Biography
James Henderson "Jimmy" Finlayson (August 27, 1887 – October 9, 1953) was a Scottish actor who worked in both silent and sound comedies. Bald, with a fake moustache, Finlayson had many trademark comic mannerisms and is famous for his squinting, outraged, "double take and fade away" head reaction, and characteristic expression "d'ooooooh", and as the most famous comic foil of Laurel and Hardy.
Known For
Complete Filmography

Laurel & Hardy: Year One
2023
Laurel & Hardy: Year One, The Newly Restored 1927 Silents, as proudly presented by Flicker Alley and Blackhawk Films®, offers fans new and old the rar...

Laurel & Hardy - Highlights
2002
Experience Stan and Ollie in their funniest scenes: whether they build a house as construction workers or try to impress two young ladies as sailors. ...
The Best of Laurel and Hardy
1968
as Meadows / Dulcy's Father / Fin (archive footage)
Compilation of the mismatched but immortal pair's various films and shorts.

The Further Perils of Laurel and Hardy
1967
Film historian Robert Youngson presents a feature-length anthology of rarely seen silent films by comedy legends Stan Laurel and Oliver Hardy. Along w...

The Big Parade of Comedy
1964
as Sergeant Major Finlayson in 'Bonnie Scotland' (archive footage)
Film clips highlight the funniest scenes and brightest comic stars in MGM's history.

Here We Go Again
1952
as Plato's Rival
When a well off man from the city arrives in a hick town to woo a wealthy widow, he encounters first an ornery model T ride to the shabby hotel, then ...

The Slappiest Days of Our Lives
1951
as (archive footage)
Laurel is a Scottish reporter suspected of being a spy by police detective James Finlayson. Although trailed by the latter, Stan, who is reporting on ...

Royal Wedding
1951
as Cabby (uncredited)
Tom and Ellen are asked to perform as a dance team in England at the time of Princess Elizabeth's wedding. As brother and sister, each develops a Brit...

Grand Canyon Trail
1948
as Sheriff
Sintown is just a deserted ghost town until Vanerpool starts looking for silver. Cookie and Roy's partners put $20,000 into the business only to find ...

The Perils of Pauline
1947
as Comic Chef
Funloving Pearl White, working in a garment sweatshop, gets her big chance when she "opens" for a delayed Shakespeare play...with a comic vaudeville p...

Two Sisters from Boston
1946
as Street Cleaner (uncredited)
Abigail Chandler has written her stuffy Boston relatives that she's a successful opera singer in New York. In reality, she works at a burlesque house ...

She-Wolf of London
1946
as Constable (uncredited)
A young heiress finds evidence suggesting that at night she acts under the influence of a family curse and has begun committing ghastly murders in a n...

Happy Times and Jolly Moments
1943
as (archive footage)
This short film takes a nostalgic look at the Mack Sennett comedies of the silent cinema era.
Wedding Yells
1942
as Hammerhead Nahl
Sardonic commentary over an abridged version of DOWN ON THE FARM (1920).

To Be or Not to Be
1942
as Scottish Farmer with Mustache (uncredited)
During the Nazi occupation of Poland, an acting troupe becomes embroiled in a Polish soldier's efforts to track down a German spy.

Foreign Correspondent
1940
as Dutch Peasant (uncredited)
American crime reporter John Jones is reassigned to Europe as a foreign correspondent to cover the imminent war. When he walks into the middle of an a...

Saps at Sea
1940
as Dr. J.H. Finlayson (uncredited)
Stan and Ollie work in a horn factory. Ollie starts having violent fits every time he hears a horn. His doctor prescribes a restful sea voyage. Mayhem...

A Chump at Oxford
1940
as Baldy Vandevere (uncredited)
The boys get jobs as a butler and maid-- Stan in drag-- for a dinner party. When that ends in disaster, they resort to sweeping streets and accidental...

The Great Victor Herbert
1939
as Lamplighter
In his last film assignment, portly Walter Connolly fills the title role (in more ways than one) in The Great Victor Herbert. Very little of Herbert's...

Raffles
1939
as Hansom Cab Driver
Man about town and First Class cricketer A.J. Raffles keeps himself solvent with daring robberies. Meeting Gwen from his schooldays and falling in lov...

