Heinie Conklin
born: 16 July 1880
San Francisco, California,
United States of America
died: 30 July 1959
Hollywood, Los Angeles, California,
United States of America
(cerebral thrombosis, age 79)
American actor, a regular actor in Mack Sennett comedies. Both Heine and his wife Emma Irene Blake (1894-1944) were actors and while working in Kansas City in 1913 they were married: he age 33 (born San Francisco, CA) and she age 19 (born Alameda, CA). While working in Pittsburgh, PA (staying in a hotel) their first child was born in a local hospital. Their son's PA Birth Certificate contains the parents' biographical information. Heinie played parts in over 500 films from 1915-1959.
Some sources give a birth year of 1886.
Real name: Charles John Conklin
Height: 5'6"
Films listed on this page: complete Hal Roach filmography;
plus 1 non-Roach film with Charley Chase.

2


1932
Young Ironsides
House detective

1936
Kelly The Second
Counter customer
NON-HAL ROACH FILMS

1940
The Heckler
Baseball spectator with toupee

DEATH CERTIFICATES
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Acknowledgements:
https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:MM5K-4TJ (1900 C HI C.J. Conklin b.1880 Jul: CA)
https://www.ancestry.com/discoveryui-content/view/140548170:60484 (1914 Apr 21 PA son's Birth Cert w parents' bio information)
https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:KZVN-G36 (1918 Sep 9 LA WWI Draft: actor: Mack Sennett: b. 1880 Jul 16)
https://www.ancestry.com/discoveryui-content/view/13737605:1002 (1942 Apr 25 LA WWII Draft: ht 5'5 1/2"; b. SFO 1880 Jul 16)
https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/3:1:3QS7-L9SJ-1L97?view=index&action=view (1959 Jul 30 LA Death Cert: b.1880)
https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/81631394/heinie-conklin (1959 Jul 30 LA : Grave: wrong birth year: Good bio)
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Heinie_Conklin (Correct biography)
Jim Jarvis (bio notes and research)
Jesse Brisson (information)

This page was last updated on: 17 July 2024