Dell Henderson
From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia George Delbert "Dell" Henderson (July 5, 1877 – December 2, 1956) was a Canadian-American actor, director, and writer. He began his long and prolific film career in the early days of silent film. Born in the Southwestern Ontario city of St. Thomas, Dell Henderson started his acting career on the stage, but appeared in his first movie Monday Morning in a Coney Island Police Court already in 1908. Henderson was a frequent associate of film pioneer D.W. Griffith since 1909 and appeared in numerous of his early shorts in Hollywood. He also acted on a less prolific basis in the movies of producer Mack Sennett and his Keystone Studios. In addition to acting, Henderson also directed nearly 200 silent films between 1911 and 1928. Most of those films are forgotten or lost, but he also directed movies with silent stars like Harry Carey and Roscoe Arbuckle. Henderson also worked as a writer on numerous screenplays. After retiring from directing in 1927, Henderson turned to acting full-time and played important supporting roles in King Vidor's The Crowd (1928) and as General Marmaduke Pepper in Show People (1928). The advent of sound film damaged his acting career, and he often had to play smaller roles. In the 1930s, the comedic character actor appeared on several occasions as a comic foil for such comedians as The Three Stooges, W. C. Fields and Laurel and Hardy. He often played somewhat pompous figures like judges, businessmen, detectives or mayors. Modern audiences will remember Henderson as annoyed hospital president Dr. Graves in The Three Stooges film Men in Black and the put-upon chaperone in the Little Rascals film Choo-Choo!. He also appeared as a Night Court Judge in Laurel and Hardy's Our Relations (1936) and as a friendly Car salesman in Leo McCarey's drama Make Way for Tomorrow (1937). Henderson ended his film career after numerous small roles in 1950. Henderson died of a heart attack in Hollywood at the age of 79. He was married with actress Florence Lee until his death, they made several silent films together.
Love Affair
as Cafe Manager (uncredited)A French playboy and an American former nightclub singer fall in love aboard a ship. They...
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The Awful Truth
as Vance's Butler (uncredited)Unfounded suspicions lead a married couple to begin divorce proceedings, whereupon they start...
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Intolerance: Love's Struggle Throughout the Ages
as Extra (uncredited)The story of a poor young woman, separated by prejudice from her husband and baby, is interwoven...
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Once Upon a Honeymoon
as American Attaché (uncredited)A radio correspondent tries to rescue a burlesque queen from her marriage to a Nazi official.
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Show People
as Colonel PepperHollywood hopeful Peggy Pepper arrives at a major studio, from Georgia, to become a great...
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Undercurrent
as Party Guest (uncredited)After a rapid engagement, a dowdy daughter of a chemist weds an industrialist, knowing little of...
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Make Way for Tomorrow
as Ed Weldon - Auto Salesman (uncredited)At a family reunion, the Cooper clan find that their parents' home is being foreclosed....
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The Crowd
as DickJohn, an ambitious but undisciplined New York City office worker, meets and marries Mary. They...
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Ramona
as Man at BurialRamona, residing on her wealthy Spanish adoptive mother's rancho in California, falls in love...
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The Major and the Minor
as Doorman (uncredited)Susan Applegate, tired of New York after one year and twenty-five jobs, decides to return to her...
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Men with Wings
as ChairmanReporter Nicholas Ranson is jubilant when, on 17 Dec 1903, in Kitty Hawk, North Carolina,...
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Bud Abbott and Lou Costello in Hollywood
as Benson (uncredited)When two bumbling barbers act as agents for a talented but unknown singer, they stage a phony...
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The Patsy
as Pa HarringtonJealous that her older sister Grace has landed handsome and successful Tony Anderson, Patricia...
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The Usurer
as First MoverA wealthy, callous moneylender finds a terrifying way to learn about money's limitations.
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Wilful Peggy
as uncreditedPeggy is a high-spirited young woman from a poor family. One day she catches the eye of a...
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Young People
as Eddie's FatherWendy Ballantine's parents decide to retire from show biz so she can have a normal life. They...
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The Champ
as The Doctor (uncredited)A broken-down alcoholic prizefighter struggles to keep custody of his adoring son.
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Rebellious Daughters
as Mr. Stanley - First VictimGirl moves out of her parents house against their wishes. Gets a job in a dress shop, gets mixed...
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Du Barry was a Lady
as FlunkyHat check man Louis Blore is in love with nightclub star May Daly. May, however, is in love with...
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Wells Fargo
as CustomerIn the 1840s, Ramsey MacKay, the driver for the struggling Wells Fargo mail and freight company,...
