Ford Sterling
Popularity:0.6694
Known For:Acting
Birthday:1883-11-03
Place of Birth:La Crosse, Wisconsin, USA
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Also Known As:George Ford Stich Jr., George Ford Stich, Albert Williams

Between Showers (1914)
Mr. Snookie steals an umbrella and then, while trying to help a woman to cross a puddle, the Tramp appears and intervenes.

Alice in Wonderland (1933)
In Victorian England, a bored young girl dreams that she has entered a fantasy world called Wonderland, populated by even more fantastic characters.

He Who Gets Slapped (1924)
After a baron steals his scientific discoveries, runs away with his wife, and slaps him in public, a man joins a Parisian circus sideshow as a clown...

The Trouble With Wives (1925)
William Hyatt (Tom Moore) runs an exclusive shoe store, and his happy marriage to Grace (Florence Vidor) is nearly derailed by his well-meaning, but...

Sporting Goods (1928)
Sports-loving inventor Richard Shelby develops an "Elasto-Tweed" golf suit then hits the road in hopes of making a few sales. Along the way, he meets...

Wife Savers (1928)
While stationed in Switzerland, soldiers Louis and Rodney fall in love with local damsel Colette, much to the dismay of Colette's self-appointed...

Drums of the Desert (1927)
John Curry is a friend of the Navajos who fails in his attempts to keep the white man from exploiting the tribe's secret altars. Realizing that there...

Stout Hearts and Willing Hands (1931)
Stout Hearts and Willing Hands is a 1931 short comedy film directed by Bryan Foy. It was nominated for an Academy Award in 1932 for Best Short...

His Father's Footsteps (1915)
About a boy growing up and acting like this abusive, alcoholic father.

Tango Tangles (1914)
In a dance hall, two members of the orchestra and a tipsy dancer fight over the hat check girl.

A Film Johnnie (1914)
The Tramp, a film Johnnie (someone who loiters near theaters or studios to meet stars or get a job), attempts to meet his favorite movie actress at...

A Thief Catcher (1914)
Two criminals chase a plainclothes policeman who, while taking out his dog, witnesses their crime.

Miss Brewster's Millions (1926)
Polly Brewster, a penniless Hollywood model/movie extra inherits one million dollars. But her new lawyer, Tom Hancock, informs her that she has to...

Hollywood (1923)
Angela comes to Hollywood with only two things: Her dream to become a movie star, and Grandpa. She leaves an Aunt, a brother, Grandma, and her...

His Lying Heart (1916)
His Lying Heart is a silent comedy short.

The Show Off (1926)
A blowhard who poses as a railroad executive (but is really just a $30-a-week clerk) catches a young bride and then drives her family's finances to...

Behind the Green Lights (1935)
A police detective's (Norman Foster) lawyer girlfriend (Judith Allen) works for a crooked criminal lawyer (Sidney Blackmer).

Her Majesty, Love (1931)
The wealthy von Wellingens are shocked when the father of their son Fred's fiancée Lia juggles desserts at a formal dinner. They encourage...

Why Beaches Are Popular (1919)
This short was a promo piece for Mack Sennett's Yankee Doodle in Berlin

Sergeant Hofmeyer (1914)
A police officer attempts to steal a go-cart from a child.

The Water Nymph (1912)
Mabel and her sweetheart go to the beach and play a trick on the boyfriend's father.

A Grocery Clerk's Romance (1912)
Ford arranged for lazy Brown to be kidnapped and dynamited by thugs, so that he can move in and marry Mrs. Brown. Locations include Rambo's Hotel,...

Barney Oldfield's Race for a Life (1913)
When Mabel romantically rejects a villain, he ties her to the railroad tracks, leaving her bashful suitor to appeal to famous racecar driver Barney...

Stage Struck (1925)
Daydreaming waitress Jennie Hagen fantasizes about becoming a famous actress, while in reality she and her cook boyfriend, Orme Wilson, hope to one...

A Muddy Romance (1913)
Two rivals for Mabel's hand play a series of dirty tricks on each other. Finally, one of them gets Mabel alone and is about to marry her, but his...

