Lucien Littlefield

Lucien Littlefield (August 16, 1895 – June 4, 1960) was an American actor who achieved a long career from silent films to the television era. He was noted for his versatility, playing a wide range of roles and already portraying old men before he was of voting age.

Life and career Lucien Littlefield was born in San Antonio, Texas and attended Staunton Military Academy. He started his movie career in 1913 and worked as an actor until his death in 1960. He usually portrayed comedic supporting characters, often much older than himself. His role of the doctor in The Cat and the Canary (1927) is one of his more notable performances. The character actor appeared with Laurel and Hardy, first as an eccentric professor in Dirty Work and finally as a veterinarian in Sons of the Desert, both made in 1933. He also played Mary Pickford's father in My Best Girl in 1927. Other roles include the western Tumbleweeds with William S. Hart, the comedy Ruggles of Red Gap with Charles Laughton, and Johnny Come Lately with James Cagney.

He played an eccentric inventor in an early episode of Adventures of Superman titled "The Runaway Robot". Littlefield played many character roles in other TV shows of the 1950s, such as Blondie, Lassie, Dragnet and Peter Gunn.

He died of natural causes in 1960 at a veterans' hospital in Hollywood, California, and he was buried in Glendale's Forest Lawn Memorial Park Cemetery.

Selected filmography

Rose of the Rancho (1914) (uncredited) The Ghost Breaker (1914) as Judge Jarvis The Warrens of Virginia (1915) as Tom Dabney A Gentleman of Leisure (1915) as Clerk The Wild Goose Chase (1915, short) as The 'Grind' Kindling (1915) as Fence (uncredited) The Marriage of Kitty (1915) as Minor Role Mr. Grex of Monte Carlo (1915) as The Rag Picker The Unknown (1915) as Minor Role The Cheat (1915) as Hardy's Secretary (uncredited) The Golden Chance (1915) as Roger Manning's Valet (uncredited) Temptation (1915) (uncredited) The Blacklist (1916) as Frederick Holtz To Have and to Have (1916) as King James I The Love Mask (1916) The Heart of Nora Flynn (1916) as The Gardener A Gutter Magdalene (1916) Joan the Woman (1916) The Golden Fetter (1917) as Pete On Record (1917) The Cost of Hatred (1917) The Jaguar's Claws (1917) as Minor Role The Squaw Man's Son (1917) as Lord Yester The Hostage (1917) as Paul Hawthorne of the U.S.A. (1919) as Soldier on Patrol (uncredited) Everywoman (1919) as Lord Witness Double Speed (1920) as Reginald Toby Why Change Your Wife? (1920) as Gordon's Butler Jack Straw (1920) as Sherlo Sick Abed (1920) as Dr. Widner The Sins of St. Anthony (1920) as Lieutenant Humphrey Smith The Fourteenth Man (1920) as Wesley Colfax Winslow The Round-Up (1920) as Parenthesis (uncredited) Eyes of the Heart (1920) as Whitey Her First Elopement (1920) as Man with Raccoon Coat (uncredited) The Furnace (1920) as Bert Vallance Her First Elopement (1920) as Ted Maitland All Souls' Eve (1921) The Little Clown (1921) as Connie Potts Too Much Speed (1921) as Jimmy Rodman Crazy to Marry (1921) as Minister The Hell Diggers (1921) as Silas Hoskins The Affairs of Anatol (1921) as Spencer's Valet (uncredited) The Sheik (1921) as Gaston – French Valet Rent Free (1922) as 'Batty' Briggs Tillie (1922) as Doc Weaver Saturday Night (1922) as Uncle Van's Secretary (uncredited) Her Husband's Trademark (1922) as Slithy Winters Across the Continent (1922) as Scott Tyler Beyond the Rocks (1922) as Sir Lionel Grey's Associate (uncredited) Our Leading Citizen (1922) as The Editor The Siren Call (1922) as Irishman Manslaughter (1922) as Witness To Have and to Hold (1922) as Duke of Buckingham Mr. Billings Spends His Dime (1923) as Martin Green The Tiger's Claw (1923) as Goyrem Three Wise Fools (1923) as Douglas The French Doll (1923) as Dobbs, the Butler In the Palace of the King (1923) as Adonis The Rendezvous (1923) as Commissar Leap Year (1924) as Jeremiah Piper Name the Man (1924) as Sharf True As Steel (1924) as Mr. Foote Babbitt (1924) as Edward Littlefield A Woman Who Sinned (1924) as Rev. Hillburn Never Say Die (1924) as Griggs The Painted Lady (1924) as Matt Logan Feet