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Bottoms Up
as Lane WorthingPromoter "Smoothie" King helps a pair of phonies con their way into a movie company. As Wanda...
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Frontier Marshal
as Dave HallWyatt Earp agrees to become marshal and establish order in Tombstone in this very romanticized...
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Stranger on the Third Floor
as Detective (uncredited)Newspaper reporter Michael Ward plunges into a nightmare of guilt, fearing that his "evidence"...
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Helping Grandma
as HendersonThe kids' adopted grandma decides to sell her store, but can't decide whom to sell it to. The...
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The Lonedale Operator
as A TrampA young woman takes over her sick father's role as telegraph operator at a railway station, and...
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Once More, My Darling
as Hotel ClerkAn actor is recalled to active duty with the Army's C.I.D. to find the thief who stole...
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Abe Lincoln in Illinois
as Minor Role (uncredited)Abe Lincoln in Illinois is a 1940 biographical film which tells the story of the life of Abraham...
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Ruggles of Red Gap
as SamIn this comedy of an Englishman stranded in a sea of barbaric Americans, Marmaduke Ruggles, a...
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The Laurel-Hardy Murder Case
as Housekeeper (uncredited)The boys think their days of fishing to feed themselves have come to an end, when Stan's rich...
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His Trust
as Col. FrazierA Confederate officer is called off to war. He leaves his wife and daughter in the care of...
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The Sunbeam
as The BachelorSet in a tenement, a lonely confirmed bachelor occupies a room across the hall from a dour...
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Main Street After Dark
as Plainclothesman (uncredited)A police detective (Edward Arnold) uses fluorescent powder to catch a pickpocket (Selena Royle)...
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3 Kids and a Queen
as ReporterAn eccentric, wealthy spinster, 'Queenie' Baxter is erroneously presumed to be kidnapped. She...
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Steamboat Round the Bend
as SalesmanA Louisiana con man enters his steamboat into a winner-take-all race with a rival while trying...
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Whispering Whoopee
as Mr. HendersonCharlie hires three "party girls" to help him land a business deal.
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It's a Gift
as Mr. AbernathyAfter he inherits some money, Harold Bissonette ("pronounced bis-on-ay") decides to give up the...
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Little Big Shot
as PolicemanA con man and his partner inherit a dead gangster's precocious daughter.
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5th Ave Girl
as Headwaiter (uncredited)A wealthy man hires a poor girl to play his mistress in order to get more attention from his...
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Arsène Lupin Returns
as Plainclothes Detective (uncredited)A woman and a man vying for a woman's affection: the usual love trio? Not quite so since the...
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Slightly Dangerous
as Doorman (uncredited)Small-town soda-jerk Peggy Evans quits her dead-end job and moves to New York where she invents...
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The Massacre
as In Wagon TrainThe story of the massacre of an Indian village, and the ensuing retaliation.
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The Sins of the Children
as Ted BaldwinA barber turns down a promising business venture in order to take his sick son to a drier...
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Riley the Cop
as Judge CoronelliIn this early comedy from John Ford, Riley is a New York Irish cop sent to Germany to track down...
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Choo-Choo!
as Mr. HendersonThe gang trades places with a group of orphans about to take a train ride.
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Hitch Hike Lady
as WilliamsBrit Amelia Blake travels to America to join her son Alfred. Fate forces her to hitchhike to...
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Artists & Models
as Lord (uncredited)An ad man gets his model girlfriend to pose as a debutante for a new campaign.
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You're Telling Me!
as Mayor (as Del Henderson)Sam Bisbee is an inventor whose works (e.g., a keyhole finder for drunks) have brought him only...
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The Mystery Man
as Mr. Clark, Hotel ManagerHard-boiled newspaper reporter Larry Doyle (Robert Armstrong) goes a bit too far in celebrating...
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Too Much Harmony
as Small Town Theatre ManagerA singer is involved with two women in his life, one a "good" girl and one a "bad" one."
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Men in Black
as Dr. Graves (uncredited)The stooges are three doctors who graduated medical school by being in it for too many years....
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For His Son
as Dopokoke Factory Employee (uncredited)A father, anxious for his son's financial well being, develops a special soda pop called...
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The Modern Prodigal
as At Post OfficeIn the opening of this subject we find the callow youth as he points towards the city's spires,...
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Wrong Again
as Painting ownerStable hands Stan and Ollie are tending a thoroughbred named "Blue Boy." But when they overhear...
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Arizona Terrors
as President McKinleyA crooked gambler poses as a descendant of a noble Spanish family has successfully secured court...
