
Chester Conklin
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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.
Known for
Credits

The Great Dictator (1940)
as Barber's Customer

Modern Times (1936)
as Mechanic

Mr. Smith Goes to Washington (1939)
as Reporter (uncredited)

Greed (1924)
as Popper Sieppe

I Married a Witch (1942)
as Party Bartender (uncredited)

A Big Hand for the Little Lady (1966)
as Old Man in Saloon

Bud Abbott and Lou Costello Meet the Invisible Man (1951)
as Counter Man (uncredited)

The Phantom of the Opera (1925)
as Orderly (uncredited)

Sullivan's Travels (1941)
as Old Bum (uncredited)

The Palm Beach Story (1942)
as Sixth Member Ale and Quail Club

Knock on Any Door (1949)
as Barber (uncredited)

Here Comes Mr. Jordan (1941)
as Newsboy (uncredited)

Caught in a Cabaret (1914)
as Waiter / Footman (uncredited)

Hangmen Also Die! (1943)
as Cook (uncredited)

Zenobia (1939)
as Farmer

The Beast with a Million Eyes (1955)
as Ben Webber

The Wizard of Oz (1925)
Actor

The Miracle of Morgan's Creek (1944)
as Pete (uncredited)

Tillie's Punctured Romance (1914)
as Mr. Whoozis (uncredited)

Hail the Conquering Hero (1944)
as Western Union Man (uncredited)

Desire (1923)
as Oland Young

My Friend Irma (1949)
as Gypsy Tea Room Waiter (uncredited)

Two Sisters from Boston (1946)
as Street Cleaner (uncredited)

The Sons of the Pioneers (1942)
as Old-Timer

X Marks the Spot (1942)
as Vagrant (uncredited)

The Beautiful Blonde from Bashful Bend (1949)
as Messenger Boy (uncredited)

Something for the Boys (1944)
as Minor Role (uncredited)

The Perils of Pauline (1947)
as Comic Chef

Road to Utopia (1946)
as Amateur Contestant Banjo Player (uncredited)

The Preview Murder Mystery (1936)
as Comedian

Son of Paleface (1952)
as Bartender #2 (uncredited)

The Good Humor Man (1950)
as Bush-Cutting Gardener (uncredited)

Valley of the Sun (1942)
as Soldier at Hitching Rail (uncredited)

The Show of Shows (1929)
as Traffic Cop in 'Bicycle Built for Two' Number (uncredited)

Can't Help Singing (1944)
as Townsman (uncredited)

Mabel's Strange Predicament (1914)
as The Husband (uncredited)

Twenty Minutes of Love (1914)
as Pickpocket
Uncle Tom's Cabin (1918)
Actor

One Foot in Heaven (1941)
as Man Crying During Baptism (uncredited)

Joe Palooka in Humphrey Takes a Chance (1950)
as Prentice

Every Day's a Holiday (1937)
as Cabby

Betrayal from the East (1945)
as (uncredited)

Mabel at the Wheel (1914)
as Mabel's Father (uncredited)

La Fiesta de Santa Barbara (1935)
as Self

Yankee Doodle in Berlin (1919)
as Officer of Death's Head Hussars

Never a Dull Moment (1950)
as Albert (uncredited)

Cabaret (1927)
as Jerry Trask

Riders of the Rio Grande (1943)
as Barfly

One Year to Live (1925)
as Froquine

Romance on the Range (1942)
as Lynch Mob Member

Jesse James at Bay (1941)
as Town Drunk (uncredited)

Private Hell 36 (1954)
as Murdered Man in Elevator (uncredited)

Mabel's Busy Day (1914)
as Police Sergeant

Happy Times and Jolly Moments (1943)
as (archive footage)

The Masquerader (1914)
as Film actor

Merton of the Movies (1947)
as Keystone Kop (uncredited)

Shakedown (1950)
as Chet (uncredited)

Skirts (1921)
Actor

Making a Living (1914)
as Policeman / Bum (uncredited)

Springtime in the Sierras (1947)
as Old-Timer

The Lady of the Harem (1926)
as Ali

Her Majesty, Love (1931)
as Emil

A Bird's a Bird (1915)
as Mr. Walrus

Call of the Prairie (1936)
as Sandy McQueen
My Neighbor's Wife (1925)
as Cameraman

A Hash House Fraud (1915)
as The Chief of Police

The Face on the Barroom Floor (1914)
as Drinker

The Pawnbroker's Heart (1917)
as The Pawnshop Clerk

The Studio Murder Mystery (1929)
as George (Studio Gateman)

Hallelujah, I'm a Bum (1933)
as Sunday

So This Is Washington (1943)
as Inventor with Pocket Machine Gun (uncredited)

Song of the Wasteland (1947)
as The Jailer

Little Giant (1946)
as Hotel Valet (uncredited)
Stout Hearts and Willing Hands (1931)
as Kop(as the Original Keystone Kops)

In Old California (1942)
as Undetermined Minor Role

Tillie's Punctured Romance (1928)
as Circus Owner

Let's Dance (1950)
as Watchman (uncredited)

Love, Speed and Thrills (1915)
as Mr. Walrus

Tell It to Sweeney (1927)
as Luke Beamish
It Pays to Exercise (1918)
as Little Giant

Souls for Sale (1923)
as Self - Celebrity Actor in Commissary

The Hoodlum Saint (1946)
as Cop (uncredited)

Those Love Pangs (1914)
as Rival

Hollywood Cavalcade (1939)
as Sheriff in Western

A Fig Leaf for Eve (1944)
as Waiter

Around the World (1943)
as Waiter

Apache Woman (1955)
as Dick Mooney

Brewster's Millions (1945)
as Stage Doorman (uncredited)

