Acting
Ford Sterling
- Career
Active from 1912 to 1937, busiest in 1913 with 50 main titles.
- Leading roles
- 100top three billing
- Average score
56/100
- Highest rated
He Who Gets Slapped79/100
What stands out
Compared with the average well-known movie, over 7 of their titles. Select a trait to filter titles.
Rarely in their work
- Contemporary Realism1.8, average 5.4
- Politics0.1, average 2.6
- Psychological3.4, average 5.5
- Mystery2.0, average 4.0
Main genres
Select a genre to see those titles.
Recurring tags
- Early Cinema 9
- Slapstick Comedy 8
- Historical Setting 8
- Silent Film 7
- Silent Film Era 3
- Short Film 3
- Nostalgic 3
- Silent Era Comedy 3
- Lighthearted 3
- Wholesome Entertainment 3
- Physical Humor 2
- Silent Comedy 2
Works often with
People in at least two of their main titles.
Mack SennettActorPeeping Pete, Riley and Schultze, The Ragtime Band, Her Birthday Present, Rastus and the Game Cock, +58 more
Mabel NormandActorThe Ragtime Band, The Bowling Match, Love and Pain, Heinze’s Resurrection, On His Wedding Day, +43 more
Roscoe ArbuckleActorPeeping Pete, Wine, His Sister's Kids, Rastus and the Game Cock, Hogan's Romance Upset, +16 more
Fred MaceActorHer Birthday Present, Heinze’s Resurrection, Hoffmeyer's Legacy, The Beating He Needed, Mabel’s Adventures, +14 more
Alice DavenportActorThe Ragtime Band, Dirty Work in a Laundry, Toplitsky and Company, The Snow Cure, The Mistaken Masher, +12 more
Charles AveryActorPeeping Pete, His Sister's Kids, Rastus and the Game Cock, Hogan's Romance Upset, Mabel's Dramatic Career, +11 more
Henry LehrmanActorGentleman Burglar, Sergeant Hofmeyer, Her Birthday Present, Love and Pain, Toplitsky and Company, +9 more
Nick CogleyActorPeeping Pete, The Ragtime Band, Rastus and the Game Cock, Love and Pain, Toplitsky and Company, +9 more
Edgar KennedyActorPeeping Pete, A Thief Catcher, Rastus and the Game Cock, The Bowling Match, Tango Tangles, +6 more- BBert HunnActorPeeping Pete, Rastus and the Game Cock, On His Wedding Day, The Gusher, Safe in Jail, +5 more
- WWilliam HauberActorPeeping Pete, A Thief Catcher, Rastus and the Game Cock, The Gusher, Love and Rubbish, +5 more
Dot FarleyActorWine, Love and Pain, On His Wedding Day, A Life in the Balance, The Gusher, +5 more
Movies and TV shows
1491980s
1 title · average score 70
GoodWatch score 70as Keystone Kop (archive footage) (uncredited)
1950s
1 title · average score 71
GoodWatch score 71as archive footage
1940s
1 title
as (archive footage)
1930s
14 titles · average score 58
as C.C. aka Henry Morgan
as Sterling, Chief of Police
as Max Schultz, German Janitor
GoodWatch score 70as Mather
as Hugo Meyer
GoodWatch score 58as White King
GoodWatch score 42as Otmar von Wellingen
GoodWatch score 59as Sam Otis
GoodWatch score 56as Peter Braley
GoodWatch score 65as 'Pops' Shendorff
as Amru
as Tangy
1920s
40 titles · average score 68
as Paul White
as Gus Eisman
as Shorty McGee
as O'Dowd
GoodWatch score 69as Aubrey Piper
as James Allen
as Hugo Niles
as Ned Brewster
GoodWatch score 58as Paul Halvard
GoodWatch score 79as Tricaud
as Milton Robbin - Haberdasher
as Professor Yonson - the Dancing Master
1910s
92 titles · average score 50
GoodWatch score 55as Kaiser Bill
as Reginald Scuttle - the Conniving Butler
as The District Attorney
as The Desperate Scoundrel
GoodWatch score 51as Gassy Gotrox - Tattletale
GoodWatch score 50as Suspicious John
GoodWatch score 42as Band Leader
GoodWatch score 44as Mr. Snookie, a Thief
as Neighbor's Husband
as Professor Smelts
as Krause - the Bridegroom
as The Police Chief