Chester Conklin
Born: 1886-01-10 in Oskaloosa, Iowa, USA
Died: 1971-10-11
Known For: Acting
Biography
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.
Filmography
1966
- A Big Hand for the Little Lady as Old Man in Saloon
1962
- Paradise Alley as Mr. Gregory
1955
- Apache Woman as Dick Mooney
- The Beast with a Million Eyes as Ben Webber
1954
- Private Hell 36 as Murdered Man in Elevator (uncredited)
1953
- So You Want to Be a Musician as Waiter
1952
- This Is Your Life as Self
- Son of Paleface as Bartender #2 (uncredited)
- Doc Corkle as Grandfather Corkle
- Happy Go Wacky
1951
- Bud Abbott and Lou Costello Meet the Invisible Man as Counter Man (uncredited)
1950
- The Colgate Comedy Hour as Self
- The Good Humor Man as Bush-Cutting Gardener (uncredited)
- Shakedown as Chet (uncredited)
- Let's Dance as Watchman (uncredited)
- Never a Dull Moment as Albert (uncredited)
- Joe Palooka in Humphrey Takes a Chance as Prentice
1949
- Knock on Any Door as Barber (uncredited)
- My Friend Irma as Gypsy Tea Room Waiter (uncredited)
- Brimstone as Drunk (uncredited)
- The Beautiful Blonde from Bashful Bend as Messenger Boy (uncredited)
- The Golden Stallion as Old Man
1947
- The Perils of Pauline as Comic Chef
- Song of Scheherazade as Sailor
- Merton of the Movies as Keystone Kop (uncredited)
- Springtime in the Sierras as Old-Timer
- Song of the Wasteland as The Jailer
1946
- Road to Utopia as Amateur Contestant Banjo Player (uncredited)
- The Hoodlum Saint as Cop (uncredited)
- Two Sisters from Boston as Street Cleaner (uncredited)
- Little Giant as Hotel Valet (uncredited)
1945
- Brewster's Millions as Stage Doorman (uncredited)
- Betrayal from the East as (uncredited)
1944
- Hail the Conquering Hero as Western Union Man (uncredited)
- The Miracle of Morgan's Creek as Pete (uncredited)
- Can't Help Singing as Townsman (uncredited)
- Something for the Boys as Minor Role (uncredited)
- A Fig Leaf for Eve as Waiter
- Goodnight, Sweetheart as Bottle Man
1943
- Hangmen Also Die! as Cook (uncredited)
- Three Little Twirps as The Butcher
- Around the World as Waiter
- His Wedding Scare as Fireman
- Happy Times and Jolly Moments as (archive footage)
- Riders of the Rio Grande as Barfly
- Sagebrush Law as Horse Owner (uncredited)
- So This Is Washington as Inventor with Pocket Machine Gun (uncredited)
- The Avenging Rider as Town Drunk
1942
- I Married a Witch as Party Bartender (uncredited)
- The Palm Beach Story as Sixth Member Ale and Quail Club
- In Old California as Undetermined Minor Role
- The Remarkable Andrew as Shopkeeper
- Romance on the Range as Lynch Mob Member
- Valley of the Sun as Soldier at Hitching Rail (uncredited)
- X Marks the Spot as Vagrant (uncredited)
- Sons of the Pioneers as Old-Timer
- Piano Mooner as Harry's Partner
1941
- Sullivan's Travels as Old Bum (uncredited)
- Here Comes Mr. Jordan as Newsboy (uncredited)
- Jesse James at Bay as Town Drunk (uncredited)
- One Foot in Heaven as Man Crying During Baptism (uncredited)
- Harmon of Michigan as Gasoline Chuck
- Honolulu Lu as Comedian
- Dutiful But Dumb as Counterman (uncredited)
1940
- The Great Dictator as Barber's Customer
- Li'l Abner as Mayor Gurgle
- You're Next! as The Janitor
1939
- Mr. Smith Goes to Washington as Reporter (uncredited)
- Hollywood Cavalcade as Sheriff in Western
- Zenobia as Farmer
- Henry Goes Arizona as Bus Driver (uncredited)
- Chip of the Flying U as Joe
- The Spellbinder as Courtroom Extra (uncredited)
- Sagebrush Serenade as Pop Mason
- Mutiny on the Body as Mr. Van Asther
- Teacher's Pest as Zeb
1938
- Flat Foot Stooges as Fire Chief Kelly
1937
- Every Day's a Holiday as Cabby
- Cinema Circus as Himself
- Forlorn River as Sheriff Alec Grundy
1936
- Modern Times as Mechanic
- Call of the Prairie as Sandy McQueen
- The Preview Murder Mystery as Comedian
1935
- La Fiesta de Santa Barbara as Self
- Keystone Hotel as Mayor Carson
