Ford Sterling

Born: 1883-11-02


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Alice in Wonderland

as White King
Released: 1933-12-18

In Victorian England, a bored young girl dreams that she has entered a fantasy world called...

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He Who Gets Slapped

as Tricaud
Released: 1924-12-22

Up-and-coming scientist Paul Benedict is betrayed by his mentor, the Baron Regnard, who not only...

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Tango Tangle

as Band Leader
Released: 1914-03-09

In a dance hall, two members of the orchestra and a tipsy dancer fight over the hat check girl.

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Wild Oranges

as Paul Halvard
Released: 1924-01-20

Millie Stope lives with her grandfather on a remote island. Man-child Nicholas, a fugitive from...

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A Film Johnnie

as Self (uncredited)
Released: 1914-03-02

The Tramp, a film Johnnie (someone who loiters near theaters or studios to meet stars or get a...

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The Knockout

as Spectator (uncredited)
Released: 1914-06-11

To show his girl how brave he is, Pug challenges the champion to a fight. Charlie referees,...

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Between Showers

as Mr. Snookie, a Thief
Released: 1914-02-28

Mr. Snookie steals an umbrella and then, while trying to help a woman to cross a puddle, the...

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Oh Kay!

as Shorty McGee
Released: 1928-08-26

On the eve of her wedding Lady Kay Rutfield runs off aboard her sloop. A storm carries her out...

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Black Sheep

as Mather
Released: 1935-08-01

On an ocean liner crossing a professional gambler comes to the aid of a naive young man...

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Sally

as 'Pops' Shendorff
Released: 1930-01-12

Sally is an orphan who was named by the telephone exchange where she was abandoned as a baby. In...

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Stolen Glory

as Captain Warner
Released: 1912-10-14

Veteran Warner and old gardener Burns vie for the hand of Widow Simpson, and the gardener steals...

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Hollywood

as Ford Sterling
Released: 1923-08-19

Angela comes to Hollywood with only two things: Her dream to become a movie star, and Grandpa....

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The Golden Age of Comedy

as archive footage
Released: 1957-12-26

A compilation featuring comedic stars of the silent era including Will Rogers, Laurel and Hardy,...

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Kismet

as Amru
Released: 1930-10-30

Hajj, a rascally beggar on the periphery of the court of Baghdad, schemes to marry his daughter...

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A Muddy Romance

as The Villain
Released: 1913-11-19

Two rivals for Mabel's hand play a series of dirty tricks on each other. Finally, one of them...

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Days of Thrills and Laughter

as Self (archive footage)
Released: 1961-03-21

An appreciative, uncritical look at silent film comedies and thrillers from early in the century...

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Sporting Goods

as Mr. Jordan
Released: 1928-02-11

Sports-loving inventor Richard Shelby develops an "Elasto-Tweed" golf suit then hits the road in...

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Stage Struck

as Buck
Released: 1925-11-16

Daydreaming waitress Jennie Hagen fantasizes about becoming a famous actress, while in reality...

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The Show Off

as Aubrey Piper
Released: 1926-08-16

A blowhard who poses as a railroad executive (but is really just a $30-a-week clerk) catches a...

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Everybody's Acting

as Michael Poole
Released: 1926-10-04

Doris Poole, whose parents were theatrical people, was orphaned as a child, and four members of...

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A Thief Catcher

as Suspicious John
Released: 1914-02-19

Two criminals chase a plainclothes policeman who, while taking out his dog, witnesses their crime.

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Sergeant Hofmeyer

as Sgt. Hofmeyer
Released: 1914-05-07

A police officer attempts to steal a go-cart from a child.

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Casey at the Bat

as O'Dowd
Released: 1927-03-08

Casey is a slovenly junk man in a turn of the twentieth century hick town who has a remarkable...

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The Spoilers

as 'Slapjack' Simms
Released: 1923-08-26

Based on the novel The Spoilers by Rex Beach.

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The Gusher

as Oil Well Buyer
Released: 1913-12-14

Mabel has two suitors - an oily con man, whom she mocks in a very funny scene where she is shown...

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Show Girl in Hollywood

as Sam Otis
Released: 1930-04-20

Broadway actress leaves New York to become a star in Hollywood, and succeeds despite sleazy...

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Some Nerve

as The Husband
Released: 1913-12-25

Some Nerve is a 1913 movie starring Ford Sterling and Dot Farley.

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A Bandit

as The Bandit
Released: 1913-06-22

Willy is a rather effeminate young man, and is abused by the town bully. He suspects that the...

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That Little Band Of Gold

as Gassy Gotrox - Tattletale
Released: 1915-03-14

A happy young couple become engaged, and soon afterwards they are married. But after their...

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So Big

as Jacob Hoogenduck
Released: 1924-12-28

After graduating from a fashionable finishing school and touring Europe with her father, Selina...

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Gentlemen Prefer Blondes

as Gus Eisman
Released: 1928-01-22

Gold digging blonde Lorelei and her brunette friend Dorothy are searching for rich husbands....

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Good and Naughty

as Bunny West
Released: 1926-06-07

Four middle-aged actors jointly adopt an orphaned baby girl, raising her in a backstage milieu.

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The Fall of Eve

as Mr. Mack
Released: 1929-06-17

The Fall of Eve

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Barney Oldfield's Race for a Life

as The Villain
Released: 1913-06-02

When Mabel romantically rejects a villain, he ties her to the railroad tracks, leaving her...

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Wife Savers

as Tavern Keeper
Released: 1928-01-07

While stationed in Switzerland, soldiers Louis and Rodney fall in love with local damsel...

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Peeping Pete

as Neighbor's Husband
Released: 1913-06-22

This early Keystone has Pete spying on his neighbor's wife through one of those little knotholes...

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The Day of Faith

as Montreal Sammy
Released: 1923-10-20

Jane Maynard opens a mission in memory of philanthropist Bland Hendricks. John Anstell, son of a...

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The American Venus

as Hugo Niles
Released: 1926-01-31

A lost film - Mary Gray, whose father manufactures cold cream, is engaged to sappy Horace Niles,...

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Keystone Hotel

as Sterling, Chief of Police
Released: 1935-09-21

The Keystone Hotel hosts a very prestigious beauty contest. When the cross-eyed judge presents...

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Daddy's Gone A-Hunting

as uncredited
Released: 1925-03-08

Julian (Percy Marmont) is a poor artist who lives with wife Edith (Alice Joyce) and their...

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Hearts and Flowers

as Orchestra Leader
Released: 1919-06-22

A flirtatious hotel orchestra leader provokes conflict.

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The Speed Kings

as Papa
Released: 1913-10-30

Race-car drivers pursue Mabel Normand, whose father has a clear favorite.

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In the Clutches of the Gang

as Chief Tehiezel
Released: 1914-01-17

In the Clutches of the Gang is a 1914 movie starring Ford Sterling and George Nichols.

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Yankee Doodle in Berlin

as Kaiser Bill
Released: 1919-03-02

Behind enemy lines, Captain Bob White disguises himself as a woman in order to fool members of...

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Don't Weaken!

as Professor Yonson - the Dancing Master
Released: 1920-09-05

A dancing instructor gets involved with a newly rich family.

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Cohen Saves the Flag

as Sgt. Cohen
Released: 1913-11-26

Cohen and his rival Goldberg enlist in the Union Army during the American Civil War. Goldberg...

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Her Majesty, Love

as Otmar von Wellingen
Released: 1931-12-15

The wealthy von Wellingens are shocked when the father of their son Fred's fiancée Lia juggles...

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My Lady's Lips

as Smike
Released: 1925-07-01

A newspaper publisher finds out that his wild daughter has fallen in with a ring of gamblers. A...

