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Bears and Bad Men (1918)
Character: Paw Slawson
Bears and Bad Men is a 1918 silent comedy film directed by Larry Semon[1] and featuring Stan Laurel.
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Figures Do Lie (1928)
Character: Mr. Newlywed
A comedy short with Frank Alexander, Jack Cooper & Violet Palmer from the J.R. Bray Studios.
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Cheer Up (1924)
Character: N/A
CHEER UP - starring Cliff Bowes, with Virginia Vance, Eddie Boland, and Frank Alexander. Cliff vies for Virginia's affections with Eddie, but ultimately she chooses Cliff to be her groom. The newlyweds move in to their new home, but the spurned rival makes a shambles out of the house in retaliation.
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Back Fire (1926)
Character: Alec
Fat, Fatty and Fatter are seen rescuing their old Ford from the scrap wagon that is hauling it away. And then report to work, where they have a dyspeptic boss. With the help of a monkey they manage to wreck the office.
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S.O.S. Perils of the Sea (1925)
Character: N/A
S.O.S. Perils of the Sea is a 1925 American silent film featuring Elaine Hammerstein, directed by James P. Hogan and released through Columbia Pictures.
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Hop to It! (1925)
Character: Hotel guest
Two nutty bellhops raise havoc at a posh hotel.
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Romans and Rascals (1918)
Character: Rotund senator
The Roman setting provides ample opportunity for a very high concentration of gag titles, many of which are quite witty and many of which are quaint for deriving their humor from the juxtaposition of having ancient Romans use a lot of hip 1918-era slang. The whole thing is an excuse for a good send-up of how the Roman Empire has been depicted in "serious" plays, movies, &c.
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Dunces and Dangers (1918)
Character: N/A
Larry and his wife are desperately poor—with no food. However, the butcher and grocer show up to collect money they are owed and they won't take no for an answer. They are ready to take anything and everything and eventually chase the pair up onto the room—where various stunts occur.
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Tailoring (1925)
Character: N/A
A 'Ton of Fun' slapstick comedy from the heaviest trio Hollywood has ever produced!
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The Cloudhopper (1925)
Character: Holden Jack
The plot of this film really isn't that important. Instead, the sight gags and chase scenes are paramount--with some of the most impressive chase footage you'll ever see. All the near-misses with the speeding train were amazing and the scene where the car gets smashed by the truck are absolutely priceless.
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The Perfect Clown (1925)
Character: Tiny Tott
A clerk is given $10,000 to deposit at the bank, but the bank is closed for the night so he tries to get to the bank president's house with the money.
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Three Of A Kind (1926)
Character: Fattie
A young woman is taken to a fancy nightclub by her uncle, but is stuck with the bill when the stingy uncle gets into an argument with a waiter and leaves without paying. While working off the debt, she recommends some friends of hers as an act for the club. Her friends are hired, but their performance does not go over very well, and soon the whole club is in an uproar.
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Old Tin Sides (1927)
Character: Frank
This is translated from a 'Cine-club' catalog Ufoleis (France) 1973-1974. The Three Fatty (A ton of fun) are salesmen in a grocery. Everyone will finish drinking the cider in the flooded cellar.
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Mickey's Rebellion (1931)
Character: Fat Man
A.k.a. "Mickey's Revolution". Needing to raise money for their caddy friend, Mickey and the gang put on a show.
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Mickey's Thrill Hunters (1931)
Character: Fat man
Mickey and the gang wind up in Harold Lloyd territory, when the kids work as window washers on a dangerous skyscraper.
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The Bargain of the Century (1933)
Character: Elmer - Customer
Comedy short with ZaSuPitts and Thelma Todd. After accidentally getting a policeman friend fired, the girls must come up with some way to get him re-hired or be stuck with him as an unwanted roommate.
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The Shrimp (1930)
Character: Fat Lodger
A timid man undergoes a personality change, and turns the tables on the people who've bullied him.
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Bathing Beauties and Big Boobs (1918)
Character: Fatty
A man decides to stage a fake robbery in front of his girlfriend's father (who doesn't like him), hoping it will make the father change his opinion. Unfortunately, real crooks wind up taking the money from the "robbery", and the boyfriend has to get it back.
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Chop Suey Louie (1923)
Character: Shy Won Lung
Joe Rock short comedy, also featuring Billie Rhodes and Frank Alexander.
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The Dome Doctor (1925)
Character: Fuller Hulkinbulk
The proprietors of a hairdressing and beauty emporium and the neighboring delicatessen battle over everything including the hairdresser's love of the deli owner's daughter.
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Madame Q (1929)
Character: Fat Juror
An attractive young woman on trial for murder employs her feminine wiles to charm the judge and jury.
