''The Fly Cop'' is a 1917 American
silent comedy film
The comedy film is a film genre that emphasizes humor. These films are designed to amuse audiences and make them laugh. Films in this genre typically have a happy ending, with dark comedy being an exception to this rule. Comedy is one of the o ...
featuring
Oliver Hardy
Oliver Norvell Hardy (born Norvell Hardy; January 18, 1892 – August 7, 1957) was an American comic actor and one half of Laurel and Hardy, the double act that began in the era of silent films and lasted from 1926 to 1957. He appeared with his ...
. Like many American films of the time, ''The Fly Cop'' was subject to cuts by
city and state film censorship boards. The
Chicago Board of Censors
The Chicago Board of Censors was a film censorship committee based in Chicago that was founded in 1907 as the Police Censor Board, and operated until 1984.
It was the first film censorship board in the United States.
The board had great influence o ...
required cuts in scenes of a man pulling an artificial leg from a girl and of a girl pulling her skirt above her knees while walking across a wet floor.
Cast
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Billy West
William Richard Werstine (born 1952), known professionally as Billy West, is an American voice actor, comedian, radio personality, impressionist and musician. His voice roles include Bugs Bunny in the 1996 film ''Space Jam'', the title characte ...
as The Fly Cop
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Oliver Hardy
Oliver Norvell Hardy (born Norvell Hardy; January 18, 1892 – August 7, 1957) was an American comic actor and one half of Laurel and Hardy, the double act that began in the era of silent films and lasted from 1926 to 1957. He appeared with his ...
as Proprietor (credited as Babe Hardy)
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Bud Ross
Aaron Crawford "Bud" Ross (November 8, 1868 – March 19, 1932) was an American actor, comedian, and screenwriter.
Career
Ross began his career in the 1880s, performing in musical comedies and vaudeville. In 1900 he starred in the Broadway mus ...
as Handyman (credited as Budd Ross)
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Leo White
Leo White (November 10, 1873 – September 20, 1948), was a German-born British-American film and stage actor who appeared as a character actor in many Charlie Chaplin films.
Biography
Born in Germany to Julius White and Ida Berg White, White g ...
as The Mayor
* Ellen Burford as Forelady
* Charles Slattery as Chief of Police
* Ethelyn Gibson as A Chicken (credited as Ethlyn Gibson)
See also
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List of American films of 1917
This list of American films of 1917 is a compilation of American films released in 1917.
A–B
C–D
E–F
G–H
I–J
K–L
M–N
O–P
Q–R
S
T
U–V
W–Z
Short films
See also
* 1917 in the United St ...
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Oliver Hardy filmography
:''These are the films of Oliver Hardy as an actor without Stan Laurel. For the filmography of Laurel and Hardy as a team, see Laurel and Hardy filmography.''
Oliver Norvell Hardy (born Norvell Hardy; January 18, 1892 – August 7, 1957) was an ...
References
External links
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1917 films
1917 short films
American black-and-white films
1917 comedy films
Films directed by Arvid E. Gillstrom
Silent American comedy short films
Censored films
1910s American films
1910s English-language films
English-language comedy short films
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