Actor
Chester Conklin
Born 10 January 1886 · Oskaloosa, Iowa, USA — died 11 October 1971
Chester Conklin was an American comic actor who rose at Keystone Studios as one of Mack Sennett's Keystone Cops. He appeared in silent shorts with Mabel Normand and Charlie Chaplin, then built a long career as a character actor, working with Chaplin again and in Preston Sturges comedies.
Key films
Tillie's Punctured Romance (1914)
Early feature-length comedy from Keystone, featuring Conklin alongside Chaplin, Marie Dressler and Mabel Normand.
Greed (1924)
Showed Conklin in a supporting role in Erich von Stroheim's landmark silent drama, far from slapstick.
Modern Times (1936)
A reunion with Chaplin in one of the last great silent-style comedies.
The Great Dictator (1940)
Chaplin's first full sound satire, in which Conklin appeared as part of the supporting cast.
Sullivan's Travels (1941)
One of several Preston Sturges comedies where Conklin appeared, marking his late-career work as a character player.
Key awards
No major awards are documented here.
On Cinespective
Full filmography · 193
- 1913Hubby’s JobActor
- 1914Making a Living · as Policeman / Bum (uncredited)Actor
- 1914Mabel's Strange Predicament · as The Husband (uncredited)Actor
- 1914Tillie's Punctured Romance · as Mr. Whoozis (uncredited)Actor
- 1914The Masquerader · as Film actorActor
- 1914Between Showers · as PolicemanActor
- 1914Twenty Minutes of Love · as PickpocketActor
- 1914Tango Tangles · as Guest in Police CostumeActor
- 1914Caught in a Cabaret · as Waiter / Footman (uncredited)Actor
- 1914Those Love Pangs · as RivalActor
- 1914Dough and Dynamite · as JacquesActor
- 1914The Face on the Barroom Floor · as DrinkerActor
- 1914Gentlemen of Nerve · as Ambrose, Mabel's friendActor
- 1914Mabel at the Wheel · as Mabel's Father (uncredited)Actor
- 1914Mabel's Busy Day · as Police SergeantActor
- 1914The Property Man · as Man in Audience (uncredited)Actor
- 1914Double Crossed · as Desk SergeantActor
- 1914'Curses!' They Remarked · as Blackheart Jr.Actor
- 1914Such a CookActor
- 1914Mabel's New Job · as BoarderActor
- 1914The AnglersActor
- 1914The Love Thief · as The Love ThiefActor
- 1914The Baggage Smasher · as The Baggage SmasherActor
- 1914How Heroes Are Made · as The Boy Friend's RivalActor
- 1915Love, Speed and Thrills · as Mr. WalrusActor
- 1915Ambrose's FuryActor
- 1915A Hash House Fraud · as The Chief of PoliceActor
- 1915The Cannon Ball · as The VillainActor
- 1915Do-Re-Mi-Boom! · as The SuitorActor
- 1915A Bird's a Bird · as Mr. WalrusActor
- 1915Droppington's Family Tree · as DroppingtonActor
- 1915When Ambrose Dared Walrus · as WalrusActor
- 1915A One Night Stand · as The Property ManActor
- 1915Dizzy Heights and Daring Hearts · as Mr. A.C. WalrusActor
- 1915The Home Breakers · as WalrusActor
- 1915Hearts and Planets · as Mr. Walrus - Visible StarActor
- 1915Droppington's Devilish Deed · as DroppingtonActor
- 1915Saved by Wireless · as The Spy's AllyActor
- 1916Cinders of Love · as The Fire ChiefActor
- 1916The Love ThiefActor
- 1917A Clever Dummy · as A Playful Property ManActor
- 1917An International Sneak · as A Foreign SpyActor
- 1917The Pullman Bride · as The Rejected SuitorActor
- 1917The Pawnbroker's Heart · as The Pawnshop ClerkActor
- 1918The Village Chestnut · as TeacherActor
- 1918It Pays to Exercise · as Little GiantActor
- 1918His Hidden Purpose · as Albert Walrus - Who Lived by His WitsActor
- 1918Uncle Tom's CabinActor
- 1919Yankee Doodle in Berlin · as Officer of Death's Head HussarsActor
- 1920The Soft Boiled YeggActor
