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Bud Ross
Aaron Crawford "Bud" Ross (November 8, 1868 – March 19, 1932) was an American actor, comedian, and screenwriter. Career Ross began his career in the 1880s, performing in musical comedies and vaudeville. He made his screen debut in the silent film ''The Burglar's Dilemma'' (1912) and had supporting roles in W. C. Fields's first two films, ''Pool Sharks'' and ''His Lordship's Dilemma'' (both 1915). He also supported Cissy Fitzgerald and starred in many comedies himself. At Vim Comedy Company and King-Bee Films starting in 1917, Ross supported a young Oliver Hardy and Chaplin impersonator Billy West in several comedies. Ross and Hardy co-wrote and appeared in the film '' Tootsies and Tamales'' (1919). He co-wrote many ''Peggy'' comedies in 1925. By the late 1920s, he was mostly playing supporting roles for Sennett, in Raymond McKee's ''Smith Family'' comedies and others. Filmography *'' The Burglar’s Dilemma'' (1912) *'' A Sprig of Shamrock'' (1913) *'' Ethel's Romeos'' (1915 ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Springfield, Illinois
Springfield is the capital of the U.S. state of Illinois and the county seat and largest city of Sangamon County. The city's population was 114,394 at the 2020 census, which makes it the state's seventh most-populous city, the second largest outside of the Chicago metropolitan area (after Rockford), and the largest in central Illinois. Approximately 208,000 residents live in the Springfield metropolitan area. Springfield was settled by European-Americans in the late 1810s, around the time Illinois became a state. The most famous historic resident was Abraham Lincoln, who lived in Springfield from 1837 until 1861, when he went to the White House as President of the United States. Major tourist attractions include multiple sites connected with Lincoln including the Abraham Lincoln Presidential Library and Museum, Lincoln Home National Historic Site, Lincoln-Herndon Law Offices State Historic Site, and the Lincoln Tomb at Oak Ridge Cemetery. Springfield lies in a valley and pla ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Tootsies And Tamales
''Tootsies and Tamales'' is a 1919 American silent two-reel comedy film featuring Oliver Hardy. Cast * Jimmy Aubrey - The Rummy Romeo * Oliver Hardy - The Murderous Mexican (as Babe Hardy) * Maude Emory - Señorita * Bud Ross * Richard Smith See also * List of American films of 1919 * Oliver Hardy filmography __NOTOC__ These are the films of Oliver Hardy as an actor. For the filmography of Laurel and Hardy Laurel and Hardy were a British-American Double act, comedy duo act during the early Classical Hollywood cinema, Classical Hollywood era of Am ... External links * 1919 films American silent short films American black-and-white films 1919 comedy films Films directed by Noel M. Smith Vitagraph Studios short films 1919 short films Silent American comedy films American comedy short films 1910s American films {{1910s-short-comedy-film-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Bright And Early
''Bright and Early'' is a 1918 American short comedy film featuring Oliver Hardy. This short is preserved in the Library of Congress's collection. Cast * Billy West as A Bellboy * Oliver Hardy as The Boss (credited as Babe Hardy) * Rosemary Theby as His daughter * Leo White as An honest crook * Bud Ross as Old man * Fay Holderness as A Maid * Ethelyn Gibson (credited as Ethlyn Gibson) Reception Like many American films of the time, ''Bright and Early'' was subject to restrictions and cuts by city and state film censorship boards. For example, the Chicago Board of Censors cut, in Reel 1, the entire scene of man taking small boy to bathroom and the child's actions outside the room, Reel 2, scene of man in women's underwear where man is peeking through keyhole, man and woman on floor where woman throws her legs up, and the woman on floor showing underwear dropping from her shoulders. See also * List of American films of 1918 * Oliver Hardy filmography __NOTOC__ These are the f ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
The Pest (1917 Film)
