazer
Released: July 24, 1916
Type: Movie
Luke happens into a spiritualist's shop where he is smitten by her daughter. He decides to stick around and take a job there.
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Luke Rides Roughshod
Title: Luke Rides Roughshod
Released: July 10, 1916
Type: Movie
Out west, Luke changes clothes with an outlaw and proceeds into town. Of course, he is mistaken for the wanted man and a chase ensues.
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Luke's Society Mixup
Title: Luke's Society Mixup
Released: June 26, 1916
Type: Movie
Luke, a mechanic, stands in for a famous violinist. At first, his bad manners and rough behavior are accepted as the eccentricities of genius. Then matters get out of hand.
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Luke Laughs Last
Title: Luke Laughs Last
Released: June 5, 1916
Type: Movie
Unhappy in his job as a butler (although he likes wearing a dress suit), Luke gets involved with burglars and the law.
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Luke's Late Lunchers
Title: Luke's Late Lunchers
Released: May 22, 1916
Type: Movie
Luke runs a beanery, in which the bad service, terrible food and filthy conditions lead to hi-jinx.
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Luke's Double
Title: Luke's Double
Released: April 12, 1916
Type: Movie
Luke dreams that he has a double. One 'Luke' gets in all kinds of trouble, while the other pays the consequences.