
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

Greed (1924)
as Popper Sieppe

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

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

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

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

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

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

Zenobia (1939)
as Farmer

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

Tell It to Sweeney (1927)
as Luke Beamish

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

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

Desire (1923)
as Oland Young

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

The Wizard of Oz (1925)
Actor

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

Skirts (1921)
Actor

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

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

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

In Old California (1942)
as Undetermined Minor Role

Twenty Minutes of Love (1914)
as Pickpocket

The Masquerader (1914)
as Film actor

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

Dough and Dynamite (1914)
as Jacques

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

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

Those Love Pangs (1914)
as Rival

Mabel's Busy Day (1914)
as Police Sergeant
Uncle Tom's Cabin (1918)
Actor

Little Giant (1946)
as Hotel Valet (uncredited)

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

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

The Perils of Pauline (1947)
as Comic Chef

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

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

Cabaret (1927)
as Jerry Trask

Her Majesty, Love (1931)
as Emil

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

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

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

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

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

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

The Virginian (1929)
as Uncle 'Pa' Hughey

A Social Celebrity (1926)
as Johann Haber

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

Son of Paleface (1952)
as Bartender #2 (uncredited)
My Neighbor's Wife (1925)
as Cameraman

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

Gentlemen Prefer Blondes (1928)
as Judge

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

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

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

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

Merton of the Movies (1947)
as Keystone Kop (uncredited)
Ambrose's Fury (1915)
Actor

Every Day's a Holiday (1937)
as Cabby
Happy Go Wacky (1952)
Actor

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

Song of Scheherazade (1947)
as Sailor
The Sheik of Hollywood (1923)
Actor

Shakedown (1950)
as Chet (uncredited)

La Fiesta de Santa Barbara (1935)
as Self

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

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

The Face on the Barroom Floor (1914)
as Drinker

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

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

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

The Wilderness Woman (—)
as 'Kodiak' MacLean

A Bird's a Bird (1915)
as Mr. Walrus
Cleaning Up (1930)
as Chester

Tango Tangles (1914)
as Guest in Police Costume

Chip of the Flying U (1939)
as Joe

The Village Chestnut (1918)
as Teacher

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

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

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

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

Riders of the Rio Grande (1943)
as Barfly

Between Showers (1914)
as Policeman

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

One Year to Live (1925)
as Froquine

Hollywood Cavalcade (1939)
as Sheriff in Western

Honolulu Lu (1941)
as Comedian

The Hoodlum Saint (1946)
as Cop (uncredited)

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

Tillie's Punctured Romance (1928)
as Circus Owner

Swing High (1930)
as Sheriff

Another Man's Wife (1924)
as Rumrunner

Dizzy Heights and Daring Hearts (1915)
as Mr. A.C. Walrus
'Curses!' They Remarked (1914)
as Blackheart Jr.

The Spellbinder (1939)
as Courtroom Extra (uncredited)

The Love Thief (1916)
Actor

Betrayal from the East (1945)
as (uncredited)

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

Call of the Prairie (1936)
as Sandy McQueen

Flat Foot Stooges (1938)
as Fire Chief Kelly

Apache Woman (1955)
as Dick Mooney

Where Was I? (1925)
as Elmer

Li'l Abner (1940)
as Mayor Gurgle
Droppington's Family Tree (1915)
as Droppington

Under the Rouge (1925)
as Mr. Fleck

The Preview Murder Mystery (1936)
as Comedian

Around the World (1943)
as Waiter

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

Springtime in the Sierras (1947)
as Old-Timer

A Kiss in a Taxi (1927)
as Maraval

The Soft Boiled Yegg (1920)
Actor

Two Flaming Youths (1927)
as Sheriff Ben Holden

Sunset Pass (1929)
as Windy

A Woman of the World (1925)
as Sam Poore

Battling Bunyan (1924)
as A Stranger

The Golden Stallion (1949)
as Old Man

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

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

Say It Again (1926)
as Prince Otto V

Fascinating Youth (1926)
as Chester Conklin

The Lady of the Harem (1926)
as Ali

Song of the Wasteland (1947)
as The Jailer

McFadden's Flats (1927)
as Jock McTavish

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

Anna Christie (1923)
as Tommy

The Love Trader (1930)
as Nelson

The Duchess of Buffalo (1926)
as Hotel Manager

Brimstone (1949)
as Drunk (uncredited)

A Fig Leaf for Eve (1944)
as Waiter
Stout Hearts and Willing Hands (1931)
as Kop(as the Original Keystone Kops)

Three Little Twirps (1943)
as The Butcher

Paradise Alley (1962)
as Mr. Gregory

The Pleasure Buyers (1925)
as Burke

Rubber Heels (1927)
as Tennyson Hawks

Romance on the Range (1942)
as Lynch Mob Member

House of Horror (1929)
as Chester

The Avenging Rider (1943)
as Town Drunk

Fools for Luck (1928)
as Samuel Hunter

A One Night Stand (1915)
as The Property Man
Mutiny on the Body (1939)
as Mr. Van Asther
Hearts and Planets (1915)
as Mr. Walrus - Visible Star
Mabel's New Job (1914)
as Boarder

Teacher's Pest (1939)
as Zeb

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

Sagebrush Law (1943)
as Horse Owner (uncredited)

Stairs of Sand (1929)
as Tim

A Clever Dummy (1917)
as A Playful Property Man

The Fire Patrol (1924)
as Fireman
It Pays to Exercise (1918)
as Little Giant

Forlorn River (1937)
as Sheriff Alec Grundy

The Remarkable Andrew (1942)
as Shopkeeper

Behind the Front (1926)
as Scottie
Such a Cook (1914)
Actor

Keystone Hotel (1935)
as Mayor Carson

The Galloping Fish (1924)
as Jonah
Droppington's Devilish Deed (1915)
as Droppington
So You Want to Be a Musician (1953)
as Waiter

Varsity (1928)
as Pop Conlan

The Big Noise (1928)
as John Sloval
Hubby’s Job (1913)
Actor

When Ambrose Dared Walrus (1915)
as Walrus
Cinema Circus (1937)
as Himself

Henry Goes Arizona (1939)
as Bus Driver (uncredited)
How Heroes Are Made (1914)
as The Boy Friend's Rival
Taxi 13 (1928)
as Angus Mactavish

North of Nevada (1924)
as Lem Williams

The Pullman Bride (1917)
as The Rejected Suitor

His Wedding Scare (1943)
as Fireman

The Haunted House (1928)
as Mr. Rackham

The Nervous Wreck (1926)
as Mort

Harmon of Michigan (1941)
as Gasoline Chuck

Midnight Lovers (1926)
as Moriarity
The Love Thief (1914)
as The Love Thief
The Anglers (1914)
Actor

Marquis Preferred (1929)
as Mr. Gruger
Beau Broadway (1928)
Actor

Goodnight, Sweetheart (1944)
as Bottle Man

Piano Mooner (1942)
as Harry's Partner

Cinders of Love (1916)
as The Fire Chief

Dutiful But Dumb (1941)
as Counterman (uncredited)
His Model Day (1921)
Actor

You're Next! (1940)
as The Janitor
Gents of Leisure (1931)
Actor

Sagebrush Serenade (1939)
as Pop Mason

The Masked Bride (1925)
as Wine Waiter
Step Lively, Please (1922)
Actor

The Home Breakers (1915)
as Walrus
The Baggage Smasher (1914)
as The Baggage Smasher
An International Sneak (1917)
as A Foreign Spy

Double Crossed (1914)
as Desk Sergeant
Studio Sap (1931)
Actor
The Cannon Ball (1915)
as The Villain





