Ford Sterling

Ford Sterling (born George Stitch; November 3, 1883 – October 13, 1939) was an American comedian and actor best known for his work with Keystone Studios. One of the 'Big 4', he was the original chief of the Keystone Cops.

Known For: Acting

Born: La Crosse, Wisconsin, USA, 1883-11-03

Died: 1939-10-13

Film

No.	Year	Title	Role	Vote Average
1	1911	The Inventor’s Secret		0
2	1912	An Interrupted Elopement		45
3	1912	The Tragedy of a Dress Suit	Landlord	40
4	1912	The Water Nymph	Mack's Father	43
5	1912	Cohen Collects a Debt	Cohen	0
6	1912	Riley and Schultze	Schultz	0
7	1912	The New Neighbor		0
8	1912	The Beating He Needed	his father	0
9	1912	Pedro's Dilemma	her father	0
10	1912	Stolen Glory	Captain Warner	55
11	1912	The Flirting Husband	Mr. Smith	0
12	1912	The Ambitious Butler	chef	0
13	1912	A Grocery Clerk's Romance	Grocery Clerk	45
14	1912	At Coney Island	married flirt	63
15	1912	Mabel's Lovers	Black, another suitor	0
16	1912	At It Again	Police Chief Larkin	0
17	1912	A Temperamental Husband	Brown	0
18	1912	The Deacon's Troubles		0
19	1912	The Rivals		0
20	1912	Mr. Fixit		0
21	1912	A Bear Escape	Bandit	0
22	1912	A Midnight Elopement		0
23	1912	Mabel’s Adventures	The Magician	40
24	1912	Hoffmeyer's Legacy	Hoffmeyer	0
25	1913	Saving Mabel’s Dad	Mabel's Dad	0
26	1913	The Cure That Failed	George - the Drinker	0
27	1913	How Hiram Won Out	Alfred	0
28	1913	For Lizzie's Sake	The Villian	0
29	1913	The Deacon Outwitted		0
30	1913	The Mistaken Masher	George	0
31	1913	Just Brown’s Luck	A Friend	0
32	1913	The Battle of Who Run	Mack's Commander	0
33	1913	Her Birthday Present	The Police Chief	50
34	1913	Heinze’s Resurrection	Heinze	0
35	1913	Red Hot Romance	Antone	0
36	1913	The Sleuths at the Floral Parade	The Man	0
37	1913	A Strong Revenge	Meyer	50
38	1913	A Deaf Burglar	Society Party Guest	0
39	1913	Love and Pain	Jones	0
40	1913	On His Wedding Day	Krause - the Bridegroom	80
41	1913	Hide and Seek	The Police Chief	50
42	1913	Those Good Old Days	The Jester	0
43	1913	Father’s Choice		0
44	1913	A Life in the Balance	The Landlord	0
45	1913	A Fishy Affair	Perkins	60
46	1913	His Chum the Baron	Baron von Sneezer	0
47	1913	The Ragtime Band	Professor Smelts	52
48	1913	Mabel’s Awful Mistakes	Smith	0
49	1913	Their First Execution		0
50	1913	The Foreman of the Jury	Jones - Foreman of the Jury	0
51	1913	Toplitsky and Company	Toplitsky's Partner	50
52	1913	Barney Oldfield's Race for a Life	The Villain	57
53	1913	The Hansom Driver	The Driver's Rival	0
54	1913	The Speed Queen	The Cop	0
55	1913	The Waiters' Picnic	Louis - the Chef	50
56	1913	Peeping Pete	Neighbor's Husband	60
57	1913	A Bandit	The Bandit	55
58	1913	For the Love of Mabel	(uncredited) (unconfirmed)	0
59	1913	Rastus and the Game Cock	Rastus	0
60	1913	Safe in Jail	The Constable	80
61	1913	Love and Rubbish	Mr. Fickle	50
62	1913	Love and Courage	(uncredited) (unconfirmed)	0
63	1913	Professor Bean's Removal	Professor Bean	0
64	1913	Baby Day		0
65	1913	Mabel's Dramatic Career	Actor / Onscreen Villain	54
66	1913	The Fatal Taxicab	Egbert Throckmorton	0
67	1913	When Dreams Come True	The Peddler	0
68	1913	The Bowling Match	Kraut	0
69	1913	A Healthy Neighborhood		0
70	1913	The Speed Kings	Papa	42
71	1913	Love Sickness at Sea	Ship Captain	0
72	1913	A Small Time Act	Rajah	0
73	1913	Wine	The Diner	0
74	1913	A Muddy Romance	The Villain	48
75	1913	Cohen Saves the Flag	Sgt. Cohen	42
76	1913	His Sister's Kids	The Police Chief	0
77	1913	The Gusher	Oil Well Buyer	45
78	1913	Zuzu, the Band Leader	Zuzu	0
79	1913	Some Nerve	The Husband	0
