Billy Gilbert
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).
Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs
as Sneezy (voice) (uncredited)A beautiful girl, Snow White, takes refuge in the forest in the house of seven dwarfs to hide...
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The Great Dictator
as Field Marshal HerringDictator Adenoid Hynkel tries to expand his empire while a poor Jewish barber tries to avoid...
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Fun and Fancy Free
as Willie the Giant (voice)Jiminy Cricket hosts two Disney animated shorts: Bongo about a circus bear escaping to the wild,...
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Anchors Aweigh
as Cafe ManagerTwo sailors on shore leave head out for four days of partying – only to become involved in the...
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Captains Courageous
as Soda Steward (uncredited)Harvey, the arrogant and spoiled son of an indulgent absentee-father, falls overboard from a...
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Mickey and the Beanstalk
as Willie the Giant (voice) (uncredited)A mysterious thief has stolen the prosperous Happy Valley's most prized possession: the musical...
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His Girl Friday
as Joe PettiboneWalter Burns is an irresistibly conniving newspaper publisher desperate to woo back his paper’s...
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Sons of the Desert
as Mr. Ruttledge (voice) (uncredited)Ollie and Stan deceive their wives into thinking they are taking a medically necessary cruise...
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Their First Mistake
as Process serverMrs Hardy is annoyed that her husband Oliver seems to spend more time with his friend Stanley...
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Them Thar Hills
as The DoctorStan and Ollie travel to the mountains for Ollie's health, and park their caravan near a well...
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The Story Behind Walt Disney's 'Fun and Fancy Free'
as Self (archive footage)From all the cartoons Walt Disney and his team create a full length feature film fun and fancy...
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Destry Rides Again
as LoupgerouTom Destry, son of a legendary frontier peacekeeper, doesn’t believe in gunplay. Thus he becomes...
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Mad Love
as Autograph Seeker on Train (Uncredited)An insane surgeon's obsession with an actress leads him to replace her wounded pianist husband's...
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A Night at the Opera
as Orchestra Member Asking Fiorello Not to Play Piano (uncredited)The Marx Brothers take on high society and the opera world to bring two lovers together. A sly...
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The Toast of New York
as PhotographerAfter the American Civil War, Jim Fisk, a former peddler and cotton smuggler, arrives in New...
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Seven Sinners
as TonyBanished from various U.S. protectorates in the Pacific, a saloon entertainer uses her...
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Towed in a Hole
as Joe - Junkyard OwnerAlthough they are successful fishmongers, Stan convinces Ollie that they should become fishermen...
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Arabian Nights
as AhmadTwo half brothers battle each other for the power of the throne and the love of sensual,...
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Walt Disney's Fables - Vol.6
as Willie the Giant (voice) (archive sound)Two classic animated shorts from the Disney studios. In 'The Reluctant Dragon' (1941), a young...
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Block-Heads
as Mr. GilbertIt's 1938, but Stan doesn't know the war is over; he's still patrolling the trenches in France,...
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The Music Box
as Professor von Schwarzenhoffen (uncredited)The Laurel & Hardy Moving Co. have a challenging job on their hands (and backs): hauling a...
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Sea Devils
as BillyDoris lives with her rough Coast Guardsman father. He has plans for her to marry an up and...
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County Hospital
as The DoctorOllie is in the hospital with a broken leg. When Stan comes to visit him, total chaos ensues.
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Rio
as ManueloDiabolical French capitalist Paul Reynard is forced to leave Irene, his bride of one year, when...
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Skyscraper Souls
as Second Ticket Agent (uncredited)After bank president David Dwight makes a vast loan to himself to build a remarkable skyscraper,...
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No, No, Nanette
as StylesPerky young Nanette attempts to save the marriage of her uncle and aunt by untangling Uncle...
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The Devil-Doll
as Matin's Butler (uncredited)Wrongfully convicted of a robbery and murder, Paul Lavond breaks out of prison with a genius...
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Pack Up Your Troubles
as Mr. HathawayThe story begins in 1917 with Stan and Ollie being drafted into the U.S. Army to fight in World...
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Live, Love and Learn
as Newsboy (uncredited)A starving, uncompromising artist and an heiress fall in love on first sight and immediately get...
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The Man Who Found Himself
as Fat hoboYoung Jim Stanton is a conscientious surgeon, but spends too many off-duty hours pursuing his...
