Chester Conklin
Known for: Acting
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
Series
The Colgate Comedy Hour
Self
1950
Series
This Is Your Life
Self
1952
Film
The Great Dictator
Barber's Customer
1940
Film
Modern Times
Mechanic
1936
Film
Greed
Popper Sieppe
1924
Film
Mr. Smith Goes to Washington
Reporter (uncredited)
1939
Film
I Married a Witch
Party Bartender (uncredited)
1942
Film
The Phantom of the Opera
Orderly (uncredited)
1925
Film
Knock on Any Door
Barber (uncredited)
1949
Film
Hangmen Also Die!
Cook (uncredited)
1943
Film
Sullivan's Travels
Old Bum (uncredited)
1941
Film
A Big Hand for the Little Lady
Old Man in Saloon
1966
Film
The Palm Beach Story
Sixth Member Ale and Quail Club
1942
Film
Son of Paleface
Bartender #2 (uncredited)
1952
Film
The Show of Shows
Traffic Cop in 'Bicycle Built for Two' Number (uncredited)
1929
Film
Bud Abbott and Lou Costello Meet the Invisible Man
Counter Man (uncredited)
1951
Film
Here Comes Mr. Jordan
Newsboy (uncredited)
1941
Film
Those Love Pangs
Rival
1914
Film
Road to Utopia
Amateur Contestant Banjo Player (uncredited)
1946
Film
The Beast with a Million Eyes
Ben Webber
1955
Film
Zenobia
Farmer
1939
Film
Hail the Conquering Hero
Western Union Man (uncredited)
1944
Film
Souls for Sale
Self - Celebrity Actor in Commissary
1923
Film
The Good Humor Man
Bush-Cutting Gardener (uncredited)
1950
Film
Making a Living
Policeman / Bum (uncredited)
1914
Film
The Masquerader
Film actor
1914
Film
The Miracle of Morgan's Creek
Pete (uncredited)
1944
Film
In Old California
Undetermined Minor Role
1942
Film
My Friend Irma
Gypsy Tea Room Waiter (uncredited)
1949
Film
The Perils of Pauline
Comic Chef
1947
Film
Tillie's Punctured Romance
Mr. Whoozis (uncredited)
1914
Film
Caught in a Cabaret
Waiter / Footman (uncredited)
1914
Film
Brimstone
Drunk (uncredited)
1949
Film
Little Giant
Hotel Valet (uncredited)
1946
Film
Mabel's Strange Predicament
The Husband (uncredited)
1914
Film
Honolulu Lu
Comedian
1941
Film
The Hoodlum Saint
Cop (uncredited)
1946
Film
The Property Man
Man in Audience (uncredited)
1914
Film
Desire
Oland Young
1923
Film
The Sons of the Pioneers
Old-Timer
1942
Film
The Wizard of Oz
1925
Film
Hollywood Cavalcade
Sheriff in Western
1939
Film
La Fiesta de Santa Barbara
Self
1935
Film
The Beautiful Blonde from Bashful Bend
Messenger Boy (uncredited)
1949
Film
The Spellbinder
Courtroom Extra (uncredited)
1939
Film
Gentlemen Prefer Blondes
Judge
1928
Film
Two Sisters from Boston
Street Cleaner (uncredited)
1946
Film
Never a Dull Moment
Albert (uncredited)
1950
Cleaning Up
Chester
1930
Film
Private Hell 36
Murdered Man in Elevator (uncredited)
1954
Film
Skirts
1921
Film
Merton of the Movies
Keystone Kop (uncredited)
1947
Film
Something for the Boys
Minor Role (uncredited)
1944
Film
Between Showers
Policeman
1914
Film
One Foot in Heaven
Man Crying During Baptism (uncredited)
1941
Film
Can't Help Singing
Townsman (uncredited)
1944
Film
Let's Dance
Watchman (uncredited)
1950
Film
Mabel's Busy Day
Police Sergeant
1914
Film
Brewster's Millions
Stage Doorman (uncredited)
1945
Film
Dough and Dynamite
Jacques
1914
Film
Mabel at the Wheel
