1899-08-18 Birmingham, Warwickshire, England, UK
From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia Charlie Hall (19 August 1899 – 7 December 1959) was an English film actor. He is best known as the "Little Nemesis" of Laurel and Hardy and appeared in nearly 50 films with them, so that Hall was the most frequent supporting actor of their films. Hall was born in Ward End, Birmingham, Warwickshire, and learned carpentry as a trade, but as a teenager, he became a member of the Fred Karno troupe of stage comedians. In his late teens, he visited his sister in New York and stayed there, finding employment as a stagehand. While working behind the scenes, he met the comic actor Bobby Dunn and they became friends; Dunn convinced Hall to take a stab again at acting, which he did. By the mid-1920s, Hall was working for Hal Roach. Stan Laurel, one of Roach's comedy stars, was also a graduate of the Karno troupe. As an actor, Hall worked with such comedians as Buster Keaton and Charley Chase, but is best remembered as a comic foil for Laurel and Hardy. He appeared in nearly 50 of their films, sometimes in bit parts, but often as a mean landlord or opponent in many of their memorable tit-for-tat sequences. Unlike the usual villains in Laurel and Hardy films, who were big and burly, Charlie Hall (billed as "Charley" Hall in the Roach comedies) was of short stature, standing 5 ft 5 in tall. His height and slight English accent allowed him to be convincingly cast as a college student, despite being 40 years old, in Laurel and Hardy's A Chump at Oxford. Hall almost never played starring roles; the exception was in 1941, when he was teamed with character comedian Frank Faylen by Monogram Pictures. Hall continued to play bits and supporting roles in short subjects and features through the 1940s and 1950s, occasionally on TV, appearing very briefly in Charlie Chaplin's final American film, Limelight (1952). In 1956 he played a small but important part in the TV show Cheyenne, season 1, episode 11, "Quicksand", starring Clint Walker, with Dennis Hopper, John Alderson, Wright King and Peggy Webber. His last role was in a Joe McDoakes short film starring George O'Hanlon, So You Want to Play the Piano, in 1956. Hall died in North Hollywood, California, on 7 December 1959. A J D Wetherspoon's public house in Erdington, is named The Charlie Hall as a tribute to him.
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Laurel & Hardy: Year Two | 2024-10-29 | |
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Laurel & Hardy: Year One | 2023-09-01 | |
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Dance of the cookoos | Receptionist / Postman / Delivery Man | 1982-01-01 |
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The Best of Laurel and Hardy | Annoyed Shopkeeper (archive footage) (uncredited) | 1968-12-14 |
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The Further Perils of Laurel and Hardy | 1967-12-01 | |
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So You Want to Play the Piano | 1956-05-05 | |
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Illegal | Bellhop (uncredited) | 1955-10-09 |
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Limelight | Newsboy (uncredited) | 1952-10-16 |
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The Milkman | Ed (uncredited) | 1950-10-17 |
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Sister Kenny | Airport Attendant (uncredited) | 1946-10-10 |
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Abie's Irish Rose | Hotel Porter (as Charles Hall) | 1946-12-27 |
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Without Reservations | Window-Washer (uncredited) | 1946-05-13 |
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Dressed to Kill | Cab Driver (uncredited) | 1946-05-24 |
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On Stage Everybody | Painter (uncredited) | 1945-07-13 |
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Hi, Beautiful | Milkman (uncredited) | 1944-12-18 |
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The Lodger | Comedian | 1944-01-19 |
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In Society | Mugg (uncredited) | 1944-08-16 |
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Radio Rampage | Jack - Radio Repairman | 1944-03-28 |
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Girls! Girls! Girls! | Apartment House Waiter | 1944-06-09 |
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Honeymoon Lodge | Hotel Handyman | 1943-07-23 |
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The Ape Man | Barney | 1943-03-05 |
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His Butler's Sister | Porter | 1943-11-26 |
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So's Your Uncle | Waiter | 1943-09-01 |
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Framing Father | Silver Slipper Waiter | 1942-05-15 |
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The Big Street | Caviar Waiter in New York (Uncredited) | 1942-08-13 |
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Man From Headquarters | Newspaper Photographer | 1942-01-23 |
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The Falcon Takes Over | Louie (Uncredited) | 1942-05-29 |
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An Apple in His Eye | Dan - Edgar's Neighbor | 1941-06-06 |
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Top Sergeant Mulligan | Budd Doolittle | 1941-10-16 |
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Niagara Falls | Bellhop (uncredited) | 1941-10-17 |
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San Antonio Rose | Waitress | 1941-06-20 |
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A Quiet Fourth | Edgar's Neighbor | 1941-12-19 |
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Hellzapoppin' | Taxi Driver (uncredited) | 1941-12-25 |
