Chester Conklin

Chester Conklin

  • Birthday: 1886-01-10
  • Deathday: 1971-10-11
  • Place of birth: Oskaloosa, Iowa, USA
  • Also know as: Chester Cooper Conklin

Biography

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.

Filmography

Greed

1924

As Popper Sieppe

Modern Times

1936

As Mechanic

Mr. Smith Goes to Washington

1939

As Reporter (uncredited)

Mabel's Strange Predicament

1914

As The Husband (uncredited)

Mabel's Busy Day

1914

As Police Sergeant

Dough and Dynamite

1914

As Jacques

The Masquerader

1914

As Film actor

Between Showers

1914

As Policeman

Tillie's Punctured Romance

1914

As Mr. Whoozis (uncredited)

The Palm Beach Story

1942

As Sixth Member Ale and Quail Club

Caught in a Cabaret

1914

As Waiter / Footman (uncredited)

The Virginian

1929

As Uncle 'Pa' Hughey

Hail the Conquering Hero

1944

As Western Union Man (uncredited)

Can't Help Singing

1944

As Townsman (uncredited)

Hollywood Cavalcade

1939

As Sheriff in Western

Call of the Prairie

1936

As Sandy McQueen

Twenty Minutes of Love

1914

As Pickpocket

Tango Tangle

1914

As Guest in Police Costume

Mabel at the Wheel

1914

As Mabel's Father (uncredited)

Those Love Pangs

1914

As Rival

Gentlemen of Nerve

1914

As Ambrose, Mabel's friend

Her Majesty, Love

1931

As Emil

Hallelujah, I'm a Bum

1933

As Sunday

Dizzy Heights and Daring Hearts

1915

As Mr. A.C. Walrus

Cinema Circus

1937

As Himself

Flat Foot Stooges

1938

As Fire Chief Kelly

Three Little Twirps

1943

As The Butcher

The Studio Murder Mystery

1929

As George (Studio Gateman)

'Curses!' They Remarked

1914

As Blackheart Jr.

Hearts and Planets

1915

As Mr. Walrus - Visible Star

Springtime in the Sierras

1947

As Old-Timer

Keystone Hotel

1935

As Mayor Carson

Apache Woman

1955

As Dick Mooney

Double Crossed

1914

As Desk Sergeant

A One Night Stand

1915

As The Property Man

Forlorn River

1937

As Sheriff Alec Grundy

Droppington's Family Tree

1915

As Droppington

Cleaning Up

1930

As Chester

Let's Dance

1950

As Watchman (uncredited)

The Miracle of Morgan’s Creek

1943

As Pete (uncredited)

Paradise Alley

1962

As Mr. Gregory

Something for the Boys

1944

As Minor Role (uncredited)

A Woman of the World

1925

As Sam Poore

Son of Paleface

1952

As Bartender #2 (uncredited)

A Hash House Fraud

1915

As The Chief of Police

Anna Christie

1923

As Tommy

Swing High

1930

As Sheriff

Yankee Doodle in Berlin

1919

As Officer of Death's Head Hussars

A Clever Dummy

1917

As A Playful Property Man

A Bird's a Bird

1915

As Mr. Walrus

Do-Re-Mi-Boom!

1915

As The Suitor

Cinders of Love

1916

As The Fire Chief

An International Sneak

1917

As A Foreign Spy

The Phantom of the Opera

1925

As Orderly (uncredited)

The Property Man

1914

As Man in Audience (uncredited)

Souls for Sale

1923

As Self - Celebrity Actor in Commissary

The Fire Patrol

1924

As Fireman

We're in the Navy Now

1926

As Navy Capt. Smithers

Behind the Front

1926

As Scottie

Zenobia

1939

As Farmer

Tillie's Punctured Romance

1928

As Circus Owner

The Spellbinder

1939

As Courtroom Extra (Uncredited)

Henry Goes Arizona

1939

As Bus Driver (uncredited)

The Cannon Ball

1915

As The Villain

Hangmen Also Die!

1943

As Cook (uncredited)

Private Hell 36

1954

As Murdered Man in Elevator (uncredited)

Never a Dull Moment

1950

As Albert (uncredited)

You're Next!

