Gus Leonard
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| Born | February 4, 1859 Marseilles, France |
| Died | March 27, 1939 (aged 80) |
| Other names | Pop Leonard |
| Occupation | Actor |
| Years active | 1916-1937 |
Gus "Pop" Leonard (February 4, 1859 – March 27, 1939) was an American film actor.
Biography
[edit]The French-born actor began his long career on the stage in San Francisco, California, while he was still a child in the 1860s. In later years, he specialised in a drunken waiter act in vaudeville.
Leonard started his film career in 1915[1] and mostly played supporting roles in slapstick comedies. He appeared in nearly 190 films between 1916 and 1937. He appeared in the Our Gang comedies: Mush and Milk, Teacher's Beau and The Lucky Corner. Leonard died of a cerebral hemorrhage[1] in Los Angeles, California on March 27, 1939, aged 80.
Partial filmography
[edit]- The Big Idea (1917)
- Step Lively (1917)
- Bashful (1917)
- Move On (1917)
- We Never Sleep (1917)
- All Aboard (1917)
- The Flirt (1917)
- Love, Laughs and Lather (1917)
- Rainbow Island (1917)
- Bliss (1917)
- By the Sad Sea Waves (1917)
- Pinched (1917)
- Lonesome Luke Loses Patients (1917)
- Over the Fence (1917)
- Lonesome Luke's Wild Women (1917)
- Lonesome Luke, Mechanic (1917)
- Lonesome Luke, Messenger (1917)
- Stop! Luke! Listen! (1917)
- Lonesome Luke, Plumber (1917)
- Lonesome Luke on Tin Can Alley (1917)
- Lonesome Luke's Lively Life (1917)
- Luke Wins Ye Ladye Faire (1917)
- Lonesome Luke, Lawyer (1917)
- Luke's Trolley Troubles (1917)
- No Place Like Jail (1918)
- That's Him (1918)
- An Ozark Romance (1918)
- Are Crooks Dishonest? (1918)
- Somewhere in Turkey (1918)
- Sic 'Em, Towser (1918)
- The City Slicker (1918)
- Fireman Save My Child (1918)
- Two-Gun Gussie (1918)
- The Non-Stop Kid (1918)
- Follow the Crowd (1918)
- On the Jump (1918)
- Let's Go (1918)
- Here Come the Girls (1918)
- Look Pleasant, Please (1918)
- Beat It (1918)
- Hit Him Again (1918)
- The Lamb (1918)
- The Tip (1918)
- From Hand to Mouth (1919)
- Bumping Into Broadway (1919)
- His Only Father (1919)
- Pay Your Dues (1919)
- Count the Votes (1919)
- Soft Money (1919)
- Don't Shove (1919)
- A Jazzed Honeymoon (1919)
- At the Old Stage Door (1919)
- Just Neighbors (1919)
- Spring Fever (1919)
- Off the Trolley (1919)
- Swat the Crook (1919)
- Pistols for Breakfast (1919)
- The Marathon (1919)
- A Sammy In Siberia (1919)
- Hoots Mon! (1919)
- Going! Going! Gone! (1919)
- Do You Love Your Wife? (1919)
- His Royal Slyness (1920)
- Commencement Day (1920)
- Two Minutes to Go (1921)
- The Barnstormer (1922)
- Watch Your Step (1922)
- The Deuce of Spades (1922)
- Second Hand Love (1923)
- Her Reputation (1923)
- Go West (1925)
- East Lynne (1925)
- The Nickel-Hopper (1926)
- Exit Smiling (1926)
- Good Time Charley (1927)
- Coney Island (1928)
- Mush and Milk (1933)
- Sherman Said It (1933)
- Teacher's Beau (1935)
- The Lucky Corner (1936)
- The Petrified Forest (1936)
- Maytime (1937)
References
[edit]- ^ a b "Films' Original 'Ribber,' Gus Leonard, Dies at 81". Detroit Free Press. Michigan, Detroit. Associated Press. March 29, 1939. p. 13. Retrieved March 31, 2018 – via Newspapers.com.
External links
[edit]- Gus Leonard at IMDb
- Gus Leonard at AllMovie
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