of Clay (1924) as Minor Role (uncredited) Gerald Cranston's Lady (1924) as Stanley Tilotson Teeth (1924) as Under-sheriff Gold Heels (1924) as Push Miller The Deadwood Coach (1924) as Charlie Winter – in play Charley's Aunt (1925) as Brasset – the Scout Gold and the Girl (1925) as Weasel The Rainbow Trail (1925) as Joe Lake What Price Goofy? (1925, Short) as Speck – Jamison's Faithful Butler Hearts and Spurs (1925) as Ford Driver (uncredited) Innocent Husbands (1925, Short) as The House Detective Madame Sans Jane (1925, Short) as Steward There Goes the Bride (1925, Short) Somewhere in Somewhere (1925, Short) as The Buck Private Laughing Ladies (1925, Short) as The Dentist Tumbleweeds (1925) as Kentucky Rose Soul Mates (1925) as Stevens A Punch in the Nose (1926, Short) Your Husband's Past (1926, Short) Torrent (1926) as Cupido Brooding Eyes (1926) as Bell Tony Runs Wild (1926) as Red Bachelor Brides (1926) as Egbert Beamish Don Key (Son of Burro) (1926, Short) Take It from Me (1926) as Cyrus Crabb Twinkletoes (1926) as Hank Taxi! Taxi! (1927) as Billy Wallace The Cat and the Canary (1927) as Ira Lazar The Lighter That Failed (1927, Short) (uncredited) My Best Girl (1927) as Pa Johnson Uncle Tom's Cabin (1927) as Lawyer Marks The Small Bachlor (1927) Cheating Cheaters (1927) as 'Habeas Corpus' Lazarre The Valley of the Giants (1927) as Councilman A Texas Steer (1927) as Yell A Ship Comes In (1928) as Dan Casey The Man in Hobbles (1928) as Pa Harris A Blonde for a Night (1928) as Jenks Harold Teen (1928) as Dad Jenks The Head Man (1928) as Ed Barnes Heart to Heart (1928) as Uncle Joe Boyd Mother Knows Best (1928) as Pa Quail Do Your Duty (1928) as Andy McIntosh Making the Grade (1929) as Silas Cooper Clear the Decks (1929) as Plinge Saturday's Children (1929) as Willie This Is Heaven (1929) as Frank Chase The Girl in the Glass Cage (1929) as Sheik Smith Drag (1929) as Pa Parker Dark Streets (1929) as Census Taker The Great Divide (1929) as Texas Tommy Happy Days (1929) as Lucien Littlefield Seven Keys to Baldpate (1929) as Thomas Hayden No No Nanette (1930) as Jim Smith Getting a Raise (1930, Short) as Pa Potter Clancy in Wall Street (1930) as Andy MacIntosh High Society Blues (1930) as Eli Granger Big Money (1930, Short) as Pa Potter She's My Weakness (1930) as Warren Thurber Tom Sawyer (1930) as Schoolteacher Reducing (1931) as Elmer Truffle Scandal Sheet (1931) as Charles McCloskey It Pays to Advertise (1931) as Adams Misbehaving Ladies (1931) as Uncle Joe Boyd Young as You Feel (1931) as Noah Marley Trouble from Abroad (1931, Short) as Captain Wimble The Great Junction Hotel (1931, Short) Broken Lullaby (1932) as Herr Walter Schultz Strangers in Love (1932) as Professor Clark Are You Listening? (1932) as Fred (uncredited) Shopworn (1932) as Fred Strangers of the Evening (1932) as Frank 'Snookie' Daniels aka Richard Roe Jimmy's New Yacht (1932, Short) as Mr. Ford Miss Pinkerton (1932) as Henderson (scenes deleted) Speed Madness (1932) as Forbes Downstairs (1932) as Françoise – a Drunken Servant Devil and the Deep (1932) as Shopkeeper (uncredited) That's My Boy (1932) as Uncle Louie Pride of the Legion (1932) as 'Dad' Tully Evenings for Sale (1932) as Schwenk If I Had a Million (1932) as Zeb – Hamburger Stand Owner (uncredited) Rasputin and the Empress (1932) as Reveler at Party (uncredited) The Bitter Tea of General Yen (1932) as Mr. Jacobson That's My Baby (1932) Sailor's Luck (1933) as Elmer Brown Sweepings (1933) as Grimson Professional Sweetheart (1933) as Ed – the Announcer The Big Brain (1933) as Justice of the Peace Skyway (1933) as Webster Chance at Heaven (1933) as Fred Harris Dirty Work (1933, Short) as Professor Noodle (uncredited) East of Fifth Avenue (1933) as Gardner Rainbow Over Broadway (1933) as Timothy Chibbins Sons of the Desert (1933) as Dr. Horace Meddick, the Veterinarian Alice in Wonderland (1933; scene deleted) Mandalay (1934) as Mr. George Peters Stand Up and Cheer! (1934) as Professor Hi De Ho (uncredited) Thirty Day Princess (1934) as Parker Marrying Widows (1934) as The Brother-In-Law Kiss and Make-Up (1934) as Max Pascal When Strangers Meet (1934) as