1940

As The Janitor

Goodnight, Sweetheart

1944

As Bottle Man

The Beautiful Blonde from Bashful Bend

1949

As Messenger Boy (uncredited)

The Great Dictator

1940

As Barber's Customer

Here Comes Mr. Jordan

1941

As Newsboy (uncredited)

Taxi 13

1928

As Angus Mactavish

Love, Speed and Thrills

1915

As Mr. Walrus

Merton of the Movies

1947

As Keystone Kop (uncredited)

Jesse James at Bay

1941

As Town Drunk (uncredited)

The Good Humor Man

1950

As Bush-Cutting Gardener (uncredited)

Sagebrush Law

1943

As Horse Owner (uncredited)

Piano Mooner

1942

As Harry's Partner

The Hoodlum Saint

1946

As Cop (uncredited)

Li'l Abner

1940

As Mayor Gurgle

Show of Shows

1929

As Traffic Cop in 'Bicycle Built for Two' Number (uncredited)

The Perils of Pauline

1947

As Comic Chef

Honolulu Lu

1941

As Comedian

Song of the Wasteland

1947

As The Jailer

Battling Bunyan

1924

As A Stranger

I Married a Witch

1942

As Party Bartender (uncredited)

Sons of the Pioneers

1942

As Old-Timer

The Nervous Wreck

1926

As Mort

Romance on the Range

1942

As Lynch Mob Member

The Golden Stallion

1949

As Old Man

Midnight Lovers

1926

As Moriarity

Valley of the Sun

1942

As Soldier at Hitching Rail

In Old California

1942

As Undetermined Minor Role

The Avenging Rider

1943

As Town Drunk

Every Day's a Holiday

1937

As Cabby

House of Horror

1929

As Chester

My Friend Irma

1949

As Gypsy Tea Room Waiter (uncredited)

Harmon of Michigan

1941

As Gasoline Chuck

The Remarkable Andrew

1942

As Shopkeeper

The Pullman Bride

1917

As The Rejected Suitor

Sullivan's Travels

1941

As Old Bum (uncredited)

The Big Noise

1928

As John Sloval

The Home Breakers

1915

As Walrus

His Hidden Purpose

1918

As Albert Walrus - Who Lived by His Wits

The Duchess of Buffalo

1926

As Hotel Manager

Sunset Pass

1929

As Windy

Happy Times and Jolly Moments

1943

As (archive footage)

Around the World

1943

As Waiter

The Love Trader

1930

As Nelson

The Haunted House

1928

As Mr. Rackham

The Pleasure Buyers

1925

As Burke

Road to Utopia

1946

As Amateur Contestant Banjo Player (uncredited)

The Village Chestnut

1918

As Teacher

Little Giant

1946

As Hotel Valet (uncredited)

Betrayal from the East

1945

As (uncredited)

It Pays to Exercise

1918

As Little Giant

Marquis Preferred

1929

As Mr. Gruger

Two Sisters from Boston

1946

As Street Cleaner (uncredited)

A Kiss in a Taxi

1927

As Maraval

Mabel's New Job

1914

As Boarder

Where Was I?

1925

As Elmer

Stairs of Sand

1929

As Tim

Teacher's Pest

1939

As Zeb

One Foot in Heaven

1941

As Man Crying During Baptism (uncredited)

A Fig Leaf for Eve

1944

As Waiter

Rubber Heels

1927

As Tennyson Hawks

Fools for Luck

1928

As Samuel Hunter

Mutiny on the Body

1939

As Mr. Van Asther

His Wedding Scare

1943

As Fireman

A Social Celebrity

1926

As Johann Haber

North of Nevada

1924

As Lem Williams

The Winding Stair

1925

As Onery

Fascinating Youth

1926

As Chester Conklin

Say It Again

1926

As Prince Otto V

Another Man's Wife

1924

As Rumrunner

Two Flaming Youths

1927

As Sheriff Ben Holden

Such a Cook

1914

As

The Anglers

1914

As

The Love Thief

1914

As The Love Thief

How Heroes Are Made

1914

As The Boy Friend's Rival

Droppington's Devilish Deed

1915

As Droppington

The Masked Bride

1925

As Wine Waiter

Knock on Any Door

1949

As Barber (uncredited)

A Big Hand for the Little Lady

1966

As Old Man in Saloon

The Baggage Smasher

1914

As The Baggage Smasher

Sagebrush Serenade

1939

As Pop Mason

Dutiful but Dumb

1941

As Counterman (uncredited)

Saved by Wireless

1915

As The Spy's Ally

Brewster's Millions

1945

As Stage Doorman (uncredited)

Abbott and Costello Meet the Invisible Man

1951

As Counter Man (uncredited)

Making a Living

1914

As Policeman / Bum (uncredited)

McFadden's Flats

1927

As Jock McTavish

Cabaret

1927

As Jerry Trask

Varsity

1928

As Pop Conlan

So This Is Washington

1943

As Inventor with Pocket Machine Gun (uncredited)

Shakedown

1950

As Chet (uncredited)

X Marks the Spot

1942

As Vagrant (uncredited)

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