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Derby Day (1922)
Character: N/A
Very hungry Monty chases a garbage truck all around town to retrieve a box lunch thrown away by a picky young lady.
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White Youth (1920)
Character: Monsieur Le Moyne
Convent-reared Aline Ann Belame receives a letter from her grandfather General Belame, whom she had never previously met. The letter summons Aline to the old man's plantation to meet the husband he has chosen for her. Elated at the prospect of having a home and a husband, Aline arrives at the plantation only to learn that her fiancé, Monsieur Cayetane, is a withered old man. Aline refuses the match and soon falls in love with Burton Striker, who is installing a vault door on the General's wine cellar.
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The Return of Mary (1918)
Character: Clark, the Butler
Mary, the three-year-old daughter of John Denby, a railroad president, is kidnapped, and all trace of her is lost. Fourteen years elapse. There has been a terrible wreck on Denby's road and Graham, the engineer, is made the scapegoat. In spite of the fact that he merely obeyed orders, he is sent of to prison. Mary is returned to Denby, the kidnapper explaining that he stole her when his own little daughter was killed, but that now he feels he must return her to her parents.
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Wife and Auto Trouble (1916)
Character: The Wife's Brother
A mild-mannered man's problems with his domineering wife and mother-in-law lead to complications with the law.
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The Hall-Room Girls (1913)
Character: Joe
Pearl White & Chester Barnett want to go on a date and have nothing to wear, so they borrow some clothes....
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Don't Weaken! (1920)
Character: Reilly's Daughter's Beau
A dancing instructor gets involved with a newly rich family.
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No Children (1929)
Character: Smitty's Father
Parents pretend they are in show business and their kids are ventriloquist dummies.
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Will Power (1913)
Character: Pearl’s Pa
Pearl's father disapproves of her sweetheart, Chester, and tries to use a mind-over-matter technique to keep him away. However, Pearl discovers the secret behind Chester's strange behavior and, with her own willpower, turns the tables, ultimately leading to a change of heart.
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Dollars and Sense (1916)
Character: Hetty's Sweetheart
A country girl and a foppish Englishman are to inherit an estate, and the terms say that it can't be divided: The two must get married, and if one refuses, then the other gets the entire estate. The girl schemes with her twin brother to trick the Englishman out of his part of the inheritance. The girl's corn-fed crush helps out, while the twins' father dreams of being force-fed dog sausage.
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A Sanitarium Scandal (1917)
Character: N/A
The sanitarium run by Lallah Hart is in need of repairs and her nephew (Earle Rodney) is broke and after a loan. In her absence (off with her beau) he rents the place out to a group of (presumably) chorus girls (doubling inevitably as bathing beauties) while having to deal with the arrival of his own fiancée (Myrtle Lind) and her parents (the formidable Blanche Payson and Baldy Belmont) who between them provide most of what few laughs there are and a sheriff (Fritz Schade) with a debt to collect.
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Blondes by Choice (1927)
Character: Everett Hollingsworth
Bonnie and Cliff meet cute when she gives him a lift after his car has broken down. Turns out she’s getting ready to open a beauty parlor and bleaches her hair platinum blonde to drum up business much to the chagrin of a local woman’s group. However, when Cliff’s wealthy mother invites Bonnie to be guest of honor at her yacht party things turn around both business and personally for the pair.
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The Mystery Man (1923)
Character: N/A
An unconventional super detective (Snub) pursues a trio of crooks who've stolen the fortune of his girlfriend's father. Along the way, absurd things happen like he's tricked into trailing a cow and he enters a cross-country foot race.
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The Sock Exchange (1928)
Character: Father
Bobby Vernon must contend with an angry Eddie Baker in this funny Al Christie production.
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Your Baby and Mine (1915)
Character: Mr. Sands
Bob Sands' joy of life disappeared when his little brother arrived. It's not that his parents had neglected him on purpose, but of course the new baby claimed most of their attention. When Bob played noisily, he was warned not to wake the baby and forced to play away from the house. Hoping for sympathy, he tells his playmate, Hilda, about the new arrival.
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How Bill Squared It with His Boss (1914)
Character: Bill's Father
Mr. Hadley shows Bill a photograph of his fiancée, Alice Mordaunt, and instructs Bill to admit her immediately should she arrive at the office. Bill leaves for lunch. Upon his return, he discovers his boss kissing Ethel, who is Mr. Hadley's sister, not his fiancée. Bill, unaware of their family relationship, is horrified, believing his boss is being unfaithful to Alice Mordaunt. Feeling a strong sense of loyalty to the absent fiancée, Bill decides to get even with his boss. He informs Mr. Hadley's real fiancée, Alice, about his boss's perceived "duplicity". The outcome is a comical situation as Bill's interference leads to misunderstandings and fallout, which is how Bill "squares it" with his boss.
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Ethel's Roof Party (1914)
Character: Ethel's Beau
Office worker Ethel decides to host a luncheon party on the office roof while her boss is away. Two male co-workers, Bill and his pal, decide they should be invited as well and join the party uninvited. Ethel, displeased by their intrusion, enlists her other male guests to remove the pair from the roof, conflict of a comic nature ensues.
