Gus Leonard | |
Alias: | Pop Leonard |
Birth Date: | February 4, 1859 |
Birth Place: | Marseilles, France |
Death Place: | Los Angeles, California |
Yearsactive: | 1916-1937 |
Occupation: | Actor |
Gus "Pop" Leonard (February 4, 1859 - March 27, 1939) was an American film actor.
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 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.