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The Uncovered Wagon (1923)
Character: N/A
Hal Roach short is a spoof of the 1923 Western COVERED WAGON, which was a huge hit for Paramount. In this film a group of people are heading out West to Hollywood so they pack up their "wagons" and head out where they must battle various elements including crossing a dangerous river and battling Indians. The "wagons" are actually cars with a cover on them and the Indians even ride in on bicycles so you can tell the type of humor that Roach is going for.
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Take Next Car (1922)
Character: N/A
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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Just Rambling Along (1918)
Character: N/A
A nervy young man follows a pretty lady into a diner to flirt with her, but winds up getting stuck with the tab.
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Next Aisle Over (1919)
Character: (uncredited)
A salesman takes a job at a department store to impress a girl and winds up stopping a kidnapping.
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The Dippy Dentist (1920)
Character: Patient in waiting room
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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Sold at Auction! (1923)
Character: The Man Who Sold
Snub gets a job helping an auctioneer. He’s instructed to sell off a household estate, but goes to the wrong house. After everything is sold, the real owner returns, and forces Snub to track down all the buyers to restore the property.
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It's a Gift (1923)
Character: Customer
A group of oil magnates are trying to think of new ways to attract business. One of them suggests that they contact the inventor Pollard, who has devised a new gasoline substitute. Pollard himself lives in a home filled with his eccentric inventions. When he gets the message from the oil company, he is excited about the opportunity to demonstrate his innovation.
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The Whole Truth (1923)
Character: Chemist
A prosecutor instructs the audience of a courtroom to observe the tearful and slightly hysterical wife (Helen Gilmore) who is sitting in the witness box, and claims she is this way due to her husband, who shows up very infrequently. For the defence (James Finlayson), he never did anything to be proud of - and was proud of it. He sits there smirking and sipping a glass of water before being momentarily distracted. He goes to take another sip of his drink but instead picks up a different glass containing something very different.
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The Dumb-Bell (1922)
Character: Actor playing doctor
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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Run 'Em Ragged (1920)
Character: N/A
Run ’Em Ragged, Snub Pollard’s 39th starring vehicle, uses familiar slapstick-- Over-the-top make-up, ethnic humor, and a chase across Los Angeles’s Echo Park-- But there is more here than knockabout; Sophisticated sight gags test the limits of the characters’ perception, making expert use of such props as a seemingly bottomless rowboat.
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On Location (1921)
Character: N/A
Snub is an street sweeper with OCD, living in a neighborhood full of fussy people. He is sweeping the street when he anticipates a cop who is about to throw some litter into the road and dashes over to catch it in his cart. He then tries to save a drunken man from falling into the road before stopping his cart to pick up a solitary leaf which has dared to fallen upon the ground. The eccentric and obsessed street sweeper meticulously disposes of the leaf but when he turns around he finds half the tree has shed its leaves at that very moment
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Punch the Clock (1922)
Character: N/A
Eddie suspects his wife of having an affair with Snub. Snub, meanwhile, just wants to get to work on time.
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Before the Public (1923)
Character: N/A
'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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Do Me a Favor (1922)
Character: N/A
Marie's inebriated husband refuses to go to bed, so she asks Snub, a homeless man she finds sleeping in the park, to assist.
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Call Again (1928)
Character: Man chased by cop (uncredited)
Edward Everett Horton is scheduled to go on a date with Duane Thompson. She, being only 25, is a schoolgirl at Aileen Manning's girl's school. Horton becomes trapped in the school, trying to avoid headmistress and cops.
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Pardon Me (1922)
Character: N/A
Snub puts over some amusing hokum in his efforts to be arrested.
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Blaze Away (1922)
Character: N/A
Paul is practicing the art of being a cowboy. He consults a book before firing his gun, climbing onto a saddle on top of a chair and then falling off and dressing his wounds. He then gets back on his 'saddle' and fires his gun again, this time in the direction of another man who has just entered the room. Paul leaves abruptly and rides into town on a horse, and straight through a crowded saloon. A town marshal sees this as act act of bravery and rewards Paul with a sheriff's badge immediately. A fearful rival makes his mark when he lights his cigarette by tossing it into the air and shooting at it to ignite it!
