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Charles A. Bachman is a Actor American born on 12 july 1882 at Wheeling (USA)

Charles A. Bachman

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Nationality USA
Birth 12 july 1882 at Wheeling (USA)
Death 14 may 1966 (at 83 years) at Los Angeles (USA)

Charles A. Bachman (July 12, 1882 - May 14, 1966) was an American film comedy actor. He appeared in 29 films between 1923 to 1940 for the Hal Roach Studio, primarily in Our Gang shorts and Laurel and Hardy comedies.

Usually with

Hal Roach
Hal Roach
(25 films)
Robert F. McGowan
Robert F. McGowan
(17 films)
H. M. Walker
H. M. Walker
(21 films)
Joe Cobb
Joe Cobb
(20 films)
Allen Hoskins
Allen Hoskins
(19 films)
Source : Wikidata

Filmography of Charles A. Bachman (29 films)

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Saps at Sea
Saps at Sea (1940)
, 57minutes
Directed by Gordon Douglas
Origin USA
Genres Comedy
Themes Seafaring films, Transport films, Buddy films
Actors Stan Laurel, Oliver Hardy, James Finlayson, Harry Bernard, Ben Turpin, Richard Cramer
Roles Officer
Rating70% 3.543693.543693.543693.543693.54369
Stan and Ollie work in a horn factory, where Hardy is already under stress from all the incessant noise. One worker (Eddie Borden) has already gone insane and is the latest casualty of the work environment. Ollie is sent home after developing "hornophobia" and starts going crazy each time he hears horns or horn-based musical instruments. A physician (Jimmy Finlayson) is called to treat Ollie and, warning Ollie that he could develop a more serious condition, "hornomania," he prescribes a relaxing boat trip and goat's milk. Ollie dismisses the idea because he is afraid to sail on the ocean, but Stan prescribes an alternative: they will simply rent a boat and keep it attached to the dock, getting all the sea air they can while never actually going out to sea. When Stan's trombone teacher (Eddie Conrad) arrives and Ollie, returning from a fight with the janitor (Ben Turpin) who messed up the plumbing, hears the music, goes berserk and throws the teacher out, he knows he should take that advice. Phoning the hotel manager to complain why that teacher was allowed in, Hardy is accidentally knocked out the window and into the street.
The Mad Genius
The Mad Genius (1931)
, 1h21
Directed by Michael Curtiz
Origin USA
Genres Drama, Horror, Romance
Themes Dance films, Théâtre, Films based on plays
Actors John Barrymore, Marian Marsh, Donald Cook, Charles Butterworth, Luis Alberni, Carmel Myers
Roles Poster Hanger (uncredited)
Rating62% 3.1476953.1476953.1476953.1476953.147695
A crippled puppeteer, Ivan Tsarakov (Barrymore), is frustrated that he will never dance ballet. He adopts a protegé, Fedor Ivanoff (Cook), whom he makes into the greatest dancer in the world. Fedor falls in love with a dancer, Nana Carlova (Marsh), but Tsarakov fears that she will ruin Fedor as a dancer. He tries to separate them and ultimately fires Nana from the ballet troupe. Fedor runs away with Nana to Paris, but Tsarakov has blacklisted him, and he cannot get ballet jobs and is reduced to working in a cabaret. Nana begs Tsarakov to give Fedor his job back. Tsarakov agrees, if Nana will leave Fedor and marry another man; she agrees. Fedor returns embittered; he sees Nana on opening night and realizes that she still loves him; he refuses to dance. Tsarakov threatens to kill him, but the ballet master, under the influence of drugs that Tsarakov has given him, kills Tsarakov. Fedor is reunited with Nana.
Fancy Baggage
Fancy Baggage (1929)
, 1h20
Directed by John G. Adolfi
Origin USA
Genres Drama
Actors Myrna Loy, George Fawcett, Hallam Cooley, Wallace MacDonald, Edmund Breese, Eddie Gribbon