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Night of Goblins
as HousekeeperSpanish version of The Laurel and Hardy Murder Case and Berth Marks.
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The Lesson
as PolicemanShort drama about the commandment "honour your father and your mother".
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Getting Gertie's Garter
as Barry ScottAttorney Ken Walrick, not quite realizing the difference between a garter and a bracelet, gives...
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We Who Are About to Die
as Blake's Associate (uncredited)John Thompson is kidnapped by mobsters after quitting his job. Then he is arrested, tried, and...
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The Girl of the Golden West
as Stagecoach PassengerMary Robbins is a moderately educated, beautiful, young woman who owns the saloon called "The...
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The Missing Juror
as Train Conductor (Uncredited)A newsman tracks down a phantom killer of murder-trial jurors.
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The Broken Locket
as uncreditedGeorge Peabody is a young man who has been giving free rein to his inclinations, the principal...
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Thundering Tenors
as Senator D.H. HendersonCharley is invited to a high class party, where he feels ill at ease and has no idea how to act,...
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The Long Road
as Wedding GuestEdith enters a convent after losing her fiancé to someone else. Years later, Edith finds him...
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Hot Stuff
as Cigar DrummerHank (Mack Sennett) loses his girl (Mabel Normand) to another guy (Dell Henderson) so he decides...
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His Trust Fulfilled
as uncreditedContinuing where His Trust (1911) leaves off, George takes care of his deceased master's...
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Won by a Fish
as The Woman's FatherPapa becomes so miserable over his bad luck as a fisherman, it causes him to reject Harry, his...
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Muggsy Becomes a Hero
as A TrampTwo spinsters on their way to church, are accosted by a couple of burly tramps. When Mabel is...
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Millionaires in Prison
as Dell, Deputy Taking Vander to Prison (uncredited)A crop of millionaire inmates struggle to get accustomed to prison life, while inmate Nick...
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A Child of the Ghetto
as The ProprietorAfter her mother's death, Ruth struggles to support herself as a seamstress. While Ruth delivers...
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The Primal Call
as The CreditorA young woman who is engaged to a millionaire she doesn't love meets and falls in love with a...
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The Unchanging Sea
as The RescuerIn this story set at a seaside fishing village and inspired by a Charles Kingsley poem, a young...
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Newly Rich
as DirectorTwo small town widows bring their children to Hollywood, where their children become competing...
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The Texas Rangers
as Citizen (uncredited)Two down-on-their-luck former outlaws volunteer to be Texas Rangers and find themselves assigned...
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On Your Guard
as Detective Calvin Carter - aka O'HaraAn ex-con makes for a backwoods town intending to rob the bank, and becomes involved in...
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Thunder in the Night
as Ambassador - Party GuestOfficer Karl Torok's best friend, Count Alvinczy, is elected president of the Hungarian cabinet....
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Diamond Jim
as GamblerA loose biopic based on the life of Gilded Age tycoon "Diamond" Jim Brady.
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The Daring Young Man
as MayorThe Daring Young Man is hotshot-reporter Don McLane, played by James Dunn. Always on the prowl...
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Looser Than Loose
as Mr. HendersonCharley is about to get engaged to Thelma when his boss foists some clients upon him to entertain.
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All Teed Up
as Judge QuirtThelma invites Charley to play golf at her father's exclusive country club.
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The Two Brothers
as ManuelIn Camarillo, principality of the Spanish dominion, there lived two brothers, Jose and Manuel....
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The Song of the Wildwood Flute
as A SuitorHer trademarked curls hidden under a black wig, Mary Pickford stars as a wide-eyed Indian...
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In the Border States
as Union OfficerDuring the Civil War, a father living in a border state leaves to join the Union Army. After he...
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A Gold Necklace
as In CafeMazie lends her necklace to Nellie, her guest. Nellie is asleep in a hammock when Sam, her...
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The Grand Bounce
as Harry Briggs (uncredited)A man writes a check for $1,000 to cover a gambling debt. The problem is that he doesn't have...
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The Furs
as The HusbandMabel Normand is the wife of a rather rotund businessman, Dell Henderson. She doesn't get along...
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Little Orvie
as Mr. BrownFamily film, based on a Booth Tarkington tale, about a young boy who takes extreme measures to...
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The Great Morgan
as Film Character (uncredited)Frank Morgan is hired to put together a movie using odds and ends from the MGM vaults. He does...
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Slightly Static
as Mr. Campbell (as Del Henderson)Thelma and Patsy get jobs at a radio station.
