Billy Gilbert

Billy Gilbert

1894-09-11 Louisville, Kentucky, USA 200 Credits

Biography

From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia. Billy Gilbert (September 12, 1894 – September 23, 1971) was an American comedian and actor known for his comic sneeze routines. He appeared in over 200 feature films, short subjects and television shows starting in 1929. He is not to be confused with silent film actor Billy Gilbert (a.k.a. Little Billy Gilbert, born William V. Campbell, 1891–1961).

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Hitler: The Comedy Years

Hitler: The Comedy Years

2007

as Field Marshal Herring (archive footage) (uncredited)

5.0
Acting

A documentary about the portrayal of Adolf Hitler in popular culture.

Walt Disney's Fables - Vol.6

Walt Disney's Fables - Vol.6

2004

as Willie the Giant (voice) (archive sound)

8.8
Acting

Two classic animated shorts from the Disney studios. In 'The Reluctant Dragon' (1941), a young boy and a famous dragon fighter team up to teach a doci...

The Story Behind Walt Disney's 'Fun and Fancy Free'

The Story Behind Walt Disney's 'Fun and Fancy Free'

1997

as Self (archive footage)

7.0
Acting

From all the cartoons Walt Disney and his team create a full length feature film fun and fancy free . Learn the story of how ww2 Changed bongo and the...

Dance of the Cookoos

Dance of the Cookoos

1982

as Doctor / Prof. von Schwarzenhoffen

Acting

Dance of the Cookoos is merged a cinematic cross section with the high points from almost 100 works of Laurel & Hardy, into an original framework acti...

Disney's Greatest Villains

Disney's Greatest Villains

1977

as Sneezy / Willie the Giant (voice) (archive footage)

Acting

The Slave in the Magic Mirror is the host of this show, designed to explain that all heroes need villains to balance things out. Without villains, the...

The Best of Laurel and Hardy

1968

as First Drunk / Doctor (archive footage)

Acting

Compilation of the mismatched but immortal pair's various films and shorts.

The Sound of Laughter

The Sound of Laughter

1963

as Billy (Large Duck Hunter)

2.0
Acting

A compilation of film clips of comedies from 1930's.

Five Weeks in a Balloon

Five Weeks in a Balloon

1962

as Sultan/Actioneer

5.4
Acting

Professor Fergusson plans to make aviation history by making his way across Africa by balloon. He plans to claim uncharted territories in West Africa ...

Paradise Alley

Paradise Alley

1962

as Julius Wilson

6.0
Acting

An elderly motion picture artist drifts through a tenement block, devising a plan to change the lives of its dissatisfied residents with a dusting of ...

Down Among the Sheltering Palms

Down Among the Sheltering Palms

1953

as King Jilouili

5.0
Acting

War-weary Captain Willoby and his men are the occupation force on an island of lovely women...and are forbidden to fraternize.

The Kissing Bandit

The Kissing Bandit

1948

as General Felipe Toro

3.0
Acting

Ricardo, the milquetoast son of a Mexican bandit, would rather lead a quiet life in Boston. But the family would rather that he follow in his father's...

Billie Gets Her Man

1948

as Suitor (uncredited)

Acting

Billie has the mistaken impression that her only daughter is pregnant and must rush to the hospital. At the same time, her old boyfriend, now wealthy,...

Mickey and the Beanstalk

Mickey and the Beanstalk

1947

as Willie the Giant (voice) (uncredited)

6.7
Acting

A mysterious thief has stolen the prosperous Happy Valley's most prized possession: the musical Singing Harp. Can Mickey, Donald, and Goofy find the a...

Fun and Fancy Free

Fun and Fancy Free

1947

as Willie the Giant (voice)

6.3
Acting

Jiminy Cricket hosts two Disney animated shorts: Bongo about a circus bear escaping to the wild, and Mickey and the Beanstalk, a take on the famous fa...

Anchors Aweigh

Anchors Aweigh

1945

as Cafe Manager

6.8
Acting

Two sailors on shore leave head out for four days of partying – only to become involved in the affairs of an aspiring singer and her precocious nephew...

Trouble Chasers

Trouble Chasers

1945

as Billy

Acting

A pair of gangsters are under the mistaken impression that three goofballs know the location of a valuable stolen necklace.

Crazy Knights

Crazy Knights

1944

as Billy

4.6
Acting

Also known as Ghost Crazy. Three goofballs run up against ghosts and a giant gorilla in a haunted house.

Ever Since Venus

Ever Since Venus

1944

as Tiny Lewis

Acting

The American Beauty Association is about to hold its annual trade show in New York City and songwriter "Tiny" Lewis (Billy Gilbert) has just sold a so...

Wedded Bliss

1944

Acting

Radio announcer Billy Gilbert is hired by a friend to get smitten with his wife.

Three of a Kind

Three of a Kind

1944

as Billy

Acting

Two vaudeville acrobats adopt the son of an actor friend.

Take It or Leave It

Take It or Leave It

1944

as (archive footage) (uncredited)

4.0
Acting

A young husband becomes a game-show participant in the hopes of winning the cash to pay his pregnant wife's doctor.

Crazy Like a Fox

1944

as Cabbie

Acting

Publicity man Norton Persuades taxi driver Billy to substitute for an uncooperative potentate.

