14-09-1894
Birthday
Virgo
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65
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G. Rowe, George Dewey Thompson Rowe
Also known as (male)
Maine, USA
Place of Birth
14-09-1894
Birthday
Virgo
Zodiac Sign
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Genres
65
Total Films
George Dewey Rowe, G. Rowe, George Dewey Thompson Rowe
Also Known As (male)
Maine, USA
Place of Birth
actor
65 Works
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Loose Change
A young woman decides to vamp her friend's husbands visiting Scottish uncle, but her scheme to trick him into marrying him backfires when her own husband catches on.Year:
1928
Soft Pedal
An opportunistic umbrella salesman attempts to save a musician and his daughter from blackmail.Year:
1926
Unfriendly Enemies
Finlayson plays an intrepid army cameraman on the battlefield in the world war, and Rowe plays his hapless assistant. Cranking away in no man's land, they take foolish chances and must dodge flying shells, falling down and losing their film repeatedly.Year:
1925
Looking for Sally
Jimmie Jump is returning from Europe to the USA. His parents and an old girl-friend, Sally - whom he hasn't seen for years, are expecting him at the dock. But, due to some unfortunate coincidences they are mistaken about the identity of each other, but meet unbeknownst to that fact. Jimmie decides that he has to find that girl. Finally, after having annoyed a policeman, and a great fraction of the female population, he finds her working as a temperance worker. To get her attention, he dresses up in rags to meet her. But his way of introduction causes more confusion.Year:
1925
The Haunted Honeymoon
The Haunted Honeymoon is a 1925 American silent comedy film directed by Fred Guiol and Ted Wilde, starring Glenn Tryon and Blanche Mehaffey with Janet Gaynor in one of her first films. One of the first comedies to parody horror films, it was produced by Hal Roach and released by Pathé Exchange.Year:
1925
Is Marriage the Bunk?
Charley has in-laws that look down on him because he's not rich. So, to try to keep up, he rushes out to buy a car--but no matter, they still think he's a drip--as does his wife. Later, when he's given a simple job to do by his boss, he screws it up--and loses face once again with his family.Year:
1925
The Wages of Tin
aka Billy, the Ford BusterYear:
1925
Outdoor Pajamas
This funny Hal Roach comedy has Jimmy Jump (Charley Chase) waking up late for his wedding so in the mad rush he ends up leaving his house only dressed in his pajamas. As he makes his way to the church he finds one disaster after another.Year:
1924
Short Kilts
As a way to make peace between two feuding Scottish clans, one invites the other over for supper, but things don't turn out quite as expected.Year:
1924
Rupert of Hee-Haw
Year:
1924
Brothers Under the Chin
Twin "babies" left at an orphanage bear the same birthmark under the chin. One of them is adopted and then the scene shifts to "twenty years later." The other as captain of a sailing vessel needs an extra hand. It does not develop until the end that the well dressed man he has abducted is his own brother.Year:
1924
Zeb vs. Paprika
Stan Laurel as a harness racing jockey who must win a big race.Year:
1924
Postage Due
Stan does his best to recover a post-card, which he has forgotten to stamp. He attempts the recovery after hearing a remark by a postal inspector that the absence of the stamp makes the card a criminal offense for the sender. In the course of his struggles he swims through "oceans" of mail, rides up and down chutes, gets tied up in a mail bag and finally finds himself locked in a delivery truck with two thieves.Year:
1924
Smithy
After being discharged from the 372nd infantry, on account of a bean shortage, smithy seeks employment. He finds a job on a construction site, where he helps to build a house, and soon causes havoc amongst the other workers. The construction company owner leaves for a week, and tells his secretary to send a letter to Mr. Smith telling him to complete the construction of the house while he (the owner) is away. The letter is accidently sent to Smithy who manages to complete the house. When the owner returns the house is complete, and Smithy is commended until the last support beam is removed...Year:
1924
The Big Idea
Inventor Ignatius Pollard develops a new "Pavement Polisher" to clean the streets, but a demonstration of the device does not go as planned.Year:
1924
Mother's Joy
