Name Ford Sterling | Role Comedian | |
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Full Name George Ford Stich Jr. Spouse Teddy Sampson (m. 1914–1939) Movies Between Showers, A Thief Catcher, Barney Oldfield's Race for, Tango Tangles, A Film Johnnie Similar People Mack Sennett, Henry Lehrman, Mack Swain, Roscoe Arbuckle, Edgar Kennedy | ||
BARNEY OLDFIELD'S RACE FOR A LIFE (1913) -- Mack Sennett, Mabel Normand, Ford Sterling
Ford Sterling (November 3, 1883 – October 13, 1939) was an American comedian and actor best known for his work with Keystone Studios. One of the 'Big 4' he was the original chief of the Keystone Cops.
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- BARNEY OLDFIELDS RACE FOR A LIFE 1913 Mack Sennett Mabel Normand Ford Sterling
- Biography
- Selected filmography
- References
Biography
Born George Franklin Stich in La Crosse, Wisconsin, he began his career in silent films in 1911 with Biograph Studios. When director Mack Sennett left to set up Keystone Studios, Sterling followed him. There, he performed as 'Chief Teeheezel' in the Keystone Cops series of slapstick comedies in a successful career that spanned twenty-five years.
Making a smooth transition to talking films, Ford Sterling made the last of his more than two hundred and seventy film appearances in 1936. He died in 1939 of a heart attack (following long standing diabetes) in Los Angeles, California and is interred in the Hollywood Forever Cemetery.
For his contribution to the motion picture industry, Ford Sterling has a star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame at 6612 Hollywood Blvd.