Known for
NRMusty holds down a job as general factotum at the Busy Bee Amusement Arcade, one of his chief duties being that of taking tickets at the entrance to the moving stairway which leads to the cinema theater on the second floor.
Coming Down
1916
5.0Musty Suffer gets accidentally kidnapped and has to box for his life.
Hold Fast!
1916
Musty gets a job in a grocery store. Through a series of very bad encounters with various customers it becomes clear he is ill-suited to the job and ultimately he goes his own way.
Keep Moving
1915
5.0Musty Suffer hunts wild horses in the bad lands of New Jersey. He captures a fine specimen and sells it, but it breaks away to join the fascinating Musty. The fairy tramp grants Musty's wish for a suit and cab, and goes into business.
Strictly Private
1916
Musty holds down a job in Mole and Kittleton's dime museum. Musty seems to be the sole employee about the place, and whatever is called for by any of the patrons, he has to supply it. He is placed in charge of the cane rack, and of course, cheats so that the customers get no canes. One irascible old fellow complains to the manager, who upbraids Musty for his dishonesty. As soon as the customer leaves the manager congratulates himself on having so business-like an employee.
Partly Cloudy
1916
5.0Musty Suffer visits a "painless dentist"
Local Showers
1916
Behind the camera
NRMusty holds down a job as general factotum at the Busy Bee Amusement Arcade, one of his chief duties being that of taking tickets at the entrance to the moving stairway which leads to the cinema theater on the second floor.
Coming Down
1916
5.0Musty Suffer gets accidentally kidnapped and has to box for his life.
Hold Fast!
1916
Musty gets a job in a grocery store. Through a series of very bad encounters with various customers it becomes clear he is ill-suited to the job and ultimately he goes his own way.
Keep Moving
1915
5.0Musty Suffer hunts wild horses in the bad lands of New Jersey. He captures a fine specimen and sells it, but it breaks away to join the fascinating Musty. The fairy tramp grants Musty's wish for a suit and cab, and goes into business.
Strictly Private
1916
Musty holds down a job in Mole and Kittleton's dime museum. Musty seems to be the sole employee about the place, and whatever is called for by any of the patrons, he has to supply it. He is placed in charge of the cane rack, and of course, cheats so that the customers get no canes. One irascible old fellow complains to the manager, who upbraids Musty for his dishonesty. As soon as the customer leaves the manager congratulates himself on having so business-like an employee.
Partly Cloudy
1916
5.0Musty Suffer visits a "painless dentist"
Local Showers
1916
NRMusty Suffer is invited to stay in a mansion; hilarity ensues.
Going Up
1916
Series 2, episode 8 of 'The Mishaps of Musty Suffer' series of one-reel comedies, where Harry Watson gets a make-over.
Active Service
1916
Musty suffers from sleeplessness and consults a quack doctor, who administers "Starlight Sleep."
Starlight Sleep
1917
Musty applies for a job as office boy, but is turned down because he is too old. He visits a doctor to get some elixir of youth, but drinks too much and is reduced to a sprightly two-year-old.
Musty B. Young
1917
Musty goes for a day's fishing, but bites are scarce and he whiles away the time reading an exciting story entitled "The Bold, Bad Pirate." He goes to sleep sitting on the edge of a bridge and dreams of hidden treasure and dark deeds on the Spanish Main.
A Pirate Bold
1916
NRMusty Suffer as a golf caddy.
Cruel and Unusual
1916
NRMusty Suffer gets married.
Spliced and Iced
1917
Musty Suffer at sea.
Fore and Aft
1916
Musty Suffer has a job as a waiter, though he lacks considerable in efficiency. Finding that he gets into trouble with every order he serves, he joins the entertainers and sings a solo. This serves to empty the place as he hoped and gives his a rest. However, another patron comes in and Musty serves him. The customer is irritated with his order and calls for the manager. Musty goes to the kitchen, changes his make-up and poses as the official.
The Fried Egg Hero
1917
NRMusty and his friend, Willie Work, after a comfortable night's rest in a convenient henhouse, set out in search of adventure. They select a mansion with the intention of burglary, but are frightened away by a militant sawbuck. They are summoned by Mme. Cayenne, a jealously guarded wife, who promises them a fine lunch if they will mail a letter to her lover. They agree and the lunch is served. Just as they begin to eat, Senor Cayenne returns. Musty dives out of the second-floor window and hangs from the sill. Willie, who fails to escape, is introduced to Senor as Madame's brother from Kokomo, and royally entertained.
Look Out Below
1916
NRMusty Suffer finds a bicycle and gets a job as a messenger; hilarity ensues, of course.
Blow Your Horn
1916
NRMusty Suffer gets a job as a maid. Then he gets a job as a butler, in the same household. Then he gets a job as a gardener. This becomes complicated.
While You Wait
1916
5.0Musty Suffer gets a job as a chef and waiter at an automat restaurant. Various customers attempt to filch food or money from the coin slots, and Musty deals with the situation.
Outs and Ins
1916
5.5Musty Suffer, finding a meal ticket, resolves to take a vacation while eating is free. The café owner, however, discovers Musty’s face does not compare with the photograph on the ticket. Musty goes out to have it altered, thinking less of the face than he does of the meal ticket. He is completely recast in a steel foundry and returns to enjoy the free meals only to find that the restaurant has closed.
Musty's Vacation
1917
NRMusty Suffer gets a job as a bell hop at a cheap little hotel, the Outside Inn.
The Lightning Bell-Hop
1916
Wet and Dry is a silent film comedy.
Wet and Dry
1917
Musty, messenger boy, is assigned to deliver a cook stove to a certain address. In spite of the fact that there is no one home and the house locked up, Musty takes the stove in through the window.
Showing Some Speed
1916
The Soda Jerker is a silent comedy short.
The Soda Jerker
1917
NRMusty Suffer as a bell-boy.
Bells and Belles
1916
5.0Musty is standing around in a state of confusion, so his fairy godfather appears to find him a job as a general factotum at an amusement gallery. Musty serves as a bootblack, a ticket-taker, a target at the shooting gallery and a rope to block off a non-working escalator.
Out Of Order
1916
NRCiderville was wet, very much so, both inside and out, as was evidenced by the hilarious condition of some of its leading citizens, but the suffragettes struck town one day, and they proceeded to put the reverse on the well-known masculine thirst.
When Ciderville Went Dry
1915
5.0Musty Suffer dreams of being subjected to psychological experiments by unethical doctors.
Just Imagination
1916
The Ladder of Fame is a 1917 comedy short
The Ladder of Fame
1917
Truly Rural is a silent 1917 comedy short.
Truly Rural
1917
Musty becomes a carpenter's assistant. He decides that a twin brother would be a great help to him in his work, so he makes one out of wood. Thrown out of the shop, Musty and the dummy break into a girls' tea party with startling results. Of course, in the end, our hero gets very much the worst of it.
Pure and Simple
1917
