Ford Sterling
Acting
Biography
Ford Sterling (born George Stitch; November 3, 1883 – October 13, 1939) was an American comedian and actor best known for his work with Keystone Studios. One of the 'Big 4', he was the original chief of the Keystone Cops.
Born: November 3, 1883
Place of Birth: La Crosse, Wisconsin, USA
Known For
Hollywood
Angela comes to Hollywood with only two things: Her dream to become a movie star, and Grandpa. She leaves an Aunt, a brother, Grandma, and her longtime boyfriend back in Centerville. Despite seeing major movie stars around every corner, and knocking on every casting office door in town, at the end of her first day she is still unemployed. To her horror, when she arrives back at their hotel, she finds that Grandpa has been cast in a movie by William DeMille and quickly becomes a star during the ensuing weeks. Her family, worried that Angela and Grandpa are getting into trouble, come to Hollywood to drag them back home. In short order Aunt, Grandma, brother, boyfriend and even the parrot become superstars, but Angela is still unemployed...
Keystone Hotel
The Keystone Hotel hosts a very prestigious beauty contest. When the cross-eyed judge presents the first prize to an elderly cleaning woman, angry members of the audience respond by hurling custard pies. The Keystone Kops are summoned, and arrive just in time to get plastered with pastry.
Safe in Jail
Safe in jail is a 1913 movie starring Ford Sterling and Edgar Kennedy.
On His Wedding Day
When some pranksters pour red pepper on a new groom's bouquet, the wedding becomes a hijinks factory.
He Who Gets Slapped
After a baron steals his scientific discoveries, runs away with his wife, and slaps him in public, a man joins a Parisian circus sideshow as a clown whose act consists of being slapped repeatedly and becomes infatuated with a showgirl colleague whose father intends to marry her off to the baron.
The Show Off
A blowhard who poses as a railroad executive (but is really just a $30-a-week clerk) catches a young bride and then drives her family's finances to the brink of ruin.
Black Sheep
On an ocean liner crossing a professional gambler comes to the aid of a naive young man victimized by a jewel thief. The young man turns out to be his son he's not seen since infancy.
The Golden Age of Comedy
A compilation featuring comedic stars of the silent era including Will Rogers, Laurel and Hardy, and the Keystone Cops.
Sally
Sally is an orphan who was named by the telephone exchange where she was abandoned as a baby. In the orphanage, she discovered the joy of dancing. Working as a waitress, she serves Blair (Alexander Gray), and they both fall for each other, but Blair is engaged to socialite Marcia. Sally is hired to impersonate a famous Russian dancer named Noskerova, but at that engagement, she is found to be a phoney. Undaunted, she proceeds with her life and has a show on Broadway, but she still thinks of Blair.
Hide and Seek
The young granddaughter of a banker plays a game of hide-and-seek with her mother, Mabel. After Mabel walks away, the child disappears. A clerk, realizing the time, closes the vault she’d been hiding in. Mabel, unbeknownst to her child’s wandering, believes her daughter is locked in the now closed vault. Mabel frantically calls for help, resulting in a comedic rescue.
Filmography
as Self (archive footage)
as archive footage
as (archive footage)
as C.C. aka Henry Morgan
as Sterling, Chief of Police
as Mather
as Hugo Meyer
as Max Schultz, German Janitor
as White King
as Otmar von Wellingen
as Amru
as Tangy
as Sam Otis
as Peter Braley
as 'Pops' Shendorff
as Ed Bondell
as Mr. Mack
as Shorty McGee
as Horace Trundle
as Mr. Jordan
as Gus Eisman
as Tavern Keeper
as 'Howdy' Jones
as Herman Schultz
as Perkins
as O'Dowd
as Count Pasada
as Michael Poole
as Aubrey Piper
as Bunny West
as Ned Brewster
as James Allen
as Hugo Niles
as Buck
as Al Hennessey
as Smike
as Jacob Hoogenduck
as Tricaud
as Emile Pompaneau
as Juror
as George Fitzgerald
as Paul Halvard
as Montreal Sammy
as 'Slapjack' Simms
as Ford Sterling
as Max Weil
as Rapkin
as Al Norton
as Squire Peachem
as Milton Robbin - Haberdasher
as Professor Yonson - the Dancing Master
as Heckler at Theatre
as Orchestra Leader
as Ford Sterling
as Kaiser Bill
as Reginald Scuttle - the Conniving Butler
as The Flirt
as Keystone Performer
as The District Attorney
as Gassy Gotrox - Tattletale
as Fight Spectator
as Peter P. Snitz - the Husband
as Spectator (uncredited)
as Sgt. Hofmeyer
as Band Leader
as Self
as Mr. Snookie, a Thief
as Suspicious John
as Schemer
as Chief Tehiezel
as The Husband
as Oil Well Buyer
as Sgt. Cohen
as The Villain
as Papa
as Egbert Throckmorton
as Actor / Onscreen Villain
as Mr. Fickle
as The Constable
as (uncredited) (unconfirmed)
as Neighbor's Husband
as The Bandit
as Louis - the Chef
as The Villain
as Professor Smelts
as Perkins
as The Landlord
as The Police Chief
as Krause - the Bridegroom
as Meyer
as The Police Chief
as George
as Hoffmeyer
as The Magician
as Black, another suitor
as The Married Flirt
as Grocery Clerk
as Captain Warner
as Schultz
as Mack's Father
as Cohen
as Landlord