Wing and a Prayer

Wing and a Prayer

1944

as (archive footage)

6.5
Acting

An aircraft carrier is sent on a decoy mission around the Pacific, with orders to avoid combat, thus lulling Japanese alertness before the battle of M...

Crazy House

Crazy House

1943

as Sid Drake

5.0
Acting

Ole Olsen and Chic Johnson are Broadway stars who return to Universal Studios to make another movie. The mere mention of Olsen and Johnson's names eva...

Spotlight Scandals

Spotlight Scandals

1943

as Billy Gilbert

3.0
Acting

A down-on-his luck actor teams up with a singing barber to do a vaudeville act. Its success eventually leads them to Broadway, but things start to go ...

Always a Bridesmaid

1943

as Nicholas 'Nick' Neopolitan

Acting

The Andrews Sisters harmonize their way through yet another 60-minute Universal musical quickie. The plot this time concerns a Lonely Hearts club whic...

Shot in the Escape

1943

as Alexsos

Acting

When Billy and Cliff try to help a woman cross a muddy street, they wind up getting soaked. The woman invites them up to her apartment to dry off, but...

Shantytown

Shantytown

1943

as 'Papa' Ferrelli

6.0
Acting

Liz lives with her mother and stepfather in a boarding house on the "wrong side of the tracks"

Arabian Nights

Arabian Nights

1942

as Ahmad

6.0
Acting

Two half brothers battle each other for the power of the throne and the love of sensual, gorgeous dancing girl Scheherazade.

Song of the Islands

Song of the Islands

1942

as Palola's Father

6.2
Acting

With his sidekick Rusty, Jeff Harper sails to paradisiacal tropical isle Ahmi-Oni to bargain on behalf of his cattle baron father for land owned by tr...

Sleepytime Gal

Sleepytime Gal

1942

as Chef Popodopolis

Acting

Bessie Cobb, cake decorator in the kitchen of one of Miami's swankier hotels, is the central figure in an elaborate scheme by Chick Patterson, bell ca...

Mr. Wise Guy

Mr. Wise Guy

1942

as Knobby

6.1
Acting

The gang is sent to the Wilton Reform School after they are unjustly convicted of stealing a truck. Bill Collins, brother of co-leader Danny, becomes ...

Valley of the Sun

Valley of the Sun

1942

as Homer Burnaby - Justice of the Peace

5.8
Acting

An Arizona frontiersman steals an Indian agent's girlfriend, followed by trouble.

Week-End in Havana

Week-End in Havana

1941

as Arbolado

6.7
Acting

A ship company employee, Jay Williams, is sent to Florida where one of the company cruise ships is stuck on a reef off of the coast. He obtains waiver...

New Wine

New Wine

1941

as Poldi

Acting

The romantic story of Franz Schubert 's fight for recognition of his music. The 1941 Reinhold Schunzel biographical musical composer melodrama.

Screen Snapshots Series 21 No. 1

Screen Snapshots Series 21 No. 1

1941

as Self

Acting

This edition of Screen Snapshots has more of a vaudeville flavor as opposed to Ralph Staub's usual candid-camera at home with the stars offerings. Ken...

Angels with Broken Wings

Angels with Broken Wings

1941

as Billy Wilson

3.7
Acting

Charlotte Lord, a widow in her early forties and owner of Manhattan's smartest modiste shop, is about to marry Guy Barton, a wealthy businessman. But ...

Reaching for the Sun

Reaching for the Sun

1941

as Amos

6.0
Acting

Comedy of a North Woods clam-digger who journeys to Detroit to earn money for outboard motor by working on auto assembly line.

Model Wife

Model Wife

1941

as Mr. Dominic

Acting

Complications in a dressmaking firm when a model has to hide her marriage.

No, No, Nanette

No, No, Nanette

1940

as Styles

6.0
Acting

Perky young Nanette attempts to save the marriage of her uncle and aunt by untangling Uncle Jimmy from several innocent but ensnaring flirtations. Att...

A Night at Earl Carroll's

A Night at Earl Carroll's

1940

as Machinist's Mate

3.5
Acting

Newly-elected reform Mayor Jones celebrates his victory over the crooked political machine with a party at Earl Carroll's night club. Steve Kalkus, th...

Tin Pan Alley

Tin Pan Alley

1940

as Sheik

4.8
Acting

Songwriters Calhoun and Harrigan get Katie and Lily Blane to introduce a new one. Lily goes to England, and Katy joins her after the boys give a new s...

Seven Sinners

Seven Sinners

1940

as Tony

5.8
Acting

Banished from various U.S. protectorates in the Pacific, a saloon entertainer uses her femme-fatale charms to woo politicians, navy personnel, gangste...

The Great Dictator

The Great Dictator

1940

as Field Marshal Herring

8.3
Acting

Dictator Adenoid Hynkel tries to expand his empire while a poor Jewish barber tries to avoid persecution from Hynkel's regime.

The Villain Still Pursued Her

The Villain Still Pursued Her

1940

as Master of Ceremonies

5.1
Acting

Victorian melodrama is sent up in this spoof of the old production "The Drunkard; or, The Fallen Saved." Dastardly villain Silas Cribbs schemes to get...

