Acting

Heinie Conklin

Born July 16, 1880 · San Francisco, California, USA

Died July 30, 1959 · aged 79

Heinie Conklin (born Charles John Conklin; July 16, 1880 – July 30, 1959) was an American actor and comedian whose career began in the silent film era.

Known For

The Gold Rush

The Gold Rush · 1925

MovieAdventureComedy

A gold prospector in Alaska struggles to survive the elements and win the heart of a dance hall girl.

Modern Times

Modern Times · 1936

MovieComedyDrama

A bumbling tramp desires to build a home with a young woman, yet is thwarted time and time again by his lack of experience and habit of being in the wrong place at the wrong time...

Baby Face

Baby Face · 1933

A young woman uses her body and her sexuality to help her climb the social ladder, but soon begins to wonder if her new status will ever bring her happiness.

All Quiet on the Western Front

All Quiet on the Western Front · 1930

All Quiet on the Western Front

When a group of idealistic young men join the German Army during the Great War, they are assigned to the Western Front, where their patriotism is destroyed by the harsh realities of combat.

Monkey Business

Monkey Business · 1952

Monkey Business

MovieComedyScience Fiction

Research chemist Barnaby Fulton works on a fountain of youth pill for a chemical company. One of the labs chimps gets loose in the laboratory and mixes chemicals, but then pours the mix into the water cooler. When trying one of his own samples, washed down with water from the cooler, Fulton begins to act just like a twenty-year-old and believes his potion is working. Soon his wife and boss are also behaving like children.

The Best Years of Our Lives

The Best Years of Our Lives · 1946

The Best Years of Our Lives

MovieDramaRomance

It's the hope that sustains the spirit of every GI: the dream of the day when he will finally return home. For three WWII veterans, the day has arrived. But for each man, the dream is about to become a nightmare.

A Star Is Born

A Star Is Born · 1954

MovieDramaMusic

A movie star helps a young singer-actress find fame, even as age and alcoholism send his own career into a downward spiral.

Flaming Feather

Flaming Feather · 1952

Flaming Feather

A mysterious outlaw known as the Sidewinder, phantom leader of renegade Ute Indians, terrorizes the people of the Arizona Territory in the 1870s. When rancher Tex McCloud has his place burned out, he vows to find and kill the Sidewinder.

Filmography

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The Gold Rush

The Gold Rush · 1925

MovieAdventureComedy

A gold prospector in Alaska struggles to survive the elements and win the heart of a dance hall girl.

Prospector (uncredited)

Modern Times

Modern Times · 1936

MovieComedyDrama

A bumbling tramp desires to build a home with a young woman, yet is thwarted time and time again by his lack of experience and habit of being in the wrong place at the wrong time...

Assembly Line Worker Next to Big Bill (uncredited)

Baby Face

Baby Face · 1933

A young woman uses her body and her sexuality to help her climb the social ladder, but soon begins to wonder if her new status will ever bring her happiness.

Speakeasy Waiter (uncredited)

All Quiet on the Western Front

All Quiet on the Western Front · 1930

All Quiet on the Western Front

When a group of idealistic young men join the German Army during the Great War, they are assigned to the Western Front, where their patriotism is destroyed by the harsh realities of combat.

Joseph Hammacher (uncredited)

Monkey Business

Monkey Business · 1952

Monkey Business

MovieComedyScience Fiction

Research chemist Barnaby Fulton works on a fountain of youth pill for a chemical company. One of the labs chimps gets loose in the laboratory and mixes chemicals, but then pours the mix into the water cooler. When trying one of his own samples, washed down with water from the cooler, Fulton begins to act just like a twenty-year-old and believes his potion is working. Soon his wife and boss are also behaving like children.

House Painter (uncredited)

The Best Years of Our Lives

The Best Years of Our Lives · 1946

The Best Years of Our Lives

MovieDramaRomance

It's the hope that sustains the spirit of every GI: the dream of the day when he will finally return home. For three WWII veterans, the day has arrived. But for each man, the dream is about to become a nightmare.

Customer (uncredited)

A Star Is Born

A Star Is Born · 1954

MovieDramaMusic

A movie star helps a young singer-actress find fame, even as age and alcoholism send his own career into a downward spiral.

Benefit Comedy Team Member (uncredited)

Flaming Feather

Flaming Feather · 1952

Flaming Feather

A mysterious outlaw known as the Sidewinder, phantom leader of renegade Ute Indians, terrorizes the people of the Arizona Territory in the 1870s. When rancher Tex McCloud has his place burned out, he vows to find and kill the Sidewinder.

Broken Arrow

Broken Arrow · 1950

MovieWesternDrama

Indian scout Tom Jeffords is sent out to stem the war between the American settlers and Apaches in the late 1870s Arizona. He learns that the Indians kill only to protect themselves, or out of retaliation for white atrocities.

Townsman (uncredited)

A Double Life

A Double Life · 1947

MovieDramaThriller

A Shakespearian actor starring as Othello opposite his wife finds the character's jealous rage taking over his mind off-stage.

