Sense Sonnet - Pumper

 Wearer of Pork Pie Hats

For silent film work I'm best known,

Acting and directing of.

Vaudeville with my folks, then alone

To make movies, my great love.

Physical comedy I made

My trademark, always doing it

With a deadpan look that did aid

My becoming a movie hit.

Ups and downs my career went through.

Alcoholism caused me strife,

But recovered, and a lease new

Got me back to a useful life.

Became famous in time and place,

And often called "The Great Stone Face."