A Little Bit of Heaven

A Little Bit of Heaven

1940

as Tony

1.0
Acting

A child from the New York tenements sings on a radio quiz show and is eventually hired to a big-bucks contract, which allows her and her family to mov...

Sing, Dance, Plenty Hot

1940

as Hector

Acting

In this musical, a con man makes a good living by promoting bogus charity shows. He gets the communities all revved up and then skips town with all th...

Lucky Partners

Lucky Partners

1940

as Charles (uncredited)

6.0
Acting

Two strangers split a sweepstake prize to go on a fake honeymoon with predictable results.

Scatterbrain

Scatterbrain

1940

as Hoffman

Acting

A Hollywood studio goofs and signs the wrong girl--a hillbilly from the Ozarks--to a movie contract. Comedy.

Cross-Country Romance

Cross-Country Romance

1940

as Orestes

6.4
Acting

A runaway heiress hides in a doctor's trailer for a rollicking trip to San Francisco.

Queen of the Mob

Queen of the Mob

1940

as Mr. Reier

4.5
Acting

Ma Webster (Blanche Yurka) and her boys rob a bank on Christmas Eve; G-men stop them with Tommy guns.

Safari

Safari

1940

as Mondehare

4.0
Acting

Millionaire Baron de Courland and his fiancée Linda Stewart employ Jim Logan as a guide for their hunting trip in the jungle. Linda finds unplanned ad...

Women in War

Women in War

1940

as Pierre, the Cobbler

5.3
Acting

A "good-time girl", raised by her somewhat lax divorced father, finds herself involved in an accidental death, and the only way she's able to get out ...

Sandy Is a Lady

Sandy Is a Lady

1940

as Billy Pepino

Acting

Mary and Joe Phillips' attempts to improve their financial status are alternately aided and endangered by the antics of their two-year-old, Sandy.

His Girl Friday

His Girl Friday

1940

as Joe Pettibone

7.4
Acting

Walter Burns is an irresistibly conniving newspaper publisher desperate to woo back his paper’s star reporter, who also happens to be his estranged wi...

Destry Rides Again

Destry Rides Again

1939

as Loupgerou

7.2
Acting

Tom Destry, son of a legendary frontier peacekeeper, doesn’t believe in gunplay. Thus he becomes the object of widespread ridicule when he rides into ...

Rio

Rio

1939

as Manuelo

5.1
Acting

Diabolical French capitalist Paul Reynard is forced to leave Irene, his bride of one year, when he is arrested for the crimes of forgery and embezzlem...

The Under-Pup

The Under-Pup

1939

as Tolio

6.0
Acting

A young city girl from a poor family is invited to spend the summer at a camp for girls from wealthy families. At first made fun of and ridiculed beca...

The Star Maker

The Star Maker

1939

as Stanislov Papadopoulos

Acting

This is a film about the life of Gus Edwards, a well known vaudeville composer, entertainer, and producer.

Million Dollar Legs

Million Dollar Legs

1939

as Dick Schultz (uncredited)

5.0
Acting

At Middleton College, controlled by rich donor Melton, only paying sports are allowed. But Freddie Frye, conniving student body president, has to get ...

Forged Passport

Forged Passport

1939

as Nick Mendoza

5.0
Acting

Dan Frazier is a U. S. Border Patrolman on the California-Mexico border whose hot temper and ready-fists keep him in trouble, both of which indirectly...

The Girl Downstairs

The Girl Downstairs

1938

as Garage Mechanic

4.5
Acting

A wealthy playboy surreptitiously romances a scullery maid to gain access to her mistress with whom he is in love, but doesn't count on the maid falli...

Once Over Lightly

Once Over Lightly

1938

as Professor Dimitrius Kapouris

Acting

The big Barber College competition between rivals Clipton and Beardsley is coming up and everything is on the line for professor and coach Kapouris. ...

Once Over Lightly

Once Over Lightly

1938

Screenplay

Writing

The big Barber College competition between rivals Clipton and Beardsley is coming up and everything is on the line for professor and coach Kapouris. ...

Peck's Bad Boy with the Circus

Peck's Bad Boy with the Circus

1938

as Bud Boggs

4.8
Acting

Trouble-prone Billy Peck and his gang descend on a traveling circus that has just hit town, and before long their antics are causing the circus owner ...

Mr. Doodle Kicks Off

Mr. Doodle Kicks Off

1938

as Prof. Minorous

9.0
Acting

A wealthy businessman promises to donate a huge endowment to his college alma mater, but there's one condition -- his loser of a son, a student at the...

Breaking the Ice

Breaking the Ice

1938

as Mr. Small

5.4
Acting

The story begins while Tommy Martin and his mother, Martha Martin say goodbye to Henry and Reuben Johnson. After having stopped by the Mennonite farm...

My Lucky Star

My Lucky Star

1938

as Nick

5.3
Acting

George Cabot Jr., the son of a department store owner, enrolls Kristina Nielsen, the store's sports clerk, at a university to use her as an advertise...

Block-Heads

Block-Heads

1938

as Mr. Gilbert

7.0
Acting

It's 1938, but Stan doesn't know the war is over; he's still patrolling the trenches in France, and shoots down a French aviator. Oliver sees his old ...