''The Pest'' ( a.k.a. ''The Freeloader'') is a 1917 American silent comedy film featuring Oliver Hardy. Cast * Billy West as The Pest * Oliver Hardy (as Babe Hardy) * Ethelyn Gibson * Bud Ross as The Bellboy (as Budd Ross) * Leo White as The Count See also * List of American films of 1917 * Oliver Hardy filmography __NOTOC__ These are the films of Oliver Hardy as an actor. For the filmography of Laurel and Hardy as a team, see: Laurel and Hardy films :''This list contains only the films that Laurel and Hardy made together. For their solo films see Stan Laur ... References External links * 1917 films 1917 short films 1917 comedy films American silent short films American black-and-white films Films directed by Arvid E. Gillstrom Silent American comedy films American comedy short films 1910s American films {{1910s-short-comedy-film-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
The Villain (1917 Film)
''The Villain'' is a 1917 American silent comedy film featuring Oliver Hardy. Cast * Billy West as Billy * Oliver Hardy as Babe (billed as Babe Hardy) * Florence McLaughlin as Florence (billed as Florence McLoughlin) * Bud Ross as Budd (as Budd Ross) * Ethelyn Gibson * Leo White * Joe Cohen See also * Oliver Hardy filmography __NOTOC__ These are the films of Oliver Hardy as an actor. For the filmography of Laurel and Hardy as a team, see: Laurel and Hardy films :''This list contains only the films that Laurel and Hardy made together. For their solo films see Stan Laur ... External links * 1917 films 1917 comedy films 1917 short films Silent American comedy films American silent short films American black-and-white films Films directed by Arvid E. Gillstrom American comedy short films 1910s American films 1910s English-language films {{1910s-short-comedy-film-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
The Fly Cop
''The Fly Cop'' is a 1917 American silent comedy film featuring Oliver Hardy. Like many American films of the time, ''The Fly Cop'' was subject to cuts by city and state film censorship boards. The Chicago Board of Censors required cuts in scenes of a man pulling an artificial leg from a girl and of a girl pulling her skirt above her knees while walking across a wet floor. Cast * Billy West as The Fly Cop * Oliver Hardy as Proprietor (credited as Babe Hardy) * Bud Ross as Handyman (credited as Budd Ross) * Leo White as The Mayor * Ellen Burford as Forelady * Charles Slattery as Chief of Police * Ethelyn Gibson as A Chicken (credited as Ethlyn Gibson) See also * List of American films of 1917 * Oliver Hardy filmography __NOTOC__ These are the films of Oliver Hardy as an actor. For the filmography of Laurel and Hardy Laurel and Hardy were a British-American Double act, comedy duo act during the early Classical Hollywood cinema, Classical Hollywood era of Am ... Referenc ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Wanted - A Bad Man
Wanted may refer to: Law enforcement * Fugitive, a person wanted by the authorities * Wanted poster, a poster put up to inform the public of one or more criminals whom authorities wish to apprehend Film * ''Wanted!'', a 1937 British comedy film * ''Wanted'' (1967 film), an Italian western * ''Wanted'' (2004 film), an Indian Malayalam-language thriller * ''Wanted'' (2008 film), an American action film based on the comics series (see below) * ''Wanted'' (2009 film), a Bollywood film starring Salman Khan * ''Wanted'' (2010 film), an Indian Bengali film starring Jeet * ''Wanted'' (2011 film), a Tollywood film starring Gopichand * ''Wanted'' (2015 film), an American Western pornographic film Literature * ''Wanted'' (comics), a 2003–2005 comic book limited series by Mark Millar and J. G. Jones * ''Wanted'' (manga), a 2005 Japanese manga series by Matsuri Hino * ''Wanted'' (''Pretty Little Liars''), a 2010 ''Pretty Little Liars'' novel by Sara Shepard * ''Wanted'', a 2006 Ha ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
The Candy Kid (1917 Film)
''The Candy Kid'' is a 1917 American silent comedy short (13 minutes) featuring Billy West and Oliver Hardy. It was produced by King Bee Comedies. Plot Two rival candy and ice-cream shops that face each other across a street try to steal each other's customers. White's shop advertises for a "strong brave man" and the Candy Kid is sixth in line. White wants them to bomb the other shop. The Candy Kid dresses as Charlie Chaplin's tramp. The Candy Kid gets the job. He accidentally ignites the bomb fuse in White's shop and it is thrown from person to person until the fuse is put out. His job is then explained. He asks a policeman for a match. He has to throw the bomb away when the policeman comes back. It hits a woman on the head. The Kid throws the bomb away from the woman back across the street. It lands in White's rear room and explodes. The woman takes the Kid into Hardy's shop to reward him. She asks Hardy to give him a job but he refuses. He gets pushed into the back shop ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