Dirty Work in a Laundry (1915)
After a dastardly villain steals milk from a baby, he tries to put the heroine through a laundry press.

Peeping Pete (1913)
This early Keystone has Pete spying on his neighbor's wife through one of those little knotholes in a fence. The neighbor (Sterling) notices and...

The Gusher (1913)
Mabel has two suitors - an oily con man, whom she mocks in a very funny scene where she is shown twiddling a fake moustache and making her feelings...

Toplitsky and Company (1913)
Toplitsky runs a second-hand clothing shop, but his partner "admires" his wife. Two conniving businessmen, intent on gaining a place in the store,...

Cohen Saves the Flag (1913)
Cohen and his rival Goldberg enlist in the Union Army during the American Civil War. Goldberg receives a lieutenant’s commission while Cohen...

Hide and Seek (1913)
A banker's young daughter, playing a game of "hide and seek", is apparently locked within the vault resulting in comedic rescue.

A Strong Revenge (1913)
Cobbler Meyer puts Limburger cheese in the shoes of grocer Schnitz to sabotage his attendance with Mabel at a house party.

Fatty and the Broadway Stars (1915)
Fatty and the Broadway Stars is a 1915 American short comedy film directed by and starring Fatty Arbuckle.

The Headline Woman (1935)
When the daughter of a newspaper publisher is falsely charged with murder, a reporter on her father's paper goes into hiding with her. At first...

Keystone Hotel (1935)
The Keystone Hotel hosts a very prestigious beauty contest. When the cross-eyed judge presents the first prize to an elderly cleaning woman, angry...

Double Crossed (1914)
Ford Sterling and Mack Swain are a couple of neighborhood toughs who fight over Emma Clifton and get involved in burglary in this Keystone from 1914.

Our Dare-Devil Chief (1915)
A gang of thieves continually threaten or attempt to kill the Mayor, always setting up the bumbling Chief of Police as the culprit. The Chief's very...

Many Unhappy Returns (1937)
Ford Sterling is married to a very jealous wife, who has a hobby of collecting French dolls. In order to keep her appeased and unsuspecting. he buys...

Spring Is Here (1930)
Musical about two sisters in love with the same man.

The Speed Kings (1913)
Race-car drivers pursue Mabel Normand, whose father has a clear favorite.

A Bandit (1913)
Willy is a rather effeminate young man, and is abused by the town bully. He suspects that the bully is a coward at heart, so disguises himself as a...

The Waiters' Picnic (1913)
Louis, the chef and Oscar, the head waiter, are in love with Mabel the pretty cashier. The Waiters' picnic is held, and Mabel is the cause of much...

Bride of the Regiment (1930)
As they are leaving the church following their wedding, Count Adrian Beltrami and Countess Anna-Marie are told that the Austrians are marching on the...

Kismet (1930)
Hajj, a rascally beggar on the periphery of the court of Baghdad, schemes to marry his daughter to royalty and to win the heart of the queen of the...

Love and Rubbish (1913)
Love and Rubbish is a 1913 movie starring Ford Sterling and Charles Avery.

For the Love of Mabel (1913)
A presumably lost film starring Mabel Normand and Roscoe Arbuckle.

Love and Courage (1913)
Love and Courage is a 1913 movie starring Roscoe Arbuckle and Mabel Normand.

Rastus and the Game Cock (1913)
Rastus and the Game Cock is a 1913 movie starring Ford Sterling and Mack Sennett.

Professor Bean's Removal (1913)
Professor Bean's Removal is a 1913 movie starring Ford Sterling and Mabel Normand.

Safe in Jail (1913)
Safe in jail is a 1913 movie starring Ford Sterling and Edgar Kennedy.

When Dreams Come True (1913)
A husband who has spent a convivial night is sleeping off the effects in bed while his devoted wife ministers for him.

Mabel's Dramatic Career (1913)
A young man falls in love with his mother's kitchen maid, Mabel. But his mother objects strongly, and arranges for him to meet another young woman...