The Flying Deuces
1939
as Jailor
Ollie falls in love with a woman. When he discovers she's already married, he unsuccessfully attempts suicide but he and Stan then decide to join the ...

Hollywood Cavalcade
1939
as Keystone Cop
Starting in 1913 movie director Connors discovers singer Molly Adair. As she becomes a star she marries an actor, so Connors fires them. She asks for ...
Dog-Gone
1939
as Mr. Jones
Mr. Jones overhears a doctor prescribe a diet he thinks is for him, but it's really for his dog.

Block-Heads
1938
as Man on Stairs
It's 1938, but Stan doesn't know the war is over; he's still patrolling the trenches in France, and shoots down a French aviator. Oliver sees his old ...

Angel
1937
as Barker's 2nd Butler (uncredited)
While vacationing without her busy British diplomat husband, a married woman falls for another man.

All Over Town
1937
as MacDougal
Two vaudevillian comedians try to stage a show in a theatre that has a reputation for being being haunted.

The Toast of New York
1937
as Trick-Hat Inventor (uncredited)
After the American Civil War, Jim Fisk, a former peddler and cotton smuggler, arrives in New York, along with his partners Nick and Luke, where he str...

Pick a Star
1937
as Director
A Cinderella story of a young country girl who comes to Hollywood and achieves movie stardom with the help of a publicity man.

Way Out West
1937
as Mickey Finn
Stan and Ollie try to deliver the deed to a valuable gold mine to the daughter of a dead prospector. Unfortunately, the daughter's evil guardian is de...

Our Relations
1936
as Finn
Two sailors get caught in a mountain of mix-ups when they meet their long-lost twins. Laurel and Hardy play themselves and their twins.

The Bohemian Girl
1936
as Captain Finn
Stan and Ollie travel with a band of 18th-century Gypsies holding a nobleman's daughter.

MGM 1935 Promo Reel
1935
as Manager
Promo for MGM's upcoming 1935-36 releases hosted by Laurel & Hardy and Jimmy Finlayson. Brief clips are shown from Rose Marie, Anna Karenina, Broadway...
Life Hesitates at 40
1935
as Dr. James Finlayson
Charley finds himself having strange spells during which everything around him seems to stop.

Manhattan Monkey Business
1935
as Joyce's Father
When Charley can't pay his bill at a restaurant, he is forced to become a waiter.

Bonnie Scotland
1935
as Sgt. Maj. Finlayson
Stan and Ollie stow away to Scotland expecting to inherit the MacLaurel estate. When things don't quite turn out that way, they unwittingly enlist in ...

Thicker Than Water
1935
as Auction Manager
Oliver's in trouble with his wife after missing a payment on their furniture, having given the money to Stanley, who used it instead to pay Mrs. Hardy...
Father and Son
1935
as Bidad
A bank clerk takes the blame for a theft which he believes was committed by his ex-convict father.

Dick Turpin
1933
as Jeremy
The adventures of the eighteenth century highwayman Dick Turpin and his legendary ride to York.

So This Is Harris!
1933
as Golf Pro
The film is a series of comical musical numbers and skits following Phil Harris around, starting with him performing at the Cocoanut Grove nightclub, ...

The Gay Nighties
1933
as Mr. Amos Pipp
This short features two women who run around in their nighties. Paul McCullough spends most of the picture in a dress, and Bobby Clark does an extende...

Mush and Milk
1933
as Mr. Brown, the banker
When Cap's back pension finally comes in, he treats the gang to a day at an amusement park.
The Druggist's Dilemma
1933
as Andrew Finch
Bobby Clark and Paul McCullough star as a couple of wacky soda jerks. They do a high wire act while delivering a much needed pair of pants to their bo...

The Devil's Brother
1933
as Lord Rocburg
Two wannabe bandits join the service of a dashing nobleman, who secretly masquerades as Fra Diavolo, a notorious outlaw.

His Silent Racket
1933
as James
James Finlayson manages to con Charley into becoming his partner in a failing dry cleaning shop that has been targeted by gangsters running a protecti...

Me and My Pal
1933
as Peter Cucumber
On the morning of his wedding to oil baron Peter Cucumber's daughter, Ollie receives a jigsaw puzzle from Stan as a wedding gift. The boys soon become...