The Slave (1917 Comedy Film)
''The Slave'' is a 1917 American silent comedy film starring Billy West and featuring Oliver Hardy. It was unusual for a silent film in that, because it told its story so plainly, subtitles or intertitles were not considered necessary. It is not known whether the film currently survives. Plot summary Cast * Billy West as Billy, the slave * Oliver Hardy as The Sultan of Bacteria * Leo White as The Vizier * Bud Ross as Haratius Crabbe, the collector (credited as Budd Ross) * Leatrice Joy as Susie, his daughter * Gladys Varden as The Sultan's favorite * Ethel Cassity * Ellen Burford * Martha Dean * Ethelyn Gibson * Joe Bordeaux Reception Like many American films of the time, ''The Slave'' was subject to cuts by city and state film censorship boards. For example, the Chicago Board of Censors required, in Reel 1, cuts of the entire incident of man throwing a lobster on a woman's back and all scenes of it on her back, the sultan poking man in back with dagger, and in Reel 2 the l ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Alias Mr
Alias may refer to: * Pseudonym * Pen name * Nickname Arts and entertainment Film and television * ''Alias'' (2013 film), a 2013 Canadian documentary film * ''Alias'' (TV series), an American action thriller series 2001–2006 * ''Alias the Jester'', a 1995 British animated series * ''Alias – the Bad Man'', a 1931 American Western film Gaming * ''Alias'' (board game) * Alias (''Forgotten Realms''), a fictional character in ''Dungeons & Dragons'' * ''Alias'' (video game), 2004, based on the TV series Literature * ''Alias'' (comics), an American comic book series * Alias Enterprises, an American publishing company Music * Alias (band), a Canadian rock supergroup ** ''Alias'' (album), 1990 * ''Alias'' (The Magic Numbers album), 2014 * ''Alias'' (EP), by Shygirl, 2020 * Alias (musician) (Brendon Whitney, 1976–2018), an American rapper * Alias (Ryan Tedder, born 1979), American singer, songwriter and record producer * Alias Records, a record label * "Alias", a song ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
His Lordship’s Dilemma
His or HIS may refer to: Computing * Hightech Information System, a Hong Kong graphics card company * Honeywell Information Systems * Hybrid intelligent system * Microsoft Host Integration Server Education * Hangzhou International School, in China * Harare International School in Zimbabwe * Hokkaido International School, in Japan * Hsinchu International School, in Taiwan * Hollandsch-Inlandsche School a Dutch school for native Indonesians in the Dutch East Indies Science * Bundle of His, a collection of specialized heart cells * Health information system * Hospital information system * Host identical sequence ** Human identical sequence * His-tag, a polyhistidine motif in proteins * Histidine, an amino acid * His 1 virus, a synonyms of Halspiviridae * HIS-1, a long non-coding RNA, also known as VIS1 People * Wilhelm His, Sr. (1831–1904), Swiss anatomist * Wilhelm His, Jr. (1863–1934), Swiss anatomist Places * His, Agder, a village in Arendal municipality in Agder c ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Ethel's Romeos
''Ethel's Romeos'' is a 1915 American short comedy film featuring Oliver Hardy. Cast * Fayette Perry as Ethel * Bud Ross as Charlie * Edward Boulden as Albert * Herbert Stanley as Frank * Madge Orlamond as Miss Stimpson * Oliver Hardy as Jake Stimpson (as Babe Hardy) See also * List of American films of 1915 * Oliver Hardy filmography __NOTOC__ These are the films of Oliver Hardy as an actor. For the filmography of Laurel and Hardy Laurel and Hardy were a British-American Double act, comedy duo act during the early Classical Hollywood cinema, Classical Hollywood era of Am ... References External links * 1915 films 1915 comedy films 1915 short films American silent short films American black-and-white films Silent American comedy films American comedy short films Films directed by Edwin Middleton 1910s American films 1910s English-language films English-language comedy films {{1910s-short-comedy-film-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
