Known For
Complete Filmography
The Midnight Taxi
1928
as Squint
The Midnight Taxi is a 1928 early part-talkie thriller picture from Warner Bros. directed by John G. Adolfi and starring Antonio Moreno, Helen Costell...
The Wizard of Oz
1925
A farm girl learns she is a princess and is swept away by a tornado to the land of Oz.
The Wizard of Oz
1925
Stunts
A farm girl learns she is a princess and is swept away by a tornado to the land of Oz.
Kid Speed
1924
as Sheriff Phil O'Delfya
Avery DuPoys is a wealthy businessman, organising a race. He meets one of the competitors of the race, who is in love with DuPoys's daughter. Another ...
Her Boy Friend
1924
Young and beautiful Iva Method is spying for the police at the Dropem Inn, a sleazy club that the police suspect is a front for a bootlegging operatio...
Lightning Love
1923
The storm, which takes up most of the second reel, is a trial run for the storm sequence in The Wizard Of Oz which Semon would make in 1925. Fox rele...
The Barnyard
1923
Lay Zee works on a farm and has won the heart of the farmer's daughter. There is oil on the farmland, and some swindlers are determined to get their h...
The Counter Jumper
1922
as Bit Role (uncredited)
In the late 19th and early 20th centuries, 'counter jumper' was the term used in both Britain and the U.S.A. to describe the lowest dogsbody clerk in ...
Golf
1922
as Mr. Dub
Comedy on the golf links.
A Pair of Kings
1922
as Bit Role
A Pair of Kings is a 1922 American silent comedy film featuring Larry Semon & Oliver Hardy.
The Show
1922
as Audience member (as Bill Hauber)
A harried propman backstage at a theater must put up with malfunctioning wind machines, roosters that spit nitroglycerine, and a gang planning to rob ...
The Show
1922
Stunt Double
A harried propman backstage at a theater must put up with malfunctioning wind machines, roosters that spit nitroglycerine, and a gang planning to rob ...
The Sawmill
1922
Stunt Double
A bumbling sawmill employee tries to win the hand of the owner's daughter while staying out of the clutches of the mill's bullying foreman.
The Bell Hop
1921
as Hotel detective
A government official staying in a hotel puts some important secret papers in the hotel safe. A ring of spies out to get the papers manages to steal t...
The Bell Hop
1921
Stunts
A government official staying in a hotel puts some important secret papers in the hotel safe. A ring of spies out to get the papers manages to steal t...
The Fall Guy
1921
as (as Bill Hauber)
Larry falls afoul of wanted criminal Gentleman Joe, who runs a saloon full of tough guys and gunslingers.
The Bakery
1921
as Rival worker (as Bill Hauber)
Well-meaning but accident-prone bakery employee Larry is involved in numerous slapstick mishaps on the job. After accidentally causing the bakery owne...
The Rent Collector
1921
as Bit Role (uncredited)
The Rent Collector is a 1921 American silent comedy film featuring Larry Semon & Oliver Hardy.
The Suitor
1920
Larry having to go through a lot of trouble to get his girl. All from bomb baking cooks to high flying crashes.
The Stage Hand
1920
as Props
The Fly-Cop
1920
as A Crook
Larry going investigating an Oriental opium den. And opium is to Larry what spinach is for Popeye!
Dull Care
1919
as Chief Crook
Semon as a detective trying to deal with some roughnecks.
His Home Sweet Home
1919
as A Policeman
Larry Semon is in the kitchen preparing food for a high society musical evening.
The Star Boarder
1919
as Old Maid
Larry's absurdly plush life of ease as a convict comes to an end when his sentence is up. Tossed out, he tries several ways, including a stickup to ge...
Passing the Buck
1919
as A Hindoo
Larry has to fight off a bunch of crooks who are after his bag of jewels.
Well, I'll Be
1919
as A Crook
Larry Semon goes out west.
Scamps and Scandals
1919
as Policeman
Larry helps a girl escape her wedding to a fat man.
Bears and Bad Men
1918
Bears and Bad Men is a 1918 silent comedy film directed by Larry Semon[1] and featuring Stan Laurel.
