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Billy Bowers (actor)
Billy Bowers was a comedic actor in the United States. He starred in many Siegmund Lubin comedy shorts with Oliver Hardy. He was also in films produced by Arthur Hotaling and directed by Jerold Hevener. He was announced as a player in All Celtic Films comedies. Filmography *''Pins Are Lucky'' (1914) *''The Green Alarm'' (1914) as Old Man Hokus *'' Casey's Birthday'' (1914) as Mike Dooley *''Who's Boss?'' (1914) as Clancey *'' The Fresh Air Cure'' (1914) as Pat McFlarrathy *''Good Cider'' (1914) as Hank *''They Bought a Boat'' (1914) as Jack Kedge *''The Daddy of Them All'' (1914) as Chairman *'' The Wise Detectives'' (1914) *''He Wanted Work'' (1914) as The Boss *''A Tango Tragedy'' (1914) *'' Kidnapping the Kid'' (1914) as Jake *''Outwitting Dad'' (1914)as Mr. Gross *'' The Crazy Clock Maker'' (1915), a Jerold Hevener film *'' What a Cinch'' (1915) as Cohen, the Pawnbroker *'' The Prize Baby'' (1915) as Boots *'' A Terrible Tragedy'' (1916) as Professor Foddletop *''It Hap ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Siegmund Lubin
Siegmund Lubin (born Zygmunt Lubszyński, April 20, 1851 – September 11, 1923) was an American motion picture pioneer who founded the Lubin Manufacturing Company (1902–1917) of Philadelphia. Biography Siegmund Lubin was born as Zygmunt Lubszyński, a son of Samuel Lubszyński and Rebeka Lubszyńska, Polish Jews, in Breslau, Germany (now Wrocław, Poland) or in Poznań on April 20, 1851. His father, a successful ophthalmologist, moved the family for economic reasons to Berlin soon after Zygmunt's birth. There young Zygmunt Germanicized the spelling of his first name to ''Siegmund''. He later graduated from the Heidelberg University and in 1876 emigrated to the United States, where he settled in Philadelphia and worked as an optometrist. Around 1881, he shortened his surname from the Polish Lubszyński to Lubin. He soon progressed to making his own camera and projector combination, which he sold. In 1896 he began distributing films for Thomas Edison. In 1897 he started ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
A Tango Tragedy
''A Tango Tragedy'' is a lost 1914 American silent comedy film produced by the Lubin Manufacturing Company and starring Billy Bowers, Frances Ne Moyer, and James Hodges. Also among the cast was Oliver Hardy, who had a small role as a man at the dance. Plot Pat Muldoon disapproves of dancing, and threatens to kill any man who asks his daughter Nora to dance. Undeterred, Dick Kelly invites Nora to a dance, and Pat comes for him with a shotgun. Dick tricks Pat into shooting at a dummy and pretends to be dead. Dressed as a ghost, he commands Pat to dance. The terrified Pat obeys, and discovers that he quite likes dancing with a charming widow. When he sees Dick without his ghost makeup, he wants to fight again, but then the music starts, and faced with the choice between a fight and a tango, Pat chooses the tango, while Dick dances off with Nora. [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
American Male Comedians
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American Male Film Actors
American(s) may refer to: * American, something of, from, or related to the United States of America, commonly known as the "United States" or "America" ** Americans, citizens and nationals of the United States of America ** American ancestry, people who self-identify their ancestry as "American" ** American English, the set of varieties of the English language native to the United States ** Native Americans in the United States, indigenous peoples of the United States * American, something of, from, or related to the Americas, also known as "America" ** Indigenous peoples of the Americas * American (word), for analysis and history of the meanings in various contexts Organizations * American Airlines, U.S.-based airline headquartered in Fort Worth, Texas * American Athletic Conference, an American college athletic conference * American Recordings (record label), a record label previously known as Def American * American University, in Washington, D.C. Sports teams Soccer * ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
It Happened In Pikesville
''It Happened in Pikesville'' is a 1916 American silent comedy film short featuring Oliver Hardy. Cast * Raymond McKee - Exhausted Eddy * C. W. Ritchie - Spent Spencer (as Charles W. Ritchie) * Billy Bowers - Vimless Victor * Harry Lorraine - Police Chief * Oliver Hardy - Jiggs (as Babe Hardy) * Mabel Paige - Julia Jiggs * Ben Walker - Janitor * Burt Bucher - Policeman See also * Oliver Hardy filmography __NOTOC__ These are the films of Oliver Hardy as an actor. For the filmography of Laurel and Hardy Laurel and Hardy were a British-American Double act, comedy duo act during the early Classical Hollywood cinema, Classical Hollywood era of Am ... External links * 1916 films 1916 short films American silent short films American black-and-white films Films directed by Jerold T. Hevener 1916 comedy films Silent American comedy films American comedy short films 1910s American films {{1910s-short-comedy-film-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
