Bobby Vernon

Bobby Vernon

ActorWriterDirector
Born
March 9, 1897
Died
June 28, 1939
Awards
1 wins, 1 nominations

Bobby Vernon was born in the U.S. in 1897, was trained in Vaudeville and became a talented comic in the silent era. He began working in 1913, appearing in Lon Chaney's Almost an Actress (1913) and later worked for Mack Sennett, who teamed him up with young Gloria Swanson in 9 comedies between 1916…

Biography

Bobby Vernon was born in the U.S. in 1897, was trained in Vaudeville and became a talented comic in the silent era. He began working in 1913, appearing in Lon Chaney's Almost an Actress (1913) and later worked for Mack Sennett, who teamed him up with young Gloria Swanson in 9 comedies between 1916 and 1917, most memorably in Teddy at the Throttle (1917), which also co-starred Wallace Beery, Gloria Swanson's husband, off-screen.

When the sound era arrived, he starred in three more films and retired to be a writer and comedy supervisor at Paramount for W.C. Fields and Bing Crosby.

Writer

TyphoonTyphoon(1940)
Geronimo!Geronimo!(1939)
College HolidayCollege Holiday(1936)
PoppyPoppy(1936)
Give Us This NightGive Us This Night(1936)

Actor

Ship A Hooey!(1932)
Make Me a StarMake Me a Star(1932)as Peewee - Baird's Assistant
He's a HoneyHe's a Honey(1932)
The Great Junction HotelThe Great Junction Hotel(1931)as The Bell Hop
Caught PlasteredCaught Plastered(1931)as Inebriated drugstore customer

Self

The Voice of Hollywood No. 3The Voice of Hollywood No. 3(1930)as Self
The Voice of Hollywood No. 3(1930)as Self, Hollywood Breakfast Club Inductee
Screen Snapshots, Series 3, No. 23(1923)as Self
Screen Snapshots, Series 1, No. 7(1920)as Self

Archive Footage

Slapstick Encyclopedia, Vol. 7: the Race is on!(1998)
Horen Zien ZwijgenHoren Zien Zwijgen(1976)as Various
Männer ohne NervenMänner ohne Nerven(1975)as Various
Väter der KlamotteVäter der Klamotte(1973)as Various
When Comedy Was KingWhen Comedy Was King(1960)as edited from 'Teddy at the Throttle'

Known for

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Credit Score: Bobby Vernon

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Mon Jan 01 1923
#NameScoreYearWinNomKnown★WinsNomsVotes
1Bulldog Drummond2.501923•7.00042
2Sheer Luck1.631931•0.0000

Photos 22

Gloria Swanson and Bobby Vernon in The Sultan's Wife (1917)Gloria Swanson and Bobby Vernon in Whose Baby? (1917)Jack Duffy and Bobby Vernon in Dummy Love (1926)William Irving and Bobby Vernon in Wife Shy (1926)Max Asher, Louise Fazenda, Gale Henry, and Bobby Vernon in Love, Roses and Trousers (1914)Max Asher, Louise Fazenda, and Bobby Vernon in Captain Kidd's Priceless Treasure (1914)