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Loyal Underwood | |
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| Born | August 6, 1893 Rockford, Illinois |
| Died | September 30, 1966 (aged 73) Los Angeles, California |
Loyal Underwood (August 6, 1893 - September 30, 1966) was an American stock actor for Charlie Chaplin's film studio.
Born in 1893 in Rockford, Illinois, Underwood's movie debut was in The Count , a 1916 Chaplin short film created for the Mutual Film Corporation. Underwood is uncredited as he was for the four other Mutual shorts in which he appeared.
In 1918, Chaplin started work for First National and Loyal Underwood was on hand. He was credited and appeared in all seven First National Shorts which Chaplin directed.
Underwood was a short man. Next to the short Chaplin at 5 ft 5 in (165 cm), he appeared puny and weak. Hence, the comedy of a situation in which such a man is the antagonist; Chaplin's character routinely shrugged him off.
Between 1921 and 1927, Underwood appeared in several other lesser known films. In the next twenty years, he was again appearing uncredited in films, such as Arizona Bad Man , Let's Dance and The Paleface .
In 1928, Underwood worked as a writer and director at radio station KNX in Los Angeles. [1]
Underwood's final film was a credited role, albeit a small one, as a Street Musician in Chaplin's final American film Limelight in 1952.
Underwood died in Los Angeles on September 30, 1966, in Southern California, and is buried in the Sheltering Hills section at Forest Lawn - Hollywood Hills Cemetery in Los Angeles, California. He was 73. Decades after his death, he lies in a still-unmarked curbside grave.
| Year | Title | Role | Notes |
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| 1916 | The Count | Small Guest | Short, Uncredited |
| 1918 | A Dog's Life | Man in Dance Hall | Short, Uncredited |
| 1918 | Shoulder Arms | Short German Officer | |
| 1919 | Sunnyside | Fat Boy's Father | Short, Uncredited |
| 1919 | A Day's Pleasure | Angry Little Man in Street | Short, Uncredited |
| 1919 | The Professor | Flophouse Proprietor | Short, Uncredited |
| 1921 | The Man Who Woke Up | Writer | |
| 1921 | Lucky Carson | 'Runt' Sloan | |
| 1922 | Pay Day | Workman #3 | Short |
| 1922 | My American Wife | Danny O'Hare | |
| 1923 | The Pilgrim | Small Deacon | |
| 1924 | The Dixie Handicap | Losing Jones | |
| 1927 | Shootin' Irons | Blinky | |
| 1935 | Arizona Bad Man | Square Dance Caller | Uncredited |
| 1935 | Fighting Caballero | Musician | Uncredited |
| 1948 | Isn't It Romantic? | Townsman | Uncredited |
| 1948 | The Paleface | Bearded Character | Uncredited |
| 1950 | Let's Dance | Cowboy | Uncredited |
| 1951 | My Favorite Spy | Beggar | Uncredited |
| 1952 | Limelight | Street Musician | (final film role) |
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