Chester Conklin

Personal Info

Know For

Acting

Gender

Male

Birthday

1886-01-10 (85 years old)

Deathday

1971-10-11

Place of Birth

Oskaloosa, Iowa, USA

Chester Conklin

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.

Acting

1924

Greed

as Popper Sieppe

1936

Modern Times

as Mechanic

1939

Mr. Smith Goes to Washington

as Reporter (uncredited)

1914

Between Showers

as Policeman

1914

1914

Mabel's Busy Day

as Police Sergeant

1914

Mabel's Strange Predicament

as The Husband (uncredited)

1914

The Masquerader

as Film actor

1914

Tillie's Punctured Romance

as Mr. Whoozis (uncredited)

1942

The Palm Beach Story

as Sixth Member Ale and Quail Club

1914

Caught in a Cabaret

as Waiter / Footman (uncredited)

1928

Fools for Luck

as Samuel Hunter

1929

The Virginian

as Uncle 'Pa' Hughey

1939

Mutiny on the Body

as Mr. Van Asther

1943

1926

A Social Celebrity

as Johann Haber

1924

North of Nevada

as Lem Williams

1925

1926

Fascinating Youth

as Chester Conklin

1926

Say It Again

as Prince Otto V

1924

Another Man's Wife

as Rumrunner

1927

Two Flaming Youths

as Sheriff Ben Holden

1925

The Masked Bride

as Wine Waiter

1914

The Love Thief

as The Love Thief

1914

How Heroes Are Made

as The Boy Friend's Rival

1915

1944

Can't Help Singing

as Townsman (uncredited)

1936

Call of the Prairie

as Sandy McQueen

1939

Hollywood Cavalcade

as Sheriff in Western

1914

Tango Tangles

as Guest in Police Costume

1914

Mabel at the Wheel

as Mabel's Father (uncredited)

1914

1914

1914

Gentlemen of Nerve

as Ambrose, Mabel's friend

1915

1966

A Big Hand for the Little Lady

as Old Man in Saloon

1949

Knock on Any Door

as Barber (uncredited)

1938

Flat Foot Stooges

as Fire Chief Kelly

1943

Three Little Twirps

as The Butcher

1914

Making a Living

as Policeman / Bum (uncredited)

1937

Cinema Circus

as Himself

1914

'Curses!' They Remarked

as Blackheart Jr.

1929

The Studio Murder Mystery

as George (Studio Gateman)

1915

Hearts and Planets

as Mr. Walrus - Visible Star

1914

The Baggage Smasher

as The Baggage Smasher

1955

Apache Woman

as Dick Mooney

1935

Keystone Hotel

as Mayor Carson

1914

Double Crossed

as Desk Sergeant

1915

A One Night Stand

as The Property Man

1939

Sagebrush Serenade

as Pop Mason

1962

Paradise Alley

as Mr. Gregory

1937

Forlorn River

as Sheriff Alec Grundy

1915

1927

McFadden's Flats

as Jock McTavish

1927

Cabaret

as Jerry Trask

1930

Cleaning Up

as Chester

1925

1950

Let's Dance

as Watchman (uncredited)

1944

1944

Hail the Conquering Hero

as Western Union Man (uncredited)

1944

Something for the Boys

as Minor Role (uncredited)

1928

Varsity

as Pop Conlan

1952

Son of Paleface

as Bartender #2 (uncredited)

1941

Dutiful But Dumb

as Counterman (uncredited)

1915

Saved by Wireless

as The Spy's Ally

1930

Swing High

as Sheriff

1915

A Hash House Fraud

as The Chief of Police

1923

1919

Yankee Doodle in Berlin

as Officer of Death's Head Hussars

1917

A Clever Dummy

as A Playful Property Man

1915

A Bird's a Bird

as Mr. Walrus

1915

Do-Re-Mi-Boom!

