Chester Conklin, 1916

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Born in Oskaloosa, Iowa, he was one of three children who grew up in a violent household. At age eight, Conklin's mother was found burned to death in the family garden. Although first adjudged a suicide, his father would eventually be charged with murder but at trial was found not guilty. A few years later, after vowing to a friend he would never return, a promise he kept, Chester Conklin ran away from home. Heading to Des Moines he found employment as a hotel bellhop but then moved to Omaha, Nebraska where his interest in live theatre led to a career in comedic acting. He spent several years touring with stock companies, doing vaudeville shows, as well as clown work with a travelling circus. Oskaloosa is a city located in Mahaska County, Iowa. ... The Death of Socrates by Jacques-Louis David, 1787 Suicide (from Latin sui caedere, to kill oneself) is the act of willfully ending ones own life; it is sometimes a noun for one who has committed or attempted the act. ... This article is about the state capital of Iowa. ... or bellman is the name of the service rendered by a hotel employee who helps customers with their luggage checking in or out. ... Location in Nebraska Founded  -Incorporated 1854 1857  County Douglas County Mayor Michael Fahey Area  - Total  - Water 1290. ... Serge Sudeikins poster for the Bat Theatre (1922). ... Vaudeville was a style of multi-act theater which flourished in North America from the 1880s through the 1920s. ... A clown participating in a Memorial Day parade A clown today is one of various types of comedic performers, on stage, television, in the circus and rodeo. ... This article needs to be cleaned up to conform to a higher standard of quality. ...

A short, stocky man, as part of his vaudeville act Conklin grew a large moustache that later in film became a trademark. While in Venice, California during the 1913 winter break, the then twenty-seven-year-old Conklin went to Keystone Studios and applied for a job. Hired, Henry Lehrman directed him in his first film, a comedy short titled "Cupid in a Dental Parlor." After making several films, in 1914 Conklin appeared in "Making a Living," in which Charlie Chaplin made his film debut. He would go on to make more than a dozen films with Chaplin while at Keystone and the two became lifelong friends. Years later, Conklin would perform with Chaplin two more times in feature-length films, first in 1936 in Modern Times and in 1940's The Great Dictator. However, while at Keystone, Conklin became most famous when he was teamed up with the robust comic Mack Swain to make a series of comedies. With Swain as "Ambrose" and Conklin as the grand mustachioed "Walrus", they performed these roles in several films including "The Battle of Ambrose and Walrus" and "Love, Speed and Thrills," both made in 1915. Beyond these "Ambrose & Walrus" comedies, the two appeared together in twenty-six different films. Venice Beach and Boardwalk Venice, California, is a district of the city of Los Angeles, California. ... Keystone Studios was an early movie studio founded in Glendale, California in 1912 by Mack Sennett and Adam Kessel as the Keystone Pictures Studio. ... Making a Living is the first film appearance of Charlie Chaplin, which premiered on February 2, 1914. ... Chaplin in his costume as The Tramp Sir Charles Spencer Chaplin, (16 April 1889 – 25 December 1977) was the most famous actor in early to mid Hollywood cinema, and also a notable director. ... Cast Crew Modern Times is a 1936 film by Charlie Chaplin that has his famous Little Tramp character struggling to survive in the modern, industrialized world. ... The Great Dictator is a film directed by and starring Charlie Chaplin. ... Mack Swain (February 16, 1876 - August 25, 1935) was an American actor and vaudevillian, prolific throughout the 1910s, 1920s and 1930s. ...

In 1920, Chester Conklin went to Fox Film Corporation then to Famous Players-Lasky Corporation where he worked for several years doing comedy shorts. In between, he had a significant role in director Erich von Stroheim's acclaimed 1924 MGM production, Greed and in 1928 in the Christie Film Company remake of Tillie's Punctured Romance with W.C. Fields. In the 1930s, Conklin made the transition to talkies, and although he would continue to act for another thirty years, age and the shift in moviegoer tastes to more sophisticated comedy saw his roles limited to secondary or smaller parts. The Fox Film Corporation was an American company which produced motion pictures, formed in 1915 when founder William Fox merged two companies he had established in 1913: Greater New York Film Rental, a distribution firm, which was part of the Independents; and Fox (or Box, depending on the source) Office... Erich von Stroheim (September 22, 1885 - May 12, 1957) was a filmmaker and actor, noted for his arrogant Teutonic character parts. ... MGM logo Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer or MGM, is a large media company, involved primarily in the production and distribution of cinema and television programs. ... Greed is a 1924 dramatic silent movie about an honest dentist whose wife wins a lottery ticket, only to become obsessed with money. ... Christie Film Company was a pioneer motion picture company founded by Al Christie and Charles Christie, two brothers from London, Ontario, Canada. ... W. C. Fields (January 29, 1880 - December 25, 1946) was an American comedian and actor. ... A sound film (or talkie) is a motion picture with synchronized sound, as opposed to a silent movie. ...

For his contribution to the motion picture industry, Chester Conklin has a star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame at 1560 Vine Street. An example of a Hollywood Walk of Fame star, for the film actress Carole Lombard. ...

Chester Conklin died in 1971 at his home in Van Nuys, California. He was cremated and his ashes were given to his family. Van Nuys is a district within the city of Los Angeles, California, United States. ...

External link

• Chester Conklin at the Internet Movie Database