Gus Leonard

Gus Leonard

Born: February 2, 1859
Died: March 27, 1939
in Marseille, Bouches-du-Rhône, France

Movies for Gus Leonard...

The Devil-Doll
Title: The Devil-Doll
Character: Eiffel Tower Elevator Operator (uncredited)
Released: July 10, 1936
Type: Movie
Wrongfully convicted of a robbery and murder, Paul Lavond breaks out of prison with a genius scientist who has devised a way to shrink humans. When the scientist dies during the escape, Lavond heads for his lab, using the shrinking technology to get even with those who framed him and vindicate himself in both the public eye and the eyes of his daughter, Lorraine. When an accident leaves a crazed assistant dead, however, Lavond must again make an escape.
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The Petrified Forest
Title: The Petrified Forest
Character: Jim (uncredited)
Released: February 8, 1936
Type: Movie
Gabby, the waitress in an isolated Arizona diner, dreams of a bigger and better life. One day penniless intellectual Alan drifts into the joint and the two strike up a rapport. Soon enough, notorious killer Duke Mantee takes the diner's inhabitants hostage. Surrounded by miles of desert, the patrons and staff are forced to sit tight with Mantee and his gang overnight.
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One Sunday Afternoon
Title: One Sunday Afternoon
Character: Muscian (uncredited)
Released: September 1, 1933
Type: Movie
Middle-aged dentist Biff Grimes reminisces about his unrequited love for beautiful Virginia Brush and her husband Hugo, his ex-friend, who betrayed him.
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Mush and Milk
Title: Mush and Milk
Character: Cap
Released: May 27, 1933
Type: Movie
When Cap's back pension finally comes in, he treats the gang to a day at an amusement park.
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Call Her Sausage
Title: Call Her Sausage
Character: Otto - a Musician (uncredited)
Released: May 12, 1933
Type: Movie
Ben proves to be the undoing when Billy opens a new deli. Ben and Billy do a variation of the famous "who's on first" skit.
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Elmer, the Great
Title: Elmer, the Great
Character: Nosey Townsman (uncredited)
Released: April 29, 1933
Type: Movie
Elmer does not want to leave Gentryville, because Nellie is the one that he loves. Even when Mr. Wade of the Chicago Cubs comes to get him, it is only because Nellie spurns him that he goes. As always, Elmer is the king of batters and he wins game after game. When Nellie comes to see Elmer in Chicago, she sees him kissing Evelyn and she wants nothing to do with him anymore. So Healy takes him to a gambling club, where Elmer does not know that the chips are money. He finds that he owes the gamblers $5000 and they make him sign a note for it. Sad at losing Nellie, mad at his teammates and in debt to the gamblers, Elmer disappears as the Cubs are in the deciding game for the Series.
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The Secret of Madame Blanche
Title: The Secret of Madame Blanche
Character: Desk Clerk (Uncredited)
Released: February 3, 1933
Type: Movie
A murder trial reunites a former chorus girl and her son, a grandson of an English aristocrat.
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Goldie Gets Along
Title: Goldie Gets Along
Character: Jailer
Released: January 27, 1933
Type: Movie
A small-town girl schemes to get to Hollywood only to run into the man she left behind.
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Trouble in Paradise
Title: Trouble in Paradise
Character: Elderly Servant (uncredited)
Released: October 30, 1932
Type: Movie
Thief Gaston Monescu and pickpocket Lily are partners in crime and love. Working for perfume company executive Mariette Colet, the two crooks decide to combine their criminal talents to rob their employer. Under the alias of Monsieur Laval, Gaston uses his position as Mariette's personal secretary to become closer to her. However, he takes things too far when he actually falls in love with Mariette, and has to choose between her and Lily.
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Movie Crazy
Title: Movie Crazy
Character: Janitor (Uncredited)
Released: September 23, 1932
Type: Movie
After a mix-up with his application photograph, an aspiring actor is invited to a screen test and goes off to Hollywood.
