William Gilbert Barron (September 12, 1894 – September 23, 1971), known professionally
as Billy Gilbert, was an American actor and comedian. He was known for his comic
sneeze
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routines. He appeared in over 200 feature films, short subjects and television shows beginning in 1929.
Career
Early life and vaudeville career
The child of singers with the
Metropolitan Opera
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, he was born in a dressing room at the Hopkins Opera House in
Louisville, Kentucky
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.
["Billy Gilbert", Hollywood Star Walk, ''Los Angeles Times'', September 24, 1971]
/ref> Gilbert began working in vaudeville
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at the age of 12, and later played in burlesque on the Columbia and Mutual wheels.
Big break in films
Gilbert was spotted by Stan Laurel, who was in the audience of Gilbert's show ''Sensations of 1929''. Laurel went backstage to meet Gilbert and was so impressed by him he introduced him to comedy producer Hal Roach
Harry Eugene "Hal" Roach Sr. Skretvedt, Randy (2016), ''Laurel and Hardy: The Magic Behind the Movies'', Bonaventure Press. p.608. (January 14, 1892 – November 2, 1992) was an American film and television producer, director, and screenwriter, ...
. Gilbert was employed as a gag writer, actor and director, and at the age of 35 he appeared in his first film for the Fox Film Corporation
The Fox Film Corporation (also known as Fox Studios) was an American Independent film production studio formed by William Fox (1879–1952) in 1915, by combining his earlier Greater New York Film Rental Company and Box Office Attractions Film C ...
in 1929.
Gilbert broke into comedy short subjects with the Vitaphone
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studio in 1930 – he appears without billing in the Joe Frisco
Joe Frisco (born Louis Wilson Joseph; November 4, 1889 – February 18, 1958) was an American vaudeville performer who first made his name on stage as a jazz dancer, but later incorporated his stuttering voice to his act and became a popular ...
comedy ''The Happy Hottentots'' (restored and released on DVD). Gilbert's burly frame and gruff voice made him a good comic villain, and within the year he was working consistently for producer Roach. He appeared in support of Roach's comedy stars Laurel and Hardy, Charley Chase
Charles Joseph Parrott (October 20, 1893 – June 20, 1940), known professionally as Charley Chase, was an American comedian, actor, screenwriter and film director. He worked for many pioneering comedy studios but is chiefly associated with pro ...
, Thelma Todd
Thelma Alice Todd (July 29, 1906 – December 16, 1935) was an American actress and businesswoman who carried the nicknames "The Ice Cream Blonde" and "Hot Toddy". Appearing in about 120 feature films and shorts between 1926 and 1935, sh ...
, and '' Our Gang''. One of his Laurel and Hardy appearances was the Academy Award
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-winning featurette ''The Music Box
''The Music Box'' is a Laurel and Hardy short film comedy released in 1932. It was directed by James Parrott, produced by Hal Roach and distributed by Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer. The film, which depicts the pair attempting to move a piano up a long f ...
'' (1932). Gilbert generally played blustery tough guys in the Roach comedies, but could play other comic characters, from fey couturiers to pompous radio announcers to roaring drunks. Gilbert's skill at dialects prompted Roach to give him his own series: big Billy Gilbert teamed with little Billy Bletcher
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as the Dutch-comic "Schmaltz Brothers." in offbeat musical shorts like "Rhapsody in Brew" (which Gilbert also directed). Gilbert regularly starred in Roach's short-comedy series ''The Taxi Boys'', opposite comedians Clyde Cook, Billy Bevan, Franklin Pangborn
Franklin Pangborn (January 23, 1889 – July 20, 1958) was an American comedic character actor famous for playing small but memorable roles with comic flair. He appeared in many Preston Sturges movies as well as the W. C. Fields films '' Interna ...
, and finally Ben Blue
Ben Blue (born Benjamin Bernstein; September 12, 1901 – March 7, 1975) was a Canadian-American actor and comedian who had a career that spanned nearly 50 years.
Early life
He was born Benjamin Bernstein in Montreal, Quebec on Septem ...
.
