Billy Franey

Born: 1889-06-23


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'Neath the Arizona Skies

as Old Prospector (uncredited)
Released: 1934-12-05

Chris Morrell, the guardian of half-Indian girl Nina, is helping her find her missing white...

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The Story of Vernon and Irene Castle

as (uncredited)
Released: 1939-03-29

In 1911, minor stage comic, Vernon Castle meets the stage-struck Irene Foote. A few...

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Next Time I Marry

as Hobo Witness at End
Released: 1938-12-09

Heiress Nancy Crocker Fleming will only receive her inheritance if she marries a "plain...

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The Star Packer

as Henchman in the Stump
Released: 1934-07-30

John Travers and Yak, his faithful Indian sidekick, pick up where a murdered sheriff leaves off,...

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Cheyenne

as Judge Boggs
Released: 1929-02-03

Cal Roberts can ride anything with four legs. He enters the contests held at big rodeo. He wins...

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Bullet Code

as Old Bathing Gent (uncredited)
Released: 1940-04-12

Protecting himself in an attack by rustlers, Rancher Steve Holden believes he has killed one of...

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Ride 'Em Cowboy

as Barfly (uncredited)
Released: 1936-09-20

A cowboy turns auto racer, beats his rival and wins a girl.

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No More Women

as Oscar
Released: 1934-03-03

Two deep-sea divers, known only by their nicknames of "Three-Time" and "Forty-Fathoms," find...

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Western Racketeers

as The Informer
Released: 1934-04-02

Cattlemen use Alamo Pass in order to get their cattle to market. A gang has taken it over and...

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Triple Justice

as Abernathy
Released: 1940-09-22

Brad Henderson arrives in Star City just in time to witness three men rob a bank of $30,000 and...

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Give Us This Night

as Prisoner
Released: 1936-03-06

After being introduced to the world of opera, a fisherman (Jan Kiepura) falls for a woman...

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Exclusive

as News Vendor
Released: 1937-08-06

When Mountain City racketeer Charles Gillette is acquitted, he arrives at the Mountain City...

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Quick Money

as Walter
Released: 1937-12-10

Bluford H. Smythe, who has made it big in the big city, has returned to his small hometown of...

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Red Signals

as One-Round Hogan
Released: 1927-03-01

Sabotage on the railroad with trains being derailed and looted. Good coverage of the Santa Fe La...

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The Fargo Kid

as Banjo player
Released: 1940-12-06

The Fargo Kid is mistaken for a killer and is hired to kill another man...

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Out All Night

as Taxi Driver
Released: 1927-09-04

A young man marries an actress, but meanwhile her uncle has signed a contract binding her to...

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Love Among the Millionaires

as Railroad Man at Lunch Counter (uncredited)
Released: 1930-07-05

A young waitress falls for the son of a railroad tycoon, and finds herself hobnobbing with the...

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The Iron Mule

as uncredited
Released: 1925-04-12

A train known as the Iron Mule is loaded with passengers, and starts off on its trip. Along the...

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'Taint Legal

as Vivien's Father
Released: 1940-05-25

Edgar Kennedy is over-joyed when told he has won a $5,000 prize in a "How To Be Happy Though...

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Stage to Chino

as Soap Customer (uncredited)
Released: 1940-07-26

To investigate a gold-shipping scam, a postal inspector goes undercover and tries to infiltrate...

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The Adventures of Frank Merriwell

as Barbecue Cook
Released: 1936-01-13

A 12-episode serial in which scholastic sports star Frank Merriwell leaves school to search for...

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The Glorious Trail

as Jimmy Bacon
Released: 1928-10-28

After a work crew stringing telegraph wires across the Great Plains is slaughtered by Indians,...

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The Miracle Man

as uncredited
Released: 1932-04-01

A gang of crooks evade the police by moving their operations to a small town. There the gang's...

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The Avenger

as Bartender
Released: 1931-03-06

Goss, Mason, and Kelly force Joaquin Murieta to watch as they hang his brother Juan for a crime...

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The Night of June 13

as Jimmy, trash collector (uncredited)
Released: 1932-09-17

Elna Curry, once a concert pianist, develops an unfounded jealousy of neighbor, Trudie Morrow....

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Border Brigands

as Man Outside Bank
Released: 1935-05-31

Canadian Mountie goes undercover to catch his brother's killers.

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Somewhere in Sonora

as Shorty
Released: 1933-05-27

John Bishop discovers a plot to rob a silver mine belonging to his girlfriend Mary's father and,...

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Quincy Adams Sawyer

as Bob Wood
Released: 1922-12-04

Quincy Adams Sawyer is a young attorney who one day meets a girl in the park and is immediately...

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Panama Lady

as Drunk (uncredited)
Released: 1939-05-12

A weary dance-hall girl in a Panama saloon is given the choice of jail or going with a...

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The Marshal Of Mesa City

as Dance Bartender (uncredited)
Released: 1939-11-03

A retired lawman gets back into action to fight political corruption.

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The Gallant Fool

as Leyton's Friend at Campfire
Released: 1933-05-28

The circus arrives in Great Shows. Rainey Big Ben and Kit Denton, the star of the show, are...

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Forgotten Women

as Ice Man
Released: 1931-11-25

Acting on a tip from former stage actress Fern Madden, who is now working as a movie extra,...

