
Birthday:
01-13-1891
Deathday:
03-01-1924 (33 years)
Birthplace:
Bristol, England, UK
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The Tramp
Act like Minister
event1915 star_border 6.5
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The Little Fellow finds the girl of his dreams and work on a family farm. He helps defend the farm against criminals, and all seems well, until he discovers the girl of his dreams already has someone in her life. Unwilling to be a problem in their lives, he takes to the road, though he is seen skipping and swinging his cane as if happy to be back on the road where he knows he belongs.
Sheriff Nell's Tussle
Act like Silk Hat Cecil aka Jersey City Joe (as William Armstrong)
event1918
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A slick city crook arrives in the town and succeeds in making honest Nell fall in love with him. He then suggests an entertainment with local talent, the while his confederates crack the safe and make off with the town's wealth. Nell, with her faithful but brainless lover, journeys to the city in pursuit of the loot and the looter
The Champion
Act like Sparring Partner
event1915 star_border 6.5
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Walking along with his bulldog, Charlie finds a "good luck" horseshoe just as he passes a training camp advertising for a boxing partner "who can take a beating." After watching others lose, Charlie puts the horseshoe in his glove and wins. The trainer prepares Charlie to fight the world champion. A gambler wants Charlie to throw the fight. He and the trainer's daughter fall in love.
In the Park
Act like Sausage Thief
event1915 star_border 5.3
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A tramp steals a girl's handbag, but when he tries to pick Charlie's pocket loses his cigarettes and matches. He rescues a hot dog man from a thug, but takes a few with his walking stick. When the thief tries to take some of Charlie's sausages, Charlie gets the handbag. The handbag makes its way from person to person to its owner, who is angry with her boyfriend who didn't protect her in the first place. The boyfriend decides to throw himself in the lake in despair, so Charlie helps him out.
By the Sea
Act like Man in Straw Hat
event1915 star_border 5.5
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It is windy at a bathing resort. After fighting with one of the two husbands, Charlie approaches Edna while the two husbands themselves fight over ice cream. Driven away by her husband, Charlie turns to the other's wife.
Work
Act like The Husband
event1915 star_border 5.9
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Charlie and his boss have difficulties just getting to the house they are going to wallpaper. The householder is angry because he can't get breakfast and his wife is screaming at the maid as they arrive. The kitchen gas stove explodes, and Charlie offers to fix it. The wife's secret lover arrives and is passed off as the workers' supervisor, but the husband doesn't buy this and fires shots. The stove explodes violently, destroying the house.
A Woman
Act like Father's Friend
event1915 star_border 6
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Mother, father and daughter go to the park. The women doze off on a bench while the father plays a hide-and-seek game with a girl, blindfolded. Charlie leads him into a lake. Both dozing ladies on the bench fall for Charlie and invite him for dinner. The father returns home with a friend. Charlie rushes upstairs and dresses like a woman, shaving his mustache. Both men fall for Charlie.
The Bank
Act like Another Janitor
event1915 star_border 6.3
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A janitor at a bank is in love with a secretary and dreams that she has fallen in love with him too.
Shanghaied
Act like First Shanghaied Seaman
event1915 star_border 5.9
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A shipowner intends to scuttle his ship on its last voyage to get the insurance money. Charlie, a tramp in love with the owner's daughter, is grabbed by the captain and promises to help him shanghai some seamen. The daughter stows away to follow Charlie. Charlie assists in the galley and attempts to serve food during a gale.
Police
Act like Crooked Preacher / Second Cop
event1916 star_border 6.3
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Charlie is released from prison and immediately swindled by a fake parson. A fellow ex-convict convinces Charlie to help burglarize a house.
Triple Trouble
Act like Cook / Pickpocket
event1918 star_border 4.8
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As Colonel Nutt is experimenting with explosives, a new janitor is joining his household. The inept janitor proceeds to make life difficult for the rest of staff.
Wedding Yells
Act like Handlebars Harry
event1942
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Sardonic commentary over an abridged version of DOWN ON THE FARM (1920).
Asleep at the Switch
Act like The Traveling Salesman
event1923
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Asleep at the Switch is a 1923 comedy short.
One Spooky Night
Act like The Chauffeur
event1924
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One Spooky Night is a 1924 comedy short
Hearts and Flowers
Act like Indignant Nobleman
event1919 star_border 5.2
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A flirtatious hotel orchestra leader provokes conflict.
Down on the Farm
Act like The Man of Mystery
event1920 star_border 5.5
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The day starts off as any normal day on Roach's farm, where Teddy, the farmhouse dog, is doing more productive work than everyone else combined. But the day changes when Roach's farmhand sees an opportunity to be the knight in shining armor to Louise, Roach's daughter, who he wants to marry.