Like many other Roach contractees, Gilbert found similar work at other studios. He appears in the early comedies of the Three Stooges
The Three Stooges were an American vaudeville and comedy team active from 1922 until 1970, best remembered for their 190 short subject films by Columbia Pictures. Their hallmark styles were physical farce and slapstick. Six Stooges appeare ...
at Columbia Pictures
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, as well as in RKO
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short subjects. These led to featured roles in full-length films, and from 1934 Gilbert became one of the screen's most familiar faces. In 1944, Billy signed with the prestigious William Morris Agency
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, which led to starring roles and prominent supporting roles in numerous films.
Feature films
One of his standard routines had Gilbert progressively getting excited or nervous about something, and his speech would break down into facial spasms, culminating in a big, loud sneeze. He used this bit so frequently that Walt Disney
Walter Elias Disney (; December 5, 1901December 15, 1966) was an American animator, film producer and entrepreneur. A pioneer of the American animation industry, he introduced several developments in the production of cartoons. As a film p ...
thought of him immediately when casting the voice of Sneezy
''Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs'' is a 1937 American animated musical fantasy film produced by Walt Disney Productions and released by RKO Radio Pictures. Based on the 1812 German fairy tale by the Brothers Grimm, it is the first full-le ...
in ''Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs
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'' (1937). Gilbert and Disney would later work together again in the "Mickey and the Beanstalk" sequence in ''Fun and Fancy Free
''Fun and Fancy Free'' is a 1947 American animated musical fantasy package film produced by Walt Disney and released on September 27, 1947 by RKO Radio Pictures. It is the ninth Disney animated feature film and the fourth of the package films th ...
'' (1947),[ with Gilbert voicing ]Willie the Giant
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in a very similar way to Sneezy. Gilbert did the sneeze routine in a memorable cameo in the Paramount comedy '' Million Dollar Legs'' (1932) starring W. C. Fields
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, Jack Oakie
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, Susan Fleming, and Ben Turpin
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.
Gilbert is prominent in most of the movies he appeared in, and he often used dialects. He appeared as "Herring" – a parody of Nazi
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official Hermann Göring
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– the minister of war in Charlie Chaplin's ''The Great Dictator
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''.[ He danced with ]Alice Faye
Alice Faye (born Alice Jeanne Leppert; May 5, 1915 – May 9, 1998) was an American actress and singer. A musical star of 20th Century-Fox in the 1930s and 1940s, Faye starred in such films as '' On the Avenue'' (1937) and ''Alexander's Ragtime ...
and Betty Grable
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Her 42 films during the 1930s and 1940s grossed more than $100 million; for 10 consecutive years (1942–1951) she reign ...
in ''Tin Pan Alley
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''; he stole scenes as a dim-witted process server in the fast-paced comedy ''His Girl Friday
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''; playing an Italian character, he played opposite singer Gloria Jean
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in '' The Under-Pup'' and '' A Little Bit of Heaven''. He was also the soda server to Freddie Bartholomew
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in ''Captains Courageous
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''. He was featured in the John Wayne and Marlene Dietrich
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film '' Seven Sinners''. All of these were choice Gilbert roles, and all filmed within a single year, demonstrating how prolific and talented he was.
Gilbert seldom starred in movies but did have occasional opportunities to play leads. In 1943, he headlined a brief series of two-reel comedies for Columbia Pictures
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. That same year, Monogram Pictures teamed him with the urbane stage comedian Frank Fay for a comedy series; Fay left the series after the first entry. Gilbert asked his closest friend, vaudeville veteran Shemp Howard
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He is best known as the ...
, to replace him. Howard had been the original third member of the Three Stooges
The Three Stooges were an American vaudeville and comedy team active from 1922 until 1970, best remembered for their 190 short subject films by Columbia Pictures. Their hallmark styles were physical farce and slapstick. Six Stooges appeare ...
before leaving to pursue a solo career.
Later years
During the late 1940s and early 1950s, Gilbert worked on Broadway in several productions as an actor, writer and director. These include acting roles in '' Fanny'', ''The Chocolate Soldier
''The Chocolate Soldier'' (German: ''Der tapfere Soldat'' he courageous soldier
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or ''Der Praliné-Soldat'') is an operetta composed in 1908 by Oscar Straus (composer), Oscar Straus based on George Bernard Shaw's 1894 play, ''Arms and the Man' ...
