Lucien Littlefield
Lucien Littlefield was an American actor who achieved a long career from silent films to the television era. He was noted for his versatility, playing a wide range of roles and already portraying old men before he was of voting age.
Life and career
Lucien Littlefield was born in San Antonio, Texas and attended Staunton Military Academy. He started his movie career in 1913 and worked as an actor until his death in 1960. He usually portrayed comedic supporting characters, often much older than himself. His role of the doctor in The Cat and the Canary is one of his more notable performances. The character actor appeared with Laurel and Hardy, first as an eccentric professor in Dirty Work and finally as a veterinarian in Sons of the Desert, both made in 1933. He also played Mary Pickford's father in My Best Girl in 1927. Other roles include the western Tumbleweeds with William S. Hart, the comedy Ruggles of Red Gap with Charles Laughton, and Johnny Come Lately with James Cagney.
He played an eccentric inventor in an early episode of Adventures of Superman titled "The Runaway Robot". Littlefield played many character roles in other TV shows of the 1950s, such as Blondie, Lassie, Dragnet and Peter Gunn.
He died of natural causes in 1960 at a veterans' hospital in Hollywood, California, and he was buried in Glendale's Forest Lawn Memorial Park Cemetery.
Selected filmography
Rose of the Rancho The Ghost Breaker as Judge JarvisThe Warrens of Virginia as Tom DabneyA Gentleman of Leisure as ClerkThe Wild Goose Chase as The 'Grind'Kindling as Fence The Marriage of Kitty as Minor RoleMr. Grex of Monte Carlo as The Rag PickerThe Unknown as Minor RoleThe Cheat as Hardy's Secretary The Golden Chance as Roger Manning's Valet Temptation The Blacklist as Frederick HoltzTo Have and to Have as King James IThe Love Mask The Heart of Nora Flynn as The GardenerA Gutter Magdalene Joan the Woman The Golden Fetter as PeteOn Record The Cost of Hatred The Jaguar's Claws as Minor RoleThe Squaw Man's Son as Lord YesterThe Hostage as PaulHawthorne of the U.S.A. as Soldier on Patrol Everywoman as Lord WitnessDouble Speed as Reginald TobyWhy Change Your Wife? as Gordon's ButlerJack Straw as SherloSick Abed as Dr. WidnerThe Sins of St. Anthony as Lieutenant Humphrey SmithThe Fourteenth Man as Wesley Colfax WinslowThe Round-Up as Parenthesis Eyes of the Heart as WhiteyHer First Elopement as Man with Raccoon Coat The Furnace as Bert VallanceHer First Elopement as Ted MaitlandAll Souls' Eve The Little Clown as Connie PottsToo Much Speed as Jimmy RodmanCrazy to Marry as MinisterThe Hell Diggers as Silas HoskinsThe Affairs of Anatol as Spencer's Valet The Sheik as Gaston – French ValetRent Free as 'Batty' BriggsTillie as Doc WeaverSaturday Night as Uncle Van's Secretary Her Husband's Trademark as Slithy WintersAcross the Continent as Scott TylerBeyond the Rocks as Sir Lionel Grey's Associate Our Leading Citizen as The EditorThe Siren Call as IrishmanManslaughter as WitnessTo Have and to Hold as Duke of BuckinghamMr. Billings Spends His Dime as Martin GreenThe Tiger's Claw as GoyremThree Wise Fools as DouglasThe French Doll as Dobbs, the ButlerIn the Palace of the King as AdonisThe Rendezvous as CommissarLeap Year as Jeremiah PiperName the Man as SharfTrue As Steel as Mr. FooteBabbitt as Edward LittlefieldA Woman Who Sinned as Rev. HillburnNever Say Die as GriggsThe Painted Lady as Matt LoganFeet of Clay as Minor Role Gerald Cranston's Lady as Stanley TilotsonTeeth as Under-sheriffGold Heels as Push MillerThe Deadwood Coach as Charlie Winter – in playCharley's Aunt as Brasset – the ScoutGold and the Girl as WeaselThe Rainbow Trail as Joe LakeWhat Price Goofy? as Speck – Jamison's Faithful ButlerHearts and Spurs as Ford Driver Innocent Husbands as The House DetectiveMadame Sans Jane as StewardThere Goes the Bride Somewhere in Somewhere as The Buck PrivateLaughing Ladies as The DentistTumbleweeds as Kentucky RoseSoul Mates as StevensA Punch in the Nose Your Husband's Past Torrent as CupidoBrooding Eyes as BellTony Runs Wild as RedBachelor Brides as Egbert BeamishDon Key (Son of Burro) Take It from Me as Cyrus CrabbTwinkletoes as HankTaxi! Taxi! as Billy WallaceThe Cat and the Canary as Ira LazarThe Lighter That Failed My Best Girl as Pa JohnsonUncle Tom's Cabin as Lawyer MarksThe Small Bachelor Cheating Cheaters as 'Habeas Corpus' LazarreThe Valley of the Giants as CouncilmanA Texas Steer as YellA Ship Comes In as Dan CaseyThe Man in Hobbles as Pa HarrisA Blonde for a Night as JenksHarold Teen as Dad JenksThe Head Man as Ed BarnesHeart to Heart as Uncle Joe BoydMother Knows Best as Pa QuailDo Your Duty as Andy McIntoshMaking the Grade as Silas CooperClear the Decks as PlingeSaturday's Children as WillieThis Is Heaven as Frank ChaseThe Girl in the Glass Cage as Sheik SmithDrag as Pa