Billy House

Born: 1889-05-06

​From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia Billy House (May 7, 1889 – September 23, 1961) was an US vaudevillian, Broadway performer and feature film actor. After devoting most of his career to live performance, he moved to Hollywood where he became a supporting actor during the 1940s and 1950s. According to Orson Welles, the name "Billy House" was likely an invention for use in burlesque theatres. Description above from the Wikipedia article Billy House, licensed under CC-BY-SA, full list of contributors on Wikipedia.


Placeholder

Touch of Evil

as Construction Site Foreman (uncredited)
Released: 1958-03-30

When a car bomb explodes on the American side of the U.S./Mexico border, Mexican drug...

Movie page

The Stranger

as Mr. Solomon Potter
Released: 1946-07-02

An investigator from the War Crimes Commission travels to Connecticut to find an infamous Nazi,...

Movie page

Imitation of Life

as Fat Man on Beach
Released: 1959-10-02

In 1940s New York, a white widow who dreams of being on Broadway has a chance encounter with a...

Movie page

The Egg and I

as Billy Reed
Released: 1947-05-01

World War II veteran Bob MacDonald surprises his new wife, Betty, by quitting his city job and...

Movie page

Thrill of a Romance

as Dr. Tovve
Released: 1945-05-23

A soldier falls in love with a newly-married woman after her husband abandons her for a business...

Movie page

Where Danger Lives

as Bogardus, Postville J.P.
Released: 1950-11-16

A young doctor falls in love with a disturbed young woman and apparently becomes involved in the...

Movie page

People Will Talk

as Coonan (uncredited)
Released: 1951-08-29

Successful and well-liked, Dr. Noah Praetorius becomes the victim of a witchhunt at the hands of...

Movie page

Santa Fe

as Luke Plummer
Released: 1951-04-01

After their service in the Civil War, four brothers go their separate ways, but later find...

Movie page

Smart Money

as Irontown Salesman-Gambler
Released: 1931-06-11

Two brothers' trip to the big city to do a little gambling results in a fateful turn of events.

Movie page

Bedlam

as Lord Mortimer
Released: 1946-05-10

London, 1761. St. Mary's of Bethlehem, a sinister madhouse, is visited by wealthy people who...

Movie page

Silver City

as uncredited
Released: 1951-12-01

Having masterminded the hold up of his company office, a mining engineer is barred from the...

Movie page

The Wistful Widow of Wagon Gap

as Shotgun Rider (voice) (uncredited)
Released: 1947-10-08

Chester Wooley and Duke Egan are travelling salesmen who make a stopover in Wagon Gap, Montana...

Movie page

Outlaw Women

as Uncle Barney
Released: 1952-04-28

A old west town run by women. All the town's business is controlled by a woman gambler who...

Movie page

Inner Sanctum

as McFee
Released: 1948-10-15

A killer hides out in a small-town boarding house.

Movie page

Rogues of Sherwood Forest

as Friar Tuck
Released: 1950-06-21

The son of Robin Hood carries on his late father's tradition.

Movie page

Joe Palooka in the Knockout

as Sam Wheeler
Released: 1947-09-20

The third of the Monogram series based on Ham Fisher's "Joe Palooka" comic strip, opens with...

Movie page

Naked Gun

as Judge Cole
Released: 1956-11-01

Don Pablo Salazar steals a fortune in jewels from an Indian tribe and an Aztec medicine man puts...

Movie page

The Reckless Hour

as Seymour Jennison
Released: 1931-08-15

Seduced and abandoned, with child, by a charming cad, a former New York fashion model learns to...

Movie page

Trail Street

as Carmody
Released: 1947-02-19

Bat Masterson cleans up Liberal, Kansas.

Movie page

The Fountain of Youth

as Albert Morgan
Released: 1958-09-16

A couple is conflicted when they are offered a chance at youth. Based on John Collier's short...

Movie page

God's Gift to Women

as Mons. Cesare
Released: 1931-04-13

A notorious womanizer sets his sights on a pretty American tourist, only to be told by his...

Movie page

Expensive Women

as George Allison
Released: 1931-10-24

A wealthy young woman struggles to find love while surrounded by possible suitors.

Movie page

Tricks of Our Trade

as uncredited
Released: 1957-02-13

With examples from Disney feature-length films, Walt Disney gives a behind-the-scenes look at...

Movie page

Merry Go Round of 1938

as Billy
Released: 1937-11-14

Two screwy characters travel to Hollywood and cause mischief.

Movie page

Aladdin and His Lamp

as Kafan
Released: 1952-02-24

A poor young man finds a lamp with a genie trapped inside. The genie promises to grant the man...

Movie page