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One Hundred Men and a Girl
as Garage OwnerThe daughter of a struggling musician forms a symphony orchestra made up of his unemployed...
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Love on a Bet
as New York PolicemanAspiring Producer Michael McCreigh convinces Uncle Carlton to finance a play on the condition...
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Five Weeks in a Balloon
as Sultan/ActioneerProfessor Fergusson plans to make aviation history by making his way across Africa by balloon....
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Peck's Bad Boy with the Circus
as Bud BoggsTrouble-prone Billy Peck and his gang descend on a traveling circus that has just hit town, and...
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Blondie of the Follies
as Kinskey's Friend (uncredited)New York City tenement dwelling neighbors Blondie and Lottie are longtime best friends. When...
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Men in Black
as Dangerous Patient (uncredited)The stooges are three doctors who graduated medical school by being in it for too many years....
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Here Comes the Band
as Oswald Carroll (uncredited)In this musical, a songwriter goes to court to claim the rights to his song that was stolen by...
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Rosalie
as OloffWest Point cadet Dick Thorpe falls in love with a girl, who turns out to be a princess from an...
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The Chimp
as Joe the LandlordStan and Ollie play bumbling circus performers who inadvertently drive the circus into...
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This Day and Age
as Nightclub ManagerA modern-day tale of gangsterism and revenge. After a notorious mobster murders a Jewish tailor...
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Maid in Hollywood
as Sneezing ManThelma, who came to Hollywood from Joplin to be a star, is ready to go home. She and her pal...
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Queen of the Mob
as Mr. ReierMa Webster (Blanche Yurka) and her boys rob a bank on Christmas Eve; G-men stop them with Tommy...
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The Outcasts of Poker Flat
as Charley - the BartenderThe 1937 film version of Bret Harte's story, starring Preston Foster.
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Reaching for the Sun
as AmosComedy of a North Woods clam-digger who journeys to Detroit to earn money for outboard motor by...
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Sutter's Gold
as Gen. RamosStory of the gold strike on an immigrant's property that started the 1849 California Gold Rush.
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Down Among the Sheltering Palms
as King JilouiliWar-weary Captain Willoby and his men are the occupation force on an island of lovely...
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Crazy House
as Sid DrakeOle Olsen and Chic Johnson are Broadway stars who return to Universal Studios to make another...
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Women in War
as Pierre, the CobblerA "good-time girl", raised by her somewhat lax divorced father, finds herself involved in an...
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Espionage
as TurkTwo reporters pose as man and wife in order to get the goods on a munitions supplier and the...
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Million Dollar Legs
as Secretary of the InteriorA small country on the verge of bankruptcy is persuaded to enter the 1932 Los Angeles Olympics...
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Million Dollar Legs
as Secretary of the Interior (uncredited)A small country on the verge of bankruptcy is persuaded to enter the 1932 Los Angeles Olympics...
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as Sneezing PatientA hospital surgeon (James Dunn) protects a mystery woman (Gloria Stuart) who knows too much...
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Hollywood Goes to Town
as Self (uncredited)This short shows how Hollywood gets ready for the world premiere of an "important" movie. The...
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Love on the Run
as Cafe ManagerA runaway bride and an undercover reporter get caught up in political intrigue as they lead a...
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The Star Maker
as Stanislov PapadopoulosThis is a film about the life of Gus Edwards, a well known vaudeville composer, entertainer, and...
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The Life of the Party
as Dr. MolnacA singer finds another heir (Gene Raymond) to marry, to avoid the one (Joe Penner) her mother found.
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Bulldog Edition
as George Poppupoppalas (uncredited)Two rival newspapers are engaged in a circulation battle, complicated by the fact that a vicious...
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The Villain Still Pursued Her
as Master of CeremoniesVictorian melodrama is sent up in this spoof of the old production "The Drunkard; or, The Fallen...
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Pardon My Scotch
as Senor Luis Balero Cantino (uncredited)The Stooges are running the local drugstore and mix up a potion that a desperate businessman...
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Song of the Islands
as Palola's FatherWith his sidekick Rusty, Jeff Harper sails to paradisiacal tropical isle Ahmi-Oni to bargain on...
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Coronado
as Waiter (uncredited)Southern California's Hotel Coronado caters to and is frequented by members of the social...
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Lucky Partners
as Charles (uncredited)Two strangers split a sweepstake prize to go on a fake honeymoon with predictable results.