'', and ''Gypsy Lady'', and directing roles in ''The Red Mill
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'' and other plays. In the 1950s, Billy Gilbert worked frequently in television, including a memorable pantomime sketch with Buster Keaton on ''You Asked for It
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''. He appeared regularly on the children's program ''Andy's Gang
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'' with Andy Devine
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, and starred as the giant in the ''Producers' Showcase
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'' TV episode of ''Jack and the Beanstalk'' (1956), along with Celeste Holm
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Holm won an Academy Award for her performance in Elia Kazan's '' Gentleman's Agreement'' (1947), and was nominated for her roles in ''Come to ...
and Joel Grey
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as Jack. He retired from the screen following his appearance in the feature ''Five Weeks in a Balloon
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'' (1962).
Personal life
After an unhappy first marriage, in 1938 Gilbert married Ella McKenzie, whom he affectionately called Lolly. She had appeared as an ingenue in short-subject comedies. Fellow film comedian Charley Chase
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was the best man
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. In 1941, Billy and Ella adopted an 11-year-old son, Barry, who died in a 1943 shooting accident.
Ella Baxter McKenzie was an Ulster-Scot whose grandfather John McKenzie was a prominent member of the Orange Order in Ballymena, County Antrim, Northern Ireland. Her father was Robert Baxter McKenzie, who always wore an orange flower on the Twelfth of July, Orangeman's Day in Northern Ireland, in remembrance of the family background and cultural heritage. Ella's sister was film actress Fay McKenzie
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. The family moved to America and settled in Oregon when he was nine years old. In late 1943, Gilbert appeared with Ella in a USO
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show, entertaining the US Marines
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stationed in Derry, Northern Ireland
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. Ella and Billy visited Ballymena in 1943; an account of their visit is reported in the ''Larne Times'' of December 9, 1943.
Death
Gilbert died on September 23, 1971, in North Hollywood
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at the age of 77, after suffering a stroke.[
]
Legacy
For his contributions to the motion picture industry, Gilbert has a star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame at 6263 Hollywood Boulevard
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.Billy Gilbert – Hollywood Walk of Fame
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Selected filmography
* ''Flirty Four-Flushers
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''Pea ...
'' (1926) as Soup Drinking Customer / Hotel Desk Clerk
* ''The Woman from Hell
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'' (1929) as Minor Role (uncredited)
* ''Noisy Neighbors
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* Eddie Quillan as Eddie Van Revel
* Alberta Vaughn as Mary Carstairs
* Jane Keckley as Mother
* Jos ...
'' (1929) as Third Son
* ''The Happy Hottentots'' (1930, short) as Stage Manager
* '' Sea Legs'' (1930) as Naval Officer (uncredited)
* ''First Aid'' (1931) as Jenkins
* ''Chinatown After Dark
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*Carmel Myers as Madame Ying Su
*Rex Lease as James 'Jim' Bonner
*Barbara Kent as Lo ...
'' (1931) as Dooley
* ''Shiver My Timbers
''Shiver My Timbers'' is a 1931 ''Our Gang'' short comedy film directed by Robert F. McGowan. It was the 109th (21st talking) ''Our Gang'' short that was released.
Plot
A loud sea captain (Billy Gilbert) tells violent stories about adventure ...
'' (1931 short
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) as Sea Captain
* ''The Music Box
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'' (1932 short
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) as Professor Theodore von Schwarzenhoffen (uncredited)
* '' The Chimp'' (1932 short
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) as The Landlord (uncredited)
* '' Million Dollar Legs'' (1932) as Secretary of the Interior (uncredited)
* ''Skyscraper Souls
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'' (1932) as Second Ticket Agent (uncredited)
* ''Blondie of the Follies
''Blondie of the Follies'' is a 1932 American pre-Code comedy film directed by Edmund Goulding and written by Anita Loos and Frances Marion.
Plot
In a crowded New York tenement on the upper east side, Blondie and Lottie are neighbors and best f ...