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Tragedy of the Dress Suit

as Landlord
Released: 1912-08-14

A Mack Sennett comedy short starring Dell Henderson & Mabel Normand.

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The Brass Bottle

as Rapkin
Released: 1923-07-22

Horace Ventimore, a young London architect, stumbles across an old brass bottle. When he picks...

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Love and Rubbish

as Mr. Fickle
Released: 1913-07-14

Love and Rubbish is a 1913 movie starring Ford Sterling and Charles Avery.

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Court House Crooks

as The District Attorney
Released: 1915-07-05

A farce involving an esteemed judge, his young wife, and the District Attorney she's seeing on...

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The Woman on the Jury

as Juror
Released: 1924-04-20

The story of a woman on trial for her life for shooting the man who had promised to love her but...

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A Strong Revenge

as Meyer
Released: 1913-03-09

Cobbler Meyer puts Limburger cheese in the shoes of grocer Schnitz to sabotage his attendance...

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The Strangers' Banquet

as Al Norton
Released: 1922-12-31

In managing the shipyard inherited from her father, Derith Keogh has considerable labor problems...

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Bride of the Regiment

as Tangy
Released: 1930-05-21

As they are leaving the church following their wedding, Count Adrian Beltrami and Countess...

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Behind the Green Lights

as Max Schultz, German Janitor
Released: 1935-03-11

A police detective's (Norman Foster) lawyer girlfriend (Judith Allen) works for a crooked...

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The Fatal Taxicab

as Egbert Throckmorton
Released: 1913-09-18

The Fatal Taxicab is a 1913 movie starring Mabel Normand and Ford Sterling.

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The Trouble With Wives

as Al Hennessey
Released: 1925-09-28

William Hyatt (Tom Moore) runs an exclusive shoe store, and his happy marriage to Grace...

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Her Birthday Present

as The Police Chief
Released: 1913-02-14

A Keystone film, especially from the beginnings, is always worth attention.This film is notable...

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Why Beaches Are Popular

as Ford Sterling
Released: 1919-05-10

This short was a promo piece for Mack Sennett's Yankee Doodle in Berlin

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Many Unhappy Returns

as C.C. aka Henry Morgan
Released: 1937-10-14

Ford Sterling is married to a very jealous wife, who has a hobby of collecting French dolls. In...

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A Life in the Balance

as The Landlord
Released: 1913-04-14

A Keystone Kops short about a landlord discovering three "anner-kist" tenants building a bomb.

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Her Torpedoed Love

as Reginald Scuttle - the Conniving Butler
Released: 1917-05-13

A wealthy invalid tries to add his hard-working cook to his will, but the conniving butler gets...

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A Fishy Affair

as Perkins
Released: 1913-04-24

A man goes fishing in the same pond where a burglar has thrown a sock of money stolen from the...

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An Interrupted Elopement

as uncredited
Released: 1912-08-14

This is quite like "Helen's Marriage" which came out a few months earlier in 1912. Once again,...

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The Road to Glory

as James Allen
Released: 1926-02-07

May McAvoy is a woman who is blinded in an auto accident and relies on prayer to regain her sight.

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Hoffmeyer's Legacy

as Hoffmeyer
Released: 1912-12-23

Hoffmeyer is harassed by creditors, but thinks his troubles are over when he receives a legacy...

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Mabel's Lovers

as Black, another suitor
Released: 1912-11-04

At a summer resort, Mabel puts ugly bumps under her bathing suit to discourage fair-weather...

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Happy Times and Jolly Moments

as (archive footage)
Released: 1943-01-01

This short film takes a nostalgic look at the Mack Sennett comedies of the silent cinema era.

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Mabel's Dramatic Career

as Actor / Onscreen Villain
Released: 1913-09-08

A young man falls in love with his mother's kitchen maid, Mabel. But his mother objects...

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Oh, Mabel Behave

as Squire Peachem
Released: 1922-06-20

Squire Peachem (Ford Sterling) wants to marry the innkeeper's daughter (Normand). Since Peachem...