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When You're in Love
as JoseAn Australian opera singer hires a husband so she can work in the U.S. Moore sings "Minnie the...
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China Passage
as BartenderAmericans Tommy Baldwin and Joe Dugan are hired to transport a fabulous diamond from Shanghai to...
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Chinatown After Dark
as DooleyThe female head of a criminal gang in Chinatown is after a valuable jewel, and lets nothing...
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Free Eats
as Head of the Family of ThievesThe kids help capture a family of thieves.
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Maid's Night Out
as Mr. PapalapoulasA millionaire's son works as a milkman for a month to win a bet with his father. While...
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Broadway Melody of 1938
as George PapaloopasSteve Raleight wants to produce a show on Broadway. He finds a backer, Herman Whipple and a...
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Valley of the Sun
as Homer Burnaby - Justice of the PeaceAn Arizona frontiersman steals an Indian agent's girlfriend, followed by trouble.
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Grand Jury
as Otto, the janitor (uncredited)When a grand jury acquits a gangster accused of murder, a retired elderly citizen decides it's...
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A Little Bit of Heaven
as TonyA child from the New York tenements sings on a radio quiz show and is eventually hired to a...
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The Girl Downstairs
as Garage MechanicA wealthy playboy surreptitiously romances a scullery maid to gain access to her mistress with...
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Made on Broadway
as Commissioner Jerry Allesandro (uncredited)A satire about the power of publicity. Robert Montgomery plays Jeff Bidwell, a dashing Broadway...
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The Bargain of the Century
as Captain SchmaltzComedy short with ZaSuPitts and Thelma Todd. After accidentally getting a policeman friend...
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The Kissing Bandit
as General Felipe ToroRicardo, the milquetoast son of a Mexican bandit, would rather lead a quiet life in Boston. But...
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The Big Game
as FisherA quarterback stands against gangsters out to control the college sports scene.
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Sleepytime Gal
as Chef PopodopolisBessie Cobb, cake decorator in the kitchen of one of Miami's swankier hotels, is the central...
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Ever Since Venus
as Tiny LewisThe American Beauty Association is about to hold its annual trade show in New York City and...
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Spanky
as Spanky's FatherWhile staging a play, Spanky finds his father's hiding place for the family "fortune."
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One Good Turn
as DrunkDown and out Stan and Ollie beg for food from a friendly old lady who provides them with...
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The Bride Walks Out
as Mr. DonovanCarolyn Martin is a fashion model who hastily marries her boyfriend, engineer Michael Martin....
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Paradise Alley
as Julius WilsonAn elderly motion picture artist drifts through a tenement block, devising a plan to change the...
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Sea Legs
as Naval OfficerSearchlight Doyle, lightweight boxing champion of the United States Navy, is shanghaied into the...
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One Rainy Afternoon
as Court Doorman (Uncredited)Suave French actor Philippe Martin provokes a scandal when, in a darkened theater, he mistakes...
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Dangerous Waters
as Carlos (uncredited)While a ship captain is at sea dealing with a mutiny among his crew, his wife is at home having...
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Angels with Broken Wings
as Billy WilsonCharlotte Lord, a widow in her early forties and owner of Manhattan's smartest modiste shop, is...
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Wing and a Prayer
as (archive footage)An aircraft carrier is sent on a decoy mission around the Pacific, with orders to avoid combat,...
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Music for Madame
as KrauseAn Italian immigrant singer, Nino, hoping to succeed in Hollywood, falls in with a gang of...
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Spotlight Scandals
as Billy GilbertA down-on-his luck actor teams up with a singing barber to do a vaudeville act. Its success...
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Army Girl
as Canteen waiterA young captain hoping to replace the U.S. Army's horses with mechanized vehicles faces...
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Tin Pan Alley
as SheikSongwriters Calhoun and Harrigan get Katie and Lily Blane to introduce a new one. Lily goes to...
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Three of a Kind
as The TailorA truck driver and a gold-digger meet at a swank hotel and both think the other is wealthy. A...
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Red Noses
as Tailor's CustomerThelma and Zasu go to a Turkish bath to try to get rid of a cold.
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Sealskins
as Mr. Morton (uncredited)In their first comedy two-reeler of 1932, vivacious Thelma Todd and fluttery ZaSu Pitts learn...
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My Lucky Star
as NickGeorge Cabot Jr., the son of a department store owner, enrolls Kristina Nielsen, the store's...