Mother's Joy is a 1923 silent comedy film starring Stan Laurel.Year:
1923
Fully Insured
A Hal Roach comedy starring 'Snub' Pollard and James Finlayson.Year:
1923
Uncensored Movies
A morals reformer returns from Hollywood to his small town, and shows his fellow citizens the results of his investigation.Year:
1923
Scorching Sands
The misadventures of two intrepid explorers in the Egyptian desert.Year:
1923
Join the Circus
'Snub' Pollard wants to hang himself but figures joining the circus was better idea.Year:
1923
Frozen Hearts
In the trembling Russian village of Popoffski, a young woman (Katherine Grant) is wooed by a hopeful lover, the son of a humble pool shark (Stan) right under the very nose of her father. When the man proposes marriage to her the father is happy to let her go, seeing as he has nine other children to worry about. As the couple celebrate their love for one another they are approached by a military officer who threatens to take the woman away to use as a court dancer.Year:
1923
No Pets
James Parrott having a lot of pets destroying the place.Year:
1923
Roughest Africa
Two bungling adventures go on a big game hunt in Africa.Year:
1923
A Man About Town
A feckless young man who wishes to switch from one streetcar to another is told to follow a pretty young lady-- so he follows her all over town.Year:
1923
Take the Air
James Parrott, little Sammy Brooks, Baker and Jones ("the strong guy" = the drunk) are all workers on a construction-sit run by violent and exploitative boss Noah Young and it is a "building a skyscraper" comedy.Year:
1923
Short Orders
Stan plays a waiter at a crappy restaurant and frankly such fare was better done by Chaplin and others. However, in two cute scenes, the film shines. The first is a Limburger cheese bit that is low-brow but funny. The second is the final scene with dogs following Stan at the end.Year:
1923
Oranges and Lemons
After getting into a scuffle with his boss and some co-workers, an orange packer tries to help another co-worker, only to wind up in a conflict with him as well. Trying to elude his boss, he heads inside the packing house, and visits with the women who are packing fruit into cases. Then he heads to a storage area, and tries to use the machinery to escape his pursuers.Year:
1923
Post No Bills
Paul Parrott plays an obsessive-compulsive bill poster in this thoroughly average Hal Roach comedy from 1923. Hired to help publicize a new Gloria Snootful picture, Paul goes bonkers with glue and paper and ends up attaching promotional material to any surface within his reach, including the rear ends of a number of people, though his attempt to nail a poster to a glass window is somewhat less successful.Year:
1923
No Danger
An Arrow comedy directed by Eddie Lyons from Aug 1923, co-starring Glen Cavender, Ruth Hiatt and Art Rowlands.Year:
1923
The Uncovered Wagon
Hal Roach short is a spoof of the 1923 Western COVERED WAGON, which was a huge hit for Paramount. In this film a group of people are heading out West to Hollywood so they pack up their "wagons" and head out where they must battle various elements including crossing a dangerous river and battling Indians. The "wagons" are actually cars with a cover on them and the Indians even ride in on bicycles so you can tell the type of humor that Roach is going for.Year:
1923
Collars and Cuffs
Collars and Cuffs is a 1923 silent comedy film starring Stan Laurel.Year:
1923
Pick and Shovel
Pick and Shovel, also known as The Miner, is a 1923 silent comedy film starring Stan Laurel.Year:
1923
Under Two Jags
Stan is in the company of ladies in this film. He is serving in the military with female officers, but there is also a demure lady who wins his affections.Year:
1923
White Wings
Pursued by the law, a street cleaner finds refuge by impersonating a dentist.Year:
1923
The Smile Wins
James Parrott as a very persistent book salesman.Year:
1923
Shoot Straight
SHOOT STRAIGHT - starring Paul Parrott, with Jobyna Ralston, Eddie Baker and George Rowe. A rarely-seen comedy short. Parrott is a hapless hunter in this predecessor to Tex Avery toons of the 1940s, and in a series of inventive gag sequences fails to capture squirrel, rabbit, chinchilla, bobcat, duck, and bear all in one reel.Year:
1923
Before the Public
'Snub' Pollard is an local actor getting a big break in the movie industry, coming home to show off his fame.Year:
1923
Tight Shoes
The setting is a shoe store and the action is pretty frenetic. You get to see Paul lose the store's money, catch a shoe thief, knock down a bunch of shelves and more.Year:
1923
Jailed and Bailed
A silent comedy short starring Jobyna Ralston and James Parrott.Year:
1923
Watch Your Wife
A James Parrott comedy short.Year:
1923
Shine 'Em Up
Paul's career as a shoeshine man is interrupted when he is mistaken for an escaped convict, but after the Station Master gives him a job at the train station he proves his worth.Year:
1922
The Golf Bug
The Golf Bug,1922, directed by James D. Davis, starring James "Paul" Parrott and Jobyna Ralston, is a short silent comedy film.Year:
1922
The Old Sea Dog
Snub Pollard comedy directed by Charley Chase and produced by Hal Roach.Year:
1922
Fire Fighters
The gang forms a fire department; they end up thwarting a bootlegger, but not before their pet animals get drunk on his moonshine.Year:
1922
The Landlubber
Paul Parrott comedy produced by Hal Roach.Year:
1922
The Sleuth
Paul Parrott stars as a detective in a hotel trying to recognize a fake sheikYear:
1922
The Dumb-Bell
The owners of a movie studio are having problems with a temperamental director, and they promise an actor on one of his pictures that he can have the job if he can find a way to make the director leave the picture.Year:
1922
Some Baby
Newlyweds have a baby wished on them as a wedding present.Year:
1922
Hale and Hearty
A couple of old guys remembering the old days when courting Marie Mosquini.Year:
1922
Punch the Clock
Eddie suspects his wife of having an affair with Snub. Snub, meanwhile, just wants to get to work on time.Year:
1922
In the Movies
In the Movies is a silent comedy shortYear:
1922
The Pickaninny
The comical, classic movie of the big city misadventures of Little Casino.Year:
1921
On Location
Snub is an street sweeper with OCD, living in a neighborhood full of fussy people. He is sweeping the street when he anticipates a cop who is about to throw some litter into the road and dashes over to catch it in his cart. He then tries to save a drunken man from falling into the road before stopping his cart to pick up a solitary leaf which has dared to fallen upon the ground. The eccentric and obsessed street sweeper meticulously disposes of the leaf but when he turns around he finds half the tree has shed its leaves at that very momentYear:
1921
Trolley Troubles
A guy has troubles on a trolleyYear:
1921
Dodge Your Debts
A top-hatted bill collector is given the unenviable assignment of collecting the debts of a bad-tempered innkeeper.Year:
1921
High Rollers
An auto accident hurls Snub into a skating rink, where he encounters Rowe and Marie. Among the various slip-and-falling going on, two frisky escaped monkeys from a show put on skates to join in and create pandemonium.Year:
1921
Big Game
While attempting to hunt a formidable Peruvian Duck, Snub Pollard and Ernest Morrison inadvertently come to the aid of a kidnapped tourist.Year:
1921
Beat It
Snooky the Chimpanzee help out a melancholy little girl and her guardian.Year:
1921
The Punch of the Irish
Year:
1920
The One Best Pet
Snooky lives with a family where the henpecked husband does the washing and takes care of his wife while she rests up in a hammock and his children play with various pets. When one of the children is carried off by an escaped bunch of balloons Snooky goes about rescuing the baby from multiple dangerous situations.Year:
1920
Run 'Em Ragged
Run ’Em Ragged, Snub Pollard’s 39th starring vehicle, uses familiar slapstick-- Over-the-top make-up, ethnic humor, and a chase across Los Angeles’s Echo Park-- But there is more here than knockabout; Sophisticated sight gags test the limits of the characters’ perception, making expert use of such props as a seemingly bottomless rowboat.Year:
1920
Call a Taxi
After being ejected from an establishment for being drunk and disorderly, George Rowe, Sammy Brooks, Hughie Mack and Snub Pollard form a drunken singing quartet in the street before a car comes and takes Sammy and George away, leaving the other two staggering in the road. Snub and Hughie agree to go somewhere "where there are no wives, landlords or prohibitionists", and so three months later they emerge on a prairie with supplies dwindling.Year:
1920
Any Old Port
Captain Dandy (Snub Pollard) is about to sail and arrives on the dock where several women take turns to individually say goodbye to him (the last one even wrestles him to the ground) before he boards the ship.Year:
1920
Cracked Wedding Bells
'Snub' Pollard in a lot of wedding problems.Year:
1920
Tough Luck
A comedy short featuring Sunshine Sammy Morrison.Year:
1919