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The Snow Cure

as The Flirt
Released: 1916-04-22

The Snow Cure is a silent Comedy short.

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The Water Nymph

as Mack's Father
Released: 1912-09-23

Mabel and her sweetheart go to the beach and play a trick on the boyfriend's father.

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Miss Brewster's Millions

as Ned Brewster
Released: 1926-03-22

Polly Brewster, a penniless Hollywood model/movie extra inherits one million dollars. But her...

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At Coney Island

as married flirt
Released: 1912-10-28

Mack takes Mabel to Coney Island, only to have her stolen by slick Ford, who is temporarily out...

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Fatty and the Broadway Stars

as Keystone Performer
Released: 1915-12-15

Fatty and the Broadway Stars is a 1915 American short comedy film directed by and starring Fatty...

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Cohen Collects a Debt

as Cohen
Released: 1912-09-23

After second hand clothier Cohen receives $1000 from a rival firm (unaware that the amount was...

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Spring Is Here

as Peter Braley
Released: 1930-04-13

Musical about two sisters in love with the same man.

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The Headline Woman

as Hugo Meyer
Released: 1935-05-14

When the daughter of a newspaper publisher is falsely charged with murder, a reporter on her...

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Stranded in Paris

as Count Pasada
Released: 1926-12-13

American shop-girl Julie McFadden, wins a free passage to Paris; en route she meets Robert Van...

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The Girl in the Show

as Ed Bondell
Released: 1929-08-30

In this drama, a traveling troupe of actors find themselves in danger of becoming unemployed...

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A Grocery Clerk's Romance

as Grocery Clerk
Released: 1912-10-28

Ford arranged for lazy Brown to be kidnapped and dynamited by thugs, so that he can move in and...

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Safe in Jail

as The Constable
Released: 1913-07-07

Safe in jail is a 1913 movie starring Ford Sterling and Edgar Kennedy.

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Mabel’s Adventures

as The Magician
Released: 1912-12-16

Mabel poses as "Cousin Jack" in a scheme to test her two quarreling suitors who decide to take...

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The New Neighbor

as uncredited
Released: 1912-09-29

When a new neighbor attempts to save a young wife from an intruder, her husband misunderstands;...

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For the Love of Mabel

as uncredited
Released: 1913-06-30

A presumably lost film starring Mabel Normand and Roscoe Arbuckle.

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For the Love of Mike

as Herman Schultz
Released: 1927-07-31

Three men join forces to raise an adopted son.

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On His Wedding Day

as Krause - the Bridegroom
Released: 1913-03-31

When some pranksters pour red pepper on a new groom's bouquet, the wedding becomes a hijinks...

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The Waiters' Picnic

as Louis - the Chef
Released: 1913-06-16

Louis, the chef and Oscar, the head waiter, are in love with Mabel the pretty cashier. The...

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Chicken à la King

as Horace Trundle
Released: 1928-06-09

A married tightwad learns to loosen up by living the life of a playboy.

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Hide and Seek

as The Police Chief
Released: 1913-04-03

A banker's young daughter, playing a game of "hide and seek", is apparently locked within the...

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Drums of the Desert

as Perkins
Released: 1927-06-04

John Curry is a friend of the Navajos who fails in his attempts to keep the white man from...

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Figures Don't Lie

as 'Howdy' Jones
Released: 1927-10-08

Figures Don't Lie is a showcase for the physical charms of lovely Esther Ralston, who in one...

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Hogan's Romance Upset

as Fight Spectator
Released: 1915-02-13

Charles Murray out romancing in the park.

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Riley and Schultze

as Schultz
Released: 1912-09-29

A constable and his sergeant are rivals for a girl, and to impress her they both attempt to...

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The Mistaken Masher

as George
Released: 1913-01-27

Georgie Burns is a conceited, athletic individual, who has turned his home into a gymnasium. His...

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