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Mr. Bride
as J. P. HendersonCharley's boss "rehearses" for his honeymoon--with Charley.
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Stolen by Gypsies or Beer and Bicycles
as The MasqueWhen the fiendish Sinclair Sable arranges the kidnapping of the beautiful Benecia Beamish, only...
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The Making of a Man
as Leading ManA young woman becomes infatuated with the leading man of a traveling theatrical troupe. She...
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Something Simple
as TanhauserTaken to a hospital, after suffering a dizzy spell, Charley is told by a 'nut', posing as a...
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Help! Help!
as Office WorkerA send-up of Griffith's THE LONELY VILLA and other movies of that sort, such as THE GIRLS AND...
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The Power of the Press
as Bill JohnsonThe naive newspaper cub Clem lands a scoop when he's sent out to cover a murder. In his...
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Mrs. Wiggs of the Cabbage Patch
as House ManagerThe Wiggs family plan to celebrate Thanksgiving in their rundown shack with leftover stew,...
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The Speed Demon
as Racing OfficialAn ambitious race driver who is not allowed to compete decides to outwit his competitors.
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Haunted at Midnight
as HousekeeperLong lost German language version of the Laurel & Hardy film "The Laurel-Hardy Murder Case" ...
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Hot Tip
as SheriffAn amateur handicapper must help his future son-in-law recoup the money he lost while playing...
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The Last Drop of Water
as Undetermined RoleA wagon train heading west across the great desert runs out of water, and is attacked by...
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Goldie Gets Along
as Mr. MoonA small-town girl schemes to get to Hollywood only to run into the man she left behind.
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You Can't Fool Your Wife
as Ritz Amsterdam ManagerLongtime school sweethearts discover married life, thanks to a disagreeable live-in...
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The Clinging Vine
as B. Harvey DoolittleWhen a hardened businesswoman who goes by the initials A.B. overhears someone calling her an...
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Over Silent Paths
as The WandererIn the heart of the American west, a miner toils day after day at his rocker box while his young...
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Skip the Maloo!
as Mr. BensonCharlie Chase, playing the Duke of Chasewick, but hired by Dell Henderson to play himself, and...
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Windy Riley Goes Hollywood
as uncreditedA driver on a non-stop race from New York to San Francisco gets detoured to Hollywood, where he...
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Chiselers of Hollywood
as uncreditedThree sisters come to Hollywood to be movie stars. Complications arise when two of them fall in...
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That Chink at Golden Gulch
as Gentleman Jim DandyIn China, before leaving for America, Charlie Lee promises that he will never dishonour his...
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Fast Work
as Old FaithfulCharley Chase is obsessed with a woman, however his attempt to meet her father is complicated by...
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Tragedy of the Dress Suit
as DickA Mack Sennett comedy short starring Dell Henderson & Mabel Normand.
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The Brave Hunter
as The Brave Hunter's RivalHere it is nice to see Sennett playing a different character than his usual hillbilly lover....
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When a Man Loves
as Mr. BachMr. Bach, a wealthy man, visits the scenes of his boyhood days in his auto and meets farmer...
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The Engagement Ring
as RedmondAlice has two persistent suitors, one rich, one poor. Each buys her an engagement ring; the rich...
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A Plain Song
as The ManagerEdith is a salesgirl in a department store who envys her store-mates, as she views them passing...
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Rainbow Over Broadway
as BowersEx-vaudeville performer Trixie makes a come-back, and threatens to thwart the ambitions of her...
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The Baron
as The Baron / A WaiterA Mack Sennett comedy short for Biograph released as a split reel along with the comedy The...
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The Mender of Nets
as The Rival's BrotherA young woman who works mending fishermen's nets is engaged to be married. But her fiancé has an...
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In Walked Charley
as Delbert HendersonCharley, a travel agent, finds himself in a situation where he has to humor an apparent lunatic.
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The Adventures of Billy
as Rich ManBilly witnesses two tramps accidentally kill someone during a robbery. The tramps lock him up...
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The Chump Takes a Bump
as Elias J. SmartAt a nightclub, Charley fails to recognize his newly blonde wife.
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Hit the Deck
as AdmiralA sailor finds himself the object of a cafe owner's affections.
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Helen's Marriage
as FriendThe movie begins with Tom carrying a ladder for an elopement with Helen. Unfortunately, as soon...
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The Rejuvenation of Aunt Mary
as Aunt Mary's SweetheartThe first time that Jack was threatened with expulsion from college his Aunt Mary was much...
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Is Everybody Happy?
as uncreditedIs Everybody Happy? is a silent movie short.
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