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On the Avenue
as Joe PapaloupasA new Broadway show starring Gary Blake shamelessly lampoons the rich Carraway family. To get...
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Joy of Living
as Cafe OwnerFalling in love with the voice of Broadway chanteuse Margaret Garret, cocksure young tycoon...
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Cross-Country Romance
as OrestesA runaway heiress hides in a doctor's trailer for a rollicking trip to San Francisco.
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On the Loose
as Pierre, the Dressmaker (as William Gilbert)Two young women, Zasu and Thelma, complain that all of their dates take them to Coney Island....
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Night Waitress
as TorreHelen Roberts, who's on probation, goes back to work as a waitress at Torre's Fish Palace, a San...
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Million Dollar Legs
as Dick Schultz (uncredited)At Middleton College, controlled by rich donor Melton, only paying sports are allowed. But...
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Dogs Is Dogs
as Mr. Brown (uncredited)Wheezer and Dorothy are forced to live with her evil stepmother and her brat son.
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Mr. Doodle Kicks Off
as Prof. MinorousA wealthy businessman promises to donate a huge endowment to his college alma mater, but there's...
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Asleep in the Feet
as Mr. Gilbert, Dance Hall ProprietorThe girls moonlight as taxi dancers in order to earn some extra money.
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The Firefly
as InnkeeperNina Maria Azara is the beautiful and alluring singing spy for Spain during the Napoleonic Wars....
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Forged Passport
as Nick MendozaDan Frazier is a U. S. Border Patrolman on the California-Mexico border whose hot temper and...
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Paris in Spring
as First ChefAfraid of marriage, Simone (Mary Ellis) breaks off her long term engagement with her fiancé Paul...
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She's Got Everything
as Chaffee - a CreditorThe day after Carol returns from a European trip, she wakes up to find her dead father's...
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Hi, Gaucho!
as Cappa RosaThe son and daughter of feuding ranchers defy their fathers in the name of love.
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The Keyhole
as Cuban Carriage Driver (uncredited)A private eye specializing in divorce cases falls for the woman he's been hired to frame.
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We're on the Jury
as Ephraim AllenA juror at a murder trial is convinced the defendant is innocent.
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Happy Landing
as Counter ManBandleader and manager discover skater in Norway. They become rivals as she returns with them to...
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Cockeyed Cavaliers
as InnkeeperTwo yokels try to crash royal society by posing as the King's physicians.
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Hasty Marriage
as Distraught Passenger On Streetcar (uncredited)It's in three distinct segments. The first and probably best involves Charley, his girlfriend,...
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New Wine
as PoldiThe romantic story of Franz Schubert 's fight for recognition of his music. The 1941 Reinhold...
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I Dream Too Much
as Cook at Cafe (uncredited)Opera student Annette Monard meets composer Jonathan Street, and in a buoyant, alcohol-fueled...
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Model Wife
as Mr. DominicComplications in a dressmaking firm when a model has to hide her marriage.
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Shiver My Timbers
as The Sea CaptainThe Gang plays hooky from school so they can listen to the tall tales of a friendly sea captain.
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Safari
as MondehareMillionaire Baron de Courland and his fiancée Linda Stewart employ Jim Logan as a guide for...
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Fight for Your Lady
as BorisWrestling trainer puts himself in charge of a singer's love life when the singer is jilted by a...
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Crazy Knights
as BillyAlso known as Ghost Crazy. Three goofballs run up against ghosts and a giant gorilla in a...
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Once Over Lightly
as Professor Dimitrius KapourisThe big Barber College competition between rivals Clipton and Beardsley is coming up and...
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The Panic Is On
as Smith - Investment Broker aka The Spot (uncredited)Charley's in love with the daughter of a financier who wants her to insist that Chas have a pile...
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The Pajama Party
as Butler (uncredited)After running their car off the road, a society matron insists that the girls spend the evening...
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Nurse to You!
as Dr. W.J. GilbertCautious, frugal Charley is told by his insurance doctor that he has six months to live, and...
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Sneak Easily
as Attorney for the ProsecutionJuror Zasu accidentally swallows a piece of evidence which just happens to be a time bomb.
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The Tabasco Kid
as Mr. Jones a RancherA timid accountant for a California cattle ranch and a lookalike dashing bandit become rivals...
