Bud Jamison

Bud Jamison

born: 15 February 1894
Vallejo, California,
United States of America

died: 30 September 1944
Hollywood, California,
United States of America
(complications from diabetes, age 50)

American actor who started out working as a support for Charlie Chaplin and Harold Lloyd before going on to appear in over 500 films. After appearing in over 100 films for Hal Roach (mostly with Harold Lloyd) beween 1916-1921, he had an absence of eleven years before returning in 1932.
Jamison starred in 13 out of the 20 shorts Chase made for Columbia Pictures between 1937-1940.
In 1944 he picked up an infection that he refused to treat. This infection turned gangrenous and possibly triggered his fatal heart attack that same year.

He is interred at Inglewood Park Cemetery in Inglewood, California.

Real name: William Edward Jaimison
Height: 6'0"

Films listed on this page: complete Hal Roach filmography;
plus all films with Charley Chase.

115

1916	Luke Pipes The Pippins [unidentified character]
1916	Luke's Double [unidentified character]
1916	Luke's Late Lunchers [unidentified character]
1916	Luke Laughs Last [unidentified character]
1916	Luke's Fatal Flivver [unidentified character]
1916	Luke's Society Mix-up [unidentified character]
1916	Luke, Crystal Gazer [unidentified character]
1916	Luke's Lost Lamb [unidentified character]
1916	Luke Does The Midway [unidentified character]
1916	Luke Joins The Navy The rival
1916	Luke And The Mermaids [unidentified character]
1916	Luke's Speedy Club Life [unidentified character]
1916	Luke And The Bang-Tails [unidentified character]
1916	Luke, The Chauffeur [unidentified character]
1916	Luke's Preparedness Preparations [unidentified character]
1916	Luke, The Gladiator [unidentified character]
1916	Luke, Patient Provider [unidentified character]
1916	Luke's Newsie Knockout [unidentified character]
1916	Luke's Movie Muddle Aggressive theatre patron
1916	Luke, Rank Impersonator [unidentified character]
1916	Luke's Fireworks Fizzle [unidentified character]
1916	Luke Locates The Loot [unidentified character]
1916	Luke's Shattered Sleep Large tramp
1917	Luke's Lost Liberty [unidentified character]
1917	Luke's Busy Day [unidentified character]
1917	Luke's Trolley Troubles [unidentified character]
1917	Lonesone Luke, Lawyer [unidentified character]
1917	Luke Wins Ye Ladye Faire [unidentified character]
1917	Lonesome Luke's Lively Life [unidentified character]
1917	Lonesome Luke On Tin Can Alley Cafe owner
1917	Lonseome Luke's Honeymoon [unidentified character]
1917	Lonseome Luke, Plumber [unidentified character]
1917	Stop! Luke! Listen! [unidentified character]
1917	Lonseome Luke, Messenger Paper hanger
1917	Lonseome Luke, Mechanic [unidentified character]
1917	Lonseome Luke's Wild Women [unidentified character]
1917	Over The Fence The boss
1917	Lonseome Luke Loses Patients [unidentified character]
1917	Pinched [unidentified character]
1917	Lonesome Luke In Birds Of A Feather [unidentified character]
1917	Lonesome Luke In From London To Laramie [?]
1917	Lonesome Luke In Love, Laughs And Lather [unidentified character]
1917	Clubs Are Trump Man on bench with cigar
1917	Lonesome Luke In We Never Sleep [unidentified character]
1917	Move On [unidentified character]
1917	Bashful [unidentified character]
1917	Step Lively [UNCONFIRMED]
1918	The Movie Dummy [unidentified character]
1918	A One Night Stand [unidentified character]
1918	Here Come The Girls [UNCONFIRMED]
1918	Fare, Please [unidentified character]
1918	It's A Wild Life [UNCONFIRMED]
1918	His Busy Day Throttler
1918	Two-Gun Gussie [UNCONFIRMED]
1918	The Junk Man [unidentified character]
1918	Cleopatsy [unidentified character]
1918	The Furniture Movers [unidentified character]
1918	Fire The Cook [unidentified character]
1918	Kicking The Germ Out Of Germany [unidentified character]
1918	Beach Nuts [unidentified character]
1918	Do Husbands Deceive? [unidentified character]
1918	Bride And Gloom [?]
1918	Nipped In The Bud [unidentified character]
1918	Two Scrambled [unidentified character]
1918	The Dippy Daughter [unidentified character]
1918	Bees In His Bonnet [unidentified character]
1918	The Great Water Peril [unidentified character]
1918	Swing Your Partners [?]
1918	No Place Like Jail [unidentified character]
1918	Why Pick On Me? [?]
1918	Nothing But Trouble [?]
1918	An Enemy Of Soap Burly cop
1918	Hear 'Em Rave [unidentified character]
1918	Just Rambling Along Chef
1918	Take A Chance [unidentified character]
1918	Check Your Baggage [unidentified character]
1918	She Loves Me Not [unidentified character]
1919	Do You Love Your Wife? Man tending dog
1919	Wanted - $5000 [unidentified character]
1919	Going! Going! Gone! Sheriff
1919	Hustling For Health Mr. Spotless
1919	Ask Father Guardian at the door
1919	Toto's Troubles [unidentified character]
1919	On The Fire Ballooning flirt
1919	Hoot Mon! [unidentified character]
1919	I'm On My Way [unidentified character]
1919	Look Out Below! Foreman
1919	The Dutiful Dub [unidentified character]
1919	Next Aisle Over The masher
1919	A Sammy In Siberia Renegade
1919	Ring Up The Curtain Opera house manager
1919	Young Mr. Jazz The girl's daddy
1919	Si, Senor [not listed in HLE but confirmed in trade magazine]
1919	Before Breakfast Harold's father
1919	The Marathon Rich girl's father
1919	Back To The Woods Hunter
1919	Pistols For Breakfast [UNCONFIRMED]
1919	Off The Trolley Well-dressed man/Bandit
1919	A Jazzed Honeymoon Ship's purser
1919	Count Your Change Thief
1919	Chop Suey & Co. [unidentified character]
1919	Heap Big Chief [UNCONFIRMED]
1919	Don't Shove The girl's father
1918	Be My Wife [UNCONFIRMED]
1921	On Their Way [unidentified character]
1932	Strictly Unreliable Bud
1932	What Price Taxi Taxi company dispatcher
1932	Strange Innertube Taxi Academy professor
1932	The Soilers Detective Jamison
1932	Taxi For Two Traffic cop
1933	Thundering Taxis Black & Blue company boss
1934	Apples To You! Pasquale, manhole singer
1936	An All-American Toothache Plumber #2
1936	On The Wrong Trek Gang leader
1940	Captain Caution Blinks

