Chester Conklin

Chester Cooper Conklin (January 11, 1886 – October 11, 1971) was an early American film comedian who started at Keystone Studios as one of Mack Sennett’s Keystone Cops, often paired with Mack Swain. He appeared in a series of films with Mabel Normand and worked closely with Charlie Chaplin, both in silent and sound films.

Actor

1913

[ ] Hubby’s Job (????)

1914

[ ] Between Showers (Policeman)
[ ] Dough and Dynamite (Jacques)
[ ] Mabel's Busy Day (Police Sergeant)
[ ] The Masquerader (Film actor)
[ ] Mabel's Strange Predicament (The Husband (uncredited))
[ ] Tillie's Punctured Romance (Mr. Whoozis (uncredited))
[ ] Caught in a Cabaret (Waiter / Footman (uncredited))
[ ] Such a Cook (????)
[ ] The Anglers (????)
[ ] The Love Thief (The Love Thief)
[ ] How Heroes Are Made (The Boy Friend's Rival)
[ ] Tango Tangles (Guest in Police Costume)
[ ] Mabel at the Wheel (Mabel's Father (uncredited))
[ ] Twenty Minutes of Love (Pickpocket)
[ ] The Face on the Barroom Floor (Drinker)
[ ] Gentlemen of Nerve (Ambrose, Mabel's friend)
[ ] Those Love Pangs (Rival)
[ ] Making a Living (Policeman / Bum (uncredited))
[ ] 'Curses!' They Remarked (Blackheart Jr.)
[ ] The Baggage Smasher (The Baggage Smasher)
[ ] Double Crossed (Desk Sergeant)
[ ] The Property Man (Man in Audience (uncredited))
[ ] Mabel's New Job (Boarder)

1915

[ ] Droppington's Devilish Deed (Droppington)
[ ] Dizzy Heights and Daring Hearts (Mr. A.C. Walrus)
[ ] Hearts and Planets (Mr. Walrus - Visible Star)
[ ] A One Night Stand (The Property Man)
[ ] When Ambrose Dared Walrus (Walrus)
[ ] Droppington's Family Tree (Droppington)
[ ] Saved by Wireless (The Spy's Ally)
[ ] A Hash House Fraud (The Chief of Police)
[ ] A Bird's a Bird (Mr. Walrus)
[ ] Do-Re-Mi-Boom! (The Suitor)
[ ] The Cannon Ball (The Villain)
[ ] Love, Speed and Thrills (Mr. Walrus)
[ ] Ambrose's Fury (????)
[ ] The Home Breakers (Walrus)

1916

[ ] The Love Thief (????)
[ ] Cinders of Love (The Fire Chief)

1917

[ ] A Clever Dummy (A Playful Property Man)
[ ] An International Sneak (A Foreign Spy)
[ ] The Pullman Bride (The Rejected Suitor)
[ ] The Pawnbroker's Heart (The Pawnshop Clerk)

1918

[ ] His Hidden Purpose (Albert Walrus - Who Lived by His Wits)
[ ] The Village Chestnut (Teacher)
[ ] It Pays to Exercise (Little Giant)

1919

[ ] Yankee Doodle in Berlin (Officer of Death's Head Hussars)

1920

[ ] The Soft Boiled Yegg (????)

1921

[ ] His Model Day (????)
[ ] Skirts (????)

1922

[ ] Step Lively, Please (????)

1923

[ ] Anna Christie (Tommy)
[ ] Souls for Sale (Self - Celebrity Actor in Commissary)
[ ] Desire (Oland Young)

1924

[ ] Greed (Popper Sieppe)
[ ] North of Nevada (Lem Williams)
[ ] Another Man's Wife (Rumrunner)
[ ] The Fire Patrol (Fireman)
[ ] Battling Bunyan (A Stranger)
[ ] The Galloping Fish (Jonah)

1925

[ ] The Winding Stair (Onery)
[ ] The Masked Bride (Wine Waiter)
[ ] A Woman of the World (Sam Poore)
[ ] The Phantom of the Opera (Orderly (uncredited))
[ ] The Wizard of Oz (????)
[ ] The Pleasure Buyers (Burke)
[ ] Where Was I? (Elmer)
[ ] One Year to Live (Froquine)
[ ] Under the Rouge (Mr. Fleck)

1926

[ ] A Social Celebrity (Johann Haber)
[ ] Say It Again (Prince Otto V)
[ ] Fascinating Youth (Chester Conklin)
[ ] The Lady of the Harem (Ali)
[ ] We're in the Navy Now (Navy Capt. Smithers)
[ ] Behind the Front (Scottie)
[ ] The Nervous Wreck (Mort)
[ ] Midnight Lovers (Moriarity)
[ ] The Duchess of Buffalo (Hotel Manager)

1927

[ ] Two Flaming Youths (Sheriff Ben Holden)
[ ] Cabaret (Jerry Trask)
[ ] McFadden's Flats (Jock McTavish)
[ ] A Kiss in a Taxi (Maraval)
[ ] Rubber Heels (Tennyson Hawks)
[ ] Tell It to Sweeney (Luke Beamish)

1928

[ ] Fools for Luck (Samuel Hunter)
[ ] Varsity (Pop Conlan)
[ ] Tillie's Punctured Romance (Circus Owner)
[ ] Taxi 13 (Angus Mactavish)
[ ] The Big Noise (John Sloval)
[ ] Gentlemen Prefer Blondes (Judge)
[ ] The Haunted House (Mr. Rackham)
[ ] Beau Broadway (????)

