Hilliard Karr Explained

Hilliard Karr (1899 – 1945) was an American comedic actor. He appeared in a series of short films with fellow heavyweights Frank Alexander and Bill "Kewpie" Ross (Ton of Fun).^[1]

Scenes from the Tons of Fun episode Heavy Love were used on an episode of The Funny Manns.

Partial filmography

• Fool Days (1921)
• Ain't Love Grand? (1921), part of the Sunshine Comedies series
• A Small Town Hero (1922)
• Human Hearts (1922)
• Big Stakes (1922)
• A Family Row (1924)
• What an Eye (1924) a haunted house comedy for Universal Pictures^[2]
• A Rough Party (1925)^[3]
• Three Wise Goofs (1925)^[4]
• Tailoring (1925)
• The Circus Cyclone (1925)
• The Heavy Parade (1926)
• Three of a Kind (1926)
• Oh, What a Night! (1926)^[5]
• Backfire (1926)
• Heavy Love (1926)
• Old Tin Sides (1927)
• Campus Romeos, (1927)
• How High is Up (1927)
• Three Missing Links (1927)
• You're Next (1927)^[6]
• Standing Pat (1928)

Notes and References

1. Book: Roots, James. The 100 Greatest Silent Film Comedians. October 23, 2014. Rowman & Littlefield. 9781442236509. Google Books.
2. Workman, Christopher; Howarth, Troy (2016). "Tome of Terror: Horror Films of the Silent Era". Midnight Marquee Press. p. 282. .
3. Web site: A Rough Party, poster, US poster, from left: Constance Darling,.... Getty Images.
4. Web site: AFI|Catalog. catalog.afi.com.
5. Web site: Hilliard Karr. https://web.archive.org/web/20191007215636/https://www.bfi.org.uk/films-tv-people/4ce2bd1a7c048. dead. October 7, 2019. BFI.
6. Web site: You're Next, poster, US poster art, Hilliard Karr, Kewpie Ross, Frank.... Getty Images.