Volume II: Filmography

OSCAR AND CONRAD COMPANY *

Actors (1916)

Thanhouser Career Synopsis: "Oscar & Conrad," a comedy team comprised of Thanhouser actors Claude Cooper and Frank E. McNish, appeared in various Falstaff comedies in 1916. The "Oscar and Conrad Company" name was devised by Lloyd Lonergan. More often than not, however, the individual names of the players were credited in film listings. Refer to the separate filmographies under the entries for Claude Cooper and Frank E. McNish for film titles.

The Moving Picture World, April 29, 1916, told of the duo: "The vogue of Falstaff comedy characters has forced a new order of things to the extent that some of the fun makers simply must be made permanent. The fans demand it. Therefore Claude Cooper and Frank E. McNish, and 'Oscar and Conrad Company,' will now be a fixture in Falstaff comedies. These two estimable gentlemen will engage in various lines of business, handling pickles or skyscrapers with equal competence. Lloyd Lonergan, their creator, will give the two comedians ample play for their versatility, and the pictures already finished show an entirely new angle of film comedy. Cooper and McNish are now in Jacksonville, Florida, where they pick up enough material to lend variety to the settings of their work. After several weeks there they will return to New Rochelle for the summer."

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