the comedy is difficult to uncover. Time and again one wonders if audiences ever did laugh at his work, and, if so, why?" Despite his genial on-screen persona, Bunny was disliked by some of his fellow actors at Vitagraph. Bunny and Finch "cordially hated each other" according to Vitagraph's co-founder Albert E. Smith, and interviews of former Vitagraph personnel revealed that some found him to be arrogant and difficult to work with. In 1918, after Bunny's passing, Samuel Goldwyn signed George Bunny, John's brother, for films but the attempt was not successful. New comedians came to the fore in silent film and John Bunny faded into obscurity. However, in 1960 he was inducted into the Hollywood Walk of Fame (though he made most of his movies in the East) for his contributions to the film industry with a motion pictures star located at 1715 Vine Street in Hollywood. Bunny's 1914 vehicle Pigs Is Pigs was preserved by the Academy Film Archive in 2010. Selected filmography Notes References Further reading External links Literature on John Bunny 1863 births 1915 deaths 19th-century American male actors 20th-century American male actors American male stage actors American male silent film actors Blackface minstrel performers Burials at the Cemetery of the Evergreens Deaths from nephritis Male actors from New York City Silent film comedians Vaudeville performers People from Brooklyn 20th-century American comedians American male comedy actors