Bobby Burns (actor)

Robert Paul Burns was an American film actor and director. He appeared in more than 200 films between 1908 and 1952 and also directed 13 films between 1915 and 1916.
Burns was born in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, and died in Los Angeles, California.

Career

Burns played Pokes in the Pokes and Jabbs silent comedies of the mid 1910s, with Walter Stull as Jabbs and frequently featuring Babe (Oliver) Hardy. Later he supported Hardy in his partnership with Stan Laurel at the Hal Roach Studios in several of their early short comedies and feature films.

Selected filmography

Uncivil War Birds as Union Soldier Gents Without Cents Audience Member Air Raid Wardens as Townsman in Gymnasium Loco Boy Makes Good as Nightclub Patron I'll Never Heil Again as King's aide Healthy, Wealthy and Dumb as Room service waiter Dizzy Doctors as Man in the Wheelchair Jail Bait as Prison Warden A Pain in the Pullman as Man in Berth Dummy Ache as Gardner Ants in the Pantry as Guest with mouse down his back Pop Goes the Easel as Professor Fueller Restless Knights as Guard Them Thar Hills as Officer Three Little Pigskins as Man panhandled by Larry Babes In Toyland as Townsman Helpmates as Neighbor with hose The Chimp as Tenant Any Old Port! as Justice of peace Pardon Us as Prisoner with toothache The Laurel-Hardy Murder Case as Nervous Relative Below Zero as "Blind" Man/Deadbeat diner Another Fine Mess as Bicyclist The Try Out as PokesHired and Fired as PokesBusted Hearts as PokesFrenzied Finance as PokesChickens as PokesThis Way Out as PokesUps and Downs as PokesMixed and Fixed as PokesSpeed Kings as PokesStrangled Harmony as PokesLove, Pepper and Sweets as PokesPressing Business as PokesThe Midnight Prowlers as Pokes