Billy Gilbert

Personal Info

Know For

Acting

Gender

Male

Birthday

1891-09-15 (70 years old)

Deathday

1961-04-29

Place of Birth

Hollywood, California, USA

Billy Gilbert

Biography

*** FYI: NOT TO BE CONFUSED WITH ACTOR BILLY GILBERT (born William Gilbert Barron) WHO LIVED FROM 1894 TO 1971. *** Billy Gilbert (born William V. Campbell; September 15, 1891—April 29, 1961) was involved in more than 150 American films between 1913 and 1936, working as either an actor, extra, or director. Gilbert spent his entire career working almost exclusively in shorts, often uncredited. [biography (excerpted) from Wikipedia]

Acting

1921

Dynamite Allen

as 'Simp' Hallett

1914

Those Country Kids

as Man whose Carriage is Stolen

1928

Motorboat Mamas

as Boat Officer

1929

The Bees' Buzz

as Country Club Drinker, Farmer

1926

1926

The Soapsuds Lady

as Grandpa Tucker

1927

The Jolly Jilter

as Short Servant

1926

Flirty Four-Flushers

as Soup Drinking Customer / Hotel Desk Clerk

1927

Peaches and Plumbers

as The Attorney

1927

1927

For Sale, a Bungalow

as The Gas Man

1914

1915

Fickle Fatty's Fall

as Man at Test-of-Strength Concession

1925

A Sweet Pickle

as Bakery Chef

1928

Movie Mania

as Tim Murphy

1927

Smith's Pony

as Ship's Purser

1927

Fiddlesticks

as Bystander

1926

Ice Cold Cocos

as Ice Rink Usher

1916

1927

The Pride of Pikeville

as Hawkins House Guest

1926

1927

Crazy to Act

as Projectionist

1929

The Rodeo

as Minor Role (uncredited)

1926

Smith's Uncle

as Messenger

1913

Mabel's Dramatic Career

as Audience Member

1914

The Star Boarder

as Boarder (uncredited)

1915

A Submarine Pirate

as Torpedo Loader (uncredited)

1914

The Knockout

as Society Singer

1914

The Masquerader

as Cameraman

1913

1914

Cruel, Cruel Love

as Short Ambulance Attendant

1914

1914

Tango Tangles

as Guest in Cowboy Hat (uncredited)

1915

A One Night Stand

as Audience Spectator

1913

Fatty at San Diego

as Theatre Patron / Man on Dock

1914

A Busy Day

as Policeman

1915

A Hash House Fraud

as Freeloading Customer

1914

His Favorite Pastime

as Shoeshine Boy

1914

The Rounders

as Doorman in Blackface

1914

Tillie's Punctured Romance

as Policeman (uncredited)

1913

1914

His Trysting Places

as Diner in Overalls

1914

Gentlemen of Nerve

as Spectator

1915

That Little Band Of Gold

as Audience Member

1913

1914

1914

Making a Living

as Jealous Husband (uncredited)

1914

Caught in a Cabaret

as Cabaret Patron (uncredited)

1914

His Musical Career

as Piano Store Salesman

1913

A Quiet Little Wedding

as Wedding Guest

1913

The Speed Kings

as Man Ford Bumps into

1914

A Film Johnnie

as Theater Usher (uncredited)

1915

Mabel’s Wilful Way

as Blackface Man in Sideshow Game / Man Going Down Slide

1914

Mabel's Strange Predicament

as Bellboy (uncredited)

1914

Those Love Pangs

as Movie Patron

1914

Leading Lizzie Astray

as Cafe Waiter

1914

His Prehistoric Past

as Caveman Masher (uncredited)

1915

Wished on Mabel

as Police Chief

1924

Ten Dollars or Ten Days

as Customer with Cane

1926

Smith's Baby

as Mabel's Father, Jimmy's Father-in-Law

1915

Hogan Out West

as The Cowboy

1927

Smith's Fishing Trip

as The Fisherman

1926

Smith's Landlord

as Small Mover

1936

Give Us This Night

as Leader of Clacque

1928

1928

The Campus Carmen

as Horse Doctor

Production

1917

Move On

as Director

1917

Rainbow Island

as Director

1917

The Flirt

as Director

1918

The Tip

as Director

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