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Bobby Vernon(1897-1939)

  • Actor
  • Writer
  • Director
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Bobby Vernon
Bobby Vernon was born in the U.S. in 1897, was trained in Vaudeville and became a talented comic in the silent era. He began working in 1913, appearing in Lon Chaney's Almost an Actress (1913) and later worked for Mack Sennett, who teamed him up with young Gloria Swanson in 9 comedies between 1916 and 1917, most memorably in Teddy at the Throttle (1917), which also co-starred Wallace Beery, Gloria Swanson's husband, off-screen.

When the sound era arrived, he starred in three more films and retired to be a writer and comedy supervisor at Paramount for W.C. Fields and Bing Crosby.
BornMarch 9, 1897
DiedJune 28, 1939(42)
BornMarch 9, 1897
DiedJune 28, 1939(42)
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  • Awards
    • 1 win

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Known for

For the Love of Fanny
5.8
Short
  • Director(as Robert Vernon)
  • 1931
Jackie Cooper, Addison Richards, and Jerome Storm in Lone Cowboy (1933)
Lone Cowboy
6.4
  • Writer
  • 1933
Bulldog Drummond (1922)
Bulldog Drummond
7.1
  • Actor
  • 1922
Bobby Vernon in 'Tis the Bull (1922)
'Tis the Bull
Short
  • Actor
  • 1922

Credits

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Actor

  • Ship A Hooey!
    5.0
    Short
    • 1932
  • Make Me a Star (1932)
    Make Me a Star
    6.5
    • Peewee - Baird's Assistant (uncredited)
    • 1932
  • Harry Barris, Eleanor Hunt, and Helen Mann in He's a Honey (1932)
    He's a Honey
    4.7
    Short
    • 1932
  • The Great Junction Hotel (1931)
    The Great Junction Hotel
    5.8
    Short
    • The Bell Hop
    • 1931
  • Bert Wheeler and Robert Woolsey in Caught Plastered (1931)
    Caught Plastered
    6.1
    • Inebriated drugstore customer (uncredited)
    • 1931
  • Dorothy Burgess, Bert Wheeler, and Robert Woolsey in Oh! Oh! Cleopatra (1931)
    Oh! Oh! Cleopatra
    6.8
    Short
    • Trumpet Blower (uncredited)
    • 1931
  • Lew Cody and Laura La Plante in Stout Hearts and Willing Hands (1931)
    Stout Hearts and Willing Hands
    6.7
    Short
    • Kop (as the Original Keystone Kops)
    • 1931
  • One Yard to Go
    4.6
    Short
    • Pat O'Brien
    • 1931
  • Sheer Luck
    5.7
    • Archibald Smith
    • 1931
  • Lorraine MacLean and Bobby Vernon in Footloose Wimmen (1929)
    Footloose Wimmen
    Short
    • 1929
  • William Blaisdell and Bobby Vernon in Sappy Service (1929)
    Sappy Service
    6.3
    Short
    • The process server
    • 1929
  • Turn Him Loose
    Short
    • 1929
  • Eddie Baker and Bobby Vernon in His Angel Child (1929)
    His Angel Child
    6.8
    Short
    • Jerry
    • 1929
  • Why Gorillas Leave Home (1929)
    Why Gorillas Leave Home
    Short
    • Bobby
    • 1929
  • Hot Sparks
    Short
    • 1928

Writer

  • Dorothy Lamour and Robert Preston in Typhoon (1940)
    Typhoon
    5.7
    • contributor to screenplay construction (uncredited)
    • 1940
  • Johnny Downs and Martha Raye in College Holiday (1936)
    College Holiday
    5.7
    • contributor to screenplay construction (uncredited)
    • 1936
  • W.C. Fields in Poppy (1936)
    Poppy
    6.7
    • contributor to screenplay construction (uncredited)
    • 1936
  • Gertrude Michael in Woman Trap (1936)
    Woman Trap
    6.3
    • contributor to special sequences (uncredited)
    • 1936
  • Give Us This Night (1936)
    Give Us This Night
    7.2
    • contributor to special sequences (uncredited)
    • 1936
  • Joan Bennett and Bing Crosby in Two for Tonight (1935)
    Two for Tonight
    6.2
    • contributor to special sequences (uncredited)
    • 1935
  • Tom Brown, Rosalind Keith, and Guy Standing in Annapolis Farewell (1935)
    Annapolis Farewell
    6.2
    • contributor to special sequences (uncredited)
    • 1935
  • Man on the Flying Trapeze (1935)
    Man on the Flying Trapeze
    7.5
    • contributor to special sequences (uncredited)
    • 1935
  • George Bancroft and Frances Fuller in Elmer and Elsie (1934)
    Elmer and Elsie
    6.4
    • contributor to special sequences (uncredited)
    • 1934
  • Jackie Cooper, Addison Richards, and Jerome Storm in Lone Cowboy (1933)
    Lone Cowboy
    6.4
    • adaptation
    • 1933
  • Harry Langdon in The Hitch Hiker (1933)
    The Hitch Hiker
    5.8
    Short
    • story (as Robert Vernon)
    • 1933
  • Tired Feet
    5.7
    Short
    • story (as Robert Vernon)
    • 1933
  • Harry Langdon in The Big Flash (1932)
    The Big Flash
    5.5
    Short
    • story (as Robert Vernon)
    • 1932
  • Harry Barris in That Rascal (1932)
    That Rascal
    6.3
    Short
    • Writer (as Robert Vernon)
    • 1932

Director

  • For the Love of Fanny
    5.8
    Short
    • Director (as Robert Vernon)
    • 1931
  • Bobby Vernon in 'Tis the Bull (1922)
    'Tis the Bull
    Short
    • Director
    • 1922

Personal details

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  • Alternative names
    • Silvion De Jardins
  • Height
    • 5′ 2″ (1.57 m)
  • Born
    • March 9, 1897
    • Chicago, Illinois, USA
  • Died
    • June 28, 1939
    • Hollywood, California, USA(heart attack)
  • Spouse
    • Angela Repetto1918 - ? (1 child)
  • Children
    • Barbara Dorothy Vernon
  • Parents
      Dorothy Vernon
  • Publicity listings
    • 9 Articles

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  • Trivia
    Son of Harry Burns and Dorothy Vernon.

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