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Circus Lure

as uncredited
Released: 1924-06-15

Joe Henry, head of a one-ring circus, plays a small town and after the departure of the troupe a...

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Partners

as Carry All Roach
Released: 1932-01-08

A rancher is arrested for murdering his young partner's grandfather, but he escapes to try to...

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War of the Range

as Tony (as Billie Franey)
Released: 1933-09-21

Jim Warren is starting a range war by getting his boss Duke Bradley to fence off part of the...

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Clock Wise

as Vivien's Father
Released: 1939-03-24

Pop's noisy mechanical clock is driving Edgar crazy.

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Loose Ankles

as Circus Cafe Waiter
Released: 1930-02-02

A grandmother's will leaves her fortune to a few, mostly to her great-niece Ann. Ann will only...

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The Canyon of Adventure

as Buzzard Koke
Released: 1928-04-21

Steven Bancroft, a young officer in the U. S. Calvary, is given the assignment of ensuring that...

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Dummy Ache

as Man with Pitchfork
Released: 1936-07-10

Dummy Ache is a 1936 American short comedy film directed by Leslie Goodwins. An assuming...

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Freighters of Destiny

as 'Reddy'
Released: 1931-10-29

A young man seeks vengeance on the outlaws who killed his father.

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The Great Sensation

as Harry Ruby (as William Franey)
Released: 1925-10-01

Jack Ruby (William Fairbanks), the son of a wealthy family, pretends to be a chauffeur and goes...

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The Broadway Hoofer

as Baggage Man
Released: 1929-12-15

Broadway dancing star Adele Dorey who, overworked and exhausted, suddenly ups and leaves New...

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The King of the Turf

as Soup Conley
Released: 1926-02-28

Genteel southern horse-breeder Col. Richard Fairfax is framed on the charge of embezzlement by...

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Sunk by the Census

as Vivien's Pop
Released: 1940-08-06

Edgar is a census taker, but is primarily interested in finding a rich widow for his...

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Under the Tonto Rim

as 'One Punch' (as William Franey)
Released: 1928-02-04

Gold miner Edd Denmeade loves Lucy Watson, the sister of the official mining claim recorder....

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The Fiddlin' Buckaroo

as Postmaster Dan
Released: 1933-07-20

Government man Fiddlin' has joined Wolf's gang and Banty has become his friend. When Fiddlin'...

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No Children

as uncredited
Released: 1929-03-10

Parents pretend they are in show business and their kids are ventriloquist dummies.

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S.O.S. Perils of the Sea

as uncredited
Released: 1925-11-01

S.O.S. Perils of the Sea is a 1925 American silent film featuring Elaine Hammerstein, directed...

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She Wrote a Play and Played It

as Bill Bones - the Village Undertaker
Released: 1916-08-13

Gale Henry, at that time famous as big-nosed, lugubrious-faced purveyor of silent screen...

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Kit Carson Over the Great Divide

as Oswald Bliffing
Released: 1925-09-02

When the Indians attack, a doctor is separated from his wife. The reunion is set against the...

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The Saint's Double Trouble

as Street Shooting Witness (uncredited)
Released: 1940-01-26

Reformed jewel thief Simon Templar lands in hot water when a look-alike smuggles stolen goods...

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The Shadow Gang

as Henchman in the Stump
Released: 1934-06-01

A re-edited, digitally colourised and re-scored version of vintage black and white Western 'The...

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Come On, Tarzan

as Chuck Wagon Cook
Released: 1932-09-10

Ken Maynard's exceptionally intelligent horse, Tarzan the Wonder Horse, is the star of this...

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Fangs of Vengeance

as Goofy Bill
Released: 1926-08-31

A short film starring "Fearless" the dog and directed by William Bertram.

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She's a Sheik

as Joe
Released: 1927-11-12

The daughter of a desert chief kidnaps a member of the French Foreign Legion in the hopes of...

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The Royal Rider

as Wild West Show Member
Released: 1929-02-17

Dick Scott takes his Wild West show to the Balkan kingdom of Alvania where the boy king of the...

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She's a Prince

as Cameraman
Released: 1926-05-01

Starring comedienne Alice Ardell, whose persona included wearing traditionally masculine garb,...

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The Water Plug

as uncredited
Released: 1920-05-13

Billy is on the bum. He sees a copper writing a ticket to a driver parked in front of a fire...

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Romance of a Rogue

as uncredited
Released: 1928-10-01

A low-key silent drama of a man seeking vengeance on the villain whose lies sent him to prison...

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Lady Baffles and Detective Duck in When the Wets Went Dry

as Chief of Police
Released: 1915-10-14

This is another comedy, in which trick photography plays a large part. It is a travesty on the...

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King of the Saddle

as Nick
Released: 1926-09-09

A cowboy discovers that his stock is all but worthless due to the bankruptcy of a ranch owner....

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The Dead Line

as 'Extra' Long
Released: 1926-06-27

An old prospector, is found murdered and Sonora Slim is accused of the crime. The real killer is...

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The White Panther

as The Private
Released: 1924-01-22

Australian star Rex "Snowy" Baker stars in this military melodrama. This was the first of a...

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The Dummy Owner

as uncredited
Released: 1938-01-08

Leon's boss buys a racehorse, but doesn't want word to get out that he is the owner, so he has...

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