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Personal Info

Gender

Male

Birthday

1891-09-15 (133 years old)

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]

Known For

Acting

1936

Give Us This Night as Leader of Clacque

1929

The Bees' Buzz as Country Club Drinker, Farmer
The Rodeo as Minor Role (uncredited)

1928

Motorboat Mamas as Boat Officer
Movie Mania as Tim Murphy
The Campus Carmen as Horse Doctor

1927

Peaches and Plumbers as The Attorney
The Jolly Jilter as Short Servant
For Sale, a Bungalow as The Gas Man
Crazy to Act as Projectionist
The Pride of Pikeville as Hawkins House Guest
Smith's Pony as Ship's Purser
Fiddlesticks as Bystander
Smith's Fishing Trip as The Fisherman

1926

The Soapsuds Lady as Grandpa Tucker
Flirty Four-Flushers as Soup Drinking Customer / Hotel Desk Clerk
Ice Cold Cocos as Ice Rink Usher
Smith's Uncle as Messenger
Smith's Baby as Mabel's Father, Jimmy's Father-in-Law
Smith's Landlord as Small Mover

1925

A Sweet Pickle as Bakery Chef

1924

Ten Dollars or Ten Days as Customer with Cane

1921

Dynamite Allen as 'Simp' Hallett

1916

His Bitter Pill as Barfly

1915

Fickle Fatty's Fall as Man at Test-of-Strength Concession
That Little Band Of Gold as Audience Member
A One Night Stand as Audience Spectator
Wished on Mabel as Police Chief
Mabel’s Wilful Way as Blackface Man in Sideshow Game / Man Going Down Slide
A Hash House Fraud as Freeloading Customer
A Submarine Pirate as Torpedo Loader (uncredited)
Hogan Out West as The Cowboy

1914

Those Country Kids as Man whose Carriage is Stolen
Making a Living as Jealous Husband (uncredited)
Mabel's Strange Predicament as Bellboy (uncredited)
A Film Johnnie as Theater Usher (uncredited)
Tango Tangles as Guest in Cowboy Hat (uncredited)
His Favorite Pastime as Shoeshine Boy
Cruel, Cruel Love as Short Ambulance Attendant
The Star Boarder as Boarder (uncredited)
Caught in a Cabaret as Cabaret Patron (uncredited)
A Busy Day as Policeman
The Knockout as Society Singer
The Masquerader as Cameraman
The Rounders as Doorman in Blackface
Those Love Pangs as Movie Patron
Gentlemen of Nerve as Spectator
His Musical Career as Piano Store Salesman
His Trysting Places as Diner in Overalls
Tillie's Punctured Romance as Policeman (uncredited)
Leading Lizzie Astray as Cafe Waiter
His Prehistoric Past as Caveman Masher (uncredited)

1913

Mabel's Dramatic Career as Audience Member
A Quiet Little Wedding as Wedding Guest
The Speed Kings as Man Ford Bumps into
Fatty at San Diego as Theatre Patron / Man on Dock

Directing

1918

The Tip as Director

1917

The Flirt as Director
Rainbow Island as Director
Move On as Director