Crazy Like a Fox is a 1926 short film starring Charley Chase

Charley Chase

Charley Chase was an American comedian, actor, screenwriter and film director, best known for his work in Hal Roach short film comedies...

. The two-reel silent comedy stars Chase as a young man who feigns insanity in order to get out of an arranged marriage, only to find out that his sweetheart is the girl he has been arranged to marry. Chase would remake the film as The Wrong Miss Wright (1937) in the sound era during his tenure at Columbia Pictures

Columbia Pictures

Columbia Pictures Industries, Inc. is an American film production and distribution company. Columbia Pictures now forms part of the Columbia TriStar Motion Picture Group, owned by Sony Pictures Entertainment, a subsidiary of the Japanese conglomerate Sony. It is one of the leading film companies...

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Crazy Like a Fox features Oliver Hardy

Oliver Hardy

Oliver Hardy was an American comic actor famous as one half of Laurel and Hardy, the classic double act that began in the era of silent films and lasted nearly 30 years, from 1927 to 1955.-Early life:...

 in a small role filmed shortly before his teaming with Stan Laurel

Stan Laurel

Arthur Stanley "Stan" Jefferson , better known as Stan Laurel, was an English comic actor, writer and film director, famous as the first half of the comedy team Laurel and Hardy. His film acting career stretched between 1917 and 1951 and included a starring role in the Academy Award winning film...

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Cast

• Charley Chase
  Charley Chase
  Charley Chase was an American comedian, actor, screenwriter and film director, best known for his work in Hal Roach short film comedies...
  
   - Wilson, the Groom
• William V. Mong
  William V. Mong
  William V. Mong was an American film actor, screenwriter and director. He appeared in 195 films between 1910 and 1939.He was born in Chambersburg, Pennsylvania, and died in Studio City, California.-Selected filmography:...
  
   - George, the Bride's Father
• Martha Sleeper
  Martha Sleeper
  Martha Sleeper was a silent film comedienne of the 1920s and Broadway actress of the 1940s.-Family:Martha Sleeper reputedly spent her first years on a sheep ranch in Wyoming. Her father, William B. Sleeper, was an official of the Keith-Albee-Orpheum vaudeville circuit in New York City...
  
   - The Bride
• Milla Davenport
  Milla Davenport
  Milla Davenport was a stage and film actress, originally from Sicily. She was educated in Switzerland. Davenport appeared with her husband, actor Harry Davenport's repertory company for fifteen years....
  
   - Mother
• William Blaisdell - Gov. Harrison
• Max Asher - Butler
• Al Hallett - Mr. Gloom, the valet
• Tyler Brooke
  Tyler Brooke
  Tyler Brooke, real name Victor Hugo de Bierre, was an American film actor. He appeared in 92 films between 1915 and 1943....
  
   - (uncredited)
• Helen Gilmore
  Helen Gilmore
  Helen Gilmore was an American actress of the stage and silent motion pictures from Chicago, Illinois. She left acting to become a magazine editor.-Stock company player:...
  
   - (uncredited)
• Oliver Hardy
  Oliver Hardy
  Oliver Hardy was an American comic actor famous as one half of Laurel and Hardy, the classic double act that began in the era of silent films and lasted nearly 30 years, from 1927 to 1955.-Early life:...
  
   - Charley's Victim (uncredited)
• Jerry Mandy
  Jerry Mandy
  Jerry Mandy was an American film actor. He appeared in 114 films between 1923 and 1945.He was born in Utica, New York and died in Hollywood, California from a heart attack.-Selected filmography:* Thundering Fleas...
  
   - Hospital orderly (uncredited)
• Lyle Tayo
  Lyle Tayo
  Lyle Tayo was an American film actress who appeared in 59 films between 1921 and 1948. Tayo was born in Elmdale, Kansas and died in Hollywood, California. She is buried in Valhalla Memorial Park Cemetery....
  
  - Nurse (uncredited)