Bud Ross
Pool Sharks
as Primary Pool AdversaryTwo romantic rivals play a game of pool for the hand of their lady love. W.C. Field's debut film.
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The Hollywood Kid
as Actor in Swimming Pool SceneA short packed with more stars and gags than most features of its day, this film delivered a...
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The Cat's Meow
as Mr. Downe - Ida's Father (as Budd Ross)Mild-mannered Harry gets roughed up by a slum gang. Later he returns as a cop to see that...
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Ten Dollars or Ten Days
as The Night WatchmanIn this silent comedy, a pretty department store cashier is charged with a robbery that occurred...
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Broke in China
as Singer With ToupeeDonald Drake, a deep sea gondolier ex soda jerk, arrives at the All Nation Cafe in Shanghai. The...
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Bright Eyes
as The Nearly Bankrupt Father (as Budd Ross)An oil heir and the daughter of a social climbing family are set to marry.
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The Villain
as Nell's SweetheartIn The Villain, Billy attempted something a little different. He's still imitating Chaplin, but...
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The Raspberry Romance
as Tonic SalesmanThe Raspberry Romance is a 1925 comedy short.
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Little Robinson Corkscrew
as Husband in StoreReturning to his hometown a fitness equipment salesman falls in love with the store keeper's...
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The Pest
as The BellboyThe Pest (aka The Freeloader) is a 1917 silent comedy film featuring Oliver Hardy and starring...
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The Sea Squawk
as The Ship's Purser (as Budd Ross)A Scottish immigrant on board ship becomes a pawn in a jewel heist aboard the S.S. Cognac, a...
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Bright and Early
as Old ManBilly West as does fairly random series of gags as a bellboy in a rather poor hotel run by...
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Galloping Bungalows
as Lotts' AccompliceAll the qualified men line up to be chosen, as an heiress advertises that she will marry the man...
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His Day Out
as uncreditedIn this film, West escapes a couple of cops and fights for the hand of Leatrice Joy with Oliver...
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Brilliantine the Bull Fighter
as Her Son-in-LawBrilliantino the Bullfighter (originally titled Flood and Sand) is one of the first spoofs of...
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The Hobo
as (as Budd Ross)Billy is a hobo who hangs around the train station. He creates disruption in the ticket office,...
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Cupid's Rival
as Bell BoyA bumbling janitor in a fleabag hotel drives the residents crazy, and a poor artist believes...
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The Chief Cook
as Boggs (as Budd Ross)The film opens in the lobby of a small hotel, where the desk clerk/owner (Budd Ross) is...
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Yukon Jake
as Nell's Father - the MayorCyclone Bill is the popular sheriff of Mustang Gulch, where "a gun in the hand is worth two on...
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The Candy Kid
as CookA Fake Chaplin movie with Billy West as the tramp.
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Married to Order
as Car Salesman (as Budd Ross)Boy meets girl. Father hates boy. Girl dresses up as her brother to get out of the house to...
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The Stranger
as Susie's FatherAfter a luckless prospecting trip, Billy starts homeward across the desert, mounted on his...
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Water Wagons
as Old SailorA boat race rivalry erupts into comical danger.
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The Scholar
as Elderly PupilShort King Bee Studios slapstick comedy featuring Billy West and Oliver Hardy
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Flickering Youth
as Drunk Barber CustomerFlickering Youth is a 1924 silent Comedy.
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He's In Again
as A Drunk (as Budd Ross)A tramp enters a cabaret and orders a drink, but then is thrown out when he cannot pay for it....
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