List of the best Chester Conklin movies: The Nervous Wreck(1926), Mabel's Strange Predicament(1914), Greed(1924), Caught in a Cabaret(1914), Modern Times(1936), The Duchess of Buffalo(1926), Hallelujah, I'm a Bum(1933), Call of the Prairie(1936), The Virginian(1929), Her Majesty, Love(1931), Tillie's Punctured Romance(1914), The Beast With a Million Eyes(1955) ... ...
Comedy, Adventure, Romance, Western
USA
1926
70 Minutes
Mort
Harrison Ford Phyllis Haver Chester Conklin Mack Swain Hobart Bosworth Paul Nicholson Charles Gerrard Clarence Burton Vera Steadman
Henry Williams, out in Arizona looking for a cure for his imaginary ills, stops at the ranch of Jud Morgan, and decides to stay. Jud's daughter, Sally, attracts his attention, although she ... See full summary »
Comedy
1914
17 Minutes
Husband
Mabel Normand Charles Chaplin Chester Conklin Alice Davenport Harry McCoy
A drunk Tramp is trying to find his room at a hotel when he meets Mabel, who is locked out of her room; they eventually end up in the room of an old man with an extremely jealous wife who sees Mabel hiding under the bed.
Drama
USA
1924
128 Minutes
"Popper" Sieppe
Gibson Gowland ZaSu Pitts Jean Hersholt Chester Conklin Sylvia Ashton Joan Standing Tempe Pigott Dale Fuller Oscar Gottell Otto Gottell Frank Hayes
wife dentist friend fascinating suspenseful emotional family home california doctor's office desert greed extortion paranoia fall wretched excess 1920s
The sudden fortune won from a lottery fans such destructive greed that it ruins the lives of the three people involved.
Comedy
1914
16 Minutes
Waiter
Charles Chaplin Mabel Normand Harry McCoy Chester Conklin Edgar Kennedy Minta Durfee Phyllis Allen Joseph Swickard Alice Davenport
Comedy
USA
1936
89 Minutes
Mechanic
Charles Chaplin Paulette Goddard Henry Bergman Tiny Sandford Chester Conklin Hank Mann Stanley Blystone Cecil Reynolds
factory worker orphan police officer amusing witty playful countryside factory prison nightclub aspirations modernization man vs. machine adventure discovery escape underdog 1930s
The Tramp struggles to live in modern industrial society with the help of a young homeless woman.
Romance
USA
1926
70 Minutes
Hotel Manager
Constance Talmadge Tullio Carminati Edward Martindel Rose Dione Chester Conklin Lawrence Grant Martha Franklin Jean De Briac
An American dancer on a tour of pre-Boleshevik Russia falls for a young army officer, and the feeling is mutual. However, the officer's father is the Grand Duke of Russia, and he has ... See full summary »
Musical, Comedy
USA
1933
82 Minutes
Sunday
Al Jolson Madge Evans Frank Morgan Harry Langdon Chester Conklin Tyler Brooke Bert Roach Edgar Connor Dorothea Wolbert Harold Goodwin Burr McIntosh
hobo friend woman mayor street-sweeper charming offbeat lighthearted new york city central park river homelessness the great depression amnesia rescue suicide attempt rescue discovery 1930s
A New York tramp (Jolson) falls in love with the mayor's amnesiac girlfriend after rescuing her from a suicide attempt
Western
USA
1936
54 Minutes
Sheriff Sandy McQueen
William Boyd Jimmy Ellison Muriel Evans George "Gabby" Hayes Chester Conklin Alan Bridge Hank Mann Willie Fung Howard H. Lang John Merton Chill Wills
Hoppy has to bust up a gang of outlaws with the help of his sidekicks Shanghai and Johnny. As usual, he walks through the fusillade unscathed.
Western
USA
1929
90 Minutes
Uncle Hughey
Gary Cooper Walter Huston Richard Arlen Mary Brian Helen Ware Chester Conklin Eugene Pallette Victor Potel E.H. Calvert Tex Young Charles Stevens
A good-natured cowboy who is romancing the new schoolmarm has a crisis of conscience when he discovers his best friend is engaged in cattle rustling.