'' (1932) as Kinskey's Friend (uncredited)
* '' Pack Up Your Troubles'' (1932) as Mr. Hathaway
* '' County Hospital'' (1932 short
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) as The Doctor
* ''The Taxi Boys - What Price Taxi'' (1932 short
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) as Cabbie
* ''The Taxi Boys - Strange Innertube'' (1932 short
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) as Cabbie
* ''The Taxi Boys - Hot Spot'' (1932 short
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) as Cabbie
* ''The Taxi Boys - Taxi for Two'' (1932 short
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) as Cabbie
* ''The Taxi Boys - Bring 'Em Back a Wife'' (1933 short
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) as Billy Gilbert
* ''The Taxi Boys - Wreckety Wrecks'' (1933 short
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) as Billy
* ''The Taxi Boys - Taxi Barons'' (1933 short
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) as Billy
* ''The Taxi Boys - Call Her Sausage'' (1933 short
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) as Heinie Schmaltz
* ''The Taxi Boys - The Rummy'' (1933 short
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) as Schmaltz
* ''Made on Broadway
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'' (1933) as Commissioner Jerry Allesandro (uncredited)
* ''The Girl in 419
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'' (1933) as Sneezing Patient (uncredited)
* ''So and Sew'' (1933 short
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) as Rudolpho
* ''This Day and Age
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This Day and Age formed in 2001, and released their debut full-length, ''Start Over on Monday'', in 2002. '' (1933) as Manager of Nightclub (uncredited)
* '' Sons of the Desert'' (1933) as Mr. Rutledge (voice, uncredited)
* ''Cockeyed Cavaliers
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'' (1934) as Innkeeper (uncredited)
* ''Peck's Bad Boy
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'' (1934) (uncredited)
* '' Happy Landing'' (1934) as Husband (uncredited)
* ''Men in Black
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'' (1934, Three Stooges short) as Dangerous Patient (uncredited)
* ''Evelyn Prentice
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'' (1935) as First Chef (uncredited)
* '' Escapade'' (1935) as Singer (uncredited)
* '' Mad Love'' (1935) as Autograph Seeker on Train (uncredited)
* ''Pardon My Scotch
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'' (1935, Three Stooges short) as opera singer Signor Louis Bellero Cantino (uncredited)
* ''Curly Top'' (1935) as The Cook (uncredited)
* ''Here Comes the Band
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'' (1935) as Oswald Carroll (uncredited)
* '' Hi, Gaucho!'' (1935) as Cappa Rosa - Del Campo's Foreman (uncredited)
* '' A Night at the Opera'' (1935) as Orchestra Member asking Fiorello not to play the piano (uncredited)
* ''Coronado Coronado may refer to:
People
* Coronado (surname)
* Francisco Vázquez de Coronado (1510–1554), Spanish explorer often referred to simply as "Coronado"
* Coronado Chávez (1807–1881), President of Honduras from 1845 to 1847
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'' (1935) as Waiter (uncredited)
* '' I Dream Too Much'' (1935) as Cook at Cafe (uncredited)
* ''Millions in the Air
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'' (1935) as Nikolas Popadopolis
* ''Dangerous Waters Dangerous Waters may refer to:
* Dangerous Waters (video game)
* Dangerous Waters (1936 film), American film
* Dangerous Waters (1995 film)
''Dangerous Waters'' ( no, Farlig farvann) is a 1995 Norwegian action film directed by Lars Berg.
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'' (1936) as Carlos (uncredited)
* ''Sutter's Gold
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'' (1936) as Gen. Ramos (uncredited)
* ''Love on a Bet
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'' (1936) as New York Policeman (uncredited)
* ''The First Baby
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'' (1936) as Italian in Park (uncredited)
* ''One Rainy Afternoon
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'' (1936) as Courtroom Doorman (uncredited)
* '' Three of a Kind'' (1936) as The Tailor
* ''Early to Bed
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* Early, Iowa
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* E ...
'' (1936) as Burger
* ''Parole!
''Parole!'' is a 1936 American crime film directed by Lew Landers and written by Kubec Glasmon and Horace McCoy. The film stars Henry Hunter, Ann Preston, Alan Dinehart, Alan Baxter, Alan Hale Sr. and Grant Mitchell. The film was released on ...