The Fatal Taxicab (1913)
The Fatal Taxicab is a 1913 movie starring Mabel Normand and Ford Sterling.

A Small Time Act (1913)
A Small Time Act is a 1913 movie starring Ford Sterling and Roscoe Arbuckle.

His Sister's Kids (1913)
His Sister's Kids is a 1913 movie starring Roscoe Arbuckle and Minta Durfee.

Wine (1913)
Wine is a 1913 movie starring Roscoe Arbuckle and Ford Sterling.

Some Nerve (1913)
Some Nerve is a 1913 movie starring Ford Sterling and Dot Farley.

In the Clutches of the Gang (1914)
In the Clutches of the Gang is a 1914 movie starring Ford Sterling and George Nichols.

A Robust Romeo (1914)
A Robust Romeo is a 1914 movie starring Roscoe Arbuckle and Emma Bell Clifton.

Her Birthday Present (1913)
Two thieves burgle a necklace from a policeman, but then begin to quarrel between themselves, leading to a shootout.

Hearts and Flowers (1919)
A flirtatious hotel orchestra leader provokes conflict.

Show Girl in Hollywood (1930)
Broadway actress leaves New York to become a star in Hollywood, and succeeds despite sleazy directors and her own ego.

Casey at the Bat (1927)
Casey is a slovenly junk man in a turn of the twentieth century hick town who has a remarkable ability to play baseball. An unscrupulous New York...

Yankee Doodle in Berlin (1919)
Behind enemy lines, Captain Bob White disguises himself as a woman in order to fool members of the German High Command, including the Kaiser himself.

Don't Weaken! (1920)
A dancing instructor gets involved with a newly rich family.

The Day of Faith (1923)
Jane Maynard opens a mission in memory of philanthropist Bland Hendricks. John Anstell, son of a powerful and selfish millionaire, Michael Anstell,...

Sally (1930)
Sally is an orphan who was named by the telephone exchange where she was abandoned as a baby. In the orphanage, she discovered the joy of dancing....

Their First Execution (1913)
A new electric chair has been installed in the prison, and the officials impatiently await the first execution. The victim, with careless disregard...

A Fishy Affair (1913)
A man goes fishing in the same pond where a burglar has thrown a sock of money stolen from the man's house.

On His Wedding Day (1913)
When some pranksters pour red pepper on a new groom's bouquet, the wedding becomes a hijinks factory.

Black Sheep (1935)
On an ocean liner crossing a professional gambler comes to the aid of a naive young man victimized by a jewel thief. The young man turns out to be...

Her Torpedoed Love (1917)
A wealthy invalid tries to add his hard-working cook to his will, but the conniving butler gets in the way.

For the Love of Mike (1927)
Three men join forces to raise an adopted son. A lost film.

The Knockout (1914)
To show his girl how brave he is, Pug challenges the champion to a fight. Charlie referees, trying to avoid contact with the two monsters.

The Strangers' Banquet (1922)
In managing the shipyard inherited from her father, Derith Keogh has considerable labor problems and accedes to the unreasonable demands of John...

That Little Band Of Gold (1915)
A happy young couple become engaged, and soon afterwards they are married. But after their marriage, the husband begins to stay out carousing with...

The Ragtime Band (1913)
Professor Smelts the band leader gets into a romantic rivalry with one of his musicians over the affections of a pretty girl.

Everybody's Acting (1926)
Doris Poole, whose parents were theatrical people, was orphaned as a child, and four members of the troupe adopted and raised her. When grown, she...

The Girl in the Show (1929)
In this drama, a traveling troupe of actors find themselves in danger of becoming unemployed when their manager up and leaves. Two of the actors...

Only a Messenger Boy (1915)
Keystone silent comedy.

The Snow Cure (1916)
The Snow Cure is a silent Comedy short.

Court House Crooks (1915)
A farce involving an esteemed judge, his young wife, and the District Attorney she's seeing on the side; Misplaced jewelry and a message written on a...