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Father Steps Out | Short Hobo 'Nap', aka Napoleon | 1941-07-19 |
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The Mexican Spitfire's Baby | Nightclub Waiter | 1941-11-28 |
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I'll Fix It | The Laundry Man | 1941-10-07 |
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Vigil in the Night | Courtroom Spectator | 1940-02-05 |
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Mexican Spitfire | Elevator Operator | 1940-01-12 |
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A Trailer Tragedy | Homeless Thief in Washroom | 1940-10-17 |
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Millionaires in Prison | Cockney Convict Heckler (uncredited) | 1940-07-12 |
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Saps at Sea | Desk Clerk (uncredited) | 1940-04-29 |
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You Can't Fool Your Wife | Ritz Amsterdam Bellboy | 1940-05-21 |
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Primrose Path | Man in Diner (uncredited) | 1940-03-22 |
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Curtain Call | Second Waiter | 1940-04-18 |
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A Chump at Oxford | Student | 1940-01-25 |
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Mexican Spitfire Out West | Elevator Boy | 1940-10-29 |
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One Night in the Tropics | Second S.S. Atlantica Steward (uncredited) | 1940-11-15 |
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Captain Fury | Gossiping Citizen | 1939-05-26 |
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Man About Town | Bob's Assistant (uncredited) | 1939-06-29 |
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Bachelor Mother | Dance Hall Official (uncredited) | 1939-06-30 |
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The Hunchback of Notre Dame | Mercury (uncredited) | 1939-12-29 |
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Five Came Back | Airport Worker (uncredited) | 1939-06-23 |
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Hey! Hey! USA | Leary's pal | 1938-10-01 |
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Shall We Dance | Bartender (uncredited) | 1937-05-07 |
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Our Relations | Man in Pawnshop (uncredited) | 1936-09-15 |
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An All American Toothache | (uncredited) | 1936-01-25 |
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Bonnie Scotland | Native Henchman (uncredited) | 1935-08-23 |
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Treasure Blues | Moving Man (uncredited) | 1935-01-26 |
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Sing Sister Sing | Porter (uncredited) | 1935-03-02 |
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Thicker Than Water | Bank Teller (uncredited) | 1935-03-16 |
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Top Hat | (uncredited) | 1935-08-29 |
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Tit for Tat | Mr. Hall | 1935-01-05 |
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Twin Triplets | Ambulance Attendant (uncredited) | 1935-10-12 |
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In Love at 40 | Man Getting Shave | 1935-08-29 |
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Hot Money | Tenant (uncredited) | 1935-11-16 |
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Soup and Fish | Second Butler, Announcing Guests (uncredited) | 1934-03-30 |
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Bridal Bail | Irate Movie Patron | 1934-02-09 |
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Cockeyed Cavaliers | Coach Driver | 1934-06-29 |
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The Undie-World | T.N.T. Room Busboy | 1934-04-03 |
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Love on a Ladder | Pool Hall Patron | 1934-03-18 |
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Opened by Mistake | Intern (uncredited) | 1934-10-05 |
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Ocean Swells | Sailor | 1934-08-08 |
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Kentucky Kernels | Cigarette Stand Owner (uncredited) | 1934-11-02 |
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Babes in Toyland | Townsman (uncredited) | 1934-12-14 |
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One-Horse Farmers | Subway Passenger (uncredited) | 1934-08-01 |
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Maid in Hollywood | Cameraman (uncredited) | 1934-05-19 |
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Rough Necking | Postman | 1934-04-24 |
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Hi'–Neighbor! | Window Washer | 1934-03-02 |
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Them Thar Hills | Mr. Hall | 1934-07-21 |
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Mike Fright | Elevator Operator | 1934-08-25 |
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The Live Ghost | Sailor at Table (as Charles Hall) | 1934-12-08 |
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Another Wild Idea | Man Pushed into Fountain | 1934-06-16 |
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Babes in the Goods | Spectator (uncredited) | 1934-02-10 |
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Rhapsody in Brew | Waiter (uncredited) | 1933-09-29 |
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The Midnight Patrol | Tire thief's partner | 1933-08-03 |
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King Kong | Member of Ship's Crew (uncredited) | 1933-03-15 |
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What Fur | 1933-11-03 | |
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Keg o' My Heart | Waiter (uncredited) | 1933-11-11 |