ParkerDark Streets as Census TakerThe Great Divide as Texas TommyHappy Days as Lucien LittlefieldSeven Keys to Baldpate as Thomas HaydenNo No Nanette as Jim SmithGetting a Raise as Pa PotterClancy in Wall Street as Andy MacIntoshHigh Society Blues as Eli GrangerBig Money as Pa PotterShe's My Weakness as Warren ThurberTom Sawyer as SchoolteacherReducing as Elmer TruffleScandal Sheet as Charles McCloskeyIt Pays to Advertise as AdamsMisbehaving Ladies as Uncle Joe BoydYoung as You Feel as Noah MarleyTrouble from Abroad as Captain WimbleThe Great Junction Hotel Broken Lullaby as Herr Walter SchultzStrangers in Love as Professor ClarkAre You Listening? as Fred Shopworn as FredStrangers of the Evening as Frank 'Snookie' Daniels aka Richard RoeJimmy's New Yacht as Mr. FordMiss Pinkerton as Henderson Speed Madness as ForbesDownstairs as Françoise – a Drunken ServantDevil and the Deep as Shopkeeper That's My Boy as Uncle LouiePride of the Legion as 'Dad' TullyEvenings for Sale as SchwenkIf I Had a Million as Zeb – Hamburger Stand Owner Rasputin and the Empress as Reveler at Party The Bitter Tea of General Yen as Mr. JacobsonThat's My Baby Sailor's Luck as Elmer BrownSweepings as GrimsonProfessional Sweetheart as Ed – the AnnouncerThe Big Brain as Justice of the PeaceSkyway as WebsterChance at Heaven as Fred HarrisDirty Work as Professor Noodle East of Fifth Avenue as GardnerRainbow Over Broadway as Timothy ChibbinsSons of the Desert as Dr. Horace Meddick, the VeterinarianAlice in Wonderland Mandalay as Mr. George PetersStand Up and Cheer! as Professor Hi De Ho Thirty Day Princess as ParkerMarrying Widows as The Brother-In-LawKiss and Make-Up as Max PascalWhen Strangers Meet as Barney CraneGridiron Flash as L.B. FieldsLove Time as Willie ObenbieglerSweepstake Annie as Henry FosterCarnival as Minor Role Ruggles of Red Gap as Charles Belknap-JacksonOne Frightened Night as Dr. DenhamThe Murder Man as Peter J. RaffertyMan on the Flying Trapeze as Mr. PeabodyShe Gets Her Man as ElmerThe Return of Peter Grimm as Colonel Tom LawtonCappy Ricks Returns as SkinnerI Dream Too Much as Hubert DilleyMagnificent Obsession as Breezy Strike Me Pink as Professor Kittridge Rose Marie as StorekeeperThe Moon's Our Home as Ogden HolbrookLet's Sing Again as Supt. Henry PerkinsEarly to Bed as Mr. O'LearyHotel Haywire as Elmer Wild Money as Bill HawkinsHigh, Wide, and Handsome as Mr. LippincottSouls at Sea as ToymakerPartners in Crime as Mr. TwitchellBorn to the West as Cattle BuyerBulldog Drummond's Revenge as Mr. SmithWells Fargo as San Francisco Postmaster Scandal Street as Robert JohnsonHollywood Stadium Mystery as WatchmanReckless Living as Lucius Carr Wide Open Faces as P. T. 'Doc' WilliamsThe Gladiator as Professor Abner DannerI Am the Law as Mr. Roberts The Night Hawk as ParrishPirates of the Skies as Dr. Amos PettingillMystery Plane as WinslowUnmarried as School Principal What a Life as Mr. PattersonSabotage as EliJeepers Creepers as GrandpaMoney to Burn as IrvingThose Were the Days! as Professor SillicocksThe Westerner as The StrangerLife with Henry as Mr. StevensLi'l Abner as The Sheriff / Mr. OldtimerMurder Among Friends as Dr. Fred TurkThe Great American Broadcast as Justice of the PeaceThe Little Foxes as MandersMan at Large as Jones, Nervous Man at Tourist CampHenry Aldrich for President as Mr. CrosleyMr. and Mrs. North as BarnesCastle in the Desert as GleasonThis Time for Keeps as Herb – Western Union Man Larceny, Inc. as Third Customer The Great Man's Lady as City EditorHillbilly Blitzkrieg as Prof. Waldo JamesBells of Capistrano as Daniel McCrackenWhistling in Dixie as Corporal LuckenSilent Witness as Hank EastmanHenry Aldrich Gets Glamour as Mr. Quid Johnny Come Lately as BlakerHenry Aldrich Haunts a House as Mr. QuidCasanova in Burlesque as John Alden ComptonLady, Let's Dance as Mr. SnodgrassCowboy and the Senorita as Judge LoomisGoodnight, Sweetheart as CollinsWhen the Lights Go on Again as AndyOne Body Too Many as Kenneth HopkinsLady, Let's Dance as The JudgeZorro's Black Whip as 'Tenpoint' JacksonScared Stiff as Charles Waldeck / Preston WaldeckThe Caribbean Mystery as Dr. Praskins In Old Sacramento as Barber Rendezvous with Annie as Ed KramerThat Brennan Girl as The FloristLove Laughs at Andy Hardy as Telegraph Clerk The Hal Roach Comedy Carnival as The Judge, in 'Fabulous Joe'The Fabulous Joe as JudgeSweet Genevieve as Mr. RogersLightnin' in the Forest as JoadJinx Money as TipperHollow Triumph as Mr. Davis Let's Live a Little as Mr. Tinker Bad Men of Tombstone as Old Man in Claims Office Susanna Pass as Russell MastersAt Sword's Point as Cpl. Gautier Woman of the North Country as Parvin Roar of the Crowd as Josh Casanova's Big Night as First PrisonerSudden Danger as Dave GlennonBop Girl Goes Calypso as Prof. WinthropThe High Cost of Loving as Brabin Wink of an Eye as Old Man