Nature in the Wrong
1933
as Voice of lion (uncredited)
Charley, hoping to find cultured people in his ancestry in order to be suitable to Muriel's family, is tricked by his rival Ronnie into believing hims...
Jitters the Butler
1932
as Phineas P. McPhinn
Two street cleaners, fired by the commissioner for playing with fire-crackers on the job, are taken to his home to recuperate from a car accident by h...
Boy Oh Boy!
1932
as Saunders
To celebrate Father and Son Week, Andy takes his son roller skating.
The Millionaire Cat
1932
as Lawyer Fogg
Comic shenanigans from the team of Clark & McCullough.

Pack Up Your Troubles
1932
as General
The story begins in 1917 with Stan and Ollie being drafted into the U.S. Army to fight in World War I. While in the Army, the pair befriend a man name...
The Iceman's Ball
1932
as Commissioner Walters
Clark & McCullough are arrested for disturbing the peace. They steal the police car and return it to the station. The new police commissioner believes...

Thunder Below
1932
as Scotty
Story of an unhappy wife of oil rigger who labors in a Central American oil field. The bored Susan falls in love with Walt's good friend Ken but keeps...

The Chimp
1932
as Ringmaster
Stan and Ollie play bumbling circus performers who inadvertently drive the circus into bankruptcy. The circus can't pay them their wages so they are g...

Hasty Marriage
1931
as Kitty's Father
It's in three distinct segments. The first and probably best involves Charley, his girlfriend, and her father foolish her mother and the suitor she pr...

Scratch-As-Catch-Can
1931
Scratch-As-Catch-Can is a 1932 American short comedy film directed by Mark Sandrich. It was nominated for an Academy Award at the 5th Academy Awards f...

One Good Turn
1931
as A Community Player
Down and out Stan and Ollie beg for food from a friendly old lady who provides them with sandwiches. While eating, they overhear the lady's landlord t...
False Roomers
1931
as Landlord
In the first RKO Short featuring the comedy team of Clark & McCullough, Clark (Bobby Clark)and Grustark (Paul McCullough)seek refuge in the boarding h...
Beach Pajamas
1931
Beach Pajamas is a 1931 Comedy short

Pardon Us
1931
as Schoolteacher
It's Prohibition, and the boys wind up behind bars after Stan sells some of their home-brew beer to a policeman.
Stout Hearts and Willing Hands
1931
Stout Hearts and Willing Hands is a 1931 short comedy film directed by Bryan Foy. It was nominated for an Academy Award in 1932 for Best Short Subject...

One of the Smiths
1931
as Wine Brewer (uncredited)
Charley, representing a manufacturer of musical instruments, is sent to investigate why certain mail orders have not been settled. Charley, carrying m...

Our Wife
1931
as Father of the bride
Oliver is making plans to marry his sweetheart Dulcy with Stan as his best man, but the plans are thwarted when Dulcy's father sees a picture of Ollie...

Playing at Politics
1931
as Criado
Ollie is running for mayor and an old flame threatens to blackmail him.
Second Hand Kisses
1931
as Jimmy Finlayson
Knockabout comedy in which woman marries widower each having a child of their own which the other knows nothing about.

Chickens Come Home
1931
as Butler
Ollie is running for mayor when an old flame tries to blackmail him with a old photo.
Don't Leave Home
1930
Johnny Hines flies in from Chicago early to surprise wife Doris Phillips and their infant. Meanwhile, Miss Phillips is preparing to take the baby with...

Another Fine Mess
1930
as Col. Wilburforce Buckshot (uncredited)
Two homeless vagabonds hide out in a vacant mansion and pose as the residents when prospective lessees arrive and try to rent it.
The prince of the dollar
1930
El príncipe del dólar is an American comedy short with all speaking Spanish
Gold Diggers
1930
Chercheuses d'or is a American comedy short with all speaking French

Dollar Dizzy
1930
as House Detective
Charley and Thelma are millionaires, each trying to elude suitors who are trying to marry them for their money. Charlie gets word that a rich uncle h...

For the Defense
1930
as Parrott
William Foster is a slick attorney who stays within the law, but specializes in representing crooks and shady characters. He's adept at keeping them o...