Dunces and Dangers
1918
Larry and his wife are desperately poor—with no food. However, the butcher and grocer show up to collect money they are owed and they won't take no fo...
His Bitter Pill
1916
as The Bar Fighter
Jim, the apple of his mother's eyes, is the big-hearted galoot of a man and is sheriff of his small town. He is sweet on Nell, who he has known all hi...
Love, Loot and Crash
1915
as Male Crook
A flustered father seeks a cook for his kitchen, his daughter seeks to elope and a pair of crooks seek to get some loot. Add the Keystone Cops and sti...
That Little Band Of Gold
1915
as Attendant Inside Coat Check (uncredited)
A happy young couple become engaged, and soon afterwards they are married. But after their marriage, the husband begins to stay out carousing with his...
Love in Armor
1915
as 1st Crook
Mae Busch and Charley Chase are in love. However, her father does not approve. A Baron sees Mae and concocts a fake kidnapping in order to get her att...
A Lucky Leap
1915
as First Prowler
A Keystone comedy with Charley Chase and the gang.
A Bird's a Bird
1915
as Raffle Wheel Spinner and Bomber
Mr. Walrus needs a turkey for Thanksgiving dinner with his in-laws but his plans keep going awry.
Fatty and Mabel at the San Diego Exposition
1915
as Parade Official / Rolling Chair Operator / Cop at Fountain (uncredited)
Fatty and Mabel go to the San Diego Exposition.
Hash House Mashers
1915
as The Film Director
A boy pines for the girl next door to the dismay of both their parents.
Their Fatal Bumping
1914
as Birdie's Boyfriend
A Keystone comedy of rival suitors fighting over a girl.
Tillie's Punctured Romance
1914
as Servant / Policeman (uncredited)
A womanizing city man meets Tillie in the country. When he sees that her father has a very large bankroll for his workers, he persuades her to elope w...
His Musical Career
1914
as Servant (uncredited)
Charlie and his partner are to deliver a piano to 666 Prospect St. and repossess one from 999 Prospect St.
Gentlemen of Nerve
1914
as Spectator (uncredited)
Mabel and her beau go to an auto race and are joined by Charlie and his friend. As Charlie's friend is attempting to enter the raceway through a hole,...
The Love Thief
1914
as The Boyfriend
Chester Conklin steals some hot dogs from the traveling vendor and brings the lady some flowers, then a chase ensues including a chase over roof tops ...
Those Love Pangs
1914
as Movie Patron (uncredited)
Charlie and a rival vie for the favor of their landlady.
He Loved the Ladies
1914
Mabel's Blunder
1914
as Waiter (uncredited)
Mabel is pursued by her boss, despite being engaged to his son, in this gender-bending comedy of errors and mistaken identities.
His New Profession
1914
as Smoking Cop (uncredited)
Charlie takes care of a man in a wheelchair.
A Coat's Tale
1914
Fatty's Finish
1914
as The Waiter
Fatty's Finish is a 1914 comedy short.
Mabel's Busy Day
1914
as Customer (uncredited)
Mabel tries to sell hot dogs at a car race, but isn't doing a very good job at it. She sets down the box of hot dogs and leaves them for a moment. Cha...
Her Friend the Bandit
1914
as (uncredited)
A comedy made by Keystone Studios starring Charlie Chaplin and Mabel Normand, both of whom co-directed the movie. This is Chaplin's only lost film as ...
Mabel at the Wheel
1914
as Mabel's Co-driver (uncredited)
A villain, competing with his rival's race car, kidnaps the rival before the race. Mabel decides to take the wheel in his place.
The Chicken Chaser
1914
as Cop
The Chicken Chaser is a 1914 movie starring Roscoe Arbuckle and Charles Avery.
Cruel, Cruel Love
1914
as Gardener (uncredited)
This early Chaplin film has him playing a character quite different from the Tramp for which he would become famous. He is a rich, upper-class gentlem...
His Favorite Pastime
1914
as Shoeshine Customer / Servant
A very plastered fella follows a pretty woman home, and proceeds to make a nuisance of himself.
Tango Tangles
1914
as Flutist (uncredited)
In a dance hall, two members of the orchestra and a tipsy dancer fight over the hat check girl.
