Everybody's Favorite Norwegian Silent Film Comedian

[Chris Snowden]

Yep, that could only be Barney Hellum, a Sennett veteran who headlined the obscure Barney Google series in the final months of the silent era.

Here are headliners Hellum and Philip Davis, in a press photo from August 1928:




... and here's the whole crew:

[Richard M Roberts]

Great pics, thanks Chris and welcome back to the Mafia!

I always thought it was interesting that Barney Hellum and Al Cooke (who were teamed in a handful of Larry Darmour shorts before Hellum did Barney Google) both died months apart of each other in 1935. What did Larry Darmour do to those guys!

Then again, 1935 seemed to be a tough year on comedians in general.


RICHARD M ROBERTS