The Dawn Patrol
1930
as Field Sergeant
World War I ace Dick Courtney derides the leadership of his superior officer, but he soon is promoted to squadron commander and learns harsh lessons a...

Young Eagles
1930
as Scotty
Lieut. Robert Banks, an American aviator on leave in Paris, meets Mary Gordon, a young American who lives abroad, but their romance is cut short by hi...

Thieves
1930
Police officer Edgar Kennedy is warned by his police chief to make arrests to stop a burglary epidemic on his patch or face the sack.

Night Owls
1930
as Meadows
Policeman Edgar Kennedy is told by his chief he better stop a string of burglaries that have been happening on his watch or else he will get the sack....

Wall Street
1929
as Andy (as Jimmy Finalyson)
A very topical early talkie from low-budget company Columbia Pictures, Wall Street starred Ralph Ince, brother of producer Thomas H. Ince, as Roller M...

The Hoose-Gow
1929
as Governor
Stan and Ollie arrive as new inmates at a prison after apparently taking part in a hold-up raid, a raid they tell a prison officer they were only watc...

Hard to Get
1929
as Pa Martin
A dress shop employee falls in love with a millionaire.

Men O' War
1929
as Soda jerk
Sailors Stan and Ollie offer to buy sodas for two women they meet in a park, even though they are short on cash. Luckily Stan wins the jackpot on a sl...

Two Weeks Off
1929
as Pa Weaver
Frances, a salesgirl, is planning a summer vacation at the beach with a girlfriend, who also works at her store. Just as she is getting ready to leave...

Big Business
1929
as Homeowner
Stan and Ollie play door-to-door Christmas tree salesmen in California. They end up getting into an escalating feud with grumpy would-be customer Jame...

Liberty
1929
as Store keeper
While changing clothes in a getaway car, escaped convicts Stan and Ollie mistakenly put on each other's pants. They spend the rest of the film trying ...

Fast Freight
1929
as Spooky Wall Painting
Fast Freight is a 1929 Our Gang short silent comedy film. It was the 85th Our Gang short that was released. The gang takes a tramp's train ride and en...

Show Girl
1928
as Mr. Dugan
An aspiring dancer fakes her own kidnapping as a publicity stunt. Her new found fame causes trouble with her boyfriend.

Lady Be Good
1928
as Trelawney West
Two engaged vaudeville magicians quarrel and go their separate ways.

Ladies' Night in a Turkish Bath
1928
as Pa Slocum
Ma and Pa Slocum sell up their thriving packed-lunch business (based on Ma's home cooking, Pa's packaging design, and pretty daughter Helen's salesman...

Galloping Ghosts
1928
as Police Commissioner
A millionaire acquires a large diamond, said to be cursed. Despite the best efforts of his dutiful but fearful black valet (Oliver Hardy), it is stole...

Flying Elephants
1928
as Saxophonus
Cavemen Stan and Ollie vie for the affections of a stone-age beauty.

Should Tall Men Marry?
1928
as Joe Skittle
This western comedy is about rancher Finlayson's beautiful daughter, Martha Sleeper, who refuses to marry the bad guy and how Jimmy and dimwitted cowh...
Fighting Fathers
1927
as Neighbor
One of many LOST MGM silent films.

Do Detectives Think?
1927
as Judge Foozle
An escaped convict is out to kill the judge who sentenced him. Two inept detectives are hired to guard the judge.

Hats Off
1927
as Proprietor, Kwickway Washing Machine Co.
Stan and Ollie are salesmen attempting to sell a washing machine; they fail constantly after several near misses. One would-be sale has them carrying ...

Call of the Cuckoo
1927
as Asylum Inmate
Mishaps befall a new home owner located next door to an insane asylum.

The Second 100 Years
1927
as Browne Van Dyke
Laurel and Hardy are convicts making an escape from prison.

Sugar Daddies
1927
as Oil tycoon Cyrus Brittle
After a night of carousing, a rich oil tycoon awakes to find that he was married the night before. He calls in his lawyer to straighten things out.

With Love and Hisses
1927
as Captain Bustle
Dimwitted Cuthbert Hope is enlisted in the army, and gets himself and his sergeant in constant trouble.