Barney Crane Gridiron Flash (1934) as L.B. Fields Love Time (1934) as Willie Obenbiegler Sweepstake Annie (1935) as Henry Foster Carnival (1935) as Minor Role (uncredited) Ruggles of Red Gap (1935) as Charles Belknap-Jackson One Frightened Night (1935) as Dr. Denham The Murder Man (1935) as Peter J. Rafferty Man on the Flying Trapeze (1935) as Mr. Peabody She Gets Her Man (1935) as Elmer The Return of Peter Grimm (1935) as Colonel Tom Lawton Cappy Ricks Returns (1935) as Skinner I Dream Too Much (1935) as Hubert Dilley Magnificent Obsession (1935) as Breezy (uncredited) Strike Me Pink (1936) as Professor Kittridge (uncredited) Rose Marie (1936) as Storekeeper The Moon's Our Home (1936) as Ogden Holbrook Let's Sing Again (1936) as Supt. Henry Perkins Early to Bed (1936) as Mr. O'Leary Hotel Haywire (1937) as Elmer (uncredited) Wild Money (1937) as Bill Hawkins High, Wide, and Handsome (1937) as Mr. Lippincott Souls at Sea (1937) as Toymaker Partners in Crime (1937) as Mr. Twitchell Born to the West (1937) as Cattle Buyer Bulldog Drummond's Revenge (1937) as Mr. Smith Wells Fargo (1937) as San Francisco Postmaster (uncredited) Scandal Street (1938) as Robert Johnson Hollywood Stadium Mystery (1938) as Watchman Reckless Living (1938) as Lucius Carr (uncredited) Wide Open Faces (1938) as P. T. 'Doc' Williams The Gladiator (1938) as Professor Abner Danner I Am the Law (1938) as Mr. Roberts (uncredited) The Night Hawk (1938) as Parrish Pirates of the Skies (1939) as Dr. Amos Pettingill Mystery Plane (1939) as Winslow Unmarried (1939) as School Principal (uncredited) What a Life (1939) as Mr. Patterson Sabotage (1939) as Eli Jeepers Creepers (1939) as Grandpa Money to Burn (1939) as Irving Those Were the Days! (1940) as Professor Sillicocks The Westerner (1940) as The Stranger Life with Henry (1940) as Mr. Stevens Li'l Abner (1940) as The Sheriff / Mr. Oldtimer Murder Among Friends (1941) as Dr. Fred Turk The Great American Broadcast (1941) as Justice of the Peace The Little Foxes (1941) as Manders Man at Large (1941) as Jones, Nervous Man at Tourist Camp Henry Aldrich for President (1941) as Mr. Crosley Mr. and Mrs. North (1942) as Barnes Castle in the Desert (1942) as Gleason This Time for Keeps (1942) as Herb – Western Union Man (uncredited) Larceny, Inc. (1942) as Third Customer (uncredited) The Great Man's Lady (1942) as City Editor Hillbilly Blitzkrieg (1942) as Prof. Waldo James Bells of Capistrano (1942) as Daniel (Pop) McCracken Whistling in Dixie (1942) as Corporal Lucken Silent Witness (1943) as Hank Eastman Henry Aldrich Gets Glamour (1943) as Mr. Quid (uncredited) Johnny Come Lately (1943) as Blaker Henry Aldrich Haunts a House (1943) as Mr. Quid Casanova in Burlesque (1944) as John Alden Compton Lady, Let's Dance (1944) as Mr. Snodgrass Cowboy and the Senorita (1944) as Judge Loomis Goodnight, Sweetheart (1944) as Collins When the Lights Go on Again (1944) as Andy One Body Too Many (1944) as Kenneth Hopkins Lady, Let's Dance (1944) as The Judge Zorro's Black Whip (1944) as 'Tenpoint' Jackson Scared Stiff (1945) as Charles Waldeck / Preston Waldeck The Caribbean Mystery (1945) as Dr. Praskins (uncredited) In Old Sacramento (1946) as Barber (uncredited) Rendezvous with Annie (1946) as Ed Kramer That Brennan Girl (1946) as The Florist Love Laughs at Andy Hardy (1946) as Telegraph Clerk (uncredited) The Hal Roach Comedy Carnival (1947) as The Judge, in 'Fabulous Joe' The Fabulous Joe (1947) as Judge Sweet Genevieve (1947) as Mr. Rogers Lightnin' in the Forest (1947) as Joad Jinx Money (1948) as Tipper Hollow Triumph (1948) as Mr. Davis (uncredited) Let's Live a Little (1948) as Mr. Tinker (uncredited) Bad Men of Tombstone (1949) as Old Man in Claims Office (uncredited) Susanna Pass (1949) as Russell Masters At Sword's Point (1952) as Cpl. Gautier (uncredited) Woman of the North Country (1952) as Parvin (uncredited) Roar of the Crowd (1953) as Josh (uncredited) Casanova's Big Night (1954) as First Prisoner Sudden Danger (1955) as Dave Glennon Bop Girl Goes Calypso (1957) as Prof. Winthrop The High Cost of Loving (1958) as Brabin (uncredited) Wink of an Eye (1958) as Old Man