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Hitler: The Comedy Years
as Field Marshal Herring (archive footage) (uncredited)A documentary about the portrayal of Adolf Hitler in popular culture.
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The Under-Pup
as TolioA young city girl from a poor family is invited to spend the summer at a camp for girls from...
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Breaking the Ice
as Mr. SmallThe story begins while Tommy Martin and his mother, Martha Martin say goodbye to Henry and...
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Maids a la Mode
as Von SmaltzInstead of delivering some fancy dresses to a customer, the girls wear them to a party.
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Early to Bed
as BurgerChester Beatty and Tessie Weeks have been engaged for 5 years and going together for 15 years...
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Another Wild Idea
as Uncle Percy (voice)Betty's father has an invention that looks like a fancy camera; it emits an ultra-lavender ray...
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Three of a Kind
as BillyTwo vaudeville acrobats adopt the son of an actor friend.
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Scatterbrain
as HoffmanA Hollywood studio goofs and signs the wrong girl--a hillbilly from the Ozarks--to a movie...
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Week-End in Havana
as ArboladoA ship company employee, Jay Williams, is sent to Florida where one of the company cruise ships...
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What Price Taxi
as Jealous HusbandIll-tempered Billy proves troublesome for fellow taxi drivers Franklin and Clyde.
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The Happy Hottentots
as Stage Manager (uncredited)Two desperate singers take a job as the singing act in a movie theater between shows. They soon...
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Apples to You!
as PinskyA burlesque impresario is hired to help the failing fortunes of an old opera company.
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Who's Looney Now
as Dr. Von BlattMr. Brown is riding home from work one day with his new neighbor, Mr. Johnson. When Brown...
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Trouble Chasers
as BillyA pair of gangsters are under the mistaken impression that three goofballs know the location of...
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The Sound of Laughter
as Billy (Large Duck Hunter)A compilation of film clips of comedies from 1930's.
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The Nickel Nurser
as Todd's ButlerCharley is an efficiency expert trying to teach a millionaire's daughter the value of money.
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Mr. Wise Guy
as KnobbyThe gang is sent to the Wilton Reform School after they are unjustly convicted of stealing a...
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Shantytown
as 'Papa' FerrelliLiz lives with her mother and stepfather in a boarding house on the "wrong side of the tracks"
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Forgotten Babies
as Radio VoiceWhile the rest of the gang goes fishing, Spanky gets stuck babysitting.
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The First Baby
as Italian in ParkWhen a couple become parents for the first time, they discover grandmothers can be almost as...
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Sandy Is a Lady
as Billy PepinoMary and Joe Phillips' attempts to improve their financial status are alternately aided and...
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Strange Innertube
as BillyAfter graduating from Taxi Driver school, Billy, Ben, and Clyde soon find themselves involved...
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Take It or Leave It
as (archive footage) (uncredited)A young husband becomes a game-show participant in the hopes of winning the cash to pay his...
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Luncheon at Twelve
as Betty's FatherCharley unwittingly becomes a house painter.
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Happy Landing
as HusbandAn action-filled film with outlaws-of-the-clouds at war with the men of the U. S. Flying...
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The Cracked Ice Man
as William GilbertCharley finds that he got more than he bargained for when he takes a job as a kindergarten teacher.
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One Track Minds
as Train ConductorThelma wins a screen test with a Hollywood studio, but trouble ensues on the train trip out there.
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Taxi Barons
as Billy / DutchieAfter running over a police officer's motorcycle, Ben and Billy are chased by the law onto a...
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First in War
as Commanding GeneralCharley writes the national anthem for the country of Nicarania and winds up getting mixed up in...
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Soup and Fish
as Count GustavAt a ritzy beauty salon, while a mud pack is on her face, a wealthy socialite invites Thelma and...
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Roamin' Vandals
as Doc GilbertA 1934 short comedy subject starring Patsy Kelly and Lillian Miles.
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Strictly Unreliable
as The ActorZasu inadvertently turns Thelma's vaudeville act into a shambles.
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Catch-As Catch-Can
as Ring Announcer (uncredited)Zasu falls for a wrestler, drags Thelma to his next fight.
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Fallen Arches
as Mr. GilbertTold to "hike" out to his company's West Coast headquarters, Charley does exactly that.
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The Roaring 20's
as uncreditedThe adventures of a newspaper reporter covering the world of cops and gangsters in 1920s Chicago.
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