Charles Servaès

Accident-prone Polycarpe wreaks havoc on a construction site—a popular location for so many early film comedies.

Accident-prone Polycarpe wreaks havoc on a construction site—a popular location for so many early film comedies.

The homeless Polycarpe steals a rifle from some careless society sportsmen and goes on a mindless shooting spree. (MoMA)

Charles Servaes decides it's time to get out of the city, so he ties an abandoned bath tub to a truck and lets it tow him to the seaside. Once there,...

Polycarpe is in the cavalry in this one. He gets a date with the hefty young woman who seems to work in the dungeon of the barracks. However, while...

Charles Servaes finds a coin on the ground and takes possession. When he tries to use it to pay for his cab ride, the cabbie says it's counterfeit....

Charles Servaes playing Polycarpe is cooking some eggs in his residential hotel. What do you need when you want to cook eggs?A clean chimney that...

Polycarpe wants to sleep, but the woman of the house beats him awake. When he falls back asleep, his shoes tie themselves, as does his cravat....

Polycarpe -- that's Charles Servaes -- encounters a painter in a museum. He strikes a funny pose and the painter decides he wants to paint that...

Charles Servaes as Polycarpe becomes an inspector of sort; he goes around measure the length of women's skirts in Paris to make sure they don't...