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Do You Love Your Wife? (1919)
Character: N/A
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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Call Her Sausage (1933)
Character: Otto - a Musician (uncredited)
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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Are Crooks Dishonest? (1918)
Character: Old man in park
Con artists Harold and Snub attempt to outwit phony psychic Miss Goulash and her "professor" father.
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All Aboard (1917)
Character: Bebe's Father
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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Carmen, Jr. (1923)
Character: Bullfight Spectator
A spoof of Bizet's Carmen, showcasing child star Baby Peggy.
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A Sammy in Siberia (1919)
Character: Ivan Whiski Broomsky - the Girl's Father (uncredited)
A bumbling American soldier saves a girl from a bunch of Cossacks.
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Mister Antonio (1929)
Character: N/A
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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Why Wild Men Go Wild (1920)
Character: Old man
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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The Fighting Parson (1930)
Character: Stagecoach Passenger (uncredited)
Harry is mistaken for "The Fighting Parson" in a tough western town.
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The Head Guy (1930)
Character: Uncle (uncredited)
Harry is made the temporary stationmaster in a small town.
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A Husband in Haste (1920)
Character: The Doctor
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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Pinched (1917)
Character: N/A
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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Hustlin' Hank (1923)
Character: N/A
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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A Watery Wooing (1916)
Character: Professor Spoofledoo
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.
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Penrod and Sam (1931)
Character: Violinist at Birthday Party (uncredited)
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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Dad's Choice (1928)
Character: N/A
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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His Royal Slyness (1920)
Character: King Razzamatazz / Bolshevik orator
A young adventurer trades places with a European prince and falls in love above his station.
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Watch Your Step (1922)
Character: Jennifer Kimball
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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Stay Single (1924)
Character: N/A
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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The Happy Hottentots (1930)
Character: Old Man at Boarding House (uncredited)
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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Noah's Ark (1928)
Character: Manager of Belgian Theater Troup (uncredited)
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 Lucky Corner (1936)
Character: Grandpa Gus
The gang help Scotty and his grandfather after an obnoxious lunch counter owner forces them to move their lemonade stand.
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By the Sad Sea Waves (1917)
Character: Old Man
Our vagabond hero dons a lifeguard's uniform and madcap antics ensue on the beach, and in the changing stalls!
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Speedy (1928)
Character: Civil War Veteran (uncredited)
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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Bumping Into Broadway (1919)
Character: Desperate Spinster / Bouncer at Stage Door (uncredited)
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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Go West (1925)
Character: General Store Owner (uncredited)
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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Hey There (1918)
Character: Bearded Actor
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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Trouble in Paradise (1932)
Character: Elderly Servant (uncredited)
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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The Doorway to Hell (1930)
Character: Shop Owner (uncredited)
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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One Sunday Afternoon (1933)
Character: Muscian (uncredited)
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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Elmer, the Great (1933)
Character: Nosey Townsman (uncredited)
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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Over the Fence (1917)
Character: (uncredited)
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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Safety Last! (1923)
Character: Office Worker (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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Second Hand Love (1923)
Character: The Constable
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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The Devil to Pay! (1930)
Character: Pet Shop Owner (uncredited)
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 Petrified Forest (1936)
Character: Jim (uncredited)
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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The Freshman (1925)
Character: Waiter Who Takes Harold's Pants (uncredited)
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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Loose Ankles (1930)
Character: Mr. Berry from Walla Walla
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 Wind (1928)
Character: Old Man at Dance Hall (uncredited)
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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Mush and Milk (1933)
Character: Cap
When Cap's back pension finally comes in, he treats the gang to a day at an amusement park.
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The Marathon (1919)
Character: The Butler
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: Old man playing checkers
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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Bliss (1917)
Character: Bearded man
A counterfeit count is aided in his courtship of the heroine by her father who is overwhelmed by his "title."
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An Ozark Romance (1918)
Character: N/A
Harold visits the Ozarks, where he has some funny experiences with a mountain girl and her eccentric family.
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The Girl I Loved (1923)
Character: Neighbor Perkins
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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Goldie Gets Along (1933)
Character: Jailer
A small-town girl schemes to get to Hollywood only to run into the man she left behind.
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Movie Crazy (1932)
Character: Janitor (Uncredited)
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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The Devil-Doll (1936)
Character: Eiffel Tower Elevator Operator (uncredited)
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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Exit Smiling (1926)
Character: Audience Member (uncredited)
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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Love's Young Scream (1928)
Character: N/A
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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Don't Shove (1919)
Character: Old Man
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 First Auto (1927)
Character: Barber
The transition from horses to automobiles at the turn of the century causes problems between a father and son.
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New Morals for Old (1932)
Character: Art School Concierge (uncredited)
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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Stranger in Town (1931)
Character: Townsman / Customer
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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Coney Island (1928)
Character: Jingles Wellman
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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Homer Comes Home (1920)
Character: The Grocer
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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Teacher's Beau (1935)
Character: Elderly Party Guest
The gang tries to dissuade their teacher from getting married.
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Fireman Save My Child (1918)
Character: N/A
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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The Big Shot (1931)
Character: Mr. Tuttle - Railroad Stationmaster
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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