Don't Tell Everything
1927
as Lawyer Goldblum
Max and his son Asher are invited to a party, where Max meets a rich widow, but Asher keeps annoying all of the guests, so Max refuses to speak to him...

Love 'Em and Weep
1927
as Titus Tillsbury
Titus Tillsbury is a successful businessman who is visited by a blackmailing old flame. He enlists a friend to keep her away from his home and wife.

No Man's Law
1927
as Jack Belcher
A wild stallion (Rex the Wonder Horse) becomes the protector of a prospector and his foster daughter as two thugs plot to steal their claim.

Forgotten Sweeties
1927
Thurston's former sweetheart has married a big brute, and they move in down the hall from him.

One Hour Married
1927
A newly-married woman disguises herself as a doughboy in order to stay close to her husband.

Seeing the World
1927
as 'Old Buzz-Fuzz,' teacher
In this Our Gang film, James Finlayson plays the gang's schoolteacher who takes the kids to Europe after winning a local contest. He takes them on a t...

Anything Once!
1927
as Mabel's Boss
ANYTHING ONCE! is a Cinderella story. Mabel works in a tailor shop, pressing clothes and dreaming of a better life. We're told that she's taken a lot ...

The Nickel-Hopper
1926
as Rupert
Dance hall Romeos and an irresponsible father create comic complications in the life of a nickel-per-whirl taxi dancer.

Raggedy Rose
1926
as Simpson Sniffle
Rose, who works for a penny-pinching junk dealer, dreams of romance with wealthy bachelor Ted Tudor.

Wise Guys Prefer Brunettes
1926
as Dean of Pinkham University
The crotchety dean of Pinkham University blames the "bad behavior of the school's female students on a dress shop owned by Helene, and informs her he'...

Merry Widower
1926
as The Hunter
Julius loses his wife to Rudy because he's too busy going on hunting trips. But when she arranges to meet with a fortune teller, Julius hatches a plan...

Thundering Fleas
1926
as Justice of the Peace
The kids from Our Gang have to attend a wedding, and they bring along their flea collection--which gets loose.
Don Key (Son of Burro)
1926
as Vivien's Suitor
The head of a big movie studio is pulling his hair out because the company is bankrupt unless they can find a writer for a smash comedy. An aspiring w...

Wife Tamers
1926
as The Waiter
Mr. Barry has a huge argument with his wife, and to make her jealous, he asks his valet to set him up with a pretty girl who is stranded in their neig...

Dizzy Daddies
1926
as Jonathan Haig
When the story begins, Johnnie comes to the lawyer's house (James Finlayson) in order to woo the man's daughter. However, a love-crazy woman has been ...

Madame Mystery
1926
as Struggling Author
A female secret agent has gotten ahold of a new type of explosive gas. She has to avoid the efforts of two men who are trying to steal it. They succee...

What's the World Coming To?
1926
as The Father-in-Law
Short comedy which posits that in a hundred years men's styles will revert to Regency garb, and that there will be a complete gender role reversal, wi...

A Punch in the Nose
1926
A troupe of actors stranded in a small town take job as recreation directors in a sanitarium and hilarity ensues.

Flaming Flappers
1925
Glen and his friends are attending a co-ed school and are managing to have a very enjoyable time of it - in fact so much so - that Glen becomes engage...

The Caretaker's Daughter
1925
as The Prohibition Sleuth (as Jimmie Finlayson)
The two-reel silent film comedy The Caretaker's Daughter was distributed by Pathe in 1925. Produced by the prolific Hal Roach, the film stars the grea...

Moonlight and Noses
1925
as Professor Sniff
Two burglars break into the home of an eccentric doctor. The doctor catches them, but offers to let them go free -- and give them a thousand dollars -...

Unfriendly Enemies
1925
as The Cameraman
Finlayson plays an intrepid army cameraman on the battlefield in the world war, and Rowe plays his hapless assistant. Cranking away in no man's land, ...

Mary, Queen of Tots
1925
as Radio Actor
A couple makes dolls modeled on neighborhood kids. A gardener at a mansion buys four of them for Mary, the girl of the house. He's her only friend: he...