Gentleman Burglar (1914)
Baffles, Gentleman Burglar

Days of Thrills and Laughter (1961)
An appreciative, uncritical look at silent film comedies and thrillers from early in the century through the 1920s.

Riley and Schultze (1912)
A constable and his sergeant are rivals for a girl, and to impress her they both attempt to apprehend an escaped convict. Probably the first Keystone...

Cohen Collects a Debt (1912)
After second hand clothier Cohen receives $1000 from a rival firm (unaware that the amount was borrowed to force his bankruptcy), he must dodge a...

The New Neighbor (1912)
When a new neighbor attempts to save a young wife from an intruder, her husband misunderstands; the jealous husband raises a ruckus and winds up in...

The Beating He Needed (1912)
Effeminate college boy Mace is sent West by father Sterling to make a man out of him, but Mace only responds to a severe beating.

The Flirting Husband (1912)
Mrs. Smith's friends decide to teach her flirty husband a lesson by engaging him in a saucy game of "blind man's bluff" for his wife's discovery.

Pedro's Dilemma (1912)
Mack attempts to elope with Mabel, but her friend dons the veil; this confuses both Mack and Mabel's dad Sterling - who trails the couple with the...

Stolen Glory (1912)
Veteran Warner and old gardener Burns vie for the hand of Widow Simpson, and the gardener steals the former's uniform and joins in the ranks of a...

The Ambitious Butler (1912)
A cocky butler poses as a Count to win an heiress during his master's absence, but his scheme is foiled by the chef whom he snubbed.

At It Again (1912)
Mrs. Smith hired detectives to trail her husband, whom she believes is being unfaithful; police chief Larkin gets mistaken for Mr. Smith by the...

At Coney Island (1912)
Mack takes Mabel to Coney Island, only to have her stolen by slick Ford, who is temporarily out of sight of a watchful wife and children.

The Deacon's Troubles (1912)
The minister is appointed head of a purity league designed to keep a risque dancer from performing her act; however, the deacon becomes infatuated...

The Rivals (1912)
Mabel prefers conceited Fred to earnest rube Mack, but when she is held up by tramps Fred runs out on her and leaves Mack to rescue her.

Mr. Fixit (1912)
Bashful Mack has his friend Fred take flowers and presents to his girl Mabel by proxy, but the "friend" takes advantage and lures her to the altar in...

Mabel's Lovers (1912)
At a summer resort, Mabel puts ugly bumps under her bathing suit to discourage fair-weather suitors; however, Black sees her doing it, and earns the...

A Temperamental Husband (1912)
Brown is insanely jealous of his wife and mistakes her brother for a lover, while the Brown's child is kidnapped by an evil tramp.

A Bear Escape (1912)
Sleuths Mack and Fred go after bandit Ford, but wind up tied to a tree by the crook with a ferocious bear approaching.

Chicken à la King (1928)
A married tightwad learns to loosen up by living the life of a playboy.

So Big (1924)
After graduating from a fashionable finishing school and touring Europe with her father, Selina Peake returns to the United States, where her father...

Good and Naughty (1926)
Four middle-aged actors jointly adopt an orphaned baby girl, raising her in a backstage milieu.

The Road to Glory (1926)
May McAvoy is a woman who is blinded in an auto accident and relies on prayer to regain her sight.

Gentlemen Prefer Blondes (1928)
Gold digging blonde Lorelei and her brunette friend Dorothy are searching for rich husbands. This film is believed lost.

Love and Glory (1924)
During an uprising in Algeria in 1869, two Frenchmen--Anatole, the brother of Gabrielle, and Pierre, her sweetheart--join the colors and are later...

A Quiet Fourth (1935)
An RKO comedy short featuring Betty Grable who gets secretly married while her family is trying to fix her up with someone wealthy.

The American Venus (1926)
A lost film - Mary Gray, whose father manufactures cold cream, is engaged to sappy Horace Niles, the son of Hugo Niles, the elder Gray's most...

Wild Oranges (1924)
Millie Stope lives with her grandfather on a remote island. Man-child Nicholas, a fugitive from justice, also lives there and is terrorizing them -...