A Film Johnnie
1914
as Audience Member (uncredited)
The Tramp, a film Johnnie (someone who loiters near theaters or studios to meet stars or get a job), attempts to meet his favorite movie actress at th...
A Thief Catcher
1914
as Cop (uncredited)
Two criminals chase a plainclothes policeman who, while taking out his dog, witnesses their crime.
The Water Dog
1914
as The Nursemaid's Boyfriend
The Water Dog is a 1914 American short comedy film directed by and starring Fatty Arbuckle.
Mabel's Strange Predicament
1914
as Hotel Guest (uncredited)
A tramp gets drunk in a hotel lobby and, upstairs, causes some misunderstandings between Mabel, two hotel guests across the hall from her room, and Ma...
Won in a Closet
1914
Moving Picture World categorized the film as “a nonsense number”, but Normand's Won in a Closet, her second as director, displays her burgeoning talen...
A Flirt's Mistake
1914
as Handlebar-Moustached Cop (uncredited)
When Fatty Arbuckle accidentally hits on the rajah, he declares, "Death to all flirts!" and hijinks ensue.
Fatty's Flirtation
1913
as Undetermined Minor Role
Fatty's Flirtation is a 1913 movie starring Roscoe Arbuckle and Mabel Normand.
The Gusher
1913
as Party Guest / Cop (uncredited)
Mabel has two suitors - an oily con man, whom she mocks in a very funny scene where she is shown twiddling a fake moustache and making her feelings ve...
Fatty Joins the Force
1913
as Cop at Station House
Fatty rescues the daughter of the police commisioner and is given a job as an officer as a reward, but its not all its cracked up to be!
A Muddy Romance
1913
as Cop at Call Box
Two rivals for Mabel's hand play a series of dirty tricks on each other. Finally, one of them gets Mabel alone and is about to marry her, but his riva...
A Quiet Little Wedding
1913
as Wedding Guest
The scene is laid for a quiet little wedding. The guests are waiting for Fatty and an ancient maid to be made one. Fatty's rival appears and breaks up...
Mother's Boy
1913
as Mug
Mother's Boy is a 1913 movie starring Roscoe Arbuckle and Alice Davenport.
The Fatal Taxicab
1913
as Cop
The Fatal Taxicab is a 1913 movie starring Mabel Normand and Ford Sterling.
Mabel's Dramatic Career
1913
as Cameraman / Projectionist
A young man falls in love with his mother's kitchen maid, Mabel. But his mother objects strongly, and arranges for him to meet another young woman who...
Fatty's Day Off
1913
as Cop
Fatty's Day Off is a 1913 movie starring Roscoe Arbuckle and Charles Avery.
The Riot
1913
as Rioter / Cop
When a girl delivering expensive garments loses them to some Irish shanty town kids, her boss, a Jewish clothier, is livid and a fight breaks out. Soo...
A Noise from the Deep
1913
Mabel and Roscoe love each other, but her father likes another boy. A rather sissified young man. Roscoe and Mabel stages an accident.
Love and Rubbish
1913
as 2nd Cop
Love and Rubbish is a 1913 movie starring Ford Sterling and Charles Avery.
Rastus and the Game Cock
1913
as Owner of Champion Cock
Rastus and the Game Cock is a 1913 movie starring Ford Sterling and Mack Sennett.
Peeping Pete
1913
as Villager
This early Keystone has Pete spying on his neighbor's wife through one of those little knotholes in a fence. The neighbor (Sterling) notices and chase...
A Bandit
1913
as Villager
Willy is a rather effeminate young man, and is abused by the town bully. He suspects that the bully is a coward at heart, so disguises himself as a ba...
The Gangsters
1913
as Cop
An amusing burlesque of gang fighters. The police go after them, one by one, and each guardian of the peace is caught and despoiled of his clothing an...
A Fishy Affair
1913
as 1st Cop
A man goes fishing in the same pond where a burglar has thrown a sock of money stolen from the man's house.
A Strong Revenge
1913
as Bread Customer / Party Guest
Cobbler Meyer puts Limburger cheese in the shoes of grocer Schnitz to sabotage his attendance with Mabel at a house party.