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Heinie Conklin

{{Short description|American actor and comedian (1886–1959)}}

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{{Infobox person

| name = Heinie Conklin

| image = Heinie Conklin 1921.jpg

| caption = Conklin in 1921

| birth_name = Charles John Conklin

| birth_date = {{birth date|1880|07|16|mf=y}}

| birth_place = San Francisco, California, U.S.

| death_date = {{death date and age|1959|07|30|1880|07|15}}

| death_place = Hollywood, California, U.S.

| resting_place = Chapel of the Pines Crematory

| other_names =

| occupation = {{hlist|Actor|comedian}}

| years_active = 1915–1959

| spouse = Irene Blake

| children = 3

}}

Heinie Conklin (born Charles John Conklin; July 16, 1880{{spaced ndash}}July 30, 1959) was an American actor and comedian whose career began in the silent film era.

Early years

Conklin was born Charles John Conklin on July 16, 1880, in San Francisco, California. He attended San Francisco's public schools.{{cite book |last1=Katchmer |first1=George A. |title=A Biographical Dictionary of Silent Film Western Actors and Actresses |date=May 20, 2015 |publisher=McFarland |isbn=978-1-4766-0905-8 |page=70 |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=VnGeCQAAQBAJ&dq=%22Heinie+Conklin%22+actor&pg=PA70 |access-date=November 16, 2022 |language=en}}

Career

In vaudeville, Conklin headlined shows on the Keith and Orpheum circuits.{{cite news |title=Heinie Conklin |url=https://www.newspapers.com/clip/56451627/heinie-conklin/ |access-date=July 31, 2020 |work=Scandia Journal |date=May 20, 1926 |location=Kansas, Scandia |page=5|via = Newspapers.com}} He was billed as Charles Conklin until 1927. He began working in films in 1915 after 17 years on stage and in vaudeville.

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One of the original Keystone Cops,{{cite news |last1=Heffernan |first1=Harold |title=Heinie Conklin Serves Slapstick In Bit Parts |url=https://www.newspapers.com/clip/56458816/heinie-conklin/ |access-date=July 31, 2020 |work=Valley Times |agency=Bell Syndicate |date=December 1, 1949 |location=California, North Hollywood |page=19|via = Newspapers.com}} Conklin wore makeup of heavy eyebrow lining and a thin, upside-down, painted-on variation of Kaiser Wilhelm's mustache.

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In areas where anti-German sentiments still ran high during the post-World War I era, Conklin was billed as Charlie Lynn. One of Conklin's first talking pictures was All Quiet on the Western Front as a hospital patient. For the rest of his career in talking pictures, he had small roles in 2-reelers which starred The Three Stooges, Andy Clyde, Hugh Herbert and Harry Langdon. Conklin's last billed movie was Abbott and Costello Meet the Keystone Kops.

Conklin's period at Keystone was contemporary with that of Chester Conklin, a more popular Keystone comedian who occasionally played lead roles in Keystone short films. The two Conklins were not related.

Personal life and death

Conklin married Irene Blake. They had one daughter and two sons. He died in Hollywood, California, on July 30, 1959.

Partial filmography

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Category:1880 births

Category:1959 deaths

Category:Male actors from San Francisco

Category:American male silent film actors

Category:American male film actors

Category:American male comedians

Category:American vaudeville performers

Category:20th-century American male actors

Category:20th-century American comedians

Category:Comedians from San Francisco

Category:Silent film comedians

Category:Slapstick comedians