Chip of the Flying U (1939)
as Joe

We're in the Navy Now (1926)
as Navy Capt. Smithers

A Kiss in a Taxi (1927)
as Maraval

Brimstone (1949)
as Drunk (uncredited)
So You Want to Be a Musician (1953)
as Waiter

Dizzy Heights and Daring Hearts (1915)
as Mr. A.C. Walrus

A Woman of the World (1925)
as Sam Poore

Do-Re-Mi-Boom! (1915)
as The Suitor

Tango Tangles (1914)
as Guest in Police Costume

Dough and Dynamite (1914)
as Jacques

The Virginian (1929)
as Uncle 'Pa' Hughey

The Wilderness Woman (—)
as 'Kodiak' MacLean

The Spellbinder (1939)
as Courtroom Extra (uncredited)

A One Night Stand (1915)
as The Property Man

Honolulu Lu (1941)
as Comedian
Cleaning Up (1930)
as Chester

The Soft Boiled Yegg (1920)
Actor
Mutiny on the Body (1939)
as Mr. Van Asther

Between Showers (1914)
as Policeman

Gentlemen Prefer Blondes (1928)
as Judge
The Sheik of Hollywood (1923)
Actor

The Property Man (1914)
as Man in Audience (uncredited)

Another Man's Wife (1924)
as Rumrunner
Droppington's Family Tree (1915)
as Droppington

Li'l Abner (1940)
as Mayor Gurgle

The Duchess of Buffalo (1926)
as Hotel Manager

Flat Foot Stooges (1938)
as Fire Chief Kelly

The Avenging Rider (1943)
as Town Drunk
How Heroes Are Made (1914)
as The Boy Friend's Rival
Droppington's Devilish Deed (1915)
as Droppington
Mabel's New Job (1914)
as Boarder

Fascinating Youth (1926)
as Chester Conklin

Song of Scheherazade (1947)
as Sailor

Gentlemen of Nerve (1914)
as Ambrose, Mabel's friend

A Social Celebrity (1926)
as Johann Haber

Harmon of Michigan (1941)
as Gasoline Chuck

The Big Noise (1928)
as John Sloval

Swing High (1930)
as Sheriff

The Remarkable Andrew (1942)
as Shopkeeper

The Golden Stallion (1949)
as Old Man

Where Was I? (1925)
as Elmer

The Haunted House (1928)
as Mr. Rackham

When Ambrose Dared Walrus (1915)
as Walrus

Behind the Front (1926)
as Scottie

His Hidden Purpose (1918)
as Albert Walrus - Who Lived by His Wits

House of Horror (1929)
as Chester

Henry Goes Arizona (1939)
as Bus Driver (uncredited)

Under the Rouge (1925)
as Mr. Fleck

Stairs of Sand (1929)
as Tim

Sagebrush Law (1943)
as Horse Owner (uncredited)

Paradise Alley (1962)
as Mr. Gregory
Happy Go Wacky (1952)
Actor

Say It Again (1926)
as Prince Otto V

The Fire Patrol (1924)
as Fireman
The Love Thief (1914)
as The Love Thief

You're Next! (1940)
as The Janitor

Varsity (1928)
as Pop Conlan

The Nervous Wreck (1926)
as Mort
'Curses!' They Remarked (1914)
as Blackheart Jr.

Fools for Luck (1928)
as Samuel Hunter

Sunset Pass (1929)
as Windy

Goodnight, Sweetheart (1944)
as Bottle Man
Cinema Circus (1937)
as Himself

A Clever Dummy (1917)
as A Playful Property Man

Battling Bunyan (1924)
as A Stranger

Two Flaming Youths (1927)
as Sheriff Ben Holden

The Masked Bride (1925)
as Wine Waiter

The Winding Stair (1925)
as Onery
Saved by Wireless (1915)
as The Spy's Ally

His Wedding Scare (1943)
as Fireman

The Pleasure Buyers (1925)
as Burke
Taxi 13 (1928)
as Angus Mactavish

Dutiful But Dumb (1941)
as Counterman (uncredited)

Forlorn River (1937)
as Sheriff Alec Grundy

Rubber Heels (1927)
as Tennyson Hawks

Midnight Lovers (1926)
as Moriarity

The Love Thief (1916)
Actor
Hearts and Planets (1915)
as Mr. Walrus - Visible Star

The Pullman Bride (1917)
as The Rejected Suitor
Ambrose's Fury (1915)
Actor

Keystone Hotel (1935)
as Mayor Carson
Gents of Leisure (1931)
Actor
Such a Cook (1914)
Actor

Teacher's Pest (1939)
as Zeb
The Cannon Ball (1915)
as The Villain

McFadden's Flats (1927)
as Jock McTavish

The Love Trader (1930)
as Nelson

The Village Chestnut (1918)
as Teacher

Marquis Preferred (1929)
as Mr. Gruger

Anna Christie (1923)
as Tommy

Cinders of Love (1916)
as The Fire Chief
An International Sneak (1917)
as A Foreign Spy

North of Nevada (1924)
as Lem Williams

Three Little Twirps (1943)
as The Butcher

The Home Breakers (1915)
as Walrus
The Anglers (1914)
Actor

Double Crossed (1914)
as Desk Sergeant
Step Lively, Please (1922)
Actor

The Galloping Fish (1924)
as Jonah

Piano Mooner (1942)
as Harry's Partner
Studio Sap (1931)
Actor
Beau Broadway (1928)
Actor
His Model Day (1921)
Actor
Hubby’s Job (1913)
Actor
The Baggage Smasher (1914)
as The Baggage Smasher

Sagebrush Serenade (1939)
as Pop Mason