A Deaf Burglar (1913)
The misfortunes of a deaf burglar.

A Healthy Neighborhood (1913)
An unscrupulous doctor tries to drum up business by having the sidewalk in front of his house covered with banana skins, inviting slip-and-fall...

My Lady's Lips (1925)
A newspaper publisher finds out that his wild daughter has fallen in with a ring of gamblers. A reporter who has infiltrated the gang to get a story...

The Brass Bottle (1923)
Horace Ventimore, a young London architect, stumbles across an old brass bottle. When he picks it up a genie suddenly appears and promises Horace...

He Wouldn't Stay Down (1915)
A man plots to kill a friend and marry his wife in order to get hold of insurance money.

The Fall of Eve (1929)
Tom Ford, Jr., keeps secret his romance with his father's secretary, Eve Grant. Ford, Sr., enlists Eve to entertain out-of-town buyer Mr. Mack. When...

Oh Kay! (1928)
On the eve of her wedding Lady Kay Rutfield runs off aboard her sloop. A storm carries her out to sea and she is rescued by a passing rumrunner bound...

All Business (1936)
Another hotel-room mix-up with the suspicious wife, Grace King (Josephine Whittell), checking up on her husband, Ford King (Ford Sterling),who is...

Love and Vengeance (1914)
Ford Sterling in the park courting.

Happy Times and Jolly Moments (1943)
This short film takes a nostalgic look at the Mack Sennett comedies of the silent cinema era.

Hoffmeyer's Legacy (1912)
Hoffmeyer is harassed by creditors, but thinks his troubles are over when he receives a legacy of $500. He sneaks away from his wife to make a...

A Life in the Balance (1913)
A Keystone Kops short about a landlord discovering three "anner-kist" tenants building a bomb.

The Spoilers (1923)
Based on the novel The Spoilers by Rex Beach.

Daddy's Gone A-Hunting (1925)
Julian (Percy Marmont) is a poor artist who lives with wife Edith (Alice Joyce) and their newborn baby in Harlem. Struggling to make ends meet, he...

The Golden Age of Comedy (1957)
A compilation featuring comedic stars of the silent era including Will Rogers, Laurel and Hardy, and the Keystone Cops.

Figures Don't Lie (1927)
Figures Don't Lie is a showcase for the physical charms of lovely Esther Ralston, who in one scene proves the accuracy of the title by donning a...

Mabel’s Adventures (1912)
Mabel poses as "Cousin Jack" in a scheme to test her two quarreling suitors who decide to take young "Jack" to a cabaret.

Stranded in Paris (1926)
American shop-girl Julie McFadden, wins a free passage to Paris; en route she meets Robert Van Wye, who has to kiss her when she loses a sack race....

The Woman on the Jury (1924)
The story of a woman on trial for her life for shooting the man who had promised to love her but had deserted her...and of a woman on the jury who...

The Deacon Outwitted (1913)
The deacon's daughter, Betty, is in love with Harold Price. The deacon wants to buy a horse from Harry's father, but because Mr. Price will not give...

The Inventor’s Secret (1911)
An old toymaker invents an automatic doll and goes to the lawyers to apply for a patent. That day a young girl is reported missing, and Dan, the cop,...

Father’s Choice (1913)
Father wants Mabel to marry a little, wealthy shrimp. She is in love with Charlie, a big, strapping fellow. Mabel is locked up in the house, but her...

For Lizzie's Sake (1913)
A villain attempts to win the love of a pretty fisher girl, who is in love with a village youth. The villain finally kidnaps the girl and carries her...

The Foreman of the Jury (1913)
Jones is broke. His girl is giving a birthday party, and her various suitors give her costly presents. Jones finds a beautiful lavaliere, which be...

The Cure That Failed (1913)
George is addicted to the flowing cup, and his friends all try to reform him. His intentions are good, but his will is weak and he cannot resist the...

The Bowling Match (1913)
An amusing bowling match between Messrs. Sauer and Kraut. The balls and pins are manipulated by an electric magnet and perform some queer antics....