'' (1936) as Salvatore Arriolo (uncredited)
* '' Poor Little Rich Girl'' (1936) as Waiter (uncredited)
* ''Kelly the Second
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* "Kelly" (song), a 2018 single by Kelly Rowland
* ''Kelly'' (film), a 1981 Canadi ...
'' (1936) as Fur trader (role deleted) (uncredited)
* ''The Bride Walks Out
''The Bride Walks Out'' is a 1936 American romantic comedy film directed by Leigh Jason and starring Barbara Stanwyck, Gene Raymond, and Robert Young. Based on an original story by Howard Emmett Rogers, the film is about a woman forced to gi ...
'' (1936) as Mr. Donovan
* ''The Devil-Doll
''The Devil-Doll'' (1936) is a horror film directed by Tod Browning and starring Lionel Barrymore and Maureen O'Sullivan. The film was adapted from the novel ''Burn Witch Burn!'' (1932) by Abraham Merritt. It has become a cult film.Paul Simpson, ...
'' (1936) as Matin's Butler (uncredited)
* '' Grand Jury'' (1936) as Otto, Janitor (uncredited)
* ''My American Wife My American Wife may refer to:
* ''My American Wife'' (1922 film), an American silent drama film
* ''My American Wife'' (1936 film), an American comedy film
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'' (1936) as French Chef (uncredited)
* ''Pepper
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** Black pepper
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** Bell pepper
** Chili ...
'' (1936) as Man Eating Sandwich (uncredited)
* ''Bulldog Edition
''Bulldog Edition'' is a 1936 American film directed by Charles Lamont. The film is also known as ''Lady Reporter'' in the United Kingdom.
Plot
Newspaper editors Ken Dwyer (Ray Walker) and Evans ( Robert Warwick) compete for circulation, and t ...
'' (1936) as George Poppupoppalas (uncredited)
* '' The Big Game'' (1936) as Fisher (uncredited)
* '' Love on the Run'' (1936) as Maitre d' (uncredited)
* ''Night Waitress
''Night Waitress'' is a 1936 American drama film directed by Lew Landers and written by Marcus Goodrich. The film stars Margot Grahame, Gordon Jones, Vinton Hayworth, Marc Lawrence and Billy Gilbert. The film was released on December 18, 1936 ...
'' (1936) as Torre - Cafe Owner
* ''On the Avenue
''On the Avenue'' is a 1937 American musical film directed by Roy Del Ruth and starring Dick Powell, Madeleine Carroll, Alice Faye, George Barbier, and The Ritz Brothers. Many of the songs were composed by Irving Berlin. Many of the plot deta ...
'' (1937) as Joe Papaloupas
* ''We're on the Jury
''We're on the Jury'' is a 1937 American comedy film directed by Ben Holmes and starring Victor Moore and Helen Broderick
Helen Broderick (August 11, 1891 – September 25, 1959) was an American actress known for her comic roles, especia ...
'' (1937) as Mr. Ephraim Allen
* '' When You're in Love'' (1937) as Jose the Bartender (uncredited)
* '' Sea Devils'' (1937) as Billy (policeman)
* ''Espionage
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'' (1937) as Turk
* '' China Passage'' (1937) as Ship's Bartender
* '' Maytime'' (1937) as Drunk (uncredited)
* ''The Man Who Found Himself
''The Man Who Found Himself'', also known as ''Wings of Mercy'', is a 1937 American aviation film based on the unpublished story "Wings of Mercy" by Alice F. Curtis. The film marked the first starring role for 19-year-old Joan Fontaine, who was b ...
'' (1937) as Fat Hobo
* ''The Outcasts of Poker Flat
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'' (1937) as Charley - the Bartender
* ''Captains Courageous
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'' (1937) as Soda Steward (uncredited)
* ''The Toast of New York
''The Toast of New York'' is a 1937 American biopic directed by Rowland V. Lee and starring Edward Arnold, Cary Grant, Frances Farmer, and Jack Oakie. The film is a fictionalized account of the lives of financiers James Fisk and Edward S. St ...
'' (1937) as Photographer
* ''Broadway Melody of 1938
''Broadway Melody of 1938'' is a 1937 American musical film produced by Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer and directed by Roy Del Ruth. The film is essentially a backstage musical revue, featuring high-budget sets and cinematography in the MGM musical trad ...