Naomi Iverson learns that her father has assumed the blame for engaging in an illegal stock pool and is to be sentenced by the Federal Government to 5 years in prison. In return, Iverson will receive a check for $1 million from John Hardin, his former partner and now his bitterest enemy. She appropriates the check and goes to Hardin's yacht hoping to recover the written "confession." There she meets and falls in love with Hardin's son, Ernest. Complications set in when Iverson arrives and is set adrift by Tony, leader of a gang of rumrunners. Tony, who covets Naomi, gets involved in a fight with Ernest; Tony corners her, but she is rescued by Ernest. The revenue officers seize the rum boat and arrest the two old men as bootleggers. When Naomi and Ernest confront their fathers with their love, the fathers bow to necessity and once again become friends.
The Circus
The Circus (1928)
, 1h10
Directed by Charlie Chaplin
Origin USA
Genres Drama, Comedy, Comedy-drama, Romance
Themes Circus films
Actors Al Ernest Garcia, Charlie Chaplin, Merna Kennedy, George Davis, Henry Bergman, Tiny Sandford
Roles Cop (uncredited)
Rating80% 4.048434.048434.048434.048434.04843
At a circus midway, the penniless and hungry Tramp (Chaplin) is mistaken for a condemnable pickpocket and chased by both the police and the real crook (the latter having stashed a stolen wallet and watch in the Tramp's pocket to avoid detection). Running away, the Tramp stumbles into the middle of a performance and unknowingly becomes the hit of the show.
Habeas Corpus
Habeas Corpus (1928)
, 19minutes
Directed by Leo McCarey, James Gibbons Parrott
Origin USA
Genres Comedy
Themes Buddy films
Actors Stan Laurel, Oliver Hardy, Richard Carle, Charles A. Bachman, Charley Rogers
Roles 2nd Policeman (uncredited)
Rating66% 3.3441453.3441453.3441453.3441453.344145
« Professor Padilla expected to startle the medical world with his new theory… »
The Ol' Gray Hoss
The Ol' Gray Hoss (1928)
, 20minutes
Directed by Robert A. McGowan
Origin USA
Genres Comedy
Themes Children's films
Actors Allen Hoskins, Joe Cobb, Bobby Hutchins, Mary Ann Jackson, Jean Darling, Harry Spear
Roles Officer Mulligan
Rating67% 3.3520153.3520153.3520153.3520153.352015
Rainy Days
Rainy Days (1928)
, 20minutes
Directed by Robert A. McGowan
Origin USA
Genres Comedy
Themes Children's films
Actors Bobby Hutchins, Jay R. Smith, Allen Hoskins, Joe Cobb, Jackie Condon, Jean Darling
Roles Undetermined role
Rating66% 3.3239453.3239453.3239453.3239453.323945
Spook Spoofing
Spook Spoofing (1928)

Directed by Robert F. McGowan
Origin USA
Genres Comedy, Horror
Themes Children's films
Actors Allen Hoskins, Joe Cobb, Jackie Condon, Harry Spear, Jay R. Smith, Bobby Hutchins
Roles Policeman
Rating68% 3.403483.403483.403483.403483.40348
The gang mercilessly taunt and bully their superstitious friend, Farina, who retaliates with a magic charm on one of the boys, played by Harry Spear. Harry plays like he’s dead, and the rest of the gang encourages Farina to bury the “corpse” before he comes back to haunt him.
Do Detectives Think?
Do Detectives Think? (1927)
, 19minutes
Directed by Fred Guiol
Origin USA
Genres Comedy
Themes Buddy films
Actors Stan Laurel, Oliver Hardy, James Finlayson, Noah Young, Frank Brownlee, Charles A. Bachman
Roles Officer
Rating67% 3.390833.390833.390833.390833.39083
A Judge (Finlayson) sentences a murderer (Young) to death. The murderer (of course) vows revenge on the judge. Following his escape, the judge engages a detective agency which sends its two least skilled detectives Laurel and Hardy to protect him. The sleuths, after many mishaps, manage to capture the murderer.
The Second Hundred Years
The Second Hundred Years (1927)
, 20minutes
Directed by Fred Guiol
Origin USA
Genres Comedy
Themes Prison films, Buddy films
Actors Stan Laurel, Oliver Hardy, Charlie Hall, James Finlayson, Frank Brownlee, Otto Fries
Roles Officer
Rating67% 3.387363.387363.387363.387363.38736
Two convicts dig a tunnel to escape from prison, but end up in the warden's office, after making a detour around a burst water pipe. They then disguise themselves as painters and walk out through the front gates. They later climb into a limousine carrying two visiting French police chiefs, steal their suits and throw the two men out of the car. The two convicts, now disguised as dignitaries, are then driven back to the prison to have dinner with the warden. Later, while visiting the cells, they are recognized and marched back to their own cell.
Putting Pants on Philip
Putting Pants on Philip (1927)
, 19minutes
Directed by Leo McCarey, Clyde Bruckman
Origin USA
Genres Comedy
Themes Buddy films
Actors Stan Laurel, Oliver Hardy, Charles A. Bachman, Harvey Clark, Ed Brandenburg, Dorothy Coburn
Roles Officer
Rating65% 3.293683.293683.293683.293683.29368
Piedmont Mumblethunder (Hardy), seeing Philip for the first time, tells a friend that he pities whoever has to collect this character, only to be upset when he turns out to be that person. Hardy is embarrassed at the effeminacy of his kilt-wearing Scottish nephew Philip (Laurel), and is further upset by repeated incidents with the kilt. Women faint.