Mabel's Father (uncredited)
1914
Film
The Preview Murder Mystery
Comedian
1936
Film
The Remarkable Andrew
Shopkeeper
1942
Film
Jesse James at Bay
Town Drunk (uncredited)
1941
Film
Li'l Abner
Mayor Gurgle
1940
Film
Around the World
Waiter
1943
Film
Shakedown
Chet (uncredited)
1950
Film
The Avenging Rider
Town Drunk
1943
Film
Valley of the Sun
Soldier at Hitching Rail (uncredited)
1942
Film
Her Majesty, Love
Emil
1931
Film
Apache Woman
Dick Mooney
1955
Film
The Face on the Barroom Floor
Drinker
1914
Film
Tango Tangles
Guest in Police Costume
1914
Film
Gentlemen of Nerve
Ambrose, Mabel's friend
1914
Film
The Virginian
Uncle 'Pa' Hughey
1929
Film
Betrayal from the East
(uncredited)
1945
Doc Corkle
Grandfather Corkle
1952
Film
Twenty Minutes of Love
Pickpocket
1914
Film
Yankee Doodle in Berlin
Officer of Death's Head Hussars
1919
Film
Cabaret
Jerry Trask
1927
Film
Harmon of Michigan
Gasoline Chuck
1941
Film
Romance on the Range
Lynch Mob Member
1942
Film
A Bird's a Bird
Mr. Walrus
1915
Uncle Tom's Cabin
1918
Film
Riders of the Rio Grande
Barfly
1943
Film
Henry Goes Arizona
Bus Driver (uncredited)
1939
Film
Song of Scheherazade
Sailor
1947
Film
Tell It to Sweeney
Luke Beamish
1927
Film
Every Day's a Holiday
Cabby
1937
Film
Chip of the Flying U
Joe
1939
Film
Springtime in the Sierras
Old-Timer
1947
Film
So This Is Washington
Inventor with Pocket Machine Gun (uncredited)
1943
Film
The Fire Patrol
Fireman
1924
Film
Goodnight, Sweetheart
Bottle Man
1944
My Neighbor's Wife
Cameraman
1925
Film
A Social Celebrity
Johann Haber
1926
Film
Swing High
Sheriff
1930
Film
Joe Palooka in Humphrey Takes a Chance
Prentice
1950
Film
Behind the Front
Scottie
1926
Film
Hallelujah, I'm a Bum
Sunday
1933
Film
Sagebrush Law
Horse Owner (uncredited)
1943
Film
The Wilderness Woman
'Kodiak' MacLean
The Cannon Ball
The Villain
1915
Film
X Marks the Spot
Vagrant (uncredited)
1942
Film
The Nervous Wreck
Mort
1926
Film
Paradise Alley
Mr. Gregory
1962
Film
A One Night Stand
The Property Man
1915
'Curses!' They Remarked
Blackheart Jr.
1914
Film
Fascinating Youth
Chester Conklin
1926
Film
Rubber Heels
Tennyson Hawks
1927
Stout Hearts and Willing Hands
Kop(as the Original Keystone Kops)
1931
Film
Love, Speed and Thrills
Mr. Walrus
1915
Film
Three Little Twirps
The Butcher
1943
Film
The Masked Bride
Wine Waiter
1925
So You Want to Be a Musician
Waiter
1953
Film
Forlorn River
Sheriff Alec Grundy
1937
Film
Battling Bunyan
A Stranger
1924
Film
A Hash House Fraud
The Chief of Police
1915
Film
His Wedding Scare
Fireman
1943
Ambrose's Fury
1915
Film
The Studio Murder Mystery
George (Studio Gateman)
1929
Film
The Love Trader
Nelson
1930
Happy Go Wacky
1952
Film
The Haunted House
Mr. Rackham
1928
Film
North of Nevada
Lem Williams
1924
Film
Midnight Lovers
Moriarity
1926
Film
The Love Thief
1916
Film
Cinders of Love
The Fire Chief
1916
Film
Marquis Preferred
Mr. Gruger
1929
Film
Stairs of Sand
Tim
1929
Film
The Lady of the Harem
Ali
1926
Beau Broadway
1928
Film
The Golden Stallion
Old Man
1949
Cinema Circus
Himself
1937
Film
Under the Rouge
Mr. Fleck
1925
Film
Fools for Luck
Samuel Hunter
1928
Film
Where Was I?