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New Morals for Old
Title: New Morals for Old
Character: Art School Concierge (uncredited)
Released: June 4, 1932
Type: Movie
Proper parents who treat their adult children as teenagers have a son who wants to go to Paris to study art, and a daughter in love with a married man.
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When a Feller Needs a Friend
Title: When a Feller Needs a Friend
Character: Abraham
Released: April 30, 1932
Type: Movie
A lame boy's uncle tries to rescue him from his over-protective parents.
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The Big Shot
Title: The Big Shot
Character: Mr. Tuttle - Railroad Stationmaster
Released: December 31, 1931
Type: Movie
A young man runs into trouble when he buys an auto court, only to find out that its located next to a swamp that drives away all potential customers.
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Penrod and Sam
Title: Penrod and Sam
Character: Violinist at Birthday Party (uncredited)
Released: October 1, 1931
Type: Movie
Best pals Penrod and Sam are leaders of a super-secret neighborhood society, the In-Or-In Boys Club. Troubles arise when a pompous prig tries to join the club and when the boys lose their clubhouse in a land sale. But there’s also plenty of time to play pranks, put on a carnival, experience the pangs of first love, and romp with Duke, the world’s best dog.
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Stranger in Town
Title: Stranger in Town
Character: Townsman / Customer
Released: August 6, 1931
Type: Movie
Crickle is a tenacious small-town grocer who stubbornly resists the efforts of a monopolistic chain-store firm to purchase his establishment. The chain manager retaliates by cutting off Crickles' supply of produce, whereupon his friends and neighbors save his business by supplying him with goods from their own farms.
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The Devil to Pay!
Title: The Devil to Pay!
Character: Pet Shop Owner (uncredited)
Released: December 18, 1930
Type: Movie
Spendthrift Willie Hale again returns penniless to the family home in London. His father is none too pleased, but Willie smooth-talks him into letting him stay. At the same time he turns the charm on Dorothy Hope, whose father is big in linoleum and who, before Willie's arrival, was about to become engaged to a Russian aristocrat.
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The Doorway to Hell
Title: The Doorway to Hell
Character: Shop Owner (uncredited)
Released: October 18, 1930
Type: Movie
A vicious crime lord decides that he has had enough and much to the shock of his colleagues decides to give the business to his second in command and retire to Florida after marrying his moll. Unfortunately, he has no idea that she and the man are lovers.
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The Happy Hottentots
Title: The Happy Hottentots
Character: Old Man at Boarding House (uncredited)
Released: April 22, 1930
Type: Movie
Two desperate singers take a job as the singing act in a movie theater between shows. They soon regret their decision.
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The Fighting Parson
Title: The Fighting Parson
Character: Stagecoach Passenger (uncredited)
Released: February 6, 1930
Type: Movie
Harry is mistaken for "The Fighting Parson" in a tough western town.
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Loose Ankles
Title: Loose Ankles
Character: Mr. Berry from Walla Walla
Released: February 2, 1930
Type: Movie
A grandmother's will leaves her fortune to a few, mostly to her great-niece Ann. Ann will only receive her inheritance once she marries, with the approval of three of her stuffed-shirt relatives, and without scandal. Otherwise, the estate goes to the cat and dog hospital. Ann, not needing the money, rebels by seeking scandal with a gigolo.
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The Head Guy
Title: The Head Guy
Character: Uncle (uncredited)
Released: January 11, 1930
Type: Movie
Harry is made the temporary stationmaster in a small town.
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Mister Antonio
Title: Mister Antonio
Released: October 15, 1929
Type: Movie
Antonio Camaradino, florist and street musician, befriends a man robbed of his overcoat and money in a disreputable bar. Tony recognizes the man as Jorny, mayor of Avalonia, a straitlaced town where Tony was once arrested for playing his hurdy-gurdy. After this meeting, Tony's travels take him again to Avalonia. Camped on the outskirts of town, he meets June Ramsey, a cousin of the mayor's wife, ejected from town by the mayor because his reelection campaign is jeopardized by her having been seen in a roadhouse. Under considerable pressure because he wishes to conceal his previous encounter with Tony from the opposition, Jorny returns Tony's favor by asking June's forgiveness and inviting her to return to Avalonia. June accepts his apologies; she then follows Tony, with whom she has fallen in love.
