Hank Mann Biography

Fast Facts

• Worked as a steeplejack and a flying trapeze acrobat before becoming an actor
• Appeared in bit parts, extra roles, and stunts in more than 400 projects during his career
• Best known as a silent film actor and stuntman who was the last surviving member of the Keystone Cops
• Appeared in several Charlie Chaplin films, including "The Great Dictator" and "Modern Times," as well as a number of William Fox comedies
• Spent his later years as an apartment building manager in Los Angeles with his wife, Dolly
• According to original Keystone Cops member Edgar Kennedy, the idea for the ensemble came from him
• Played the prizefighter who boxed with Charlie Chaplin in the 1931 film "City Lights․"