Madame Sans Jane
1925
as The Girl's Father
A young couple want to marry, but the girl's father doesn't like her beau. To separate them, the father arranges to send the girl on a sea voyage alon...

Innocent Husbands
1925
as The Desk Clerk (as Jimmie Finlayson)
Despite his faithfulness, Melvin is always under suspicion by wife Mame. Complications erupt when a woman from a party across the hall passes out in M...

Yes, Yes, Nanette
1925
as Hillory, the new husband
Nanette sends a letter to her family telling of her new husband, Hillory. When Hillory arrives to meet the family, he gets insulted by each member, in...

Chasing the Chaser
1925
as Gilroy (the husband)
A very good as a faithful husband, whose wife is looking for proof that more than his eyes have been roving. She hires a private detective to provide ...

Thundering Landlords
1925
as The Landlord
Thundering Landlords is a 1925 short
In the Grease
1925
as Father
"IN THE GREASE" (1925) stars James Finlayson who must raise his kid by himself and also take over the unruly class room at the local schoolhouse.
Tell It to a Policeman
1925
Two young lovers (Glenn Tryon and Blanche Mehaffey) are at home when a policeman (James Finlayson) comes to the door and begins telling them his life ...

Sure-Mike!
1925
as The Floorwalker
Vermuda, a saleswoman in a department store, is very late for work. She relies on a ruse to fool the floorwalker, and when that doesn't work, she reli...

Welcome Home
1925
Fred Prouty and his wife, Nettie, are living happily until the day that his aged father shows up on their doorstep. He immediately begins creating hav...

The Haunted Honeymoon
1925
The Haunted Honeymoon is a 1925 American silent comedy film directed by Fred Guiol and Ted Wilde, starring Glenn Tryon and Blanche Mehaffey with Janet...

Hard Boiled
1925
Charley Chase slapstick comedy short where he gets involved with a ventriloquist dummy among other wacky adventures.

Short Kilts
1924
as McGregor's Son
As a way to make peace between two feuding Scottish clans, one invites the other over for supper, but things don't turn out quite as expected.
Why Husbands Go Mad
1924
When Charley's wife buys a bulldog for his birthday present and has a special key made for the room in which she keeps it, trouble begins. He finds th...

Wide Open Spaces
1924
as Jack McQueen
Wide Open Spaces is a 1924 Western silent film starring Stan Laurel.

Rupert of Hee-Haw
1924
as Rupert of Hee Haw

Near Dublin
1924
as Sir Patrick
Sir Patrick attempts to marry a young lady against her will. Nice guy Stan Laurel tries to help out but gets thrown in jail for his trouble.

Brothers Under the Chin
1924
Twin "babies" left at an orphanage bear the same birthmark under the chin. One of them is adopted and then the scene shifts to "twenty years later." T...

Zeb vs. Paprika
1924
as Major Glanders Botts
Stan Laurel as a harness racing jockey who must win a big race.

Postage Due
1924
as Postal Inspector Hawke
Stan does his best to recover a post-card, which he has forgotten to stamp. He attempts the recovery after hearing a remark by a postal inspector that...

Smithy
1924
as Sergeant
After being discharged from the 372nd infantry, on account of a bean shortage, smithy seeks employment. He finds a job on a construction site, where h...

Mother's Joy
1923
as Baron Buttontop
Mother's Joy is a 1923 silent comedy film starring Stan Laurel.
Fully Insured
1923
as The Foreman
A Hal Roach comedy starring 'Snub' Pollard and James Finlayson.

Scorching Sands
1923
as James
The misadventures of two intrepid explorers in the Egyptian desert.

The Soilers
1923
as Smacknamara
During the Alaska gold rush, a miner hits the motherlode, but a corrupt sheriff jumps his claim, leading to a tremendous fight.

The Whole Truth
1923
as Defense lawyer
A prosecutor instructs the audience of a courtroom to observe the tearful and slightly hysterical wife (Helen Gilmore) who is sitting in the witness b...

Frozen Hearts
1923
as General Sappovitch
In the trembling Russian village of Popoffski, a young woman (Katherine Grant) is wooed by a hopeful lover, the son of a humble pool shark (Stan) righ...

