George Rowe

AKA: George Dewey Rowe, G. Rowe, George Dewey Thompson Rowe
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1894-09-14

Maine, USA

Biography

Crew Roles

Fatal Mission
Director
Black Mamba
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Fortress in the Sun
Director
Cast RolesCast Roles Played = {67}

1925-03-29 0

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 firs ...
Genre :Comedy

Passenger

1922-10-14 0

The Old Sea Dog

Snub Pollard comedy directed by Charley Chase and produced by Hal Roach. ...
Genre :Comedy

The Cameraman's Assistant

1925-09-13 6

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 sh ...
Genre :Comedy

Cross-Eyed Man

1923-05-12 6.7

White Wings

Pursued by the law, a street cleaner finds refuge by impersonating a dentist. ...
Genre :

Bell Boy

1925-05-10 6.2

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 the ...
Genre :Comedy

1921-05-22 0

Big Game

While attempting to hunt a formidable Peruvian Duck, Snub Pollard and Ernest Morrison inadvertently come to the aid of a kidnapped tourist. ...
Genre :Comedy

1922-05-28 0

In the Movies

In the Movies is a silent comedy short ...
Genre :Comedy

Worker

1923-08-12 5.3

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 ins ...
Genre :Comedy

Patent Lawyer

1924-01-12 0

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. ...
Genre :Comedy

1928-10-06 0

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. ...
Genre :

1923-07-07 5

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 he ...
Genre :

Soldier

1923-10-27 5.4

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 ...
Genre :Comedy

1923-03-10 0

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, a ...
Genre :Comedy

1920-11-07 0

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 ...
Genre :Comedy

Cameraman

1922-07-16 6

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 leav ...
Genre :Comedy

Blacksmith

1924-08-03 5.3

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. ...
Genre :

Man eating fruit

1922-07-16 0

The Sleuth

Paul Parrott stars as a detective in a hotel trying to recognize a fake sheik ...
Genre :Comedy

Wily

1926-01-31 0

Soft Pedal

An opportunistic umbrella salesman attempts to save a musician and his daughter from blackmail. ...
Genre :Comedy

1923-12-23 5.2

Mother's Joy

Mother's Joy is a 1923 silent comedy film starring Stan Laurel. ...
Genre :

1920-08-01 5

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; ...
Genre :Comedy

Safecracker

1922-11-04 5

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. ...
Genre :Comedy

1922-10-30 5.5

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. ...
Genre :

1923-06-02 5

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. ...
Genre :

Chef

1923-09-01 4.9

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-br ...
Genre :Comedy

Arab

1923-12-09 5.4

Scorching Sands

The misadventures of two intrepid explorers in the Egyptian desert. ...
Genre :Comedy

Worker

1924-01-19 5.2

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 am ...
Genre :Comedy

Theodore Turkletwister

1923-02-11 0

Jailed and Bailed

A silent comedy short starring Jobyna Ralston and James Parrott. ...
Genre :Comedy

Policeman

1921-10-16 7.5

Dodge Your Debts

A top-hatted bill collector is given the unenviable assignment of collecting the debts of a bad-tempered innkeeper. ...
Genre :Comedy

The Groom

1923-08-05 5

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 pap ...
Genre :Comedy

Piano mover

1925-03-29 5

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 ...
Genre :Comedy

1923-07-31 0

No Danger

An Arrow comedy directed by Eddie Lyons from Aug 1923, co-starring Glen Cavender, Ruth Hiatt and Art Rowlands. ...
Genre :Comedy

1923-01-07 0

Watch Your Wife

A James Parrott comedy short. ...
Genre :

1922-09-09 3

The Landlubber

Paul Parrott comedy produced by Hal Roach. ...
Genre :

Rival Jockey

1924-03-16 5.5

Zeb vs. Paprika

Stan Laurel as a harness racing jockey who must win a big race. ...
Genre :Comedy