as The Suitor

1916

Cinders of Love

as The Fire Chief

1917

An International Sneak

as A Foreign Spy

1925

The Phantom of the Opera

as Orderly (uncredited)

1914

The Property Man

as Man in Audience (uncredited)

1923

Souls for Sale

as Self - Celebrity Actor in Commissary

1924

The Fire Patrol

as Fireman

1926

We're in the Navy Now

as Navy Capt. Smithers

1926

1939

Zenobia

as Farmer

1943

So This Is Washington

as Inventor with Pocket Machine Gun (uncredited)

1928

1950

Shakedown

as Chet (uncredited)

1939

The Spellbinder

as Courtroom Extra (Uncredited)

1939

Henry Goes Arizona

as Bus Driver (uncredited)

1943

Hangmen Also Die!

as Cook (uncredited)

1954

Private Hell 36

as Murdered Man in Elevator (uncredited)

1915

The Cannon Ball

as The Villain

1950

Never a Dull Moment

as Albert (uncredited)

1940

You're Next!

as The Janitor

1942

X Marks the Spot

as Vagrant (uncredited)

1944

1949

The Beautiful Blonde from Bashful Bend

as Messenger Boy (uncredited)

1940

The Great Dictator

as Barber's Customer

1945

Brewster's Millions

as Stage Doorman (uncredited)

1941

Here Comes Mr. Jordan

as Newsboy (uncredited)

1941

Jesse James at Bay

as Town Drunk (uncredited)

1915

1928

Taxi 13

as Angus Mactavish

1950

The Good Humor Man

as Bush-Cutting Gardener (uncredited)

1947

Merton of the Movies

as Keystone Kop (uncredited)

1943

Sagebrush Law

as Horse Owner (uncredited)

1942

Piano Mooner

as Harry's Partner

1946

The Hoodlum Saint

as Cop (uncredited)

1940

Li'l Abner

as Mayor Gurgle

1929

The Show of Shows

as Traffic Cop in 'Bicycle Built for Two' Number (uncredited)

1947

1941

Honolulu Lu

as Comedian

1947

1924

Battling Bunyan

as A Stranger

1942

I Married a Witch

as Party Bartender (uncredited)

1942

1942

Romance on the Range

as Lynch Mob Member

1942

In Old California

as Undetermined Minor Role

1949

1942

Valley of the Sun

as Soldier at Hitching Rail

1926

Midnight Lovers

as Moriarity

1943

The Avenging Rider

as Town Drunk

1929

House of Horror

as Chester

1949

My Friend Irma

as Gypsy Tea Room Waiter (uncredited)

1942

1941

Harmon of Michigan

as Gasoline Chuck

1917

The Pullman Bride

as The Rejected Suitor

1941

Sullivan's Travels

as Old Bum (uncredited)

1928

The Big Noise

as John Sloval

1915

1918

His Hidden Purpose

as Albert Walrus - Who Lived by His Wits

1926

The Duchess of Buffalo

as Hotel Manager

1929

Sunset Pass

as Windy

1943

Happy Times and Jolly Moments

as (archive footage)

1943

1930

1928

The Haunted House

as Mr. Rackham

1946

Road to Utopia

as Amateur Contestant Banjo Player (uncredited)

1918

1946

Little Giant

as Hotel Valet (uncredited)

1945

Betrayal from the East

as (uncredited)

1918

It Pays to Exercise

as Little Giant

1946

Two Sisters from Boston

as Street Cleaner (uncredited)

1929

Marquis Preferred

as Mr. Gruger

1927

1914

Mabel's New Job

as Boarder

1925

Where Was I?

as Elmer

1929

1939

1941

One Foot in Heaven

as Man Crying During Baptism (uncredited)

1944

1927

Rubber Heels

as Tennyson Hawks

1925

One Year to Live

as Froquine

1949

Brimstone

as Drunk (uncredited)

1924

1917

The Pawnbroker's Heart

as The Pawnshop Clerk

1925

Under the Rouge

as Mr. Fleck

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