Don't Weaken!
Act like The Pianist (uncredited)
event1920 star_border 5.5
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A dancing instructor gets involved with a newly rich family.
The Extra Girl
Act like Comedian in Derby
event1923 star_border 5.9
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Sue Graham is a small town girl who wants to be a motion picture star. She wins a contract when a picture of a very pretty girl is sent to a studio instead of her picture. When she arrives in Hollywood, the mistake is discovered and she starts working in the props department of the studio instead. Her parents then come out to California and invest some money with a very shifty individual.
An International Sneak
Act like The Spy's Rival
event1917
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A 1917 short film directed by Hampton Del Ruth & Fred Hibbard.
Hop to It, Bellhop
Act like Jumping Jupiter
event1919 star_border 6
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Two hotel bell hops get into all kinds of shenanigans between dames, baths and bags of loot.
Gertie's Gasoline Glide
Act like Billy
event1916 star_border 5
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Two men are vying for the favours of Gaby. One of them takes her for a motorcycle ride, the other in his car. When the second man manages to marry her, the first takes his revenge. He calls the police, and takes the newlyweds along on a kamikaze ride in his car, chased by the police.
When Summer Comes
Act like The Fortune Hunter
event1922
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Rampaging lions are on the loose in a hunting lodge. Approximately, only eight minutes of the short survives.
The King of the Kitchen
Act like A crooked gentleman
event1918 star_border 5
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A city couple drops into a restaurant and try to steal the cash box.
Smile Please
Act like Father in Portrait Session (uncredited)
event1924 star_border 5
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Our hero is the town's photographer and its sheriff. He' in love with a young woman who's also pursued by the older, more devious Dudley Somerset. First our hero must do a few heroic things, saving the lass from danger. He must also not move too quickly on the romantic front. Once she's willing to marry him, he must balance the duties of groom with that of sheriff, while Dudley tries to convince the lass that our hero is untrue to her...
Shanghaied Lovers
Act like Sailor (uncredited)
event1924 star_border 4.3
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Shanghaied on his wedding day, Harry struggles to cope with a cruel captain while fending off a sailor who seems attracted to him.
Yankee Doodle in Berlin
Act like Ludwig - Asylum Keeper
event1919 star_border 5.3
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Behind enemy lines, Captain Bob White disguises himself as a woman in order to fool members of the German High Command, including the Kaiser himself.
This Way Out
event1923
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A rival courtships in a variety of absurd situations.
The Quack Doctor
Act like Doc Pillsbury
event1920
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In one of the handful of Sennett/ Paramount Films to survive we visit a traveling medicine show.
In Dutch
event1918
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Comedy short starring Alice Howell
Up in Alf's Place
Act like The Jailer
event1919
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Charles Murray gets caught by his wife flirting with a dancer.
No Vacancies
Act like The Landlord
event1923
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Arrow comedy shot in 1921 but released 2 years later, with an ensemble cast including Jay Belasco, Blanche Payson, Billy Armstrong and Jack Duffy. The plot centers around Jack and his wife who are looking for a place to rent. But what to do when the housing situation is not exactly easy?
Conductor 1492
Act like Drunk at Party (uncredited)
event1924 star_border 5
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A young Irish immigrant gets a job as a conductor on a streetcar and fights off an attempt by crooks to take over the company, all the while pursuing the boss' beautiful daughter.
When Knights Were Cold
Act like Earl of Tabasco, a Hot Knight (as William Armstrong)
event1923 star_border 5.7
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Though only the second half survives, here's a synopsis of what's left: Stan is a Robin Hood-type character in a medieval walled town. He's chased by an army of knights, but both he and his pursuers ride music-hall half-horse costumes in lieu of real steads. He proceeds to fight, Fairbanks-like, dozens of swordsmen at once, and defeats his rival one-on-one, leaving him to marry the princess in a state ceremony.
Hello Trouble
Act like A romantic husband
event1918 star_border 6
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A dishonest undertaker stirs up droll, laughable tragedy between two devoted husbands and their loyal wives in his attempt to build up an insurance sideline when the undertaker business fails.
Charlie's Triple Trouble
Act like Cook / Pickpocket (archive footage)
event1944
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British comedian Tommy Handley makes funny commentary on speeded up and shortened version of Triple trouble (1918)
The Man Inside
Act like Lt. Lane
event1916
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Years after Barry Thornton disappears from Panama while under suspicion of stealing American defense plans for the canal, his daughter Eleanor, now the ward of Barry's twin brother Dana, is still obsessed with the mystery. Senator Carew informs her that he has solved it, but he is murdered before he can give her the details.
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