1929

[ ] The Virginian (Uncle 'Pa' Hughey)
[ ] The Studio Murder Mystery (George (Studio Gateman))
[ ] The Show of Shows (Traffic Cop in 'Bicycle Built for Two' Number (uncredited))
[ ] House of Horror (Chester)
[ ] Sunset Pass (Windy)
[ ] Marquis Preferred (Mr. Gruger)
[ ] Stairs of Sand (Tim)

1930

[ ] Cleaning Up (Chester)
[ ] Swing High (Sheriff)
[ ] The Love Trader (Nelson)

1937

[ ] Cinema Circus (Himself)
[ ] Forlorn River (Sheriff Alec Grundy)
[ ] Every Day's a Holiday (Cabby)

1938

[ ] Flat Foot Stooges (Fire Chief Kelly)

1939

[ 5/10 ] Mr. Smith Goes to Washington (Reporter (uncredited))
[ ] Mutiny on the Body (Mr. Van Asther)
[ ] Hollywood Cavalcade (Sheriff in Western)
[ ] Sagebrush Serenade (Pop Mason)
[ ] Zenobia (Farmer)
[ ] The Spellbinder (Courtroom Extra (Uncredited))
[ ] Henry Goes Arizona (Bus Driver (uncredited))
[ ] Chip of the Flying U (Joe)
[ ] Teacher's Pest (Zeb)

1940

[ ] You're Next! (The Janitor)
[ ] The Great Dictator (Barber's Customer)
[ ] Li'l Abner (Mayor Gurgle)

1941

[ ] Dutiful But Dumb (Counterman (uncredited))
[ ] Here Comes Mr. Jordan (Newsboy (uncredited))
[ ] Jesse James at Bay (Town Drunk (uncredited))
[ ] Honolulu Lu (Comedian)
[ ] Harmon of Michigan (Gasoline Chuck)
[ ] Sullivan's Travels (Old Bum (uncredited))
[ ] One Foot in Heaven (Man Crying During Baptism (uncredited))

1942

[ ] The Palm Beach Story (Sixth Member Ale and Quail Club)
[ ] X Marks the Spot (Vagrant (uncredited))
[ ] Piano Mooner (Harry's Partner)
[ ] I Married a Witch (Party Bartender (uncredited))
[ ] Sons of the Pioneers (Old-Timer)
[ ] Romance on the Range (Lynch Mob Member)
[ ] In Old California (Undetermined Minor Role)
[ ] Valley of the Sun (Soldier at Hitching Rail (uncredited))
[ ] The Remarkable Andrew (Shopkeeper)

1943

[ ] His Wedding Scare (Fireman)
[ ] Three Little Twirps (The Butcher)
[ ] So This Is Washington (Inventor with Pocket Machine Gun (uncredited))
[ ] Hangmen Also Die! (Cook (uncredited))
[ ] Sagebrush Law (Horse Owner (uncredited))
[ ] The Avenging Rider (Town Drunk)
[ ] Riders of the Rio Grande (Barfly)
[ ] Happy Times and Jolly Moments ((archive footage))
[ ] Around the World (Waiter)

1944

[ ] Can't Help Singing (Townsman (uncredited))
[ ] Hail the Conquering Hero (Western Union Man (uncredited))
[ ] The Miracle of Morgan’s Creek (Pete (uncredited))
[ ] Something for the Boys (Minor Role (uncredited))
[ ] Goodnight, Sweetheart (Bottle Man)
[ ] A Fig Leaf for Eve (Waiter)

1945

[ ] Brewster's Millions (Stage Doorman (uncredited))
[ ] Betrayal from the East ((uncredited))

1946

[ ] The Hoodlum Saint (Cop (uncredited))
[ ] Road to Utopia (Amateur Contestant Banjo Player (uncredited))
[ ] Little Giant (Hotel Valet (uncredited))
[ ] Two Sisters from Boston (Street Cleaner (uncredited))

1947

[ ] Springtime in the Sierras (Old-Timer)
[ ] Merton of the Movies (Keystone Kop (uncredited))
[ ] The Perils of Pauline (Comic Chef)
[ ] Song of the Wasteland (The Jailer)
[ ] Song of Scheherazade (Sailor)

1949

[ ] Knock on Any Door (Barber (uncredited))
[ ] The Beautiful Blonde from Bashful Bend (Messenger Boy (uncredited))
[ ] The Golden Stallion (Old Man)
[ ] My Friend Irma (Gypsy Tea Room Waiter (uncredited))
[ ] Brimstone (Drunk (uncredited))

1950

[ ] Let's Dance (Watchman (uncredited))
[ ] Shakedown (Chet (uncredited))
[ ] Never a Dull Moment (Albert (uncredited))
[ ] The Good Humor Man (Bush-Cutting Gardener (uncredited))
[ ] Joe Palooka in Humphrey Takes a Chance (Prentice)

1951

[ ] Bud Abbott and Lou Costello Meet the Invisible Man (Counter Man (uncredited))

1952

[ ] Son of Paleface (Bartender #2 (uncredited))

1953

[ ] So You Want to Be a Musician (Waiter)

1954

[ ] Private Hell 36 (Murdered Man in Elevator (uncredited))

1955

[ ] The Beast with a Million Eyes (Ben Webber)
[ ] Apache Woman (Dick Mooney)

1962

[ ] Paradise Alley (Mr. Gregory)

1966

[ ] A Big Hand for the Little Lady (Old Man in Saloon)

????

[ ] The Wilderness Woman ('Kodiak' MacLean)