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Nature in the Wrong | Organ Grinder | 1933-03-18 |
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Me and My Pal | Delivery Boy (uncredited) | 1933-04-22 |
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Twice Two | Delivery Boy | 1933-02-25 |
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The Druggist's Dilemma | Charlie Zeno | 1933-05-22 |
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Air Fright | Pilot (uncredited) | 1933-12-23 |
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Hold Your Temper | 1933-12-15 | |
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Busy Bodies | Shop Worker (uncredited) | 1933-10-07 |
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Morning Glory | Actor (uncredited) | 1933-08-18 |
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Sons of the Desert | Waiter (uncredited) | 1933-12-29 |
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One Track Minds | Train Passenger (uncredited) | 1933-05-20 |
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Maids a la Mode | Party Guest (uncredited) | 1933-03-04 |
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Beauty and the Bus | Theatre Usher (uncredited) | 1933-09-16 |
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Diplomaniacs | Shaffner the Valet (uncredited) | 1933-04-28 |
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Backs to Nature | Hunter (uncredited) | 1933-11-14 |
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Mr. Bride | Tipsy Ship Passenger | 1932-12-24 |
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A Slip at the Switch | Second Tramp | 1932-08-08 |
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The Music Box | Postman (uncredited) | 1932-04-16 |
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Love Pains | Unimpressed Party Guest (uncredited) | 1932-02-13 |
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Too Many Women | Man on Street (uncredited) | 1932-05-14 |
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Wild Babies! | Explorer's Man, Wellington (as Charley Hall) | 1932-06-17 |
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Sealskins | Sealnapper's Accomplice (uncredited) | 1932-02-06 |
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Any Old Port! | Stan's Second | 1932-03-05 |
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Million Dollar Legs | Klopstokian Athlete (uncredited) | 1932-07-08 |
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The Soilers | Elevator Operator (uncredited) | 1932-10-29 |
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Show Business | Train Passenger (uncredited) | 1932-08-20 |
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Strictly Unreliable | The Stage Manager (as Charley Hall) | 1932-04-30 |
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Cynara | Courtroom Spectator (uncredited) | 1932-12-24 |
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Pack Up Your Troubles | Janitor (uncredited) | 1932-09-16 |
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What Price Hollywood? | Reporter (uncredited) | 1932-06-24 |
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Just a Pain in the Parlor | Servant | 1932-04-25 |
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Sneak Easily | Page | 1932-12-10 |
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Scratch-As-Catch-Can | 1931-11-06 | |
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Come Clean | Ice Cream Attendant | 1931-09-02 |
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Laughing Gravy | Landlord (uncredited) | 1931-04-04 |
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Spuk um Mitternacht | Man on Train | 1931-05-21 |
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Les Carottiers | Bellboy / Landlord | 1931-02-07 |
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Los calaveras | The Landlord | 1931-04-18 |
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The Kick-Off! | Man on the Street (uncredited) | 1931-12-05 |
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Let's Do Things | Waiter (uncredited) | 1931-06-06 |
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Be Big! | Bellboy | 1931-02-07 |
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The Panic Is On | Man on the Street (uncredited) | 1931-08-14 |
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On the Loose | Shooting Gallery Attendant (uncredited) | 1931-12-26 |
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War Mamas | Doughboy (uncredited) | 1931-11-14 |
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Mama Loves Papa | Milkman (uncredited) | 1931-10-23 |
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One of the Smiths | Dancer (uncredited) | 1931-05-23 |
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Sweepstakes | Little Cook | 1931-07-10 |
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Politiquerías | Elevator Operator | 1931-05-01 |
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The Pajama Party | Inebriated Party Guest (uncredited) | 1931-10-03 |
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The Pip from Pittsburg | Kay's Dancing Partner (uncredited) | 1931-03-21 |
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Fifty Million Husbands | Neighbor (uncredited) | 1930-05-23 |
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Bear Shooters | Charlie | 1930-05-16 |
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The Real McCoy | Mountain Man (uncredited) | 1930-02-01 |
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Los cazadores de osos | Bootlegger | 1930-10-30 |
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Tiembla y Titubea | Street Cleaner (uncredited) | 1930-04-28 |
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Below Zero | 1930-04-26 | |
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Men of the North | Townsman at Hearing (uncredited) | 1930-09-27 |