An Interrupted Elopement (1912)
This is quite like "Helen's Marriage" which came out a few months earlier in 1912. Once again, Edward Dillon is trying to elope with Mabel Normand,...

Love Sickness at Sea (1913)
Mabel, her father and Mr. Tra La La, a suitor, much to her disgust, for her hand, take a trip on the coast steamer, "Harvard." Mr. Short, his rival,...

The Sleuths at the Floral Parade (1913)
Advantage was taken of the fact that a floral parade was being held at Pasadena, Cal. in which the Keystone car was entered and won second prize, to...

Heinze’s Resurrection (1913)
Heinze is lazy, and his wife is disgusted with him. His friend, Pat, secretly admires Mrs. Heinze, and one day tells her to make Heinze help her with...

Just Brown’s Luck (1913)
Brown is troubled with an over-abundance of affection, and his wife and mother-in-law convince him of their displeasure in many ways. Brown has a...

Love and Pain (1913)
Jones is engaged to a jealous girl, Ethel. His stenographer has a fainting spell in his office and Jones attempts to revive her. Ethel walks into the...

The Hansom Driver (1913)
Mabel's husband is a hansom cab driver. After a quarrel Mabel imagines herself neglected, and listens to the honeyed words of a tempter, and finally...

Those Good Old Days (1913)
His subjects have been vainly petitioning the king for improvements in his reign, without avail. The king pays too much attention to the sweetheart...

Mabel’s Awful Mistakes (1913)
Mabel has two suitors, Smith and Jones. Smith is an elderly man who impetuously sweeps everything before him, and his dashing ways win Mabel's heart....

Baby Day (1913)
A short silent comedy starring Mabel Normand and Ford Sterling.

A Midnight Elopement (1912)
Jim Smith and Sallie Rice are very much in love with each other, but her father vehemently shows his disapproval of Jim. An elopement is planned, and...

Oh, Mabel Behave (1922)
Squire Peachem (Ford Sterling) wants to marry the innkeeper's daughter (Normand). Since Peachem has a hefty mortgage on the inn, he thinks he can use...

The Tragedy of a Dress Suit (1912)
A Mack Sennett comedy short starring Dell Henderson & Mabel Normand.

The Battle of Who Run (1913)
A Civil war comedy starring Mack Sennett and Mabel Normand. The film is considered lost.

Red Hot Romance (1913)
A burlesque of a Spanish courtship, in which two rivals for the hand of a beautiful senorita battle with each other.

The Mistaken Masher (1913)
Georgie Burns is a conceited, athletic individual, who has turned his home into a gymnasium. His pretty wife is exceedingly vexed but cannot cure him...

Saving Mabel’s Dad (1913)
Three rivals are aspirants for the hand of Mabel. Dad falls asleep in a rowboat and is set adrift by one, who tries to win favor as a hero by...

His Chum the Baron (1913)
Smith's chum is a very poor Baron. Smith and the Baron are invited to a ball, and the Baron, not having evening clothes of his own, "borrows" Smith's...

How Hiram Won Out (1913)
Hiram, a country youth, is in love with Sallie. They go fishing and Sallie falls into the water. Hiram cannot swim, so he runs to the road and stops...

Zuzu, the Band Leader (1913)
A comedy short with Ford Sterling impersonating a band leader and a flirtatious Mabel Normand creating trouble between her admirer, Caesar, and the...

The Speed Queen (1913)
Nellie's father is a judge, afflicted with a species of St. Vitus' dance. When he feels an attack coming on he takes a dose of medicine which always...

Hogan's Romance Upset (1915)
Charles Murray out romancing in the park.

The Galloping Fish (1924)
Freddy Wetherill and his bride, Hyla, quarrel at her mother's beach cottage, and Hyla sends her new husband home alone. Seeking distraction from his...

The Doctored Affair (1913)
Harry and Tillie are preparing to elope when her dad appears and boots his would-be son-in-law out of the house. Tillie is locked up in her room, and...

Foiling Fickle Father (1913)
A short comedy starring Mabel Normand. It is now considered lost.