His Scottish-English parents were never in show business. As a young boy, he was a gifted singer and, by age eight, was performing with minstrel shows. In 1910, he ran a movie theatre, which he preferred to studying law. In 1913, he became a comedy actor with the Lubin Company in Florida and began appearing in a long series of shorts; his debut film was Outwitting Dad (1914); 1914-5 was the Pokes and Jabbs series; 1916-8 saw the Plump and Runt series, 1919-21 the Jimmy Aubrey series, and fro ...[Read Story]
"Clapperboard"Silent Comedy
(1976)
4 Clowns
(1970)
The Golden Age of Comedy
(1957)
Double Trouble
(1953)
1a c'est du cinema
(1951)
Une nuit extravagante
(1930)
Noche de duendes
(1930)
Galloping Ghosts
(1928)
Baby Brother
(1927)
Stick Around
(1925)
Hop to It!
(1925)
Hey, Taxi!
(1925)
Horseshoes
(1923)
Married to Order
(1920)
The Trouble Hunter
(1920)
Hearts in Hock
(1919)
Hop, the Bellhop
(1919)
The Hobo
(1917)
His Movie Mustache
(1917)
Twin Flats
(1916)
Sidetracked
(1916)
All for a Girl
(1916)
Bungles Enforces the Law
(1916)
Busted Hearts
(1916)
Bungles' Elopement
(1916)
Bungles' Rainy Day
(1916)
Bungles Lands a Job
(1916)
A Janitor's Joyful Job
(1915)
Not Much Force
(1915)
The Simp and the Sophomores
(1915)
Shoddy the Tailor
(1915)
Building a Fire
(1914)
The Smuggler's Daughter
(1914)
Making Auntie Welcome
(1914)
Never Too Old
(1914)
Jealous James
(1914)