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Let's Go Native | Mover (uncredited) | 1930-08-15 |
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Only Saps Work | Waiter (uncredited) | 1930-12-05 |
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Blotto | Cabdriver | 1930-02-08 |
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Dollar Dizzy | Bellhop | 1930-10-03 |
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Noche de duendes | Passenger | 1930-10-16 |
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La vida nocturna | Cabdriver (uncredited) | 1930-04-19 |
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The Fighting Parson | The Waiter (uncredited) | 1930-02-06 |
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Double Whoopee | Cabdriver | 1929-05-18 |
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Snappy Sneezer | Streetcar passenger (uncredited) | 1929-07-29 |
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Boxing Gloves | Sidewalk diner attendant | 1929-09-09 |
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Movie Night | Audience Member (uncredited) | 1929-05-11 |
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Men O' War | Boater (uncredited) | 1929-06-29 |
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The Hoose-Gow | Treetop Lookout (uncredited) | 1929-11-16 |
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Berth Marks | Train Passenger (uncredited) | 1929-06-01 |
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Skirt Shy | Postman (uncredited) | 1929-11-30 |
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They Go Boom! | Landlord | 1929-09-21 |
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Leaping Love | Ambulance Attendant (uncredited) | 1929-06-22 |
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Angora Love | Neighbor | 1929-12-14 |
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A Pair of Tights | Man in Fender-Bender (uncredited) | 1929-02-03 |
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Wrong Again | Neighbor | 1929-02-23 |
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That's My Wife | Waiter (uncredited) | 1929-03-23 |
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Bacon Grabbers | Truck driver | 1929-10-19 |
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Little Mother | Taxi driver | 1929-06-01 |
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Should Married Men Go Home? | Soda Jerk (uncredited) | 1928-09-08 |
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Came the Dawn | Little Moving Man (uncredited) | 1928-03-03 |
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Must We Marry? | 1928-12-01 | |
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Leave 'Em Laughing | The Landlord | 1928-01-28 |
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You're Darn Tootin' | Musician | 1928-04-21 |
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Two Tars | Shopkeeper | 1928-11-03 |
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Captain Swagger | Messenger | 1928-10-13 |
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Fluttering Hearts | Man under car | 1927-06-19 |
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Forgotten Sweeties | 1927-04-10 | |
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Sugar Daddies | Hotel extra | 1927-09-10 |
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College | Coxswain (uncredited) | 1927-09-10 |
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The Second 100 Years | Convict (uncredited) | 1927-10-08 |
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With Love and Hisses | Soldier (uncredited) | 1927-08-28 |
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The Battle of the Century | Pie Delivery Man (uncredited) | 1927-12-31 |
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Love 'Em and Weep | Tillsbury's Butler | 1927-06-12 |
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Call of the Cuckoo | Asylum Inmate | 1927-10-15 |
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Duck Soup | Moving man (uncredited) | 1927-03-13 |
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Eve's Love Letters | Cab driver (uncredited) | 1927-05-28 |
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The Second 100 Years | Convict | 1927-10-08 |
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Seeing the World | English chauffeur | 1927-02-13 |
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Bromo and Juliet | Stagehand (uncredited) | 1926-09-19 |
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Thundering Fleas | Musician | 1926-07-18 |
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Mighty Like a Moose | Shoe Shine Man | 1926-07-18 |
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Madame Sans Jane | Steward | 1925-08-09 |
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Unfriendly Enemies | First Soldier Over the Top | 1925-09-13 |
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Isn't Life Terrible? | Steward Who Drops Plates | 1925-07-05 |
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Postage Due | Customer | 1924-02-17 |
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Near Dublin | Villager | 1924-05-10 |
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A Ten-Minute Egg | First Bellhop (uncredited) | 1924-07-19 |
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The Cowboy Sheik | Party guest | 1924-02-03 |
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Smithy | Worker | 1924-01-19 |
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Zeb vs. Paprika | 1924-03-16 | |
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Mother's Joy | 1923-12-23 | |
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Do Me a Favor | A Fireman | 1922-05-21 |
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The Janitor | 1921-12-16 |
