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Roland Totheroh

Born November 29, 1890 · San Francisco, California, USA

Died June 18, 1967 · aged 76

No biography available.

Known For

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...

The Great Dictator · 1940

The Great Dictator

★ 8.31940

MovieComedyWar

Dictator Adenoid Hynkel tries to expand his empire while a poor Jewish barber tries to avoid persecution from Hynkel's regime.

A tramp cares for a boy after he's abandoned as a newborn by his mother. Later the mother has a change of heart and aches to be reunited with her son.

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

A tramp falls in love with a beautiful blind flower girl. His on-and-off friendship with a wealthy man allows him to be the girl's benefactor and suitor.

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

Monsieur Verdoux · 1947

Monsieur Verdoux

★ 7.71947

MovieComedyCrime

The film is about an unemployed banker, Henri Verdoux, and his sociopathic methods of attaining income. While being both loyal and competent in his work, Verdoux has been laid-off. To make money for his wife and child, he marries wealthy widows and then murders them. His crime spree eventually works against him when two particular widows break his normal routine.

A fading music hall comedian tries to help a despondent ballet dancer learn to walk and to again feel confident about life.

Filmography

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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...

Director of Photography

The Great Dictator · 1940

The Great Dictator

★ 8.31940

MovieComedyWar

Dictator Adenoid Hynkel tries to expand his empire while a poor Jewish barber tries to avoid persecution from Hynkel's regime.

Director of Photography

A tramp cares for a boy after he's abandoned as a newborn by his mother. Later the mother has a change of heart and aches to be reunited with her son.

Director of Photography

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

Director of Photography

A tramp falls in love with a beautiful blind flower girl. His on-and-off friendship with a wealthy man allows him to be the girl's benefactor and suitor.

Director of Photography

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

Director of Photography

Monsieur Verdoux · 1947

Monsieur Verdoux

★ 7.71947

MovieComedyCrime

Director of Photography

A fading music hall comedian tries to help a despondent ballet dancer learn to walk and to again feel confident about life.

Camera Supervisor

The Tramp and his dog companion struggle to survive in the inner city.

Director of Photography

A derelict, huddled under the steps of a missionary church, feels enlightened by the sermon of a passionate preacher and infatuated by the beauty of the congregation's pianist, in such a way that he tries to improve his life of poverty by becoming a policeman. His first assignment will be to patrol along Easy Street, the turf of a vicious bully and his criminal gang.

Director of Photography

An American doughboy, stationed in France during the Great War, goes on a daring mission behind enemy lines and becomes a hero.

Director of Photography

The Idle Class · 1921

The Idle Class

★ 6.81921

MovieComedy

At an upper class golf resort, a tramp discovers he's the lookalike of a rich man with a beautiful, unhappy wife.

Director of Photography

The Making of Broncho Billy · 1913

The Making of Broncho Billy

★ 5.01913

MovieWestern

Broncho Billy runs into trouble in a bar when he gets into a confrontation with a bully. Since the bully has a gun and Billy doesn't, he's forced to endure the bully's humiliating tactics until he manages to get away. He determines to find himself a gun, learn how to use it and then go back and find the bully for a little payback.

The Tramp is an escaped convict who is mistaken as a pastor in a small town church.

Director of Photography

A drunken homeowner has a difficult time getting about in his home after arriving home late at night.

Director of Photography

A bricklayer and his wife clash over his end-of-the-week partying.

Director of Photography

A European immigrant endures a challenging voyage only to get into trouble as soon as he arrives in New York.

Director of Photography

A tailor's apprentice burns Count Broko's clothes while ironing them and the tailor fires him. Later, the tailor discovers a note explaining that the count cannot attend a dance party, so he dresses as such to take his place; but the apprentice has also gone to the mansion where the party is celebrated and bumps into the tailor in disguise…

Director of Photography

The Adventurer · 1917

The Adventurer

★ 6.91917

MovieComedyAdventure

The daring convict no. 23, known as The Eel, escapes from prison and, after mocking his inept persecutors, saves the lives of three people in peril: a beautiful girl, her mother and an annoying suitor, only to get exhausted and almost drowned. Once he regains his strength at Judge Brown's home, he participates on an upper-class social party where he competes with the suitor for the favors of the charming Miss Brown. But prison guards are still after him…

Director of Photography

A Burlesque on Carmen · 1915

A Burlesque on Carmen

★ 5.81915

MovieComedy

A gypsy seductress is sent to sway a goofy officer to allow a smuggling run.

Director of Photography

After amusements working in a restaurant, a waiter uses his lunch break to go roller skating.

Director of Photography

An alcoholic checks into a health spa and his antics promptly throw the establishment into chaos.

Director of Photography

A pawnbroker's assistant deals with his grumpy boss, his annoying co-worker and some eccentric customers as he flirts with the pawnbroker's daughter, until a perfidious crook with bad intentions arrives at the pawnshop.

Director of Photography

A Night in the Show · 1915

A Night in the Show

★ 6.21915

MovieComedy

Two disruptive theater patrons, the wealthy drunk Mr. Pest (played by Charlie Chaplin) and the rowdy working-class Mr. Rowdy (also played by Chaplin), attend a live vaudeville theater production. Their constant antics, seat-hopping, and physical altercations quickly overshadow the acts on stage and plunge the entire theater into absolutely hilarious chaos.

Director of Photography