80	1914	In the Clutches of the Gang	Chief Tehiezel	0
81	1914	Double Crossed	Schemer	46
82	1914	A Robust Romeo		0
83	1914	Gentleman Burglar	Chief of Police	0
84	1914	A Thief Catcher	Suspicious John	49
85	1914	Between Showers	Mr. Snookie, a Thief	53
86	1914	A Film Johnnie	Self (uncredited)	54
87	1914	Tango Tangles	Band Leader	50
88	1914	Across the Hall		0
89	1914	Love and Vengeance	Schmaltz	50
90	1914	Sergeant Hofmeyer	Sgt. Hofmeyer	0
91	1914	The Knockout	Spectator (uncredited)	57
92	1915	He Wouldn't Stay Down	Peter P. Snitz - the Husband	0
93	1915	Hogan's Romance Upset	Fight Spectator	50
94	1915	That Little Band Of Gold	Gassy Gotrox - Tattletale	51
95	1915	Our Dare-Devil Chief	The Chief of Police	55
96	1915	Court House Crooks	The District Attorney	40
97	1915	Dirty Work in a Laundry	The Desperate Scoundrel	50
98	1915	Only a Messenger Boy	The Messenger Boy	0
99	1915	His Father's Footsteps	The Father	0
100	1915	Fatty and the Broadway Stars	Keystone Performer	0
101	1916	The Snow Cure	The Flirt	0
102	1916	His Lying Heart	The Merchant	0
103	1917	Her Torpedoed Love	Reginald Scuttle - the Conniving Butler	50
104	1919	Yankee Doodle in Berlin	Kaiser Bill	53
105	1919	Why Beaches Are Popular	Ford Sterling	0
106	1919	Hearts and Flowers	Orchestra Leader	52
107	1920	Don't Weaken!	Professor Yonson - the Dancing Master	55
108	1922	Oh, Mabel Behave	Squire Peachem	0
109	1922	The Strangers' Banquet	Al Norton	0
110	1923	The Brass Bottle	Rapkin	0
111	1923	Hollywood	Ford Sterling	70
112	1923	The Spoilers	'Slapjack' Simms	0
113	1923	The Day of Faith	Montreal Sammy	0
114	1924	Wild Oranges	Paul Halvard	63
115	1924	The Galloping Fish	George Fitzgerald	0
116	1924	The Woman on the Jury	Juror	0
117	1924	Love and Glory	Emile Pompaneau	0
118	1924	He Who Gets Slapped	Tricaud	76
119	1924	So Big	Jacob Hoogenduck	0
120	1925	Daddy's Gone A-Hunting		50
121	1925	My Lady's Lips	Smike	0
122	1925	The Trouble With Wives	Al Hennessey	0
123	1925	Stage Struck	Buck	62
124	1926	The American Venus	Hugo Niles	0
125	1926	The Road to Glory	James Allen	60
126	1926	Miss Brewster's Millions	Ned Brewster	60
127	1926	Mike	Tad	0
128	1926	Good and Naughty	Bunny West	0
129	1926	The Show Off	Aubrey Piper	72
130	1926	Everybody's Acting	Michael Poole	0
131	1926	Stranded in Paris	Count Pasada	0
132	1927	Casey at the Bat	O'Dowd	60
133	1927	Drums of the Desert	Perkins	0
134	1927	For the Love of Mike	Herman Schultz	50
135	1927	Figures Don't Lie	'Howdy' Jones	0
136	1928	Wife Savers	Tavern Keeper	0
137	1928	Gentlemen Prefer Blondes	Gus Eisman	0
138	1928	Sporting Goods	Mr. Jordan	0
139	1928	Chicken à la King	Horace Trundle	0
140	1928	Oh Kay!	Shorty McGee	0
141	1929	The Fall of Eve	Mr. Mack	0
142	1929	The Girl in the Show	Ed Bondell	45
143	1930	Sally	'Pops' Shendorff	68
144	1930	Spring Is Here	Peter Braley	35
145	1930	Show Girl in Hollywood	Sam Otis	58
146	1930	Bride of the Regiment	Tangy	60
147	1930	Kismet	Amru	35
148	1931	Stout Hearts and Willing Hands		60
149	1931	Her Majesty, Love	Otmar von Wellingen	60
150	1933	Alice in Wonderland	White King	61
151	1935	Behind the Green Lights	Max Schultz, German Janitor	0
152	1935	The Headline Woman	Hugo Meyer	50
153	1935	Black Sheep	Mather	70
154	1935	A Quiet Fourth		0
155	1935	Keystone Hotel	Sterling, Chief of Police	80
156	1936	All Business	King	0
157	1937	Many Unhappy Returns	C.C. aka Henry Morgan	0
158	1943	Happy Times and Jolly Moments	(archive footage)	0
159	1957	The Golden Age of Comedy	archive footage	69
160	1961	Days of Thrills and Laughter	Self (archive footage)	55

Television

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