Duke of Bromo

1924-06-07 5.2

Rupert of Hee-Haw

Genre :Comedy

Mr. Shrimp

1924-09-13 5

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 ...
Genre :Comedy

The Insurance Agent

1923-12-16 5

Fully Insured

A Hal Roach comedy starring 'Snub' Pollard and James Finlayson. ...
Genre :

Officer Snoopey

1921-12-04 0

The Pickaninny

The comical, classic movie of the big city misadventures of Little Casino. ...
Genre :Comedy

1921-10-23 0

Trolley Troubles

A guy has troubles on a trolley ...
Genre :Comedy

Jeeves - the Chauffeur

1923-12-09 7.5

Uncensored Movies

A morals reformer returns from Hollywood to his small town, and shows his fellow citizens the results of his investigation. ...
Genre :Comedy

1921-01-09 0

Beat It

Snooky the Chimpanzee help out a melancholy little girl and her guardian. ...
Genre :

1922-06-25 0

Some Baby

Newlyweds have a baby wished on them as a wedding present. ...
Genre :Comedy

1920-06-27 0

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 ...
Genre :Comedy

1920-04-04 0

Cracked Wedding Bells

'Snub' Pollard in a lot of wedding problems. ...
Genre :Comedy

1920-07-25 0

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 ta ...
Genre :Comedy

1921-06-26 3.5

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 cr ...
Genre :Comedy

The Cameraman

1921-11-06 0

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 t ...
Genre :Comedy

1922-06-18 0

Hale and Hearty

A couple of old guys remembering the old days when courting Marie Mosquini. ...
Genre :Comedy

1923-10-07 0

No Pets

James Parrott having a lot of pets destroying the place. ...
Genre :Comedy

1923-12-02 0

Join the Circus

'Snub' Pollard wants to hang himself but figures joining the circus was better idea. ...
Genre :Comedy

1923-09-09 0

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 skyscra ...
Genre :Comedy

1923-02-25 0

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. ...
Genre :Comedy

On Lantern Slide

1923-03-04 5

Before the Public

'Snub' Pollard is an local actor getting a big break in the movie industry, coming home to show off his fame. ...
Genre :Comedy

Driving instructor

1925-01-04 0

The Wages of Tin

aka Billy, the Ford Buster ...
Genre :Comedy

Pedestrian

1923-07-01 5.6

Collars and Cuffs

Collars and Cuffs is a 1923 silent comedy film starring Stan Laurel. ...
Genre :Comedy

1923-04-08 0

The Smile Wins

James Parrott as a very persistent book salesman. ...
Genre :Comedy

1919-12-21 0

Tough Luck

A comedy short featuring Sunshine Sammy Morrison. ...
Genre :Comedy

Native (uncredited)

1923-09-29 5.5

Roughest Africa

Two bungling adventures go on a big game hunt in Africa. ...
Genre :

Cross-eyed Barber

1923-09-15 5.5

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. ...
Genre :Comedy

Miner

1923-06-16 6

Pick and Shovel

Pick and Shovel, also known as The Miner, is a 1923 silent comedy film starring Stan Laurel. ...
Genre :Comedy

1924-04-13 5.5

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 e ...
Genre :Comedy

Photographer

1924-02-17 5.3

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 crimina ...
Genre :Comedy

Man with coffee (uncredited)

1922-06-04 5

Punch the Clock

Eddie suspects his wife of having an affair with Snub. Snub, meanwhile, just wants to get to work on time. ...
Genre :Comedy

Bootlegger (uncredited)

1922-10-08 6

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. ...
Genre :Family, Comedy

Aggressive Diner

1920-12-20 0

The Punch of the Irish

Genre :Comedy

2024-10-29 10

Laurel & Hardy: Year Two

Following their initial pairing in early 1927, Laurel and Hardy ended their first year on top. Their success moving into 1928 galvanized the efforts of everyone at Hal Roach Studios (including famed d ...
Genre :Comedy

Barber

1926-05-23 6

Don Key (Son of Burro)

The head of a big movie studio is pulling his hair out because the company is bankrupt unless they can find a writer for a smash comedy. An aspiring writer is awaiting outside the office and the produ ...
Genre :Comedy