1933
- Hallelujah, I'm a Bum as Sunday
1931
- Stout Hearts and Willing Hands as Kop(as the Original Keystone Kops)
- Studio Sap
- Gents of Leisure
- Her Majesty, Love as Emil
1930
- Swing High as Sheriff
- The Love Trader as Nelson
- Cleaning Up as Chester
1929
- The Virginian as Uncle 'Pa' Hughey
- The Show of Shows as Traffic Cop in 'Bicycle Built for Two' Number (uncredited)
- The Studio Murder Mystery as George (Studio Gateman)
- Sunset Pass as Windy
- Stairs of Sand as Tim
- House of Horror as Chester
- Marquis Preferred as Mr. Gruger
1928
- Fools for Luck as Samuel Hunter
- Varsity as Pop Conlan
- The Haunted House as Mr. Rackham
- Taxi 13 as Angus Mactavish
- Gentlemen Prefer Blondes as Judge
- Tillie's Punctured Romance as Circus Owner
- The Big Noise as John Sloval
- Beau Broadway
1927
- A Kiss in a Taxi as Maraval
- Cabaret as Jerry Trask
- Two Flaming Youths as Sheriff Ben Holden
- Tell It to Sweeney as Luke Beamish
- Rubber Heels as Tennyson Hawks
- McFadden's Flats as Jock McTavish
1926
- Behind the Front as Scottie
- The Nervous Wreck as Mort
- The Lady of the Harem as Ali
- Fascinating Youth as Chester Conklin
- A Social Celebrity as Johann Haber
- We're in the Navy Now as Navy Capt. Smithers
- Say It Again as Prince Otto V
- Midnight Lovers as Moriarity
- The Duchess of Buffalo as Hotel Manager
1925
- The Phantom of the Opera as Orderly (uncredited)
- The Wizard of Oz
- The Masked Bride as Wine Waiter
- The Pleasure Buyers as Burke
- One Year to Live as Froquine
- A Woman of the World as Sam Poore
- Where Was I? as Elmer
- Under the Rouge as Mr. Fleck
- The Winding Stair as Onery
- My Neighbor's Wife as Cameraman
1924
- Greed as Popper Sieppe
- Another Man's Wife as Rumrunner
- North of Nevada as Lem Williams
- The Fire Patrol as Fireman
- Battling Bunyan as A Stranger
- The Galloping Fish as Jonah
1923
- Souls for Sale as Self - Celebrity Actor in Commissary
- Desire as Oland Young
- Anna Christie as Tommy
1922
1921
1920
1919
- Yankee Doodle in Berlin as Officer of Death's Head Hussars
1918
- It Pays to Exercise as Little Giant
- His Hidden Purpose as Albert Walrus - Who Lived by His Wits
- The Village Chestnut as Teacher
- Uncle Tom's Cabin
1917
- A Clever Dummy as A Playful Property Man
- The Pullman Bride as The Rejected Suitor
- The Pawnbroker's Heart as The Pawnshop Clerk
- An International Sneak as A Foreign Spy
1916
- Cinders of Love as The Fire Chief
- The Love Thief
1915
- Do-Re-Mi-Boom! as The Suitor
- A One Night Stand as The Property Man
- When Ambrose Dared Walrus as Walrus
- Saved by Wireless as The Spy's Ally
- Love, Speed and Thrills as Mr. Walrus
- The Home Breakers as Walrus
- A Bird's a Bird as Mr. Walrus
- A Hash House Fraud as The Chief of Police
- Droppington's Family Tree as Droppington
- Hearts and Planets as Mr. Walrus - Visible Star
- Ambrose's Fury
- The Cannon Ball as The Villain
- Dizzy Heights and Daring Hearts as Mr. A.C. Walrus
- Droppington's Devilish Deed as Droppington
1914
- Making a Living as Policeman / Bum (uncredited)
- Tango Tangles as Guest in Police Costume
- Between Showers as Policeman
- Tillie's Punctured Romance as Mr. Whoozis (uncredited)
- Mabel's Strange Predicament as The Husband (uncredited)
- Gentlemen of Nerve as Ambrose, Mabel's friend
- The Masquerader as Film actor
- Mabel's Busy Day as Police Sergeant
- Caught in a Cabaret as Waiter / Footman (uncredited)
- The Face on the Barroom Floor as Drinker
- Twenty Minutes of Love as Pickpocket
- Mabel at the Wheel as Mabel's Father (uncredited)
- Dough and Dynamite as Jacques
- The Property Man as Man in Audience (uncredited)
- Those Love Pangs as Rival
- The Anglers
- Mabel's New Job as Boarder
- Such a Cook
- 'Curses!' They Remarked as Blackheart Jr.
- How Heroes Are Made as The Boy Friend's Rival
- Double Crossed as Desk Sergeant
- The Love Thief as The Love Thief
- The Baggage Smasher as The Baggage Smasher