Army Girl

Army Girl

1938

as Canteen waiter

6.0
Acting

A young captain hoping to replace the U.S. Army's horses with mechanized vehicles faces court-martial after his commanding officer, who's opposed to m...

Hollywood Goes to Town

Hollywood Goes to Town

1938

as Self (uncredited)

7.0
Acting

This short shows how Hollywood gets ready for the world premiere of an "important" movie. The film celebrated here is Marie Antoinette (1938), which h...

Joy of Living

Joy of Living

1938

as Cafe Owner

5.7
Acting

Falling in love with the voice of Broadway chanteuse Margaret Garret, cocksure young tycoon Daniel Brewster decides to rescue the star from her hectic...

Maid's Night Out

Maid's Night Out

1938

as Mr. Papalapoulas

6.2
Acting

A millionaire's son works as a milkman for a month to win a bet with his father. While delivering milk he falls in love with a young debutante whom he...

Happy Landing

Happy Landing

1938

as Counter Man

5.3
Acting

Bandleader and manager discover skater in Norway. They become rivals as she returns with them to America.

Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs

Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs

1938

as Sneezy (voice) (uncredited)

7.1
Acting

A beautiful girl, Snow White, takes refuge in the forest in the house of seven dwarfs to hide from her stepmother, the wicked Queen. The Queen is jeal...

She's Got Everything

She's Got Everything

1937

as Chaffee - a Creditor

5.3
Acting

The day after Carol returns from a European trip, she wakes up to find her dead father's creditors hauling everything away. Her aunt wants her to marr...

Rosalie

Rosalie

1937

as Oloff

5.5
Acting

West Point cadet Dick Thorpe falls in love with a girl, who turns out to be a princess from an European kingdom.

The Firefly

The Firefly

1937

as Innkeeper

6.4
Acting

Nina Maria Azara is the beautiful and alluring singing spy for Spain during the Napoleonic Wars. Her mission is to seduce French officers, in order fo...

Fight for Your Lady

Fight for Your Lady

1937

as Boris

4.3
Acting

Wrestling trainer puts himself in charge of a singer's love life when the singer is jilted by a rich girl.

Live, Love and Learn

Live, Love and Learn

1937

as Newsboy (uncredited)

5.8
Acting

A starving, uncompromising artist and an heiress fall in love on first sight and immediately get married. She loves his outrageous behaviour, his stra...

Music for Madame

Music for Madame

1937

as Krause

5.0
Acting

An Italian immigrant singer, Nino, hoping to succeed in Hollywood, falls in with a gang of crooks who use his talent to distract everyone at a party w...

One Hundred Men and a Girl

One Hundred Men and a Girl

1937

as Garage Owner

6.4
Acting

The daughter of a struggling musician forms a symphony orchestra made up of his unemployed friends and through persistence, charm and a few misunderst...

The Life of the Party

The Life of the Party

1937

as Dr. Molnac

5.2
Acting

A singer finds another heir (Gene Raymond) to marry, to avoid the one (Joe Penner) her mother found.

Broadway Melody of 1938

Broadway Melody of 1938

1937

as George Papaloopas

6.2
Acting

Steve Raleight wants to produce a show on Broadway. He finds a backer, Herman Whipple and a leading lady, Sally Lee. But Caroline Whipple forces Steve...

The Toast of New York

The Toast of New York

1937

as Photographer

5.8
Acting

After the American Civil War, Jim Fisk, a former peddler and cotton smuggler, arrives in New York, along with his partners Nick and Luke, where he str...

Captains Courageous

Captains Courageous

1937

as Soda Steward (uncredited)

7.4
Acting

Harvey, the arrogant and spoiled son of an indulgent absentee-father, falls overboard from a transatlantic steamship and is rescued by a fishing vesse...

Swing Fever

1937

Acting

At Dr. Van Loon's Sanitarium, swing music is the cure.

The Outcasts of Poker Flat

The Outcasts of Poker Flat

1937

as Charley - the Bartender

6.0
Acting

The 1937 film version of Bret Harte's story, starring Preston Foster.

The Man Who Found Himself

The Man Who Found Himself

1937

as Fat hobo

7.0
Acting

Young Jim Stanton is a conscientious surgeon, but spends too many off-duty hours pursuing his passion for aviation to suit his stuffy father. When it ...

China Passage

China Passage

1937

as Bartender

5.5
Acting

Americans Tommy Baldwin and Joe Dugan are hired to transport a fabulous diamond from Shanghai to San Francisco. They will be paid handsomely on succes...

Espionage

Espionage

1937

as Turk

6.5
Acting

Two reporters pose as man and wife in order to get the goods on a munitions supplier and the rumours of war in Europe.

Sea Devils

Sea Devils

1937

as Billy

5.7
Acting

Doris lives with her rough Coast Guardsman father. He has plans for her to marry an up and coming officer, but there is competition when a new, brash,...

We're on the Jury

We're on the Jury

1937

as Ephraim Allen

5.8
Acting

A juror at a murder trial is convinced the defendant is innocent.

On the Avenue

On the Avenue

1937

as Joe Papaloupas

6.7
Acting

A new Broadway show starring Gary Blake shamelessly lampoons the rich Carraway family. To get her own back, daughter Mimi sets out to ensnare Blake, b...

