Harry 'Snub' Pollard
Known for Acting · 406 credits
- Born
- 1889-11-08
- Died
- 1962-01-19
- Place of birth
- Melbourne, Victoria, Australia
- Also known as
- Harry 'Snub' Pollard · Harry Pollard · Snub Pollard · Harold Hopetown Fraser · Harold Fraser · Harry Fraser
Biography
Snub Pollard (9 November 1889 – 19 January 1962) was an Australian-born vaudevillian, who became a silent film comedian in Hollywood, popular in the 1920s.
Born Harold Fraser, in Melbourne, Australia on 9 November 1889, he began performing with Pollard's Lilliputian Opera Company at a young age. Like many of the actors in the popular juvenile company, he adopted Pollard as his stage name. The company ran several highly successful professional children's troupes that traveled Australia and New Zealand in the late nineteenth and early twentieth century.
In 1908, Harry Pollard joined the company tour to North America. After the completion of the tour, he returned to the US. By 1915 he was regularly appearing in uncredited roles in movies, for example Charles Epting notes that Pollard can clearly be seen in Chaplin's 1915 short By the Sea. In later years, Pollard claimed Hal Roach had discovered him while he was performing on stage in Los Angeles.
Pollard played supporting roles in the early films of Harold Lloyd and Bebe Daniels. The long-faced Pollard sported a Kaiser Wilhelm mustache turned upside-down; this became his trademark. Lloyd's producer, Hal Roach, gave Pollard his own starring series of one- and two-reel shorts. The most famous is 1923's It's a Gift, in which he plays an inventor of many Rube Goldberg-like contraptions, including a car that runs by magnet power.
In early 1923, shortly after his second marriage, Pollard returned with his wife Elizabeth to see his relations in Australia. His visit attracted considerable attention, and he appeared again in several theatres to speak about the motion picture business. On his return to the US, he left Roach and joined the low-budget Weiss Brothers studio in 1926. There he co-starred with Marvin Loback as a poor man's version of Laurel and Hardy, copying that team's plots and gags.
Known For
Alfred Hitchcock Presents
1955
as Bar Patron (uncredited)
Racket Squad
1951
Public Defender
1954
The Man Who Shot Liberty Valance
1962
as Statehood Audience Member (uncredited)
Singin' in the Rain
1952
as Old Man Getting Umbrella (uncredited)
Miracle on 34th Street
1947
as Final Court Officer Bearing Mail (uncredited)
TV Shows (3)
Movies (403)
The Man Who Shot Liberty Valance
1962
as Statehood Audience Member (uncredited)
Singin' in the Rain
1952
as Old Man Getting Umbrella (uncredited)
Miracle on 34th Street
1947
as Final Court Officer Bearing Mail (uncredited)
High Rollers
1921
His Regeneration
1915
as Extra
Red River
1948
as Wagon Train Member (uncredited)
Si, Senor
1919
Monkey Businessmen
1946
as Mr. Grimble (uncredited)
Ask Father
1919
as The Corn-Fed Secretary
Cockeyed Cavaliers
1934
as King's Physician's Aide
Inherit the Wind
1960
as Townsman (uncredited)
Limelight
1952
as Street Musician
Friendly Persuasion
1956
as Carnival Patron (uncredited)
Pocketful of Miracles
1961
as Knuckles (uncredited)
Julius Caesar
1953
as Citizen of Rome (uncredited)
Phony Express
1943
as Sheriff Hogwaller (uncredited)
One-Eyed Jacks
1961
as Townsman (uncredited)
Society Mugs
1946
as Party Guest (uncredited)
Strange Impersonation
1946
as Taxi driver (uncredited)
Two Scrambled
1918
Till the Clouds Roll By
1946
as Show Boat Orchestra Drummer (uncredited)
Soft Money
1919
Fifteen Minutes
1921
as The Husband
Scaramouche
1952
as Man at Assembly Meeting
Spring Fever
1919
as The Unwelcome Suitor
Fresh Paint
1920
as Bicycle Messenger
Where the Sidewalk Ends
1950
as Pool Hall Patron (uncredited)
Double Trouble
1927
The Tin Star
1957
as Townsman(uncredited)
Mesquite Buckaroo
1939
as Janitor Suds
365 Days
1922
as The Good Grandson
Stingaree
1934
as Victor
Homicidal
1961
as Eddie, Bellhop (Uncredited)
Slippery Slickers
1920
House of Strangers
1949
Do Me a Favor
1922
as A Hobo
The Man with the Golden Arm
1955
as Street Vagrant (uncredited)
Swing Your Partners
1918
The Paradine Case
1947
as Cabby (uncredited)
Fire!!