▼ NON-HAL ROACH FILMS

1937	The Grand Hooter House detective
1937	From Bad To Worse Pete Blunt
1937	The Wrong Miss Wright Diggles, the valet
1937	The Big Squirt Policeman Murphy
1937	Man Bites Lovebug Cop
1938	Time Out For Trouble [unidentified character]
1939	The Sap Takes A Wrap [unidentified character]
1939	Rattling Romeo Friendly conductor
1939	Teacher's Pest Blacksmith
1939	The Awful Goof Father
1940	The Heckler Baseball spectator
1940	South Of The Boudoir Hazel's husband
1940	His Bridal Fright J.B., Mary's father

Acknowledgements:
https://familysearch.org/pal:/MM9.3.1/TH-266-12041-77884-43?cc=1325221 (line 86)
https://familysearch.org/pal:/MM9.3.1/TH-1951-26181-53301-55?cc=1968530
https://familysearch.org/pal:/MM9.3.1/TH-1951-29950-781-45?cc=1804002
https://familysearch.org/pal:/MM9.3.1/TH-1942-27794-4895-56?cc=2000219 (line 78)
https://familysearch.org/pal:/MM9.3.1/TH-1-16365-47185-30?cc=1861144
https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:VPQ8-713
Richard Finegan (autograph)
Robert A. Winslow (identification of characters in films)
Jesse Brisson (help and assistance)

This page was last updated on: 25 September 2023