Second Bartender (uncredited)

The Set-Up

The Set-Up · 1949

MovieDramaCrime

Expecting the usual loss, a boxing manager takes bribes from a betting gangster without telling his fighter.

Fight Spectator (uncredited)

After the Thin Man

After the Thin Man · 1936

After the Thin Man

MovieComedyMystery

After returning to San Francisco, Nick and Nora Charles are drawn into the disappearance of Nora’s cousin’s husband. When he is found murdered, suspicion falls on the troubled family, and Nick reluctantly resumes his detective work. With Nora eagerly at his side, the pair follows a trail of jealousy, blackmail, secret relationships, and long-buried family scandals.

Trainman (uncredited)

The Lady Gambles

The Lady Gambles · 1949

The Lady Gambles

When Joan Boothe accompanies husband-reporter David to Las Vegas, she begins gambling to pass the time while he is doing a story. Encouraged by the casino manager, she gets hooked on gambling, to the point where she "borrows" David's expense money to pursue her addiction. This finally breaks up their marriage, but David continues trying to help her.

Joe - Gambler (uncredited)

Broken Lance

Broken Lance · 1954

MovieAdventureDrama

Tensions erupt within an Arizona cattle baron's household when his three sons vie for control of the ranch.

Man in Courtroom Hall (uncredited)

The Circus

The Circus · 1928

MovieComedyDrama

Charlie, a wandering tramp, becomes a circus handyman - soon the star of the show - and falls in love with the circus owner's stepdaughter.

Clown (uncredited)

The Pride of the Yankees

The Pride of the Yankees · 1942

The Pride of the Yankees

MovieDramaFamily

The story of the life and career of the baseball hall of famer, Lou Gehrig.

Wallpaper Hanger (uncredited)

Neptune's Daughter

Neptune's Daughter · 1949

Neptune's Daughter

MovieComedyRomance

Scatterbrained Betty Barrett mistakes masseur Jack Spratt for Jose O'Rourke, the captain of the South American polo team. Spratt goes along with the charade, but the situation becomes more complicated when they fall in love. Meanwhile, Betty's sensible older sister Eve fears Betty's heart will be broken when Jose returns to South America. She arranges to meet with the real O'Rourke and love soon blossoms between them as well.

Groom (uncredited)

The Gunfighter

The Gunfighter · 1950

The fastest gun in the West tries to escape his reputation.

Townsman at Funeral (uncredited)

Broadway Bill

Broadway Bill · 1934

MovieComedyDrama

Tycoon J.L. Higgins controls his whole family, but one of his sons-in-law, Dan Brooks, and his daughter Alice are fed up with that. Brooks quits his job as manager of J.L.'s paper box factory and devotes his life to his racing horse Broadway Bill, but his bankroll is thin and the luck is against him. He is arrested because of $150 he owes somebody for horse food, but suddenly a planned fraud by somebody else seems to offer him a chance...

Bettor on Broadway Bill (uncredited)

Pickup on South Street

Pickup on South Street · 1953

Pickup on South Street

MovieThrillerCrime

In New York City, an insolent pickpocket, Skip McCoy, inadvertently sets off a chain of events when he targets ex-prostitute Candy and steals her wallet. Unaware that she has been making deliveries of highly classified information to the communists, Candy, who has been trailed by FBI agents for months in hopes of nabbing the spy ringleader, is sent by her ex-boyfriend, Joey, to find Skip and retrieve the valuable microfilm he now holds.

Subway Passenger (uncredited)

Riders of Destiny

Riders of Destiny · 1933

Riders of Destiny

MovieActionWestern

James Kincaid controls the local water supply and plans to do away with the other ranchers. Government agent Sandy Saunders arrives undercover to investigate Kincaid's land swindle scheme, and win the heart of one of his victims, Fay Denton.

Elmer - Henchman

Here Comes Mr. Jordan

Here Comes Mr. Jordan · 1941

Here Comes Mr. Jordan

MovieComedyFantasy

Boxer Joe Pendleton, flying to his next fight, crashes...because a Heavenly Messenger, new on the job, snatched Joe's spirit prematurely from his body. Before the matter can be rectified, Joe's body is cremated; so the celestial Mr. Jordan grants him the use of the body of wealthy Bruce Farnsworth, who's just been murdered by his wife. Joe tries to remake Farnsworth's unworthy life in his own clean-cut image, but then falls in love; and what about that murderous wife?

Reporter (uncredited)

Honky Tonk

Honky Tonk · 1941

MovieWesternDrama

Fast-talking con-man and grifter Candy Johnson rises to be the corrupt boss of Yellow Creek, but his wife's alcoholic father tries to set things right.

Dental Patient (uncredited)

Christmas Holiday

Christmas Holiday · 1944

Christmas Holiday

MovieCrimeDrama

A young femme fatale realizes that the man she married is an incorrigible wastrel.

Jury Member (uncredited)