- 1921SkirtsActor
- 1921His Model DayActor
- 1922Step Lively, PleaseActor
- 1923Souls for Sale · as Self - Celebrity Actor in CommissaryActor
- 1923Anna Christie · as TommyActor
- 1923Desire · as Oland YoungActor
- 1923The Sheik of HollywoodActor
- 1924Greed · as Popper SieppeActor
- 1924The Fire Patrol · as FiremanActor
- 1924Battling Bunyan · as A StrangerActor
- 1924Another Man's Wife · as RumrunnerActor
- 1924North of Nevada · as Lem WilliamsActor
- 1924The Galloping Fish · as JonahActor
- 1925The Phantom of the Opera · as Orderly (uncredited)Actor
- 1925The Wizard of OzActor
- 1925A Woman of the World · as Sam PooreActor
- 1925The Pleasure Buyers · as BurkeActor
- 1925Where Was I? · as ElmerActor
- 1925My Neighbor's Wife · as CameramanActor
- 1925The Masked Bride · as Wine WaiterActor
- 1925The Winding Stair · as OneryActor
- 1925One Year to Live · as FroquineActor
- 1925Under the Rouge · as Mr. FleckActor
- 1926The Duchess of Buffalo · as Hotel ManagerActor
- 1926The Nervous Wreck · as MortActor
- 1926We're in the Navy Now · as Navy Capt. SmithersActor
- 1926Behind the Front · as ScottieActor
- 1926Midnight Lovers · as MoriarityActor
- 1926The Lady of the Harem · as AliActor
- 1926Fascinating Youth · as Chester ConklinActor
- 1926A Social Celebrity · as Johann HaberActor
- 1926Say It Again · as Prince Otto VActor
- 1927Cabaret · as Jerry TraskActor
- 1927McFadden's Flats · as Jock McTavishActor
- 1927Tell It to Sweeney · as Luke BeamishActor
- 1927A Kiss in a Taxi · as MaravalActor
- 1927Rubber Heels · as Tennyson HawksActor
- 1927Two Flaming Youths · as Sheriff Ben HoldenActor
- 1928Tillie's Punctured Romance · as Circus OwnerActor
- 1928Taxi 13 · as Angus MactavishActor
- 1928The Haunted House · as Mr. RackhamActor
- 1928Fools for Luck · as Samuel HunterActor
- 1928Beau BroadwayActor
- 1928Varsity · as Pop ConlanActor
- 1928The Big Noise · as John SlovalActor
- 1928Gentlemen Prefer Blondes · as JudgeActor
- 1929The Virginian · as Uncle 'Pa' HugheyActor
- 1929The Studio Murder Mystery · as George (Studio Gateman)Actor
- 1929The Show of Shows · as Traffic Cop in 'Bicycle Built for Two' Number (uncredited)Actor
- 1929Marquis Preferred · as Mr. GrugerActor
- 1929House of Horror · as ChesterActor
- 1929Sunset Pass · as WindyActor
- 1929Stairs of Sand · as TimActor
- 1930Cleaning Up · as ChesterActor
- 1930Swing High · as SheriffActor
- 1930The Love Trader · as NelsonActor
- 1931Stout Hearts and Willing Hands · as Kop(as the Original Keystone Kops)Actor
- 1931Her Majesty, Love · as EmilActor
- 1931Gents of LeisureActor
- 1931Studio SapActor
- 1933Hallelujah, I'm a Bum · as SundayActor
- 1935La Fiesta de Santa Barbara · as SelfActor
- 1935Keystone Hotel · as Mayor CarsonActor
- 1936Modern Times · as MechanicActor
- 1936The Preview Murder Mystery · as ComedianActor
- 1936Call of the Prairie · as Sandy McQueenActor
- 1937Every Day's a Holiday · as CabbyActor
- 1937Forlorn River · as Sheriff Alec GrundyActor
- 1937Cinema Circus · as HimselfActor
- 1938Flat Foot Stooges · as Fire Chief KellyActor
- 1939Mr. Smith Goes to Washington · as Reporter (uncredited)Actor
- 1939Zenobia · as FarmerActor
- 1939Hollywood Cavalcade · as Sheriff in WesternActor
- 1939Henry Goes Arizona · as Bus Driver (uncredited)Actor
- 1939The Spellbinder · as Courtroom Extra (uncredited)Actor
- 1939Chip of the Flying U · as JoeActor
- 1939Sagebrush Serenade · as Pop MasonActor
- 1939Teacher's Pest · as ZebActor
- 1939Mutiny on the Body · as Mr. Van AstherActor
- 1940The Great Dictator · as Barber's CustomerActor
- 1940Li'l Abner · as Mayor GurgleActor