When You're in Love

When You're in Love

1937

as Jose

6.7
Acting

An Australian opera singer hires a husband so she can work in the U.S. Moore sings "Minnie the Moocher" in one scene.

Night Waitress

Night Waitress

1936

as Torre

5.8
Acting

Helen Roberts, who's on probation, goes back to work as a waitress at Torre's Fish Palace, a San Francisco waterfront dive. The customers are low char...

Grandma's Buoys

1936

as Von Muller

Acting

Tom and Harry are sailors on a yacht, and go ashore for a few beers and whatever else may come up. What comes up is a brawl between them and the barfl...

Love on the Run

Love on the Run

1936

as Cafe Manager

6.4
Acting

A runaway bride and an undercover reporter get caught up in political intrigue as they lead a merry chase across Europe and uncover a spy plot.

The Big Game

The Big Game

1936

as Fisher

5.8
Acting

A quarterback stands against gangsters out to control the college sports scene.

Bulldog Edition

Bulldog Edition

1936

as George Poppupoppalas (uncredited)

3.0
Acting

Two rival newspapers are engaged in a circulation battle, complicated by the fact that a vicious gangster inserts himself into the middle of it. Also ...

So and Sew

1936

as Rudolpho

Acting

A wife whose husband is away asks her decorator to impersonate her husband, to help her deal with a pest. Soon there is quite a web of confusion that ...

Who's Looney Now

Who's Looney Now

1936

as Dr. Von Blatt

Acting

Mr. Brown is riding home from work one day with his new neighbor, Mr. Johnson. When Brown explains that he has all kinds of problems at home, Johnson ...

Grand Jury

Grand Jury

1936

as Otto, the Janitor (uncredited)

7.0
Acting

When a grand jury acquits a gangster accused of murder, a retired elderly citizen decides it's up to him to see that the criminal is proven guilty and...

The Devil-Doll

The Devil-Doll

1936

as Matin's Butler (uncredited)

6.8
Acting

Wrongfully convicted of a robbery and murder, Paul Lavond breaks out of prison with a genius scientist who has devised a way to shrink humans. When th...

The Bride Walks Out

The Bride Walks Out

1936

as Mr. Donovan

5.3
Acting

Carolyn Martin is a fashion model who hastily marries her boyfriend, engineer Michael Martin. But part of the marriage arrangement requires that Carol...

Early to Bed

Early to Bed

1936

as Burger

7.0
Acting

Chester Beatty and Tessie Weeks have been engaged for 5 years and going together for 15 years before that. Chester is reluctant to burden Tessie with ...

Three of a Kind

Three of a Kind

1936

as The Tailor

5.2
Acting

A truck driver and a gold-digger meet at a swank hotel and both think the other is wealthy. A drama of greed and society.

One Rainy Afternoon

One Rainy Afternoon

1936

as Court Doorman (Uncredited)

4.8
Acting

Suave French actor Philippe Martin provokes a scandal when, in a darkened theater, he mistakes young Monique for his mistress, Yvonne, and tries to ki...

The First Baby

The First Baby

1936

as Italian in Park

Acting

When a couple become parents for the first time, they discover grandmothers can be almost as demanding as a newborn.

Love on a Bet

Love on a Bet

1936

as New York Policeman

7.0
Acting

An aspiring theater producer convinces his wealthy uncle to finance a play on the condition that he lives the play’s far-fetched plot: making a cross-...

Sutter's Gold

Sutter's Gold

1936

as Gen. Ramos

Acting

Story of the gold strike on an immigrant's property that started the 1849 California Gold Rush.

Dangerous Waters

Dangerous Waters

1936

as Carlos (uncredited)

3.0
Acting

While a ship captain is at sea dealing with a mutiny among his crew, his wife is at home having an affair with his best friend.

The Brain Busters

1936

as Billy

Acting

Billy Gilbert and Vince Barnett moved over to the remnants of the Christie Brothers for a series of short subjects in which they played variations on ...

Millions in the Air

1935

as Nikolas Popadopolis

Acting

The daughter of a radio-program sponsor wants to get on the air too, but her father doesn't allow it, so she enters an amateur contest on his radio pr...

I Dream Too Much

I Dream Too Much

1935

as Cook at Cafe (uncredited)

5.0
Acting

Opera student Annette Monard meets composer Jonathan Street, and in a buoyant, alcohol-fueled evening, the couple marries. Sincerely falling in love, ...

Coronado

Coronado

1935

as Waiter (uncredited)

3.0
Acting

Southern California's Hotel Coronado caters to and is frequented by members of the social upper-crust. Although she lives on the wrong side of the San...

A Night at the Opera

A Night at the Opera

1935

as Orchestra Member Asking Fiorello Not to Play Piano (uncredited)

7.4
Acting

The Marx Brothers take on high society and the opera world to bring two lovers together. A sly business manager and two wacky friends of two opera sin...

Hi, Gaucho!

Hi, Gaucho!

1935

as Cappa Rosa

7.5
Acting

The son and daughter of feuding ranchers defy their fathers in the name of love.

Nurse to You!

Nurse to You!

1935

as Dr. W.J. Gilbert

Acting

Cautious, frugal Charley is told by his insurance doctor that he has six months to live, and goes on to live life to the fullest.