'' (1937) as George Papaloopas
* '' The Firefly'' (1937) as Inn Keeper
* '' The Life of the Party'' (1937) as Dr. Molnac
* ''One Hundred Men and a Girl
''One Hundred Men and a Girl'' (styled 100 Men and a Girl in advertising) is a 1937 American musical comedy film directed by Henry Koster and starring Deanna Durbin and the maestro Leopold Stokowski. Written by Charles Kenyon, Bruce Manning, and ...
'' (1937) as Garage Owner
* ''Music for Madame
''Music for Madame'' is a 1937 American musical comedy film directed by John G. Blystone and written by Gertrude Purcell and Robert Harari. The film was released on October 8, 1937 by RKO Pictures.
Plot
Singer Nino Maretti comes into Hollywood a ...
'' (1937) as Krause
* ''Fight for Your Lady
''Fight for Your Lady'' is a 1937 American comedy film directed by Benjamin Stoloff and written by Ernest Pagano, Harry Segall and Harold Daniel Kusel. The film stars John Boles, Jack Oakie, Ida Lupino, Margot Grahame, Gordon Jones, Erik Rhod ...
'' (1937) as Boris
* ''Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs
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'' (1937) as Sneezy (voice, uncredited)
* '' Rosalie'' (1937) as Oloff
* '' She's Got Everything'' (1937) as Chaffee - a Creditor
* ''Once Over Lightly'' (1938 short
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* Short, Mississippi, an unincorporated community
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People
* Short (surname)
* List of people known as ...
) as Professor Dimitrius Kapouris
* '' Happy Landing'' (1938) as Counter Man
* ''Maid's Night Out
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'' (1938) as Mr. Papalapoulas
* ''Joy of Living
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'' (1938) as Cafe Owner
* ''Army Girl
''Army Girl'' (also released as ''The Last of the Cavalry'') is a 1938 American comedy film directed by George Nicholls Jr. and starring Madge Evans and Preston Foster. It was a high budget film by Republic Pictures.
Plot
Captain Dike Conger, ...
'' (1938) as Cantina Pete
* ''Block-Heads
''Block-Heads'' is a 1938 comedy film directed by John G. Blystone and starring Stan Laurel and Oliver Hardy. It was produced by Hal Roach Studios for Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer. The film, a reworking of elements from the Laurel and Hardy shorts ''We Fa ...
'' (1938) as Mr. Gilbert
* '' My Lucky Star'' (1938) as Nick
* '' Breaking the Ice'' (1938) as Mr. Small
* '' Mr. Doodle Kicks Off'' (1938) as Professor Minorous
* ''Peck's Bad Boy with the Circus
''Peck's Bad Boy with the Circus'' is a 1938 American comedy film directed by Edward F. Cline, based on the book of the same name by George W. Peck, one of his stories of Peck's Bad Boy.
Plot summary
Bill Peck receives ten dollars from his ...
'' (1938) as Bud Boggs
* ''The Girl Downstairs
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'' (1938) as Garage Proprietor
* ''Forged Passport
''Forged Passport'' is a 1939 American action film directed by John H. Auer and written by Lee Loeb and Franklin Coen. The film stars Paul Kelly, June Lang, Lyle Talbot, Billy Gilbert, Cliff Nazarro and Maurice Murphy. The film was released on ...
'' (1939) as Nick Mendoza
* '' Million Dollar Legs'' (1939) as Dick Schultz (uncredited)
* '' The Under-Pup'' (1939) as Tolio
* '' The Star Maker'' (1939) as Steel Worker
* ''Rio
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Rio or Río may also refer to:
Geography Brazil
* Rio de Janeiro
* Rio do Sul, a ...
'' (1939) as Manuelo
* ''Destry Rides Again
''Destry Rides Again'' is a 1939 American Western comedy film directed by George Marshall and starring Marlene Dietrich and James Stewart. The supporting cast includes Mischa Auer, Charles Winninger, Brian Donlevy, Allen Jenkins, Irene Hervey ...
'' (1939) as Loupgerou
* ''His Girl Friday
''His Girl Friday'' is a 1940 American screwball comedy directed by Howard Hawks, starring Cary Grant and Rosalind Russell and featuring Ralph Bellamy and Gene Lockhart. It was released by Columbia Pictures. The plot centers on a newspaper edito ...
