Slim Summerville

Known for

Acting

Born

July 9, 1892

Birthplace

Albuquerque, New Mexico, USA

Died

January 5, 1946 (aged 53)

Biography

Slim Summerville (born George Joseph Somerville; July 10, 1892 – January 5, 1946) was an American film actor and director best known for his work in comedies.

Best known work

All Quiet on the Western Front

1930

Jesse James

1939

The Front Page

1931

Western Union

1941

Tillie's Punctured Romance

1914

Laughing Gas

1914

Tobacco Road

1941

Those Love Pangs

1914

The Knockout

1914

Dough and Dynamite

1914

Filmography

1981
The Muppets Go to the Movies
as Keystone Kop (archive footage) (uncredited)
1947
The Way of the World
as Patient (Archive Footage)
1946
The Hoodlum Saint
as Eel
1945
Sing Me a Song of Texas
as Happy
1944
I'm from Arkansas
as Juniper Jenkins
1944
Swing in the Saddle
as Northup 'Slim' Bayliss
1944
Bride by Mistake
as Samuel
1944
Bachelor Daze
as Slim Winters
1943
Garden of Eatin'
as Slim
1943
Happy Times and Jolly Moments
as (archive footage)
1942
The Valley of Vanishing Men
as Missouri Benson
1941
Miss Polly
as Slim Wilkins
1941
Uncle Joe
as Joe Butterfield
1941
Niagara Falls
as Sam Sawyer
1941
Highway West
as Gramps Abbott
1941
Puddin' Head
as Uncle Lem Goober
1941
Western Union
as Herman, called "Cookie"
1941
Tobacco Road
as Henry Peabody
1940
Gold Rush Maisie
as Fred Gubbins
1940
Anne of Windy Poplars
as Jabez Monkman
1939
Henry Goes Arizona
as Sheriff Parton
1939
Charlie Chan in Reno
as Sheriff Tombstone Fletcher
1939
Winner Take All
as Mike Muldoon
1939
Jesse James
as Jailer
1938
Up the River
as Slim Nelson