Just Another Murder

1935

as Mr. Quick

Acting

A Mack Sennett directed spoof of murder mysteries.

Here Comes the Band

Here Comes the Band

1935

as Oswald Carroll (uncredited)

5.0
Acting

In this musical, a songwriter goes to court to claim the rights to his song that was stolen by an unscrupulous music publisher. He brings his girlfrie...

Pardon My Scotch

Pardon My Scotch

1935

as Senor Luis Balero Cantino (uncredited)

6.8
Acting

The Stooges are running the local drugstore and mix up a potion that a desperate businessman decides to sell as scotch. The Stooges impersonate Scotsm...

Mad Love

Mad Love

1935

as Autograph Seeker on Train (Uncredited)

7.0
Acting

An insane surgeon's obsession with an actress leads him to replace her wounded pianist husband's hands with the hands of a knife murderer--hands which...

Paris in Spring

Paris in Spring

1935

as First Chef

5.0
Acting

Afraid of marriage, Simone (Mary Ellis) breaks off her long term engagement with her fiancé Paul de Lille (Tullio Carminati). Paul heads to the top of...

Hail, Brother

1935

Acting

A man gets hit on the head and decides to give his fortune to artists.

His Bridal Sweet

1935

as Lesh the Lush

Acting

Harry and his wife move into a "modern", gimmick-laden house.

His Old Flame

1935

Acting

Just as Charlie is running for mayor on a purity platform, an old flame threatens to show his torrid love letters to his wife if he does not withdraw ...

Men in Black

Men in Black

1934

as Dangerous Patient (uncredited)

7.2
Acting

The stooges are three doctors who graduated medical school by being in it for too many years. They come across such problems as an overly chirpy nurse...

Super Stupid

1934

Acting

Billy Gilbert and Vince Barnett being.... Super Stupid....

Happy Landing

Happy Landing

1934

as Husband

Acting

An action-filled film with outlaws-of-the-clouds at war with the men of the U. S. Flying Service. A young pilot, Nick Ferris, fights to track down a d...

Tripping Through the Tropics

1934

as Fritz, Jack's Dad

Acting

Frank Albertson's father wants his son to marry Lois January, but they really are only friends. Frank watches Lois doing a hooch dance at a secret tro...

Them Thar Hills

Them Thar Hills

1934

as The Doctor

7.5
Acting

Stan and Ollie travel to the mountains for Ollie's health, and park their caravan near a well into which a gang of moonshiners have earlier dumped the...

Cockeyed Cavaliers

Cockeyed Cavaliers

1934

as Innkeeper

6.0
Acting

Two yokels try to crash royal society by posing as the King's physicians.

Another Wild Idea

Another Wild Idea

1934

as Uncle Percy (voice)

4.0
Acting

Betty's father has an invention that looks like a fancy camera; it emits an ultra-lavender ray that temporarily rids the ray's target of inhibitions. ...

Music in Your Hair

1934

as Meyer Schmaltz

Acting

Billy Gilbert and Billy Bletcher play neighbors who go to a speak easy to see Gilbert's son perform.

Maid in Hollywood

Maid in Hollywood

1934

as Sneezing Man

Acting

Thelma, who came to Hollywood from Joplin to be a star, is ready to go home. She and her pal Patsy are packing up and packing it in. Then, through Pat...

Roamin' Vandals

Roamin' Vandals

1934

as Doc Gilbert

Acting

A 1934 short comedy subject starring Patsy Kelly and Lillian Miles.

Apples to You!

Apples to You!

1934

as Pinsky

7.0
Acting

A burlesque impresario is hired to help the failing fortunes of an old opera company.

Soup and Fish

Soup and Fish

1934

as Count Gustav

Acting

At a ritzy beauty salon, while a mud pack is on her face, a wealthy socialite invites Thelma and Patsy, two salon attendants, to a party, mistakenly t...

The Cracked Ice Man

The Cracked Ice Man

1934

as William Gilbert

Acting

Charley finds that he got more than he bargained for when he takes a job as a kindergarten teacher.

Sons of the Desert

Sons of the Desert

1933

as Mr. Ruttledge (voice) (uncredited)

7.0
Acting

Ollie and Stan deceive their wives into thinking they are taking a medically necessary cruise when they are really going to a lodge convention.

Luncheon at Twelve

Luncheon at Twelve

1933

as Betty's Father

Acting

Charley unwittingly becomes a house painter.

Keg o' My Heart

1933

as Schmaltz

Acting

Hal Roach comedy starring Billy Gilbert and Billy Bletcher. Also starring Don Barclay, Charley Rogers, Ruth Gillette, Theodore Lurch, Charlie Hall.

Keg o' My Heart

1933

Director

Directing

Hal Roach comedy starring Billy Gilbert and Billy Bletcher. Also starring Don Barclay, Charley Rogers, Ruth Gillette, Theodore Lurch, Charlie Hall.

Rhapsody in Brew

1933

as Louie Schmaltz

Acting

The Schmaltz Brothers are tricked into buying a beer garden.

Rhapsody in Brew

1933

Director

Directing

The Schmaltz Brothers are tricked into buying a beer garden.

