Biography
Marvin Loback, sometimes billed as Marvin Lobach (November 21, 1896 β August 18, 1938), was an American film actor. He appeared in more than 110 films between 1916 and 1935.
Loback was born in Tacoma, Washington. He joined the Los Angeles film community in 1918 with Universal's Jewel comedies. Later that year he joined Henry Lehrman's L-KO company, promoting himself in trade ads as "Marvin Loback, L-KO 330-Pound Comedian." He played character roles in comedies and westerns into the 1920s, signing with Hal Roach in 1923 and then Mack Sennett in 1924. Sennett usually billed the actor as "Marvin Lobach."
In 1927 Loback was hired by Weiss Bros. to co-star with Snub Pollard as a fat-and-skinny comedy team, patterned after the new Laurel and Hardy partnership. These low-budget films were obvious imitations, with Pollard and Loback using Laurel and Hardy's derby hats and some of their situations. Even so, the Pollard-Loback comedies were successful as lower-priced alternatives, and lasted through 1929. These were Marvin Loback's only starring roles, and it is for these films that he is best known.
Loback then returned to the Sennett studio, working in two-reel comedies until the studio discontinued production in 1933. He joined Columbia Pictures in 1934, where he worked in feature films and short subjects. By late 1935 there were no further film assignments for the actor, and he turned to the Los Angeles stage. He appeared in the federally funded WPA plays "If It Pleases the Court" (1936) and "Roaring Girl" (1937).Marvin Loback died on August 18, 1938, at the age of 41.
Filmography
all 66
Movies 66
Director 2
![Here We Go Again](https://images.moviefit.me/t/o/947647-here-we-go-again.jpg)
Here We Go Again (1952)
![Once Over Lightly](https://images.moviefit.me/default-images/t/o.jpg)
Once Over Lightly (1944)
![Uncivil Warriors](https://images.moviefit.me/t/o/27129-uncivil-warriors.jpg)
Uncivil Warriors (1935)
![It Happened One Night](https://images.moviefit.me/t/o/6917-it-happened-one-night.jpg)
It Happened One Night (1934)
![The Plumber and the Lady](https://images.moviefit.me/default-images/t/o.jpg)
The Plumber and the Lady (1933)
![The Fatal Glass of Beer](https://images.moviefit.me/t/o/108818-the-fatal-glass-of-beer.jpg)
The Fatal Glass of Beer (1933)
![Don't Play Bridge With Your Wife](https://images.moviefit.me/t/o/398151-don-t-play-bridge-with-your-wife.jpg)
Don't Play Bridge With Your Wife (1933)
![Hatta Marri](https://images.moviefit.me/default-images/t/o.jpg)
Hatta Marri (1932)
![Speedy](https://images.moviefit.me/t/o/8737-speedy.jpg)
Speedy (1928)
![Cured in the Excitement](https://images.moviefit.me/t/o/822147-cured-in-the-excitement.jpg)
Cured in the Excitement (1927)
![A Small Town Princess](https://images.moviefit.me/default-images/t/o.jpg)
A Small Town Princess (1927)
![Peaches and Plumbers](https://images.moviefit.me/t/o/710287-peaches-and-plumbers.jpg)
Peaches and Plumbers (1927)
![Smith's Customer](https://images.moviefit.me/t/o/668558-smith-s-customer.jpg)
Smith's Customer (1927)
![All Wet](https://images.moviefit.me/default-images/t/o.jpg)
All Wet (1926)
![A Harem Knight](https://images.moviefit.me/t/o/564588-a-harem-knight.jpg)
A Harem Knight (1926)
![Masked Mamas](https://images.moviefit.me/default-images/t/o.jpg)
Masked Mamas (1926)
![Hooked at the Altar](https://images.moviefit.me/t/o/822146-hooked-at-the-altar.jpg)
Hooked at the Altar (1926)
![A Prodigal Bridegroom](https://images.moviefit.me/t/o/822144-a-prodigal-bridegroom.jpg)
A Prodigal Bridegroom (1926)
![Meet My Girl](https://images.moviefit.me/default-images/t/o.jpg)
Meet My Girl (1926)
![Hot Cakes for Two](https://images.moviefit.me/default-images/t/o.jpg)
Hot Cakes for Two (1926)
![Isn't Love Cuckoo?](https://images.moviefit.me/t/o/721725-isn-t-love-cuckoo.jpg)
Isn't Love Cuckoo? (1925)
![A Rainy Knight](https://images.moviefit.me/t/o/113426-a-rainy-knight.jpg)
A Rainy Knight (1925)
![Good Morning, Nurse](https://images.moviefit.me/default-images/t/o.jpg)
Good Morning, Nurse (1925)
![Breaking the Ice](https://images.moviefit.me/t/o/668887-breaking-the-ice.jpg)
Breaking the Ice (1925)
![Bashful Jim](https://images.moviefit.me/default-images/t/o.jpg)
Bashful Jim (1925)
![Off His Trolley](https://images.moviefit.me/t/o/912204-off-his-trolley.jpg)
Off His Trolley (1924)
![The Cat's Meow](https://images.moviefit.me/t/o/113504-the-cat-s-meow.jpg)
The Cat's Meow (1924)
![Black Oxfords](https://images.moviefit.me/t/o/409695-black-oxfords.jpg)
Black Oxfords (1924)
![Flickering Youth](https://images.moviefit.me/t/o/816142-flickering-youth.jpg)
Flickering Youth (1924)
![The Hollywood Kid](https://images.moviefit.me/t/o/702791-the-hollywood-kid.jpg)
The Hollywood Kid (1924)
![Smithy](https://images.moviefit.me/t/o/105466-smithy.jpg)
Smithy (1924)
![The Big Idea](https://images.moviefit.me/t/o/795129-the-big-idea.jpg)
The Big Idea (1924)
![Nip and Tuck](https://images.moviefit.me/t/o/675806-nip-and-tuck.jpg)
Nip and Tuck (1923)
![The Smile Wins](https://images.moviefit.me/default-images/t/o.jpg)
The Smile Wins (1923)
![Jailed and Bailed](https://images.moviefit.me/default-images/t/o.jpg)
Jailed and Bailed (1923)
![Blaze Away](https://images.moviefit.me/default-images/t/o.jpg)
Blaze Away (1922)
![The Golf Bug](https://images.moviefit.me/default-images/t/o.jpg)
The Golf Bug (1922)
![Gymnasium Jim](https://images.moviefit.me/t/o/113477-gymnasium-jim.jpg)
Gymnasium Jim (1922)
![On Patrol](https://images.moviefit.me/t/o/672287-on-patrol.jpg)
On Patrol (1922)
![Hard Knocks and Love Taps](https://images.moviefit.me/t/o/947645-hard-knocks-and-love-taps.jpg)
Hard Knocks and Love Taps (1921)
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GenderMale
Birthday1896-11-21
Deathday1938-08-18 (41 years old)
Birth PlaceTacoma, United States of America
CitizenshipsUnited States of America
Also Known AsMarvin Lobach
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