
Acting
Daphne Pollard
Born — Died
1891-10-19 — 1978-02-22
Place of birth
Fitzroy, Melbourne, Victoria, Australia
Known for
Acting
Credits
40 titles
Daphne Pollard (born Daphne Trott; October 19, 1891 – February 22, 1978) was an Australian-born actress, comedian and dancer known for her roles in comedy films during the 1920's and 30's.
Known for
7.0Mack Sennett comedy short subject spoofing filmmaking, with girls, lions, and limburger cheese.
The Girl from Everywhere
1927
6.6Stan and Ollie stow away to Scotland expecting to inherit the MacLaurel estate. When things don't quite turn out that way, they unwittingly enlist in the Scottish army and are posted to India.
Bonnie Scotland
1935
NRA young man wants to propose to his girlfriend, but all the noises and distractions of the city prevent him from doing so. Frustrated, he decides to take her for a ride in the country, where it's quiet and he can finish what he started, but things don't turn out quite as he planned.
The Lion's Roar
1928
8.0Vaudeville performers Cook and Butler are mistaken for domestic servants; hilarity ensues.
A Peach of a Pair
1934
Late silent installment in the "Handy Andy" series starring comedian Andy Clyde.
The Nightwatchman's Mistake
1929
7.5The relationship between a male dancer and his actress girlfriend is threatened by a scheming chorister.
Big Time
1929
Film credits
1960s · 1 titles
1940s · 2 titles
6.7The East Side boxing champion Muggs answers a challenge to a fight against the West Side champ but just before the match he is kidnapped. His friend Danny Lyons takes his place and wins the fight, only to have Mugs believe that Danny was responsible for his kidnapping.
Kid Dynamite
1943
8.0While attending stenographer school, Tillie Jones meets office boy Mac, who falls in love with her at first sight. Though Tillie likes Mac as a friend, she continually throws him over for handsomer men.
Tillie the Toiler
1941
1930s · 19 titles
6.6Stan and Ollie stow away to Scotland expecting to inherit the MacLaurel estate. When things don't quite turn out that way, they unwittingly enlist in the Scottish army and are posted to India.
Bonnie Scotland
1935
8.0Vaudeville performers Cook and Butler are mistaken for domestic servants; hilarity ensues.
A Peach of a Pair
1934
7.0Two sailors get caught in a mountain of mix-ups when they meet their long-lost twins. Laurel and Hardy play themselves and their twins.
Our Relations
1936
NRBoth the maid and the youngest daughter are after the same man who wants nothing to do with either of them.
She Whoops To Conquer
1933
A pretty young deaf woman visits the dentist with a cavity, but a talking parrot makes the dentist she has something other than her tooth in mind. Their respective jealous husband and wife make things worse in one of the vignettes.
Don't Bite Your Dentist
1930
7.0A vaudeville team convinces an agent to book their new act, which uses a Civil War theme.
Smoked Hams
1934
4.3A grandmother's will leaves her fortune to a few, mostly to her great-niece Ann. Ann will only receive her inheritance once she marries, with the approval of three of her stuffed-shirt relatives, and without scandal. Otherwise, the estate goes to the cat and dog hospital. Ann, not needing the money, rebels by seeking scandal with a gigolo.
Loose Ankles
1930
7.4Oliver's in trouble with his wife after missing a payment on their furniture, having given the money to Stanley, who used it instead to pay Mrs. Hardy for his room and board. At Stan's suggestion Ollie then withdraws the couple's savings from the bank to pay for the furniture and inadvertently pays virtually the whole amount at an auction for a grandfather clock which is soon crushed under a passing truck. Mrs Hardy then unintentionally causes serious injuries to Ollie requiring him to be rushed to hospital for a blood transfusion. The doctor conscripts Stan to be the unwilling blood donor. Problems occur with the transfusion and when Stan and Ollie leave the hospital they appear to have morphed into each other.
Thicker Than Water
1935
5.2A wealthy London nobleman hires a pretty but poor young woman to distract his playboy son from marrying a golddigger. Complications ensue when the girl and the father begin to fall for each other, and things get even more complicated when the son declares his love for her, too.
The Lady Refuses
1931
7.3A young woman's elderly husband dies and leaves her $5 million. She travels to Paris and becomes part of the "Continental" set and is pursued by a rich playboy and a lawyer who works for her.
What a Widow!
1930
A new housekeeper, her son, and two not-too-bright burglars wreak havoc at a doctor's office.
Help Wanted, Female
1931
7.7To avoid hostilities, Maryan, the ward of Doc May, a medicine show owner, induces Pop Garner, a circus owner, to join forces with her guardian. Doc May and Daphne, his wife, work as clowns; and Garry, a singing soldier of fortune, sings along with Maryan's act. Ruth, Maryan's partner, quits to get married; and Joe, who is jealous of Garry, replaces her with Trixie, his former assistant. When Garry announces his engagement to Maryan, Trixie persuades him to join a strip poker game in a drunken state and "compromises" him in the presence of his fiancée. Grief-stricken, Maryan falls during her act, and Garry, robbed of circus funds, is arrested. In spite of her injuries, Maryan, learning of Trixie's treachery, performs the act with her and forces a confession by threatening to drop her; Garry is released and is welcomed back to the show.