This Day and Age

This Day and Age

1933

as Nightclub Manager

1.0
Acting

A modern-day tale of gangsterism and revenge. After a notorious mobster murders a Jewish tailor and is let off for the crime, a band of outraged high-...

The Rummy

1933

as Schmaltz

Acting

After Billy gets discharged for wrecking his Taxi, he takes a job at a Taxidermy business. Ben brings in his flea to be stuffed & loses it. They g...

The Girl in 419

The Girl in 419

1933

as Sneezing Patient

4.3
Acting

A hospital surgeon (James Dunn) protects a mystery woman (Gloria Stuart) who knows too much about a card-game murder.

One Track Minds

One Track Minds

1933

as Train Conductor

Acting

Thelma wins a screen test with a Hollywood studio, but trouble ensues on the train trip out there.

Made on Broadway

Made on Broadway

1933

as Commissioner Jerry Allesandro (uncredited)

6.5
Acting

A satire about the power of publicity. Robert Montgomery plays Jeff Bidwell, a dashing Broadway press agent who has his own private club where he cul...

Call Her Sausage

1933

as Heinie Schmaltz

2.5
Acting

Ben proves to be the undoing when Billy opens a new deli. Ben and Billy do a variation of the famous "who's on first" skit.

The Bargain of the Century

The Bargain of the Century

1933

as Captain Schmaltz

1.5
Acting

Comedy short with ZaSuPitts and Thelma Todd. After accidentally getting a policeman friend fired, the girls must come up with some way to get him re-...

Taxi Barons

Taxi Barons

1933

as Billy / Dutchie

Acting

After running over a police officer's motorcycle, Ben and Billy are chased by the law onto a docked ship where they disguise themselves as a European ...

The Keyhole

The Keyhole

1933

as Cuban Carriage Driver (uncredited)

4.9
Acting

A private eye specializing in divorce cases falls for the woman he's been hired to frame.

Forgotten Babies

Forgotten Babies

1933

as Radio Voice

7.0
Acting

While the rest of the gang goes fishing, Spanky gets stuck babysitting.

Maids a la Mode

Maids a la Mode

1933

as Von Smaltz

Acting

Instead of delivering some fancy dresses to a customer, the girls wear them to a party.

Wreckety Wrecks

1933

as Bill

Acting

When the boys run over a dummy, they think they've killed someone. They decide to dispose of the "body" and mistake a seminary for a cemetery.

Fallen Arches

Fallen Arches

1933

as Mr. Gilbert

Acting

Told to "hike" out to his company's West Coast headquarters, Charley does exactly that.

Asleep in the Feet

Asleep in the Feet

1933

as Mr. Gilbert, Dance Hall Proprietor

1.0
Acting

The girls moonlight as taxi dancers in order to earn some extra money.

Bring 'Em Back a Wife

1933

as Billy Gilbert

Acting

When Billy must prove that he's married in order to keep his job, he disguises Ben in drag in an attempt to pass him off as the little woman.

Towed in a Hole

Towed in a Hole

1932

as Joe - Junkyard Owner

7.0
Acting

Although they are successful fishmongers, Stan convinces Ollie that they should become fishermen too, but making a boat seaworthy isn't an easy task.

Sneak Easily

Sneak Easily

1932

as Attorney for the Prosecution

Acting

Juror Zasu accidentally swallows a piece of evidence which just happens to be a time bomb.

Taxi for Two

1932

as Billy Gilbert

4.0
Acting

Billy and Ben continually make a mess of things, having multiple accidents with their Taxi.

Their First Mistake

Their First Mistake

1932

as Process server

6.4
Acting

Mrs Hardy is annoyed that her husband Oliver seems to spend more time with his friend Stanley than with her. After a furious argument, Mrs Hardy says ...

Yoo-Hoo

1932

as I.M. Sweet, truck driver

Acting

James Gleason picks up abused kid and tries to clean him up.

Hot Spot

1932

as Cabbie

7.0
Acting

When the boys end up with a half-naked woman in their cab, trouble ensues when her jealous husband appears.

Pack Up Your Troubles

Pack Up Your Troubles

1932

as Mr. Hathaway

6.7
Acting

The story begins in 1917 with Stan and Ollie being drafted into the U.S. Army to fight in World War I. While in the Army, the pair befriend a man name...

Strange Innertube

Strange Innertube

1932

as Billy

2.5
Acting

After graduating from Taxi Driver school, Billy, Ben, and Clyde soon find themselves involved with a gang of jewel smugglers.

Blondie of the Follies

Blondie of the Follies

1932

as Kinskey's Friend (uncredited)

6.0
Acting

New York City tenement dwelling neighbors Blondie and Lottie are longtime best friends. When Lottie makes the cast of the Follies and moves up in the ...

What Price Taxi

What Price Taxi

1932

as Jealous Husband

1.0
Acting

Ill-tempered Billy proves troublesome for fellow taxi drivers Franklin and Clyde.

The Hollywood Handicap

1932

Acting

1930s Thalians Club comedy.

Skyscraper Souls

Skyscraper Souls

1932

as Second Ticket Agent (uncredited)

5.6
Acting

After bank president David Dwight makes a vast loan to himself to build a remarkable skyscraper, his board questions the propriety of the loan. Despit...