Elmer
1925
Film
Anna Christie
Tommy
1923
Film
Keystone Hotel
Mayor Carson
1935
Film
A Woman of the World
Sam Poore
1925
Film
We're in the Navy Now
Navy Capt. Smithers
1926
Film
Say It Again
Prince Otto V
1926
Film
Flat Foot Stooges
Fire Chief Kelly
1938
Film
Do-Re-Mi-Boom!
The Suitor
1915
Film
The Big Noise
John Sloval
1928
Droppington's Devilish Deed
Droppington
1915
An International Sneak
A Foreign Spy
1917
Taxi 13
Angus Mactavish
1928
Film
A Kiss in a Taxi
Maraval
1927
Film
The Winding Stair
Onery
1925
Film
A Clever Dummy
A Playful Property Man
1917
Film
The Pullman Bride
The Rejected Suitor
1917
Film
Piano Mooner
Harry's Partner
1942
Such a Cook
1914
Film
Two Flaming Youths
Sheriff Ben Holden
1927
Sagebrush Serenade
Pop Mason
1939
Film
Another Man's Wife
Rumrunner
1924
Film
Teacher's Pest
Zeb
1939
Film
Tillie's Punctured Romance
Circus Owner
1928
Film
Dutiful But Dumb
Counterman (uncredited)
1941
Film
Song of the Wasteland
The Jailer
1947
Film
The Village Chestnut
Teacher
1918
Film
The Pawnbroker's Heart
The Pawnshop Clerk
1917
Film
Happy Times and Jolly Moments
(archive footage)
1943
Saved by Wireless
The Spy's Ally
1915
Film
The Pleasure Buyers
Burke
1925
Film
The Duchess of Buffalo
Hotel Manager
1926
Hubby’s Job
1913
Film
The Galloping Fish
Jonah
1924
Film
Varsity
Pop Conlan
1928
Film
A Fig Leaf for Eve
Waiter
1944
Film
Call of the Prairie
Sandy McQueen
1936
Film
One Year to Live
Froquine
1925
Film
House of Horror
Chester
1929
How Heroes Are Made
The Boy Friend's Rival
1914
Film
His Hidden Purpose
Albert Walrus - Who Lived by His Wits
1918
Film
Sunset Pass
Windy
1929
Mutiny on the Body
Mr. Van Asther
1939
Droppington's Family Tree
Droppington
1915
Film
The Soft Boiled Yegg
1920
The Love Thief
The Love Thief
1914
The Sheik of Hollywood
1923
Studio Sap
1931
Hearts and Planets
Mr. Walrus - Visible Star
1915
His Model Day
1921
Film
When Ambrose Dared Walrus
Walrus
1915
Gents of Leisure
1931
It Pays to Exercise
Little Giant
1918
Film
McFadden's Flats
Jock McTavish
1927
The Baggage Smasher
The Baggage Smasher
1914
Film
Double Crossed
Desk Sergeant
1914
Film
You're Next!
The Janitor
1940
Film
Dizzy Heights and Daring Hearts
Mr. A.C. Walrus
1915
Step Lively, Please
1922
Mabel's New Job
Boarder
1914
The Anglers
1914
Film
The Home Breakers
Walrus
1915