A Clever Dummy
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A Clever Dummy is a 1917 American film directed by Ferris Hartman, Robert P. Kerr
Robert P. Kerr
Robert P. Kerr was an American film director, actor and screenwriter. He directed 41 films between 1917 and 1928.He was born in Burlington, Colorado and died in Porterville, California from a heart attack....

, Herman C. Raymaker
Herman C. Raymaker
Herman C. Raymaker was an American film director and actor. He directed 51 films between 1917 and 1934. His last two films as director were Trailing the Killer and Adventure Girl ....

 and Mack Sennett
Mack Sennett
Mack Sennett was a Canadian-born American director and was known as the innovator of slapstick comedy in film. During his lifetime he was known at times as the "King of Comedy"...

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Cast

  • Ben Turpin
    Ben Turpin
    Ben Turpin was a cross-eyed American comedian and actor, best remembered for his work in silent films.-Personal life:...

     as A romantic janitor
  • Chester Conklin
    Chester Conklin
    Chester Cooper Conklin was an American comedian and actor. He appeared in over 280 films, about half of them in the silent era.-Early life:...

     as A playful property man
  • Wallace Beery
    Wallace Beery
    Wallace Fitzgerald Beery was an American actor. He is best known for his portrayal of Bill in Min and Bill opposite Marie Dressler, as Long John Silver in Treasure Island, as Pancho Villa in Viva Villa!, and his titular role in The Champ, for which he won the Academy Award for Best Actor...

     as A vaudeville manager
  • Juanita Hansen
    Juanita Hansen
    Juanita C. Hansen was an American silent film actress. Beginning as one of the Sennett Bathing Beauties, she appeared in a variety of serials through the late 1910s. She was well known for her troubled personal life and struggle with addiction to cocaine and morphine. In 1934 she became clean and...

     as A leading lady
  • Claire Anderson
    Claire Anderson
    Claire Mathis Anderson was a silent film actress who worked with stars such as Constance Talmadge, Harry Carey and Thurston Hall. She was described as one of the original Sennett Bathing Beauties. Ms...

     as An object of affection
  • James Donnelly as Her inventive father
  • James Delano as His interested partner
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