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From Patches to Plenty (1915)
Character: Headwaiter
A poor man finds a bag with a lot of money resulting in a change of lifestyle. But not without complications...
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All Out (1925)
Character: N/A
The Ton of Fun -- aka The Three Fatties -- go out to a Wyoming ranch, where their enormous weight is about the sum total of the jokes, as in the others in this series.
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Cyclone Jones (1923)
Character: Fatty Wirthing
Young cowboy Cyclone Jones falls for pretty Sylvia Billings, who with her sheep-rancher father has just come to town. However, his pursuit of Sylvia runs into some roadblocks, mainly the hostility of the local cattle ranchers to "sheepmen" like her father, whose sheep they believe ravage the range and leave it unusable for their cattle to graze on and who are determined to drive the new arrivals out of town.
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The Show (1922)
Character: Ballet dancer / Wife of Man with Family
A harried propman backstage at a theater must put up with malfunctioning wind machines, roosters that spit nitroglycerine, and a gang planning to rob the theater's payroll.
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Kid Speed (1924)
Character: Mr. Avery DuPoys
Avery DuPoys is a wealthy businessman, organising a race. He meets one of the competitors of the race, who is in love with DuPoys's daughter. Another competitor crashes into the action, who is also in love with DuPoys's daughter. DuPoys suggests that whoever wins the race will have the opportunity to visit his daughter every Wednesday night. An action-packed race commences, with one competitor doing more than usual to win the race.
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The Rent Collector (1921)
Character: A thug
The Rent Collector is a 1921 American silent comedy film featuring Larry Semon & Oliver Hardy.
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The Suitor (1920)
Character: N/A
Larry having to go through a lot of trouble to get his girl. All from bomb baking cooks to high flying crashes.
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The Star Boarder (1919)
Character: The Warden
Larry's absurdly plush life of ease as a convict comes to an end when his sentence is up. Tossed out, he tries several ways, including a stickup to get back in the comfortable jail. Exchanging clothes with a lookalike escaped prisoner, he goes back, only to find he's to be hung. Now desperate to leave again, he joins other cons in a jailbreak.
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Her Boy Friend (1924)
Character: Slim Chance
Young and beautiful Iva Method is spying for the police at the Dropem Inn, a sleazy club that the police suspect is a front for a bootlegging operation run by gangster Slim Chance. Chance discovers Iva's identity and kidnaps her, and the police chief sends his bumbling son Larry to rescue her.
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The Sawmill (1922)
Character: Mill Owner
A bumbling sawmill employee tries to win the hand of the owner's daughter while staying out of the clutches of the mill's bullying foreman.
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The Kick-Off! (1931)
Character: Large Man in Stands
Gangsters kidnap the team's football coach in order to throw the game; Grady and Mickey try to win the game.
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By the Sad Sea Waves (1917)
Character: Bather
Our vagabond hero dons a lifeguard's uniform and madcap antics ensue on the beach, and in the changing stalls!
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The Fall Guy (1921)
Character: Sheriff
Larry falls afoul of wanted criminal Gentleman Joe, who runs a saloon full of tough guys and gunslingers.
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School Days (1920)
Character: N/A
Larry in school and always gets in trouble until he falls asleep and dreams of when he's all grown up.
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Bath Tub Perils (1916)
Character: The Porter
In this classic comedy, a hotelier continues to find himself in promiscuous situations involving a newlywed bride on her honeymoon much to the chagrin of his wife.
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Between the Acts (1919)
Character: The Manager
Larry working behind the scenes at a vaudeville show and mess things up.
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A Submarine Pirate (1915)
Character: Man on Crutches (uncredited)
A waiter tricks his way into command of a sub in order to rob a ship carrying gold bullion.
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The Bakery (1921)
Character: Bakery Owner
Well-meaning but accident-prone bakery employee Larry is involved in numerous slapstick mishaps on the job. After accidentally causing the bakery owner to fall into a vat of cake batter Larry finds his job in jeopardy, but he redeems himself by foiling a robbery planned by the bakery foreman.
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Passing the Buck (1919)
Character: The Fat Crook
Larry has to fight off a bunch of crooks who are after his bag of jewels.
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The Bell Hop (1921)
Character: A government official
A government official staying in a hotel puts some important secret papers in the hotel safe. A ring of spies out to get the papers manages to steal them from the safe, and a lady government agent enlists the help of the hotel's bumbling bellhop in getting back the papers and breaking up the spy ring.
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The Fly-Cop (1920)
Character: The Cabaret Owner
Larry going investigating an Oriental opium den. And opium is to Larry what spinach is for Popeye!
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The Wizard of Oz (1925)
Character: Uncle Henry / Prince of Whales
A farm girl learns she is a princess and is swept away by a tornado to the land of Oz.
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