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Noah's Ark
Title: Noah's Ark
Character: Manager of Belgian Theater Troup (uncredited)
Released: November 1, 1928
Type: Movie
The Biblical story of Noah and the Great Flood, with a parallel story of soldiers in the First World War.
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The Wind
Title: The Wind
Character: Old Man at Dance Hall (uncredited)
Released: September 15, 1928
Type: Movie
When Letty Mason relocates to West Texas, she finds herself unsettled by the ever-present wind and sand. Arriving at her new home at the ranch of her cousin, Beverly, she receives a surprisingly cold welcome from his wife, Cora. Soon tensions in the family and unwanted attention from a trio of suitors leave Letty increasingly disturbed.
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Love's Young Scream
Title: Love's Young Scream
Released: May 11, 1928
Type: Movie
Young lovers pursued by her father -- and then a series of sight gags based on the mayhem of their auto ride.
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Speedy
Title: Speedy
Character: Civil War Veteran (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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Coney Island
Title: Coney Island
Character: Jingles Wellman
Released: January 13, 1928
Type: Movie
Tammany Burke, young owner of a giant roller coaster, is fighting heavy odds against a syndicate led by financial baron Hughey Cooper. Assisted by his sweetheart, Joan, and her father, Jingles Wellman, formerly a clown, Burke prepares for a sabotage of his machine by syndicate hirelings. In the midst of a great battle the riot squad arrives to arrest the troublemakers, and Burke and his sweetheart are left in happy possession of their roller coaster.
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Dad's Choice
Title: Dad's Choice
Released: January 7, 1928
Type: Movie
Eddie wants to marry a girl, but her father is strongly opposed to it. For her sake, she convinces him to at least meet Eddie.
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The First Auto
Title: The First Auto
Character: Barber
Released: June 27, 1927
Type: Movie
The transition from horses to automobiles at the turn of the century causes problems between a father and son.
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Exit Smiling
Title: Exit Smiling
Character: Audience Member (uncredited)
Released: November 6, 1926
Type: Movie
The travails of a third-rate traveling theatre company and its wardrobe lady / maid who dreams of stepping in as their melodramatic production's (Flaming Women) female lead.
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Go West
Title: Go West
Character: General Store Owner (uncredited)
Released: November 1, 1925
Type: Movie
With little luck at keeping a job in the city a New Yorker tries work in the country and eventually finds his way leading a herd of cattle to the West Coast.
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The Freshman
Title: The Freshman
Character: Waiter Who Takes Harold's Pants (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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Stay Single
Title: Stay Single
Released: January 28, 1924
Type: Movie
After Felix Valle helps rescue next door neighbor Dorothy Devore's dog from the over-zealous dog catcher, she agrees to help him get a raise in salary by pretending to be his wife. Meanwhile, her jealous husband is bringing home Felix' boss for a deal...
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Hustlin' Hank
Title: Hustlin' Hank
Released: November 11, 1923
Type: Movie
Hal Roach produced comedy has Will Rogers playing the title character, a rather slow, dimwitted man who works on a ranch where he usually gets pushed around at. A woman (Marie Mosquini) comes to town looking for someone to help her photograph some of the animals so she picks Hank and soon regrets it.
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Carmen, Jr.
Title: Carmen, Jr.
Character: Bullfight Spectator
Released: August 29, 1923
Type: Movie
A spoof of Bizet's Carmen, showcasing child star Baby Peggy.
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Second Hand Love
Title: Second Hand Love
Character: The Constable
Released: August 26, 1923
Type: Movie
Andy Hanks is an itinerant fix-it man who comes to town with his horse and dog as his only pals. He falls in love with Angela Trent, a young woman with an air of mystery about her.
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Safety Last!
Title: Safety Last!
Character: Office Worker
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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The Girl I Loved
Title: The Girl I Loved
Character: Neighbor Perkins
Released: February 15, 1923
Type: Movie
John Middleton is distressed to learn that his family is taking in an orphan girl named Mary. He turns aside all her attempts to befriend him. But with the passage of time, John discovers (long after everyone else has) that he loves Mary. But by now it's too late. She plans to marry his friend Willie.