Musical, Comedy
USA
1931
75 Minutes
Emil
Marilyn Miller Ben Lyon W.C. Fields Ford Sterling Leon Errol Chester Conklin Harry Stubbs Maude Eburne Harry Holman Ruth Hall William Irving
Wealthy man falls in love with a poor girl and proposes to her, going against the wishes of his family.
Comedy
USA
1914
73 Minutes
Mr. Whoozis
Charles Chaplin Marie Dressler Mack Swain Mabel Normand Charles Bennett Joe Bordeaux Chester Conklin Edgar Kennedy Charlie Chase Charles Murray
heiress father uncle con artist girlfriend police officer hilarious melodramatic frenetic restaurant mountain movie theater city mansion party city vs. country inheritance con game marrying for money feminism
A con man from the city dupes a wealthy country girl into marriage.
Sci-Fi
USA
1955
78 Minutes
Ben Webber
Paul Birch Lorna Thayer Dona Cole Dick Sargent Leonard Tarver Chester Conklin
A dysfunctional family operating an isolated date farm in the California desert is threatened by the arrival of an extra-terrestrial.
Comedy, Western
USA
1952
95 Minutes
Second Bartender (uncredited)
Bob Hope Jane Russell Roy Rogers Bill Williams Lloyd Corrigan Paul E. Burns Gordon Carveth Michael Cirillo Iron Eyes Cody Chester Conklin Russ Conklin
cowboy thief federal agent confident engaging united states wild west debt money escape adventure 19th century
Junior Potter returns to claim his father's gold, which is nowhere to be found. "Mike" is the luscious head of a gang of thieves, and Roy Barton is the federal marshal hot on her trail.
Musical, Comedy
USA
1947
96 Minutes
Comic Chef
Betty Hutton John Lund Billy De Wolfe William Demarest Constance Collier Frank Faylen William Farnum Snub Pollard Creighton Hale Chester Conklin James Finlayson
woman starlet director best friend mentor actor hilarious endearing inspiring new york city stage movie set hollywood, calif. movie studio sweatshop silent movies rags to riches show business second chance friendship
The real life story of actress Pearl White during her rise to fame in silent serials.
Western
USA
1955
85 Minutes
Lloyd Bridges Joan Taylor Lance Fuller Morgan Jones Paul Birch Jonathan Haze Paul Dubov Lou Place Gene Marlowe Dick Miller Chester Conklin
A government agent is sent to a western town to investigate attacks that the townspeople say are being commited by rampaging Apaches. The agent, however, suspects that different forces may ... See full summary »
Comedy, Western
USA
1966
95 Minutes
Henry Fonda Joanne Woodward Jason Robards Charles Bickford Burgess Meredith Kevin McCarthy Robert Middleton Paul Ford John Qualen James Kenny Alan Collins
lawyer mortician rancher husband wife banker lighthearted thrilling wild west laredo, texas saloon bank ranch gambling family transformation 19th century
Comedy western in which a traveler bets more money than he can afford in a poker game, and unusual events follow.
Comedy
USA
1939
71 Minutes
Oliver Hardy Harry Langdon Billie Burke Alice Brady Jimmy Ellison Jean Parker June Lang Olin Howland J. Farrell MacDonald Stepin Fetchit Hattie McDaniel
doctor daughter snob son elephant professor lighthearted charming mississippi small town doctor's office carnival street courtroom animals small-town life snobbishness carnivals mother/son relationship trials
A modest country doctor in the antebellum South has to contend with his daughter's upcoming marriage and an affectionate medicine show elephant.
Comedy
USA
1942
90 Minutes
Claudette Colbert Joel McCrea Rudy Vallee Mary Astor Sig Arno Robert Warwick Arthur Stuart Hull Torben Meyer Jimmy Conlin Victor Potel William Demarest
husband wife architect millionaire sister amusing madcap lighthearted palm beach, fla. yacht new york city train mansion deception romance love triangle wealth marriage love pursuit
An inventor needs cash to develop his big idea, so his adoring wife decides to raise it by divorcing him and marrying a millionaire.