'' (1940) as Joe Pettibone
* ''Sandy Is a Lady
''Sandy Is a Lady'' is a 1940 American comedy film directed by Charles Lamont and written by Charles Grayson. The film stars Baby Sandy, Billy Lenhart, Kenneth Brown, Eugene Pallette, Nan Grey, Tom Brown, Mischa Auer, Billy Gilbert and Edgar K ...
'' (1940) as Billy Pepino
* ''Women in War
''Women in War'' is a 1940 American war film about the nurses of the British Voluntary Aid Detachment during the Battle of France. Directed by John H. Auer and starring Wendy Barrie, Elsie Janis and Patric Knowles, it was nominated for an Osc ...
'' (1940) as Pierre, the Cobbler
* '' Safari'' (1940) as Mondehare
* '' Queen of the Mob'' (1940) as Mr. Reier
* ''Cross-Country Romance
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'' (1940) as Orestes
* '' Scatterbrain'' (1940) as Hoffman
* ''Lucky Partners
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'' (1940) as Charles (uncredited)
* ''Sing, Dance, Plenty Hot
''Sing, Dance, Plenty Hot'' is a 1940 American comedy film directed by Lew Landers and written by Gordon Rigby and Bradford Ropes. The film stars Ruth Terry, Johnny Downs, Barbara Jo Allen, Billy Gilbert, Claire Carleton and Mary Lee. The film ...
'' (1940) as Hector
* '' A Little Bit of Heaven'' (1940) as Tony
* ''The Villain Still Pursued Her
''The Villain Still Pursued Her'' is a 1940 American comedy film directed by Edward F. Cline and starring Billy Gilbert and Buster Keaton. It is a parody of old stage melodramas but is based primarily on ''The Drunkard'', a 19th-century prohibit ...
'' (1940) as Master of Ceremonies
* ''The Great Dictator
''The Great Dictator'' is a 1940 American anti-war political satire black comedy film written, directed, produced, scored by, and starring British comedian Charlie Chaplin, following the tradition of many of his other films. Having been the o ...
'' (1940) as Herring
* '' Seven Sinners'' (1940) as Tony
* ''Tin Pan Alley
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'' (1940) as Sheik
* '' A Night at Earl Carroll's'' (1940) as Machinist's Mate
* ''No, No, Nanette
''No, No, Nanette'' is a musical comedy with lyrics by Irving Caesar and Otto Harbach, music by Vincent Youmans, and a book by Otto Harbach and Frank Mandel, based on Mandel's 1919 Broadway play ''My Lady Friends''. The farcical story involves t ...
'' (1940) as Styles
* ''The Great Awakening
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The ...
'' (1941) as Dominic
* ''Reaching for the Sun
''Reaching for the Sun'' is a 1941 American comedy film directed by William A. Wellman and written by W.L. River. The film stars Joel McCrea, Ellen Drew, Eddie Bracken, Albert Dekker, Billy Gilbert, George Chandler and Bodil Ann Rosing. The f ...
'' (1941) as Amos
* ''One Night in Lisbon
''One Night in Lisbon'' is a 1941 American thriller film directed by Edward H. Griffith and starring Fred MacMurray, Madeleine Carroll and Patricia Morison. It was one of a cycle of pro-British films produced in Hollywood before the United Stat ...
'' (1941) as Popopopoulos
* ''Angels with Broken Wings
''Angels with Broken Wings'' is a 1941 American comedy film directed by Bernard Vorhaus and starring Jane Frazee and Binnie Barnes. It was released by Republic Pictures.
Cast
*Binnie Barnes ... Sybil Barton
*Gilbert Roland ... Don Pablo Vin ...
'' (1941) as Billy Wilson
* ''New Wine
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'' (1941) as Poldi
* ''Week-End in Havana
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'' (1941) as Arbolado
* ''Song of the Islands
''Song of the Islands'' is a 1942 musical comedy film starring Betty Grable and Victor Mature. It was directed by Walter Lang and released through 20th Century Fox.
Plot
Jeff Harper sails to the tropical paradise Ahmi-Oni with his sidekick Rusty ...
