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Bert Hunn (August 21, 1883 – October 3, 1964) was an American actor who starred in silent films in the 1910s.


Biography

Born Albert Washington Hunn in 1883 in Illinois. He starred in around thirty short films for
Keystone Studios Keystone Studios was an early film studio founded in Edendale, California (which is now a part of Echo Park) on July 4, 1912 as the Keystone Pictures Studio by Mack Sennett with backing from actor-writer Adam Kessel (1866–1946) and Charle ...
from 1913, most notably as Keystone Cops. He noticed the smell of smoke in the air, which turned out to be the start of a fire at the Keystone studios lab, and alerted the authorities which meant the majority of negatives for Keystone films were saved. By 1930 he was no longer acting and worked as tile setter and brick layer in Fresno, California.


Filmography

* 1913 ' Henry Lehrman : Neighbour with Rifle * 1913 ''The Two Widows'' by Henry Lehrman : Wedding Party Guest * 1913 ''On His Wedding Day'' by Mack Sennett : Wedding Guest (not credited) * 1913 ''Hide and Seek'' by Mack Sennett : 2nd Fireman * 1913 ''A Life in the Balance'' by Mack Sennett : Cop (not credited ) * 1913 ''A Fishy Affair'' by Mack Sennett : Burglar * 1913 ''
That Ragtime Band ''That Ragtime Band'' is a 1913 American short comedy film directed by Mack Sennett and featuring Fatty Arbuckle. Cast * Ford Sterling as Prof. Smelts * Mabel Normand as Mabel * Nick Cogley as Rival musician * Alice Davenport * Roscoe 'F ...
'' by Mack Sennett : Man in Audience (not credited) * 1913 ''Their First Execution'' by Mack Sennett : Convict * 1913 ''Toplitsky and Company'' by Henry Lehrman : Clothes Customer/Bath House Customer (not credited ) * 1913 '' The Waiters' Picnic'' by Mack Sennett : A Cafe Patron * 1913 ''
Peeping Pete ''Peeping Pete'' is a 1913 American short comedy film featuring Fatty Arbuckle. Cast * Phyllis Allen * Roscoe 'Fatty' Arbuckle as Pete's wife * Charles Avery * Peggy Pearce * Nick Cogley as Sheriff * Dot Farley * Mack Sennett as Pete * Ford ...
'' by Mack Sennett : Villager (not credited) * 1913 '' A Bandit'' by Mack Sennett : townsman (not credited) * 1913 ''Rastus and the Game Cock'' by Mack Sennett : Dice Player (not credited ) * 1913 '' Safe in Jail'' by Mack Sennett : Villager (not credited ) * 1913 ''A Chip Off the Old Block'' by Henry Lehrman : Cop (not credited ) * 1913 ''
Mabel's Dramatic Career ''Mabel's Dramatic Career'' is a 1913 American short comedy film starring Mabel Normand and Mack Sennett while featuring Roscoe Arbuckle in a cameo. The film features a film within a film and uses multiple exposure to show a film being projected ...
'' by Mack Sennett : Movie Crewman/Man in Audience (not credited ) * 1913 ''The Janitor'' by Wilfred Lucas : Cop (not credited ) * 1913 '' The Speed Kings'' by Wilfred Lucas : Spectator Next to Mabel (not credited) * 1913 '' Fatty at San Diego'' by George Nichols : Theatre Patron (not credited ) * 1913 ''A Muddy Romance'' by Mack Sennett : Water Policeman (not credited ) * 1913 '' Fatty Joins the Force'' by George Nichols : Cop at station house (not credited ) * 1913 ''
Cohen Saves the Flag ''Cohen Saves the Flag'' is a 1913 American comedy silent film directed and produced by Mack Sennett, and starring Ford Sterling and Mabel Normand. Plot Cohen (Ford Sterling) and his rival Goldberg (Henry Lehrman) enlist in the Union Army durin ...
'' by Mack Sennett : Soldier (not credited ) * 1913 ''The Gusher'' by Mack Sennett : 1er acolyte * 1914 ''The Under Sheriff'' by George Nichols : Villager (not credited ) * 1914 '' A Film Johnnie'' by George Nichols : Audience Member (not credited ) * 1914 '' Tango Tangles'' by Mack Sennett : Guest (not credited ) * 1914 '' His Favourite Pastime'' by George Nichols : Bartender (not credited ) * 1914 '' Cruel, Cruel Love'' by George Nichols : Tall Ambulance Attendant (not credited ) * 1914 '' Caught in a Cabaret'' by
Mabel Normand Amabel Ethelreid Normand (November 9, 1893 – February 23, 1930), better known as Mabel Normand, was an American silent film actress, screenwriter, director, and producer. She was a popular star and collaborator of Mack Sennett in their K ...
: Cabaret Patron/Garden Party Waiter (not credited ) * 1914 ''Mabel's Blunder'' by
Mabel Normand Amabel Ethelreid Normand (November 9, 1893 – February 23, 1930), better known as Mabel Normand, was an American silent film actress, screenwriter, director, and producer. She was a popular star and collaborator of Mack Sennett in their K ...
: Party guest * 1915 ''Love in Armor'' by Nick Cogley,
Francis J. Grandon Francis J. Grandon (1879 – July 11, 1929) was an American silent film actor and director who acted in almost 100 films and directed over 100. Frank Grandon's obituary, printed in newspapers from coast-to- coast, called him "the father of movi ...
, Frank Griffin and Mack Sennett * 1915 ''Settled at the Seaside'' by Frank Griffin * 1915 ''The Butler's Busted Romance'' by David Kirkland * 1915 ''Only a Messenger Boy'' by Frank Griffin and Ford Sterling


See also

* Cinema of the United States


References


External links

* {{DEFAULTSORT:Hunn, Bert American male actors 1883 births 1964 deaths American male silent film actors Actors from Illinois Actors from Fresno, California 20th-century American male actors