Swing High
1930
5.3A successful Broadway star ready to retire from her wild career announces her engagement. But her tumultuous past isn't done with her yet.
Bright Lights
1930
A woman, affectionately called Blondie by her husband, hires a cook called Blondie by both her boyfriends. When all five end up in the house at the same time, romantic complications ensue.
Breakfast in Bed
1930
7.0Wealthy Andy marries a young girl, who has an ulterior motive.
Sugar Plum Papa
1930
9.0After fire chief, Fire-Eating Sam's girlfriend is married to Smoky Moe, and his house is burned down during a wedding ceremony, he gets revenge on Moe and plays a humiliating joke on him.
His First Flame
1935
Andy's wife, seeing others succeed in the stock market, decides to invest their money in it.
Bulls and Bears
1930
Andy Clyde and Daphne Pollard are nouveaux riches moving into a posh neighbourhood and trying to impress though their behaviour is gross and gauche.
Racket Cheers
1930
Beatrice De Vere (Daphne Pollard), a wealthy eccentric, owns a fabulous diamond that is coveted by others. Thusly begins a slapstick farce that involves two dumb New York cops, with cockney accents, a menacing butler who also tells fortunes, and a gorilla who drives a motorcycle and pilots an airplane.
Hawkins & Watkins Inc.
1932
1920s · 17 titles
7.0Mack Sennett comedy short subject spoofing filmmaking, with girls, lions, and limburger cheese.
The Girl from Everywhere
1927
NRA young man wants to propose to his girlfriend, but all the noises and distractions of the city prevent him from doing so. Frustrated, he decides to take her for a ride in the country, where it's quiet and he can finish what he started, but things don't turn out quite as he planned.
The Lion's Roar
1928
Late silent installment in the "Handy Andy" series starring comedian Andy Clyde.
The Nightwatchman's Mistake
1929
7.5The relationship between a male dancer and his actress girlfriend is threatened by a scheming chorister.
Big Time
1929
10.0For fifteen years, vaudeville comedian "Twisty" has struggled for his big break, holding onto nothing but faith—and a small ivory elephant charm he believes brings him luck. One day, he’s summoned to the office of big-time producer Greening, certain that his moment has finally come.
Hit of the Show
1928
8.0Love at First Flight is a 1928 comedy short.
Love at First Flight
1928
6.5A women's track team is preparing for a big meet against a rival college, but the coach is having trouble getting her team ready. Norma, the team's star, is more interested in slipping out to meet her boyfriend than she is with getting ready for the meet, so Norma and the coach engage in a clash of wills.
Run, Girl, Run
1928
Daphne and Thelma want their husbands to take them somewhere nice for dinner. But husbands Johnny and Vernon leery of the expense try a variety of slapstick ways to get them to eat at Hotcake Harry's instead.
Ladies Must Eat
1929
7.0Jack Bardell, a British aviator in World War I, a dashing hero to all who know him, is discharged following an airplane crash that occurred under suspicious circumstances. Invalided to private life, to the shame of his father, Lord Bardell, he gets his chance for redemption during a German Zepplin attack over London. He puts on a good show.
The Sky Hawk
1929
6.0A campus set-up of Carmen featuring Daphne Pollard & Carole Lombard.
The Campus Carmen
1928
9.0Dress shop owner, Tillie Tucker, lands a job at a Hollywood film studio and brings her boyfriend and employee, Miss Boyle, out West.
The Girl from Nowhere
1928
5.0Ann Hardy heads to the big city where she falls in love with Ted Wells, but she is heartbroken to learn he is just using her.
Sinners in Love
1928
6.3Love triangle in a campus with a blonde girl that really seems to not consider the "other" girl as an obstacle. Who will make it? And actually who cares when parties, sport games and lots of fun are available?
The Campus Vamp
1928
7.0The Smiths open a restaurant, but can’t pay their bills because all of their customers won’t pay their checks.
Smith's Restaurant
1928
7.0The Swim Princess is a silent comedy short.
The Swim Princess
1928
4.8This marriage is the second for both Mr. & Mrs. Cornelius McNitt. He is panty-whipped by his social climbing second wife. She has recruited Clifford Figfield to stage and direct a charity pageant, which is more a means for her to hobnob with the social elite, and to nab Larry Lodge, the pageant's leading man, as a husband for her flighty daughter Phyllis, the pageant's leading lady. Larry ends up only having eyes for Sally McNitt, Mr. McNitt's visiting daughter, and she, in turn has eyes for him.
Matchmaking Mamma
1929
7.5The folks discover what appears to be a haunted barn.
The Old Barn
1929

