Harry A. Pollard

{{Short description|Actor, film director, screenwriter}} {{Use dmy dates|date=February 2020}} {{Infobox person | name = Harry Adolphus Pollard | image = Harry-A-Pollard.jpg | image_size = 170px | alt = | caption = Pollard in 1914 | birth_date = {{Birth date|df=yes|1879|01|23}} | birth_place = [[Republic, Kansas]], U.S. | death_date = {{Death date and age|df=yes|1934|07|6|1879|01|23}} | death_place = [[Pasadena, California|Pasadena]], [[California]], U.S. | other_names = | occupation = | years_active = 1912–1932 | spouse = [[Margarita Fischer]] (m.1911) }} '''Harry Adolphus Pollard''' (23 January 1879 – 6 July 1934) was an American [[silent film]] [[actor]] and [[Film director|director]]. His wife was silent screen star [[Margarita Fischer]].

==Biography== Harry Adolphus Pollard was born in Republic, Kansas, and began his career on the stage. In 1912 he joined the [[Selig Polyscope Company]] and starred in many of its motion pictures. He began directing films in 1913, and eventually stopped performing. His wife was actress [[Margarita Fischer]], who starred in many of his films.<ref name="Katz">{{cite book|last=Katz |first=Ephraim |authorlink=Ephraim Katz |editor1-last=Klein |editor1-first=Fred |editor2-last=Nolen |editor2-first=Ronald Dean |title=The Film Encyclopedia|publisher=HarperPerennial |location=New York |year=1998 |edition=3rd|page=1097 |isbn=0-06-273492-X}}</ref>

Pollard died in Pasadena, California, on 6 July 1934, aged 55, after a brief illness.<ref>{{cite news |date=7 July 1934 |title=Harry Pollard |url=https://query.nytimes.com/gst/abstract.html?res=9A00E1D7123CE23ABC4F53DFB166838F629EDE&legacy=true |newspaper=[[The New York Times]] |access-date=2016-09-23 }}</ref>

==Select filmography== {{multiple image  | align = right | direction = vertical | width = 260  | image1 = Harry A Pollard - Mar 1921 Photoplay.jpg | alt1 = | caption1 = Director Pollard on a lunch break, 1921  | image2 =Poker Faces lobby card.JPG | alt2 = | caption2 = [[Lobby card]] for ''[[Poker Faces]]'' (1926)  | image3 =When A Fellow Needs A Friend poster.jpg | alt3 = | caption3 = Poster for ''[[When a Feller Needs a Friend]]'' (1932) }}

===Actor=== * ''On the Shore'' (1912)<ref name="Katz"/> * ''[[The Worth of a Man]]'' (1912) * ''[[Jim's Atonement]]'' (1912) * ''[[Nothing Shall Be Hidden]]'' (1912) * ''[[Hearts in Conflict]]'' (1912) * ''Uncle Tom's Cabin'' (1913)<ref name="Katz"/> * ''The Peacock Feather Fan'' (1914)<ref name="Katz"/> * ''[[Susie's New Shoes]]'' (1914) * ''The Quest'' (1914)<ref name="Katz"/> * ''[[Infatuation (1915 film)|Infatuation]]'' (1915)<ref name="Katz"/> * ''The Pearl of Paradise'' (1916)<ref name="Katz"/>

===Director=== * ''The Peacock Feather Fan'' (1914)<ref name="Katz"/> * ''Motherhood'' (1914)<ref name="Katz"/> * ''The Quest'' (1914)<ref name="Katz"/> * ''[[Break, Break, Break (movie)|Break, Break, Break]]'' ([[1914 in film|1914]]) * ''The Girl from His Town'' (1915)<ref name="Katz"/> * ''[[Infatuation (1915 film)|Infatuation]]'' (1915)<ref name="Katz"/> * ''The Miracle of Life'' (1915)<ref name="Katz"/> * ''The Dragon'' (1916)<ref name="Katz"/> * ''The Pearl of Paradise'' (1916)<ref name="Katz"/> * ''[[The Devil's Assistant (1917 film)|The Devil's Assistant]]'' (1917)<ref name="Katz"/> * ''The Girl Who Couldn't Grow Up'' (1917)<ref name="Katz"/> * ''[[The Danger Game (film)|The Danger Game]]'' (1918)<ref name="Katz"/> * ''[[Which Woman?]]'' ([[1918 in film|1918]]) * ''[[The Invisible Ray (1920 serial)|The Invisible Ray]]'' ([[1920 in film|1920]]) * ''[[Trimmed]]'' (1922)<ref name="Katz"/> * ''[[The Loaded Door]]'' ([[1922 in film|1922]])<ref name="Katz"/> * ''[[Confidence (1922 film)|Confidence]]'' (1922)<ref name="Katz"/> * ''[[Trifling with Honor]]'' (1923)<ref name="Katz"/> * ''[[Sporting Youth]]'' (1924)<ref name="Katz"/> * ''[[The Reckless Age]]'' (1924)<ref name="Katz"/> * ''[[K – The Unknown]]'' (1924)<ref name="Katz"/> * ''[[Oh Doctor! (1925 film)|Oh Doctor!]]'' (1925)<ref name="Katz"/> * ''[[I'll Show You the Town]]'' (1925)<ref name="Katz"/> * ''[[California Straight Ahead (1925 film)|California Straight Ahead]]'' (1925)<ref name="Katz"/> * ''[[The Cohens and Kellys]]'' ([[1926 in film|1926]]) * ''[[Poker Faces]]'' (1926)<ref name="Katz"/> * ''[[Uncle Tom's Cabin (1927 film)|Uncle Tom's Cabin]]'' ([[1927 in film|1927]])<ref name="Katz"/> * ''[[Show Boat (1929 film)|Show Boat]]'' ([[1929 in film|1929]])<ref name="Katz"/> * ''Tonight at Twelve'' (1929)<ref name="Katz"/> * ''[[Undertow (1930 film)|Undertow]]'' (1930)<ref name="Katz"/> * ''[[Shipmates (film)|Shipmates]]'' (1931)<ref name="Katz"/> * ''[[The Prodigal (1931 film)|The Prodigal]]'' (1931)<ref name="Katz"/> * ''[[When a Feller Needs a Friend]]'' (1932)<ref name="Katz"/> * ''[[Fast Life (1932 film)|Fast Life]]'' (1932)<ref name="Katz"/>

==References== {{reflist}}

==External links== * {{Commons category-inline|Harry A. Pollard}} * {{Wikisource author-inline}} * [http://specialcollections.wichita.edu/collections/ms/81-05/81-5-A.HTML Harry Pollard Papers] at [[Wichita State University]] * {{IMDb name|id=0689471|name=Harry A. Pollard}} * {{Find a Grave|19785}}

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