1926
as The Boy
Casanova Brown
1944
as Father at Baby Window (uncredited)
Strictly Modern
1922
as Chambermaid Man
Kicked Out
1918
The Lady Gambles
1949
as Elevator Operator (uncredited)
The Gunfighter
1950
as Townsman at Funeral (uncredited)
The Mystery Man
1923
as Detective Snub Pollard
Canyon Passage
1946
as Miner (uncredited)
All Wet
1926
Adam's Rib
1949
as Man in Courtroom (uncredited)
Get Busy
1924
as Shorter pal
Defective Detectives
1944
as Janitor
Swat the Crook
1919
Mr. Celebrity
1941
as Racetrack Spectator (uncredited)
Here Comes a Sailor
1928
The Man from Colorado
1948
as Townsman (uncredited)
Luke's Lost Lamb
1916
Pipe Down
1929
Master of the World
1961
as Man at Balloon Society Meeting (uncredited)
Living It Up
1954
as Vagrant in Park (uncredited)
Sister Kenny
1946
as Man at Barn Dance (uncredited)
Edge of Darkness
1943
as Townsman in Church (uncredited)
The Old Sea Dog
1922
as Snub the Ferryboat Pilot
The Buster Keaton Story
1957
as Audience Member (uncredited)
The Country Girl
1954
as Stagehand (uncredited)
Johnny Belinda
1948
as Man on Jury (uncredited)
The Parrott Chase
2009
as (archive footage) (uncredited)
Lonesome Luke Leans to the Literary
1916
Call a Taxi!
1920
Goofs and Saddles
1937
as Bad guy caught by sash window in shed (uncredited)
Before Breakfast
1919
Stars in My Crown
1950
as Bartender (uncredited)
The Purchase Price
1932
as Harmonica Player Joe Atterbury (uncredited)
Birds of a Feather
1917
Hail the Conquering Hero
1944
as Townsman (uncredited)
The Company She Keeps
1951
as Restaurant Patron (uncredited)
Where the Buffalo Roam
1938
as Pee Wee
Bughouse Bellhops
1915
as Moke Morpheus
Rollin' Plains
1938
as Pee Wee
A Woman's Secret
1949
as Stagehand (Uncredited)
Ring Up the Curtain
1919
as The Leading Man
Clubs Are Trump
1917
as Snub
Rush Orders
1921
as Marquis de Marmalade
Sic 'Em, Towser
1918
Pay Your Dues
1919
Luke and the Mermaids
1916
Valley of Fire
1951
as Townsman
Pal Joey
1957
as Waiter (uncredited)
Man of a Thousand Faces
1957
as Comedy Waiter #2
Pistols for Breakfast
1919
Charlie's Triple Trouble
1944
as Flop House Tramp (archive footage)
Gents in a Jam
1952
as Telegram Deliverer (uncredited)
She Loves Me Not
1918
Just Neighbors
1919
as The Neighbor
The Yokel
1926
Who Was That Lady?
1960
as Tattoo Artist (uncredited)
Stand by for Action
1942
as Sailor (uncredited)
Newly Rich
1922
as The Chauffeur
Police
1916
as First Flophouse Customer
Luke Locates the Loot
1916
Hear 'Em Rave
1918
Luke, the Chauffeur
1916
Lonesome Luke, Social Gangster
1915
as Tin-Horn Tommy
Luke, the Gladiator
1916
One Good Turn
1931
as A Community Player (uncredited)
Carrie
1952
as Lunch Wagon Counterman (uncredited)
Unknown Island
1948
as Extra in Dive, Pointing Out Tarnowski
The Oregon Trail
1959
as Townsman (uncredited)
Courtship of Miles Sandwich
1923
as Papa
Follow the Crowd
1918
Nothing But Trouble
1918
Grab the Ghost
1920
as Husband
Captain Kidd's Kids
1919
as The Valet
The Hoodlum Saint
1946
as Parade Spectator (uncredited)
Hello Teacher
1918
Teacher's Pet
1958
as Reporter (uncredited)
Peculiar Patients' Pranks
1915
It Happened Tomorrow
1944
Trail Street
1947
as Farmer (uncredited)
State Fair
1945
as Hog Contest Spectator (uncredited)
Young Mr. Jazz
1919
as Snub
About Harry 'Snub' Pollard
Snub Pollard (9 November 1889 – 19 January 1962) was an Australian-born vaudevillian, who became a silent film comedian in Hollywood, popular in the 1920s. Born Harold Fraser, in Melbourne, Australia on 9 November 1889, he began performing with Pollard's Lilliputian Opera Company at a young age. Like many of the actors in the popular juvenile company, he adopted Pollard as his stage name. The company ran several highly successful professional children's troupes that traveled Australia and New Zealand in the late nineteenth and early twentieth… With 406 credits spanning from 1913 to 2009, Harry 'Snub' Pollard has appeared in 403 films and 3 TV shows.
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- The Man Who Shot Liberty Valance (1962) — as Statehood Audience Member (uncredited)
- Singin' in the Rain (1952) — as Old Man Getting Umbrella (uncredited)
- Miracle on 34th Street (1947) — as Final Court Officer Bearing Mail (uncredited)
- High Rollers (1921)
- His Regeneration (1915) — as Extra
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