A Terrible Tragedy
''A Terrible Tragedy'' is a 1916 American silent film, silent comedy film featuring Oliver Hardy. Cast * Jerold T. Hevener as Emile Scribbler * Oliver Hardy as Markoff (as Babe Hardy) * Billy Bowers (actor), Billy Bowers as Professor Foddletop * Nellie Farron as Zola See also * List of American films of 1916 * Oliver Hardy filmography External links * 1916 films American silent short films 1916 short films American black-and-white films 1916 comedy films Silent American comedy films American comedy short films 1910s American films {{1910s-short-comedy-film-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
The Prize Baby
''The Prize Baby'' is a 1915 American silent comedy film featuring Oliver Hardy. Plot Cast * Oliver Hardy as Bill, the Prize Baby (as Babe Hardy) * Raymond McKee as Pip * Billy Bowers as Boots * Frances Ne Moyer as Florence See also * Oliver Hardy filmography __NOTOC__ These are the films of Oliver Hardy as an actor. For the filmography of Laurel and Hardy Laurel and Hardy were a British-American Double act, comedy duo act during the early Classical Hollywood cinema, Classical Hollywood era of Am ... External links kid Maintenance 1915 films American silent short films American black-and-white films 1915 comedy films 1915 short films Films directed by Jerold T. Hevener Silent American comedy films American comedy short films 1910s American films {{1910s-short-comedy-film-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
What A Cinch
''What a Cinch'' is a 1915 film featuring Oliver Hardy. Cast * Oliver Hardy as Chief Myers (as Babe Hardy) * Raymond McKee as Lt. Dick Young * Frances Ne Moyer as Molly Mason * Billy Bowers as Cohen, the Pawnbroker See also * List of American films of 1915 This List of American films of 1915 is a compilation of American films released in the year 1915. A–Z Serials Short films See also * 1915 in the United States References External links 1915 filmsat the Internet Movie Dat ... * Filmography of Oliver Hardy External links * 1915 films American silent short films 1915 short films American black-and-white films 1915 comedy films Silent American comedy films American comedy short films 1910s American films {{1910s-short-comedy-film-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
The Crazy Clock Maker
''The Crazy Clock Maker'' is a 1915 American silent comedy film starring Billy Bowers and featuring Oliver Hardy in a supporting role. Cast * Billy Bowers * Myra Brooks * Ray Ford * Clay Grant * Oliver Hardy (as Babe Hardy) * Betty Holton * Beatrice Miller * Mabel Paige * C.W. Ritchie * Walter Schimpf * Bill Watson * Hod Weston See also * List of American films of 1915 * Oliver Hardy filmography __NOTOC__ These are the films of Oliver Hardy as an actor. For the filmography of Laurel and Hardy Laurel and Hardy were a British-American Double act, comedy duo act during the early Classical Hollywood cinema, Classical Hollywood era of Am ... References External links * 1915 films 1915 comedy films 1915 short films American silent short films American black-and-white films Films directed by Jerold T. Hevener Silent American comedy films American comedy short films 1910s American films 1910s English-language films {{1910s-short-comedy-film-s ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Outwitting Dad
''Outwitting Dad'' is a lost 1914 American comedy film that featured Oliver Hardy's first onscreen appearance. The master negatives and original print for this short were destroyed in a vault fire at the Lubin Manufacturing Company in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, on June 13, 1914. Plot Cast * Billy Bowers as Mr. Gross * Oliver Hardy as Reggie Kewp (credited as O.N. Hardy) * Raymond McKee as Bob Kewp * Frances Ne Moyer as Lena Gross See also * List of American films of 1914 * Oliver Hardy filmography __NOTOC__ These are the films of Oliver Hardy as an actor. For the filmography of Laurel and Hardy Laurel and Hardy were a British-American Double act, comedy duo act during the early Classical Hollywood cinema, Classical Hollywood era of Am ... References External links * 1914 films 1914 comedy films 1914 short films Silent American comedy films American silent short films American black-and-white films American comedy short films Films directed by Arthur Hotal ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Kidnapping The Kid
''Kidnapping the Kid'' is a 1914 American silent comedy film featuring Oliver Hardy. Plot Cast * Harry Lorraine as Hans * Billy Bowers as Jake * Oliver Hardy as Willie Gold (as Babe Hardy) See also * List of American films of 1914 * Oliver Hardy filmography __NOTOC__ These are the films of Oliver Hardy as an actor. For the filmography of Laurel and Hardy Laurel and Hardy were a British-American Double act, comedy duo act during the early Classical Hollywood cinema, Classical Hollywood era of Am ... External links * 1914 films 1914 short films American silent short films American black-and-white films 1914 comedy films Silent American comedy films American comedy short films 1910s American films {{1910s-short-comedy-film-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |