The actor who plays the technician smoking up the room and nearly getting himself pulled out he window by Buster Keaton is 'Snub' Pollard, who like the fictional Kelsey Dutton had been a very popular silent film actor, being most frequently teamed up with Harold Lloyd and Bebe Daniels. After talkies came into their own, he continued performing in motion pictures, but was for the most part relegated to uncredited bit parts.
French title of the episode : Le partenaire muet.
French visa # 20317, delivered on 21-11-1957.