Million Dollar Legs

Million Dollar Legs

1932

as Secretary of the Interior

6.6
Acting

A small country on the verge of bankruptcy is persuaded to enter the 1932 Los Angeles Olympics as a means of raising money.

Million Dollar Legs

Million Dollar Legs

1932

as Secretary of the Interior (uncredited)

6.6
Acting

A small country on the verge of bankruptcy is persuaded to enter the 1932 Los Angeles Olympics as a means of raising money.

County Hospital

County Hospital

1932

as The Doctor

6.8
Acting

Ollie is in the hospital with a broken leg. When Stan comes to visit him, total chaos ensues.

First in War

First in War

1932

as Commanding General

Acting

Charley writes the national anthem for the country of Nicarania and winds up getting mixed up in a revolution there.

The Chimp

The Chimp

1932

as Joe the Landlord

6.5
Acting

Stan and Ollie play bumbling circus performers who inadvertently drive the circus into bankruptcy. The circus can't pay them their wages so they are g...

Strictly Unreliable

Strictly Unreliable

1932

as The Actor

5.5
Acting

Zasu inadvertently turns Thelma's vaudeville act into a shambles.

Just a Pain in the Parlor

1932

as Musician

3.0
Acting

Harry Sweet stars as a hick Olympic hero who is housed in a high society mansion and causes havoc to the high brow party in progress.

The Music Box

The Music Box

1932

as Professor von Schwarzenhoffen (uncredited)

7.5
Acting

The Laurel & Hardy Moving Co. have a challenging job on their hands (and backs): hauling a player piano up a monumental flight of stairs to Prof. von ...

You're Telling Me

1932

as Bill Morgan

5.0
Acting

In this The Boy Friends series short, college students Mickey and Alabam stay at a city friend's place for what they tell him will be one night - thou...

Spanky

Spanky

1932

as Spanky's Father

6.0
Acting

While staging a play, Spanky finds his father's hiding place for the family "fortune."

Red Noses

Red Noses

1932

as Tailor's Customer

7.0
Acting

Thelma and Zasu go to a Turkish bath to try to get rid of a cold.

The Nickel Nurser

The Nickel Nurser

1932

as Todd's Butler

1.0
Acting

Charley is an efficiency expert trying to teach a millionaire's daughter the value of money.

Free Eats

Free Eats

1932

as Head of the Family of Thieves

6.8
Acting

The kids help capture a family of thieves.

Sealskins

Sealskins

1932

as Mr. Morton (uncredited)

5.5
Acting

In their first comedy two-reeler of 1932, vivacious Thelma Todd and fluttery ZaSu Pitts learn that the royal seal of a foreign country has been stolen...

The Tabasco Kid

The Tabasco Kid

1932

as Mr. Jones a Rancher

Acting

A timid accountant for a California cattle ranch and a lookalike dashing bandit become rivals for the beautiful daughter of a wealthy rancher.

On the Loose

On the Loose

1931

as Pierre, the Dressmaker (as William Gilbert)

6.7
Acting

Two young women, Zasu and Thelma, complain that all of their dates take them to Coney Island. The next day a car goes by and they are splashed with mu...

Hasty Marriage

Hasty Marriage

1931

as Distraught Passenger On Streetcar (uncredited)

6.5
Acting

It's in three distinct segments. The first and probably best involves Charley, his girlfriend, and her father foolish her mother and the suitor she pr...

Dogs Is Dogs

Dogs Is Dogs

1931

as Mr. Brown (uncredited)

5.7
Acting

Wheezer and Dorothy are forced to live with her evil stepmother and her brat son.

One Good Turn

One Good Turn

1931

as Drunk

7.0
Acting

Down and out Stan and Ollie beg for food from a friendly old lady who provides them with sandwiches. While eating, they overhear the lady's landlord t...

Chinatown After Dark

Chinatown After Dark

1931

as Dooley

3.0
Acting

The female head of a criminal gang in Chinatown is after a valuable jewel, and lets nothing stand in her way of finding it.

Shiver My Timbers

Shiver My Timbers

1931

as The Sea Captain

6.7
Acting

The Gang plays hooky from school so they can listen to the tall tales of a friendly sea captain.

The Pajama Party

The Pajama Party

1931

as Butler (uncredited)

7.0
Acting

After running their car off the road, a society matron insists that the girls spend the evening at her mansion.

Catch-As Catch-Can

Catch-As Catch-Can

1931

as Ring Announcer (uncredited)

1.0
Acting

Zasu falls for a wrestler, drags Thelma to his next fight.

The Panic Is On

The Panic Is On

1931

as Smith - Investment Broker aka The Spot (uncredited)

2.0
Acting

Charley's in love with the daughter of a financier who wants her to insist that Chas have a pile of cash before she marries him. But, the Depression i...

Sea Legs

Sea Legs

1930

as Naval Officer

3.0
Acting

Searchlight Doyle, lightweight boxing champion of the United States Navy, is shanghaied into the fleet of Sainte Cassette, an island republic, as a re...

Railroad Follies

1930

Acting

A program of musical entertainers perform on a cross country train.

The Happy Hottentots

The Happy Hottentots

1930

as Stage Manager (uncredited)

5.5
Acting

Two desperate singers take a job as the singing act in a movie theater between shows. They soon regret their decision.