'' (1942) as Palola's Father
* ''Valley of the Sun
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'' (1942) as Judge Homer Burnaby
* ''Mr. Wise Guy
''Mr. Wise Guy'' is a 1942 American film starring The East Side Kids and directed by William Nigh.
Plot
In New York, the East Side youth gang, consisting of: Muggs McGinnis, Danny Collins, Glimpy Stone, Scruno, Skinny, and Peewee are falsely ar ...
'' (1942) as Knobby
* ''Sleepytime Gal
''Sleepytime Gal'' is a 1942 American comedy film directed by Albert S. Rogell and written by Art Arthur, Albert Duffy and Max Lief. The film stars Judy Canova, Tom Brown (actor), Tom Brown, Billy Gilbert, Ruth Terry, Thurston Hall, Elisha Cook J ...
'' (1942) as Chef Popodopolis
* '' Arabian Nights'' (1942) as Ahmad
* '' Shantytown'' (1943) as 'Papa' Ferrelli
* ''Spotlight Scandals
''Spotlight Scandals'' or ''Spotlight Revue'' is a 1943 American musical comedy film directed by William Beaudine.
It was the first of a four-picture contract comic actor Billy Gilbert signed with Monogram Pictures. Butch and Buddy, the team who ...
'' (1943) as Himself
* '' Always a Bridesmaid'' (1943) as Nicholas 'Nick' Neopolitan
* '' Crazy House'' (1943) as Sid Drake
* '' Three of a Kind'' (1944) as Billy
* '' Ever Since Venus'' (1944) as Tiny Lewis
* ''Three Is a Family
''Three Is a Family'' is a 1944 American comedy film directed by Edward Ludwig and starring Marjorie Reynolds, Charlie Ruggles, and Fay Bainter. The film was nominated for an Academy Awards, Academy Award for Academy Award for Best Sound, Best So ...
'' (1944) (uncredited)
* ''Crazy Knights
''Crazy Knights'' (also known as ''Ghost Crazy'') is a 1944 American comedy horror film directed by William Beaudine and starring Billy Gilbert, Shemp Howard and Max Rosenbloom.Rigby p.256
Plot
Billy Gilbert, Shemp Howard and Dave Hammond (Bern ...
'' (1944) as Billy
* ''Trouble Chasers
''Trouble Chasers'' is a 1945 American comedy film directed by Lew Landers and starring Billy Gilbert and Shemp Howard."Abbott and Costello Comedy Comes to the Keith Memorial: 'Bedside Manner' 'Teen-Age Girls'" ''The Christian Science Monitor'' 12 ...
'' (1945) as Billy
* ''Anchors Aweigh
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'' (1945) as Cafe Manager
* ''Fun and Fancy Free
''Fun and Fancy Free'' is a 1947 American animated musical fantasy package film produced by Walt Disney and released on September 27, 1947 by RKO Radio Pictures. It is the ninth Disney animated feature film and the fourth of the package films th ...
'' (1947) as Willie the Giant (voice)
* '' The Kissing Bandit'' (1948) as General Felipe Toro
* '' Bride of Vengeance'' (1949) as Beppo (uncredited)
* ''Down Among the Sheltering Palms
"Down Among the Sheltering Palms" is a popular song.
The music was written by Abe Olman, the lyrics by James Brockman and Leo Wood. The song was published in 1914 by Olman who heavily marketed it in the Chicago region. Music publisher Leo Fei ...
'' (1953) as King Jilouili
* ''Paradise Alley
''Paradise Alley'' is a 1978 American sports drama film written, directed by, and starring Sylvester Stallone (in his feature directorial debut). The film tells the story of three Italian American brothers in Hell's Kitchen in the 1940s who beco ...
'' (1962) as Julius Wilson
* ''Five Weeks in a Balloon
''Five Weeks in a Balloon, or, A Journey of Discovery by Three Englishmen in Africa'' (french: Cinq semaines en ballon) is an adventure novel by Jules Verne, published in 1863. It is the first novel in which he perfected the "ingredients" of hi ...
'' (1962) as Sultan / Auctioneer (final film role)
See also
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References
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Male actors from Louisville, Kentucky
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