Chester Conklin

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: Acting

Born: Oskaloosa, Iowa, USA, 1886-01-10

Died: 1971-10-11

Film

No.	Year	Title	Role	Vote Average
1	1914	Double Crossed	Desk Sergeant	46
2	1914	Making a Living	Policeman / Bum (uncredited)	56
3	1914	Mabel's Strange Predicament	The Husband (uncredited)	53
4	1914	Between Showers	Policeman	53
5	1914	Tango Tangles	Guest in Police Costume	50
6	1914	Mabel at the Wheel	Mabel's Father (uncredited)	56
7	1914	Twenty Minutes of Love	Pickpocket	55
8	1914	Caught in a Cabaret	Waiter / Footman (uncredited)	56
9	1914	Mabel's Busy Day	Police Sergeant	56
10	1914	Mabel's New Job	Boarder	0
11	1914	The Property Man	Man in Audience (uncredited)	56
12	1914	The Face on the Barroom Floor	Drinker	52
13	1914	Such a Cook		0
14	1914	The Masquerader	Film actor	56
15	1914	The Baggage Smasher	The Baggage Smasher	0
16	1914	Those Love Pangs	Rival	55
17	1914	The Anglers		0
18	1914	The Love Thief	The Love Thief	0
19	1914	Dough and Dynamite	Jacques	61
20	1914	Gentlemen of Nerve	Ambrose, Mabel's friend	57
21	1914	'Curses!' They Remarked	Blackheart Jr.	50
22	1914	How Heroes Are Made	The Boy Friend's Rival	0
23	1914	Tillie's Punctured Romance	Mr. Whoozis (uncredited)	61
24	1915	Love, Speed and Thrills	Mr. Walrus	50
25	1915	The Home Breakers	Walrus	0
26	1915	A Bird's a Bird	Mr. Walrus	50
27	1915	Hearts and Planets	Mr. Walrus - Visible Star	0
28	1915	A One Night Stand	The Property Man	50
29	1915	Ambrose's Fury		30
30	1915	Droppington's Devilish Deed	Droppington	0
31	1915	Do-Re-Mi-Boom!	The Suitor	40
32	1915	Droppington's Family Tree	Droppington	50
33	1915	A Hash House Fraud	The Chief of Police	42
34	1915	The Cannon Ball	The Villain	10
35	1915	When Ambrose Dared Walrus	Walrus	50
36	1915	Saved by Wireless	The Spy's Ally	0
37	1915	Dizzy Heights and Daring Hearts	Mr. A.C. Walrus	50
38	1916	Cinders of Love	The Fire Chief	0
39	1916	The Love Thief		0
40	1917	The Pullman Bride	The Rejected Suitor	0
41	1917	A Clever Dummy	A Playful Property Man	50
42	1917	The Pawnbroker's Heart	The Pawnshop Clerk	0
43	1917	An International Sneak	A Foreign Spy	0
44	1918	The Village Chestnut	Teacher	50
45	1918	His Hidden Purpose	Albert Walrus - Who Lived by His Wits	0
46	1918	It Pays to Exercise	Little Giant	0
47	1919	Yankee Doodle in Berlin	Officer of Death's Head Hussars	53
48	1920	The Soft Boiled Yegg		0
49	1921	His Model Day		0
50	1922	Step Lively, Please		0
51	1923	Souls for Sale	Self - Celebrity Actor in Commissary	62
52	1923	Anna Christie	Tommy	55
53	1924	Battling Bunyan	A Stranger	0
54	1924	North of Nevada	Lem Williams	0
55	1924	The Galloping Fish	Jonah	0
56	1924	The Fire Patrol	Fireman	0
57	1924	Another Man's Wife	Rumrunner	0
58	1924	Greed	Popper Sieppe	74
59	1925	The Wizard of Oz		55
60	1925	One Year to Live	Froquine	0
61	1925	Where Was I?	Elmer	0
62	1925	The Phantom of the Opera	Orderly (uncredited)	71
63	1925	Under the Rouge	Mr. Fleck	0
64	1925	The Winding Stair	Onery	0
65	1925	The Masked Bride	Wine Waiter	0
66	1925	The Pleasure Buyers	Burke	10
67	1925	A Woman of the World	Sam Poore	56
68	1926	Behind the Front	Scottie	60
69	1926	Fascinating Youth	Chester Conklin	0
70	1926	A Social Celebrity	Johann Haber	0
71	1926	Say It Again	Prince Otto V	0
72	1926	The Duchess of Buffalo	Hotel Manager	56
73	1926	The Nervous Wreck	Mort	59
74	1926	Midnight Lovers	Moriarity	60
75	1926	The Lady of the Harem	Ali	0
76	1926	We're in the Navy Now	Navy Capt. Smithers	56
77	1927	McFadden's Flats	Jock McTavish	0
78	1927	A Kiss in a Taxi	Maraval	0
79	1927	Cabaret	Jerry Trask	0
80	1927	Rubber Heels	Tennyson Hawks	0
81	1927	Two Flaming Youths	Sheriff Ben Holden	0
82	1928	Gentlemen Prefer Blondes	Judge	0
83	1928	Tillie's Punctured Romance	Circus Owner	60
84	1928	The Big Noise	John Sloval	0
85	1928	Fools for Luck	Samuel Hunter	0
86	1928	Varsity	Pop Conlan	0
87	1928	The Haunted House	Mr. Rackham	0
88	1928	Taxi 13	Angus Mactavish	0
89	1929	Marquis Preferred	Mr. Gruger	0
90	1929	Sunset Pass	Windy	0
91	1929	House of Horror	Chester	0
92	1929	The Studio Murder Mystery	George (Studio Gateman)	41
93	1929	Stairs of Sand	Tim	0
94	1929	The Virginian	Uncle 'Pa' Hughey	58
95	1929	Show of Shows	Traffic Cop in 'Bicycle Built for Two' Number (uncredited)	55
96	1930	Swing High	Sheriff	65
97	1930	The Love Trader	Nelson	0
98	1930	Cleaning Up	Chester	50
99	1931	Studio Sap		0
100	1931	Gents of Leisure		0
101	1931	Stout Hearts and Willing Hands		60
102	1931	Her Majesty, Love	Emil	60
103	1933	Hallelujah, I'm a Bum	Sunday	74
104	1935	Keystone Hotel	Mayor Carson	80
105	1935	La Fiesta de Santa Barbara	Self	58
106	1936	Modern Times	Mechanic	83
107	1936	The Preview Murder Mystery	Comedian	60
108	1936	Call of the Prairie	Sandy McQueen	50
109	1937	Cinema Circus	Himself	0
110	1937	Forlorn River	Sheriff Alec Grundy	50
111	1937	Every Day's a Holiday	Cabby	54
112	1938	Flat Foot Stooges	Fire Chief Kelly	62
113	1939	Mutiny on the Body	Mr. Van Asther	0
114	1939	Zenobia	Farmer	46
115	1939	Sagebrush Serenade	Pop Mason	0
116	1939	The Spellbinder	Courtroom Extra (Uncredited)	60
117	1939	Hollywood Cavalcade	Sheriff in Western	51
118	1939	Mr. Smith Goes to Washington	Reporter (uncredited)	79
119	1939	Teacher's Pest	Zeb	0
120	1939	Chip of the Flying U	Joe	0
121	1939	Henry Goes Arizona	Bus Driver (uncredited)	60
122	1940	You're Next!	The Janitor	0
123	1940	The Great Dictator	Barber's Customer	83
124	1940	Li'l Abner	Mayor Gurgle	59
125	1941	Dutiful But Dumb	Counterman (uncredited)	62
126	1941	Here Comes Mr. Jordan	Newsboy (uncredited)	69
127	1941	Harmon of Michigan	Gasoline Chuck	0
128	1941	Jesse James at Bay	Town Drunk (uncredited)	50
129	1941	One Foot in Heaven	Man Crying During Baptism (uncredited)	66
130	1941	Sullivan's Travels	Old Bum (uncredited)	74
131	1941	Honolulu Lu	Comedian	42
132	1942	Valley of the Sun	Soldier at Hitching Rail	58
133	1942	The Remarkable Andrew	Shopkeeper	82
134	1942	Romance on the Range	Lynch Mob Member	57
135	1942	In Old California	Undetermined Minor Role	50
136	1942	Sons of the Pioneers	Old-Timer	0
137	1942	The Palm Beach Story	Sixth Member Ale and Quail Club	70
138	1942	I Married a Witch	Party Bartender (uncredited)	68
139	1942	X Marks the Spot	Vagrant (uncredited)	38
140	1942	Piano Mooner	Harry's Partner	0
141	1943	Happy Times and Jolly Moments	(archive footage)	0
142	1943	His Wedding Scare	Fireman	0
143	1943	Sagebrush Law	Horse Owner (uncredited)	60
144	1943	Hangmen Also Die!	Cook (uncredited)	70
145	1943	The Avenging Rider	Town Drunk	0
146	1943	Riders of the Rio Grande	Barfly	0
147	1943	Three Little Twirps	The Butcher	64
148	1943	So This Is Washington	Inventor with Pocket Machine Gun (uncredited)	48
149	1943	Around the World	Waiter	50
150	1944	Goodnight, Sweetheart	Bottle Man	0
151	1944	A Fig Leaf for Eve	Waiter	44
152	1944	Hail the Conquering Hero	Western Union Man (uncredited)	70
153	1944	The Miracle of Morgan’s Creek	Pete (uncredited)	68
154	1944	Something for the Boys	Minor Role (uncredited)	62
155	1944	Can't Help Singing	Townsman (uncredited)	51
156	1945	Brewster's Millions	Stage Doorman (uncredited)	67
157	1945	Betrayal from the East	(uncredited)	58
158	1946	Little Giant	Hotel Valet (uncredited)	53
159	1946	Road to Utopia	Amateur Contestant Banjo Player (uncredited)	66
160	1946	The Hoodlum Saint	Cop (uncredited)	52
161	1946	Two Sisters from Boston	Street Cleaner (uncredited)	60
162	1947	Song of Scheherazade	Sailor	58
163	1947	Song of the Wasteland	The Jailer	0
164	1947	The Perils of Pauline	Comic Chef	62
165	1947	Springtime in the Sierras	Old-Timer	42
166	1947	Merton of the Movies	Keystone Kop (uncredited)	68
167	1949	Knock on Any Door	Barber (uncredited)	61
168	1949	The Beautiful Blonde from Bashful Bend	Messenger Boy (uncredited)	58
169	1949	Brimstone	Drunk (uncredited)	65
170	1949	My Friend Irma	Gypsy Tea Room Waiter (uncredited)	68
171	1949	The Golden Stallion	Old Man	55
172	1950	The Good Humor Man	Bush-Cutting Gardener (uncredited)	60
173	1950	Joe Palooka in Humphrey Takes a Chance	Prentice	0
174	1950	Never a Dull Moment	Albert (uncredited)	54
175	1950	Shakedown	Chet (uncredited)	61
176	1950	Let's Dance	Watchman (uncredited)	55
177	1951	Bud Abbott and Lou Costello Meet the Invisible Man	Counter Man (uncredited)	64
178	1952	Son of Paleface	Bartender #2 (uncredited)	63
179	1954	Private Hell 36	Murdered Man in Elevator (uncredited)	62
180	1955	The Beast with a Million Eyes	Ben Webber	37
181	1955	Apache Woman	Dick Mooney	47
182	1962	Paradise Alley	Mr. Gregory	60
183	1966	A Big Hand for the Little Lady	Old Man in Saloon	71

Television

No.	Year	Title	Role	Vote Average
1	1950	The Colgate Comedy Hour	Self	70
2	1952	This Is Your Life	Self	66
3	1952	Doc Corkle	Grandfather Corkle	0