- 1940You're Next! · as The JanitorActor
- 1941Sullivan's Travels · as Old Bum (uncredited)Actor
- 1941Here Comes Mr. Jordan · as Newsboy (uncredited)Actor
- 1941One Foot in Heaven · as Man Crying During Baptism (uncredited)Actor
- 1941Dutiful But Dumb · as Counterman (uncredited)Actor
- 1941Jesse James at Bay · as Town Drunk (uncredited)Actor
- 1941Honolulu Lu · as ComedianActor
- 1941Harmon of Michigan · as Gasoline ChuckActor
- 1942I Married a Witch · as Party Bartender (uncredited)Actor
- 1942The Palm Beach Story · as Sixth Member Ale and Quail ClubActor
- 1942In Old California · as Undetermined Minor RoleActor
- 1942X Marks the Spot · as Vagrant (uncredited)Actor
- 1942Valley of the Sun · as Soldier at Hitching Rail (uncredited)Actor
- 1942The Remarkable Andrew · as ShopkeeperActor
- 1942Romance on the Range · as Lynch Mob MemberActor
- 1942The Sons of the Pioneers · as Old-TimerActor
- 1942Piano Mooner · as Harry's PartnerActor
- 1943Hangmen Also Die! · as Cook (uncredited)Actor
- 1943Three Little Twirps · as The ButcherActor
- 1943So This Is Washington · as Inventor with Pocket Machine Gun (uncredited)Actor
- 1943Around the World · as WaiterActor
- 1943Sagebrush Law · as Horse Owner (uncredited)Actor
- 1943Happy Times and Jolly Moments · as (archive footage)Actor
- 1943Riders of the Rio Grande · as BarflyActor
- 1943The Avenging Rider · as Town DrunkActor
- 1943His Wedding Scare · as FiremanActor
- 1944The Miracle of Morgan's Creek · as Pete (uncredited)Actor
- 1944Hail the Conquering Hero · as Western Union Man (uncredited)Actor
- 1944Something for the Boys · as Minor Role (uncredited)Actor
- 1944A Fig Leaf for Eve · as WaiterActor
- 1944Can't Help Singing · as Townsman (uncredited)Actor
- 1944Goodnight, Sweetheart · as Bottle ManActor
- 1945Brewster's Millions · as Stage Doorman (uncredited)Actor
- 1945Betrayal from the East · as (uncredited)Actor
- 1946Road to Utopia · as Amateur Contestant Banjo Player (uncredited)Actor
- 1946Little Giant · as Hotel Valet (uncredited)Actor
- 1946The Hoodlum Saint · as Cop (uncredited)Actor
- 1946Two Sisters from Boston · as Street Cleaner (uncredited)Actor
- 1947The Perils of Pauline · as Comic ChefActor
- 1947Springtime in the Sierras · as Old-TimerActor
- 1947Merton of the Movies · as Keystone Kop (uncredited)Actor
- 1947Song of Scheherazade · as SailorActor
- 1947Song of the Wasteland · as The JailerActor
- 1949Knock on Any Door · as Barber (uncredited)Actor
- 1949My Friend Irma · as Gypsy Tea Room Waiter (uncredited)Actor
- 1949The Beautiful Blonde from Bashful Bend · as Messenger Boy (uncredited)Actor
- 1949The Golden Stallion · as Old ManActor
- 1949Brimstone · as Drunk (uncredited)Actor
- 1950Shakedown · as Chet (uncredited)Actor
- 1950Never a Dull Moment · as Albert (uncredited)Actor
- 1950Let's Dance · as Watchman (uncredited)Actor
- 1950The Good Humor Man · as Bush-Cutting Gardener (uncredited)Actor
- 1950Joe Palooka in Humphrey Takes a Chance · as PrenticeActor
- 1951Bud Abbott and Lou Costello Meet the Invisible Man · as Counter Man (uncredited)Actor
- 1952Son of Paleface · as Bartender #2 (uncredited)Actor
- 1952Happy Go WackyActor
- 1953So You Want to Be a Musician · as WaiterActor
- 1954Private Hell 36 · as Murdered Man in Elevator (uncredited)Actor
- 1955The Beast with a Million Eyes · as Ben WebberActor
- 1955Apache Woman · as Dick MooneyActor
- 1962Paradise Alley · as Mr. GregoryActor
- 1966A Big Hand for the Little Lady · as Old Man in SaloonActor
Filmography data from TMDB. The profile text is a draft written for Cinespective.