Jus' Passin' Through
1923
as Drunk (uncredited)
At Thanksgiving, a tramp arrives in a homeless-hostile town.

Roughest Africa
1923
as Hans Downe
Two bungling adventures go on a big game hunt in Africa.

A Man About Town
1923
as Humko, Store Detective
A feckless young man who wishes to switch from one streetcar to another is told to follow a pretty young lady-- so he follows her all over town.

Pitfalls of a Big City
1923
as The Hired Man
Pitfalls of a Big City is a 1923 short comedy

Hollywood
1923
as James Finlayson
Angela comes to Hollywood with only two things: Her dream to become a movie star, and Grandpa. She leaves an Aunt, a brother, Grandma, and her longtim...
The Mystery Man
1923
An unconventional super detective (Snub) pursues a trio of crooks who've stolen the fortune of his girlfriend's father. Along the way, absurd things h...

Oranges and Lemons
1923
as Worker
After getting into a scuffle with his boss and some co-workers, an orange packer tries to help another co-worker, only to wind up in a conflict with h...

Jack Frost
1923
as Wicked Man from the Wicked City
Jack Frost is a silent comedy short

Where's My Wandering Boy This Evening?
1923
as The Hired Man
Where's My Wandering Boy This Evening? is a comedy short released in 1923

Courtship of Miles Sandwich
1923
as Miles Sandwich
The story of the first Thanksgiving is re-imagined as a father tells it to his son.

Pick and Shovel
1923
as The Foreman
Pick and Shovel, also known as The Miner, is a 1923 silent comedy film starring Stan Laurel.

Sold at Auction
1923
as The Man Who WAS Sold
This Hal Roach comedy short I found on the "American Slapstick" DVD collection of rare silent comedies starts bizarre and has an anything goes-quality...

White Wings
1923
as Dental Patient
Pursued by the law, a street cleaner finds refuge by impersonating a dentist.

California or Bust
1923
as Campground neighbor
After their house is blown away by a twister, a farmer and his wife decide to move to California. Once over the border they're greeted by rain, hail, ...

The Noon Whistle
1923
Stan is a lazy employee at a lumber company. Much of the first portion of the film has to do with Stan trying to sneak into work late--past the violen...
Before the Public
1923
'Snub' Pollard is an local actor getting a big break in the movie industry, coming home to show off his fame.

A Tough Winter
1923
An ice-cold Snub adopts a gamin and her brother; A mean landlord seeking rent complicates matters and the trio take a train to Florida. But by mistake...

Newly Rich
1922
Newly Rich is a silent comedy short

The Crossroads of New York
1922
as Lawyer
A young man from the country travels to the city to find his fortune. Although he has a letter of introduction from his wealthy uncle, the best job he...

Hard Knocks and Love Taps
1921
as Plato's Rival
When a well off man from the city arrives in a hick town to woo a wealthy widow, he encounters first an ornery model T ride to the shabby hotel, then ...

She Sighed by the Seaside
1921
as 1st Suitor
Lifeguard Ben Turpin tries to keep order at the beach, where tennis players James Finlayson and Charles Conklin vie for the affection of Marie Prevost...

A Small Town Idol
1921
as J. Wellington Jones
Sam, a young man in a small town, is accused of being a thief. Unable to prove his innocence--and not knowing that he's being framed by a local villai...

Don't Weaken!
1920
as Lightfingered Luke - Professor Yonson's Assistant
A dancing instructor gets involved with a newly rich family.

Down on the Farm
1920
as The Sportive Banker with the Mortgage
The day starts off as any normal day on Roach's farm, where Teddy, the farmhouse dog, is doing more productive work than everyone else combined. But t...
Up in Alf's Place
1919
as The Dancing Instructor
Charles Murray gets caught by his wife flirting with a dancer.

Trying to Get Along
1919
as The Beauty Parlor Operator
Café de Luxe's owner comes back to his restaurant after a vacation.

Yankee Doodle in Berlin
1919
as Commander's Officer (uncredited)
Behind enemy lines, Captain Bob White disguises himself as a woman in order to fool members of the German High Command, including the Kaiser himself.

In Dutch
1918
Comedy short starring Alice Howell

The World of Laurel and Hardy
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The funniest moments from Laurel and Hardy's most hilarious films