Slim Summerville
Acting
Biography
Slim Summerville (born George Joseph Somerville; July 10, 1892 – January 5, 1946) was an American film actor and director best known for his work in comedies.
Born: July 9, 1892
Place of Birth: Albuquerque, New Mexico, USA
Known For
Free Love
A wife's psychiatrist tells her that she is being dominated by her husband. Her solution is to divorce him.
All Quiet on the Western Front
When a group of idealistic young men join the German Army during the Great War, they are assigned to the Western Front, where their patriotism is destroyed by the harsh realities of combat.
Troopers Three
Eddie Haskins, a wisecracking young man, teams up with two ham-acrobats known as 'Bugs & Sunny', and ,when they are all kicked out of a vaudeville theater in California, they enlist in the U. S. Cavalry. Eddie falls in love with Dorothy Clark, the daughter of a sergeant and, following a moonlight tryst, they are discovered by Sergeant Hank Darby who himself is in love with Dorothy. They have a fist-fight in which Eddie comes out second best. When Darby is reprimanded for fighting with an enlisted man, the troopers incorrectly think that Eddie squealed on him, and they punish him with a conspiracy of silence. Dorothy also rejects him. Eddie has a problem. Maybe a fire will break out in the stables and he can rescue Sergeant Darby.
Niagara Falls
The nosy antics of a honeymooner puts an unwed couple in the same room.
Rebecca of Sunnybrook Farm
Rebecca's Uncle Harry leaves her with Aunt Miranda who forbids her to associate with show people. But neighbor Anthony Kent is a talent scout who secretly set it up for her to broadcast.
Captain January
A little girl named Star lives with a lighthouse keeper who rescued her when her parents drowned. A truant officer decides she should go to boarding school but she's rescued by relatives.
The Last Warning
A producer decides to reopen a theater, that had been closed five years previously when one of the actors was murdered during a performance, by staging a production of the same play with the remaining members of the original cast.
Tobacco Road
Shiftless Jeeter Lester and his family of sharecroppers live in rural Georgia where their ancestors were once wealthy planters. Their slapstick existence is threatened by a bank's plans to take over the land for more profitable farming.
Submarine Patrol
A naval officer is demoted for negligence and put in command of a run-down submarine chaser with a motley crew.
The Beloved Rogue
François Villon, in his lifetime the most renowned poet in France, is also a prankster, an occasional criminal, and an ardent patriot.
Filmography
as Patient (Archive Footage)
as Eel
as Happy
as Juniper Jenkins
as Northup 'Slim' Bayliss
as Samuel
as (archive footage)
as Missouri Benson
as Slim Wilkins
as Joe Butterfield
as Sam Sawyer
as Gramps Abbott
as Uncle Lem Goober
as Herman, called "Cookie"
as Henry Peabody
as Fred Gubbins
as Jabez Monkman
as Sheriff Parton
as Sheriff Tombstone Fletcher
as Mike Muldoon
as Jailer
as Slim Nelson
as Ellsworth 'Spuds' Fickett, cook
as Constable Jim Ogden
as Hank Hatfield
as Homer Busby
as Ed Henry
as Tjaden
as Judge Hart
as Uncle George
as Jim Ogden
as Robert E. Lee Gurgle
as Uncle Ben Jolly
as Slats Magee
as Captain Nazro
as Constable Jim Ogden
as Constable Seth Holcomb
as Fortune Friendly
as T. Watterson Meriwether
as Bill Ambrose (as 'Slim' Summerville)
as Henry Whipple
as John Horner
as Slim Perkins
as Ronald Colgate
as Sam Sutton
as 'Slim' McCune
as Elmer (Slim) Whitman
as Slim
as Jasper Jones
as Merchant
as Pincus
as Sam
as Hopkins
as Gas Inspector
as Slim
as Swede
as Slapjack Simms
as Sunshine
as Hicks
as Tjaden
as Automobile Owner ('Springtime') / Rear End of Horse / Charles
as 'Sunny'
as Heine
as Newt
as Robin Hood
as Midway Photographer (uncredited)
as High-Pockets
as Slim
as Slim
as Tommy Wall
as Prospector
as Beanpole
as Spike Doolin
as Jehan
as Slim Jones (as George Summerville)
as Swede
as Ringmaster
as A Cop
as The Landlady's Son
as Gang Leader Rival - Who Had Objections
as Black Pete - the Leading Scoundrel
as Counter Attendant
as The Dog Catcher
as Mr. Hawk - a Boarder
as Minor Role
as The Cafe Proprietor
as The Police Chief
as Striking Carpenter
as A Bill Poster
as Harold - the Groom
as The Park Girl's Boyfriend
as Waiter / Audience Member (uncredited)
as Bartender
as The Janitor
as Keystone Kop / Guest in Restaurant (uncredited)
as Cop (uncredited)
as Café Patron
as Dancing Cafe Patron (uncredited)
as 2nd Model
as Spectator (uncredited)
as Striking Baker
as Movie Patron (uncredited)
as Villager
as Cop
as Man in Second Row Audience (uncredited)
as Patient
as Policeman
as Spectator (uncredited)
as Cop (uncredited)