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High and Dizzy (1920)
Character: Her Father
A tipsy doctor encounters his patient sleepwalking on a building ledge, high above the street.
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His Royal Slyness (1920)
Character: N/A
A young adventurer trades places with a European prince and falls in love above his station.
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Why Worry? (1923)
Character: The Valet
A hypochondriac vacations in the tropics for the fresh air - and finds himself in the middle of a revolution instead.
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Count Your Change (1919)
Character: N/A
Harold becomes the victim of a clever bulldog pup who chases him in and out of various places.
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Ghost Town Gold (1936)
Character: Spectator With Bottle (uncredited)
The three Mesquiteers try to recover the gold stolen by a gang in its effort to ruin the banker/mayor who ordered them to leave town.
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Safety Last! (1923)
Character: Man with Flowers / Studio Photographer (uncredited)
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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Ask Father (1919)
Character: The Boss
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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Haunted Spooks (1920)
Character: The Uncle
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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Speedy (1928)
Character: Lung Machine Concessionaire (uncredited)
A hapless young man living in New York City rallies to save his girlfriend's grandfather's horse-drawn trolley, the last in the city, from being put out of business by a railroad company.
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Si, Senor (1919)
Character: N/A
Our hero is a barber in a small Mexican town, wooing a local senorita, against the wishes of her mother.
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Adventure's End (1937)
Character: Kierce
Pacific pearl diver Duke Slade escapes angry natives by joining a whaler whose dying captain persuades him to marry his daughter who is already being wooed by the first mate.
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Now or Never (1921)
Character: Sheriff of Teetersburg (uncredited)
A young man, unaccustomed to children, must accompany a young girl on a train trip.
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Headin' for the Rio Grande (1936)
Character: Reports Escape
Singing cowboy Tex Saunders finds himself in a heap of trouble when he agrees to investigate local gangsters at the behest of a lovely lady. As payment for his pains, he's framed by a saloon owner for killing bad guy Red Dugan and forced to sweat it out in jail. Will his faithful sidekick, Chilo, show up to save his skin … or will Tex have a date with the gallows?
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Dr. Jack (1922)
Character: Asylum Guard (uncredited)
Country doctor Jack Jackson is called in to treat the Sick-Little-Well-Girl, who has been making Dr. Saulsbourg and his sanitarium very rich after years of unsuccessful treatment.
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Dogs of War! (1923)
Character: Actor
The gang wages war using old vegetables as munitions. Later, they ruin a movie in progress when they double-expose the film.
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Take a Chance (1918)
Character: N/A
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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The Freshman (1925)
Character: Gardener (uncredited)
An unathletic college freshman ridiculed by his peers for his mannerisms strives to become popular by making the football team.
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An Eastern Westerner (1920)
Character: (uncredited)
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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Red River Valley (1936)
Character: Rancher (uncredited)
Gene and Frog set out to find out who has been causing the accidents at a dam construction site.
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Young Mr. Jazz (1919)
Character: (uncredited)
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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The Lucky Texan (1934)
Character: Townsman with News (uncredited)
Jerry Mason, a young Texan, and Jake Benson, an old rancher, become partners and strike it rich with a gold mine. They then find their lives complicated by bad guys and a woman.
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The Marathon (1919)
Character: The Rich Girl's Father
Boy trying to impress girl, gets chased by her father and the police right into an ongoing marathon.
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The City Slicker (1918)
Character: N/A
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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Lawless Range (1935)
Character: Hank Mason
John Middleton is investigating cattle rustling when he is captured and tossed into a cave with Emmett, a rancher who disappeared earlier. They help each other escape and learn that a local banker is trying to scare everyone away to grab up some secret gold mines.
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Don't Shove (1919)
Character: N/A
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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