
Chester Conklin
Department: Acting
Biography
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.
Known For

Greed
1924

Modern Times
1936

Mr. Smith Goes to Washington
1939

Between Showers
1914

Dough and Dynamite
1914

Mabel's Busy Day
1914

The Masquerader
1914

Mabel's Strange Predicament
1914

Tillie's Punctured Romance
1914

The Palm Beach Story
1942

Caught in a Cabaret
1914

Fools for Luck
1928

The Beast with a Million Eyes
1955

The Virginian
1929

Mutiny on the Body
1939

His Wedding Scare
1943

A Social Celebrity
1926

North of Nevada
1924

Bud Abbott and Lou Costello Meet the Invisible Man
1951

The Winding Stair
1925

Say It Again
1926

Fascinating Youth
1926

Another Man's Wife
1924

Two Flaming Youths
1927

The Masked Bride
1925

Stout Hearts and Willing Hands
1931

Such a Cook
1914

The Anglers
1914

The Love Thief
1914

How Heroes Are Made
1914

Droppington's Devilish Deed
1915

Can't Help Singing
1944

Call of the Prairie
1936

Hollywood Cavalcade
1939

Tango Tangles
1914

Mabel at the Wheel
1914

Twenty Minutes of Love
1914

The Face on the Barroom Floor
1914

Gentlemen of Nerve
1914

Those Love Pangs
1914

The Lady of the Harem
1926

Hallelujah, I'm a Bum
1933

Dizzy Heights and Daring Hearts
1915

Her Majesty, Love
1931

A Big Hand for the Little Lady
1966

Knock on Any Door
1949

Flat Foot Stooges
1938

Three Little Twirps
1943

Making a Living
1914

Cinema Circus
1937

'Curses!' They Remarked
1914

The Studio Murder Mystery
1929

Hearts and Planets
1915

The Baggage Smasher
1914

Springtime in the Sierras
1947

Apache Woman
1955

Keystone Hotel
1935

Double Crossed
1914

A One Night Stand
1915

When Ambrose Dared Walrus
1915

Sagebrush Serenade
1939

The Preview Murder Mystery
1936

Paradise Alley
1962

Forlorn River
1937

Droppington's Family Tree
1915

Cabaret
1927

McFadden's Flats
1927

Cleaning Up
1930

A Woman of the World
1925

Let's Dance
1950

Hail the Conquering Hero
1944

The Miracle of Morgan's Creek
1944

Something for the Boys
1944

Varsity
1928

Son of Paleface
1952

Dutiful But Dumb
1941

The Love Thief
1916

Saved by Wireless
1915

Swing High
1930

A Hash House Fraud
1915

Anna Christie
1923

Yankee Doodle in Berlin
1919

A Clever Dummy
1917

A Bird's a Bird
1915

Do-Re-Mi-Boom!
1915

Cinders of Love
1916

An International Sneak
1917

The Phantom of the Opera
1925

The Property Man
1914

Souls for Sale
1923

The Fire Patrol
1924

We're in the Navy Now
1926

Behind the Front
1926

Zenobia
1939

So This Is Washington
1943

Tillie's Punctured Romance
1928

The Nervous Wreck
1926

Shakedown
1950

The Spellbinder
1939

Henry Goes Arizona
1939

Hangmen Also Die!
1943

Private Hell 36
1954

The Cannon Ball
1915

Never a Dull Moment
1950

You're Next!
1940

X Marks the Spot
1942

Goodnight, Sweetheart
1944

The Beautiful Blonde from Bashful Bend
1949

The Great Dictator
1940

Brewster's Millions
1945

Here Comes Mr. Jordan
1941

Jesse James at Bay
1941

Love, Speed and Thrills
1915

The Soft Boiled Yegg
1920

His Model Day
1921

Taxi 13
1928

The Good Humor Man
1950

Merton of the Movies
1947

Chip of the Flying U
1939

Sagebrush Law
1943

Piano Mooner
1942

The Hoodlum Saint
1946

The Wizard of Oz
1925

Li'l Abner
1940

The Show of Shows
1929

The Perils of Pauline
1947

Ambrose's Fury
1915

Honolulu Lu
1941

Step Lively, Please
1922

Song of the Wasteland
1947

Battling Bunyan
1924

I Married a Witch
1942

Sons of the Pioneers
1942

Romance on the Range
1942

In Old California
1942

The Golden Stallion
1949

Valley of the Sun
1942

Midnight Lovers
1926

The Avenging Rider
1943

Riders of the Rio Grande
1943

Every Day's a Holiday
1937

House of Horror
1929

My Friend Irma
1949

The Remarkable Andrew
1942

Harmon of Michigan
1941

The Pullman Bride
1917

Sullivan's Travels
1941

Gents of Leisure
1931

The Big Noise
1928

The Home Breakers
1915

His Hidden Purpose
1918

Gentlemen Prefer Blondes
1928

The Duchess of Buffalo
1926

Sunset Pass
1929

Happy Times and Jolly Moments
1943

Around the World
1943

La Fiesta de Santa Barbara
1935

The Love Trader
1930

The Haunted House
1928

The Pleasure Buyers
1925

Road to Utopia
1946

The Village Chestnut
1918

Little Giant
1946

Betrayal from the East
1945

It Pays to Exercise
1918

Two Sisters from Boston
1946

Marquis Preferred
1929

A Kiss in a Taxi
1927

Joe Palooka in Humphrey Takes a Chance
1950

Mabel's New Job
1914

Where Was I?
1925

Stairs of Sand
1929

Teacher's Pest
1939

One Foot in Heaven
1941

A Fig Leaf for Eve
1944

Rubber Heels
1927

One Year to Live
1925

Brimstone
1949

The Galloping Fish
1924

Studio Sap
1931

Song of Scheherazade
1947

The Pawnbroker's Heart
1917

Under the Rouge
1925

So You Want to Be a Musician
1953

Hubby’s Job
1913

Beau Broadway
1928

Skirts
1921

Desire
1923

Tell It to Sweeney
1927

The Wilderness Woman
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Uncle Tom's Cabin
1918

My Neighbor's Wife
1925

The Colgate Comedy Hour
1950

This Is Your Life
1952

Doc Corkle
1952