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Love, Honor and Behave (1920)
Character: Robbins' Brother-in-Law
A young married couple appears before a judge to get a divorce. The wife shows the judge some pictures of her husband with his arms around another woman, as "proof" that he was cheating on her. The husband, for his part, claims that he was just innocently helping the woman and that he was being blackmailed by the photographer who took the picture.
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Married Life (1920)
Character: (uncredited)
Ben Turpin's rival marries his college sweetheart played by Phyllis Haver.
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The Black Pearl (1928)
Character: Wiggenbottom
A pearl stolen from an Indian idol results in nothing but trouble for its owner. After he receives death threats by note pinned to a dagger, he decides to gather his relatives in his old mansion for a reading of his will. Unfortunately, the family members are being mysteriously bumped off one by one. The butler and an heiress set out to discover what's going on.
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Dog Gone It (1926)
Character: N/A
Walter Lantz as himself Baldy Belmont as the old man and Pete the pup as himself.
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A Lucky Disappointment (1914)
Character: Mr. Fairley
Hoping to elope, farmer's daughter Myrtle Fairley and her beau Jack Holt are forced to return home after finding the minister not at home. Upon arrival they discover a pair of incompetent safe crackers trying to force Mr. Fairley to give up his money, leading to a tense resolution.
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Too Much Youth (1925)
Character: Francetti
Jimmy Kenton, a young wastrel with an addiction to jazz, falls in love with Marguerite Crandall when she sneers at his sporty antics at a health resort. He is then sent to jail following an altercation with her escort. Jimmy's father, Mark Kenton, pays his son's bail and sends him to San Francisco, CA, to close an important real estate deal with Marguerite's father, George. The determined young man vows not to sleep until he has completed the transaction, and Mark decides to make him regret such a rash promise. He arranges with the George to delay closing the deal for as long as possible and has Pat Casey accompany Jimmy to ensure that he stays awake. After Jimmy rescues Marguerite from a forest fire, George closes the deal and permits his daughter to marry Jimmy.
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The Joke on Yellentown (1914)
Character: Ike of the Bar X Ranch
The new minister en route to a new western town to preach loses one of his suitcases containing his clerical robes. It is found on the road by Pete and Ike, cowboys of the Bar X Ranch, who decide to play a huge joke on the boys of their town.
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Back to the Kitchen (1914)
Character: The Count
The ranchman's daughter is in love with Jack of the Rancho and becomes engaged to him, but Pa comes on their lovemaking and rudely separates them. Following an idea which he worked on during a visit to New York, Pa writes to a Frenchman, a lawyer there, and tells him he will marry his daughter to a count the lawyer will provide. The lawyer accordingly looks up an Italian cook, decks him out with a red sash, etc., and sends him west for the easy money.
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Young April (1926)
Character: Hans (as Baldy Belmont)
Young orphan Victoria Sax becomes a grand duchess and is summoned to a remote kingdom.
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Down on the Farm (1920)
Character: The Minister
The day starts off as any normal day on Roach's farm, where Teddy, the farmhouse dog, is doing more productive work than everyone else combined. But the day changes when Roach's farmhand sees an opportunity to be the knight in shining armor to Louise, Roach's daughter, who he wants to marry.
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The Phantom of the Opera (1925)
Character: Stage Manager (uncredited)
The deformed Phantom who haunts the Paris Opera House causes murder and mayhem in an attempt to make the woman he loves a star.
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Up Romance Road (1918)
Character: Thomas Millbanke
An engaged couple, whose two fathers are millionaire ship owners, is determined to put a little life in their engagement by writing a threatening letter.
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Yankee Doodle in Berlin (1919)
Character: Von Tirpitz
Behind enemy lines, Captain Bob White disguises himself as a woman in order to fool members of the German High Command, including the Kaiser himself.
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Prowlers of the Night (1926)
Character: Sheriff Brandon
Sheriff Jack Norton is badly wounded in a gun battle with bandits and is helped by Anita Parsons, the daughter, as he later learns, of the bandit leader. Torn between his love for the girl and his devotion to duty, Jack decides the latter is too strong to resist.
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Trailin' West (1936)
Character: Old Man (uncredited)
A singing secret agent tracks down renegades at President Lincoln's request.
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The Dentist (1932)
Character: Mr. Benford - Man Hit by a Golf Ball
An unconventional dentist deals with patients in slapstick fashion.
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Lady Killer (1933)
Character: Birthday Party Guest (uncredited)
An ex-gang member tries to resist his old cohorts' criminal influence after he suddenly becomes a Hollywood movie star.
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Where Is My Wife? (1921)
Character: N/A
Lovable buffoon Monty Banks tries to relax, but ultimately spends his day worrying about who is keeping company with his wife.
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The Spider (1931)
Character: N/A
Lowe plays Chatrand the Great, a magician with great hypnotic and magical powers. During his evening performance at an upscale theater, a murder occurs. A hand wearing a sinister spider ring raises a revolver, the lights go out, and a shot rings out! When the lights come on, the body of a patron is lying on the floor, dying. Who is the mysterious killer? What is the strange secret of Lowe’s clairvoyant, amnesia-plagued assistant? After the police restrain the audience from leaving, Lowe uses his magical powers to help expose the killer. Watch for the terrific séance scene where weird ghost-like creatures float above the stage.
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A Clever Dummy (1917)
Character: Bald Husband in Audience
An inventor and his assistant build a robot that looks like their janitor, and everyone tries to profit off the invention.
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