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Watch Your Step
Title: Watch Your Step
Character: Jennifer Kimball
Released: February 16, 1922
Type: Movie
Elmer Slocum has just served a jail sentence for speeding. On his first day of liberty he encounters a physician whose car has broken down and offers to take him to his patient; he is pursued by motorcops for speeding, wrecks his car in a closed street, and knocks down and believes he has killed a policeman. Elmer boards a freight train and makes his way to a small town in Iowa, where he meets Margaret Andrews.....
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Why Wild Men Go Wild
Title: Why Wild Men Go Wild
Character: Old man
Released: August 27, 1920
Type: Movie
Party-hearty college boys Bobby and Jimmy tone it down for Jimmy's dad when visiting, but when Jimmy's sister declares what she wants is a real cave man, Bobby jumps at the chance.
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Homer Comes Home
Title: Homer Comes Home
Character: The Grocer
Released: June 27, 1920
Type: Movie
Ne'er-do-well Homer Cavender ventures to the city from Mainsville in an effort to find fame and fortune. Both elude him, and after clerking for two years, Homer returns home for a vacation. Impressed by his flashy clothes, the townspeople assume that Homer has achieved success. Attempting to win Rachel Prouty from his rival, Arthur Machim, Homer continues the deception by announcing that his employer, Kort and Bailly, has dispatched him to enroll stockholders for a proposed new plant to be built in Mainsville. Machim discovers the sham and denounces Homer as a crook.
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A Husband in Haste
Title: A Husband in Haste
Character: The Doctor
Released: May 7, 1920
Type: Movie
Jack (Earle Rodney) wants to marry Betty (Helen Darling) but inadvertently offends her parents, who demand “anybody in the world but that whippersnapper!” With the help of an “old time actor friend” (Eddie Barry), he makes his prospective in-laws rue their words.
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His Royal Slyness
Title: His Royal Slyness
Character: King Razzamatazz / Bolshevik orator
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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Bumping Into Broadway
Title: Bumping Into Broadway
Character: Desperate Spinster
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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Don't Shove
Title: Don't Shove
Character: Old Man
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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The Marathon
Title: The Marathon
Character: The Butler
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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A Sammy in Siberia
Title: A Sammy in Siberia
Character: Ivan Whiski Broomsky - the Girl's Father (uncredited)
Released: April 6, 1919
Type: Movie
A bumbling American soldier saves a girl from a bunch of Cossacks.
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Do You Love Your Wife?
Title: Do You Love Your Wife?
Released: January 5, 1919
Type: Movie
Stan plays a janitor at a hotel dropping letters and trying to retrieve them with a vacuum, getting wet, helping a lady shoot her cheating husband and being chased by the police.
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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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Are Crooks Dishonest?
Title: Are Crooks Dishonest?
Character: Old man in park
Released: June 23, 1918
Type: Movie
Con artists Harold and Snub attempt to outwit phony psychic Miss Goulash and her "professor" father.
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The City Slicker
Title: The City Slicker
Character: Old man playing checkers
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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Hey There
Title: Hey There
Character: Bearded Actor
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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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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All Aboard
Title: All Aboard
Character: Bebe's Father
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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Love, Laughs and Lather
Title: Love, Laughs and Lather
Released: November 4, 1917
Type: Movie
An Englishman and his valet have adventures in the American West.
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Bliss
Title: Bliss
Character: Bearded man
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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By the Sad Sea Waves
Title: By the Sad Sea Waves
Character: Old Man
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: Boxing Instructor (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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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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A Watery Wooing
Title: A Watery Wooing
Character: Professor Spoofledoo
Released: July 19, 1916
Type: Movie
Tom is not in favor with Flossie's aunt though the latter lady thinks he is just right. Tom's fertile brain forms a scheme and by a fake rescue of Flossie from the ocean waves he gets in the good graces of the stern aunt. But when the next day finds Aunty in peril herself the truth comes out: Tom can't swim.