Alkali Ike


Alkali Ike is a series of short comedy films released during the silent film era. Gilbert M. Anderson was involved with producing them and directed several. Alkali Ike was portrayed by Augustus Carney and Harry Todd co-starred in the films as Mustang Pete. Margaret Joslin and Lily Branscombe also appeared in the series.
The Library of Philadelphia has an advertisement for the "Alkali" Ike's Auto epidose.

At Universal

Universal poached Carney and used the character renamed Universal Ike for a series of comedic films. It was part of its Joker Comedies series.

Other uses

There is a song titled "Alkali Ike Rag".
Baseball player Grover Cleveland Alexander was nicknamed Alkali Pete after one of the lead characters.
Marvel's Earth 616 has a character named Alkali Ike.

Filmography