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Snub Pollard
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Snub Pollard
appeared in two episodes of The Rifleman ―
Lariat as a card player ―
Sins of the Father as the Drunk in the
Saloon who witnessed the of killing Shep Coleman.
November
9th, 1889, he joined a vaudeville troupe which toured the
United States circa 1910. The troupe broke up and Harry
decided to stay, calling himself Snub Pollard as a stage
name.
He started off at the Essenay Film
Studios in 1911 and briefly worked with the Keystone Kops. Hal Roach took an interest
in him and in 1915, he had Snub
co-starring with Harold Lloyd and Bebe Daniels in the highly
successful Lonesome Luke series, which ran for years (86
films in all).
In 1926 his own film
production company closed, and he was back supporting other
top comedians again, most notably Laurel & Hardy and Andy
Clyde.
Snub had no problems appearing in sound films. During the
1930's and 1940's he played many small character roles in
talking pictures
He was
injured and hospitalized many times while filming slapstick
stunts.
He
was known as Pee Wee, side kick to Tex
Ritter.
Born: Harold Hopetown Fraser
November 9, 1889 in Melbourne, Victoria, Australia
Died: January 19, 1962 (age 72) in Burbank, California
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