Daphne Pollard

Acting

Daphne Pollard

Born 1891-10-19 · Fitzroy, Melbourne, Victoria, Australia

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.

Acting credits

Our Relations poster
7.0

Two 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

Big Time poster
7.5

The relationship between a male dancer and his actress girlfriend is threatened by a scheming chorister.

Big Time

1929

The Golden Age of Comedy poster
7.1

A compilation featuring comedic stars of the silent era including Will Rogers, Laurel and Hardy, and the Keystone Cops.

The Golden Age of Comedy

1957

Bonnie Scotland poster
6.6

Stan 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

What a Widow! poster
7.3

A 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

The Lion's Roar poster
NR

A 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

The Campus Carmen poster
6.0

A campus set-up of Carmen featuring Daphne Pollard & Carole Lombard.

The Campus Carmen

1928

Thicker Than Water poster
7.3

Oliver'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

No artwork available
9.0

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

The Swim Princess poster
7.0

The Swim Princess is a silent comedy short.

The Swim Princess

1928

The Girl from Everywhere poster
7.0

Mack Sennett comedy short subject spoofing filmmaking, with girls, lions, and limburger cheese.

The Girl from Everywhere

1927

Hit of the Show poster
10.0

For 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

The Girl from Nowhere poster
9.0

Dress 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

No artwork available
8.0

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

Sinners in Love poster
5.0

Ann 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

No artwork available
NR

Late silent installment in the "Handy Andy" series starring comedian Andy Clyde.

The Nightwatchman's Mistake

1929

Loose Ankles poster
4.3

A 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

The Lady Refuses poster
5.3

A 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

Run, Girl, Run poster
6.5

A 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

No artwork available
8.0

Compilation of the mismatched but immortal pair's various films and shorts.

The Best of Laurel and Hardy

1968

Kid Dynamite poster
6.7

The 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

A Peach of a Pair poster
8.0

Vaudeville performers Cook and Butler are mistaken for domestic servants; hilarity ensues.

A Peach of a Pair

1934

No artwork available
7.0

A new housekeeper, her son, and two not-too-bright burglars wreak havoc at a doctor's office.

Help Wanted, Female

1931

No artwork available
7.0

Andy's wife, seeing others succeed in the stock market, decides to invest their money in it.

Bulls and Bears

1930