Billy Gilbert
*** 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 |
|---|---|
| Most Rating | 0.4744 |
| Birthday | 1891-09-15 |
| Place of Birth | Hollywood, California, USA |
| Also Known As | William V. Campbell , William Gilbert, Little Billy Gilbert, |
1921
Dynamite Allen
9/1
Betty, a blind girl, is the sole "witness" to the murder of a mine owner and whose mistaken testimony convicts Sid Allen her own benefactor. Years lat...
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Dynamite Allen
1914
Those Country Kids
4.1/9
Although Mabel’s parents disapprove of Roscoe and Mabel’s relationship, the two still secretly court. When a rivaling suitor named Reddy appears, the...
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Those Country Kids
1928
Motorboat Mamas
9/1
Motorboat Mamas is a silent comedy short.
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Motorboat Mamas
1929
The Bees' Buzz
5/3
Two friends - Andy and Harry - get into trouble while they are trying to prevent the marriage of Andy's daughter.
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The Bees' Buzz
1926
Hayfoot, Strawfoot?
10/1
Hayfoot, Strawfoot? is a silent comedy short.
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Hayfoot, Strawfoot?
1926
The Soapsuds Lady
9/1
Betty’s parents are eager to achieve financial security and believe she is their ticket to wealth. They are easily deceived by a villain who poses as...
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The Soapsuds Lady
1927
The Jolly Jilter
9/1
Ben Turpin, a self-proclaimed "lady killer" finds himself in a difficult romantic predicament. Currently engaged to a woman described as a "gold-digg...
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The Jolly Jilter
1926
Flirty Four-Flushers
6.5/2
With her winnings from an essay contest, a waitress gets dolled up and goes to a swanky resort to snag a millionaire husband.
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Flirty Four-Flushers
1927
Peaches and Plumbers
9/1
To make her boyfriend jealous a society girl starts dating a plumber but his sweetheart gets revenge.
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Peaches and Plumbers
1927
A Small Town Princess
7/1
A small town princess gets hired for the movies.
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A Small Town Princess
1927
For Sale, a Bungalow
8/1
For Sale, a Bungalow is a 1927 comedy short
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For Sale, a Bungalow
1914
Fatty and Minnie He-Haw
5/2
Fatty steals a ride on a train, discovered, and put off in the middle of nowhere. He stumbles along over the hot desert and finally passes out. A very...
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Fatty and Minnie He-Haw
1915
Fickle Fatty's Fall
0/0
Fickle Fatty's Fall is a 1914 Comedy short.
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Fickle Fatty's Fall
1925
A Sweet Pickle
0/0
“Handy girl” at a local bakery Molly is sent to deliver a cake to a wealthy customer's home. Upon arriving, Molly learns that the household is hosting...
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A Sweet Pickle
1928
Movie Mania
0/0
Part of a short-lived "Izzie and Lizzie" series named after the male and female ingénues in two comically contrasted families living next door to one...
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Movie Mania
1927
Smith's Pony
8/1
The Smith's visit San Francisco to attend a horse show only to have their precocious daughter cause some minor comical mishaps and their over-sized ca...
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Smith's Pony
1927
Fiddlesticks
7.333/3
Harry will do anything to be a musician, but it takes a junk collector to discover his hidden talents.
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Fiddlesticks
1926
Ice Cold Cocos
9/1
Billy and Andy impersonate two ice-delivery men in a suburban town. Billy takes a fancy to a newly-wed bride and most of his loose cash is liquidated...
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Ice Cold Cocos
1916
His Bitter Pill
5.2/3
Jim, the apple of his mother's eyes, is the big-hearted galoot of a man and is sheriff of his small town. He is sweet on Nell, who he has known all hi...
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His Bitter Pill
1927
The Pride of Pikeville
7/1
Unlikely Lothario, the less-than-dashing crossed-eyed Ben Turpin, finds himself pursued by many beautiful ladies.
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The Pride of Pikeville
1926
Whispering Whiskers
10/1
Billy Bevan and Andy Clyde play hobos who hop onto a train where they are hired. Their misadventures lead to chaos, blending mistaken identity with cl...
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Whispering Whiskers
1927
Crazy to Act
6.667/3
Millionaire film producer Gordon Bagley wants to marry Ethel St. John, the leading lady in his latest film. Ethel is in love with Arthur Young, the he...
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Crazy to Act
1929
The Rodeo
9/1
The film begins with a family at home having a meal. The biggest laugh involved some candles being substituted for asparagus and the hilarity that res...
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The Rodeo
1926
Smith's Uncle
0/0
Here it's Andy Clyde in a long beard as Raymond McKee's rich uncle Dan. He quickly becomes entangled with Carmelita Geraghty, the vamp next door, and...
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Smith's Uncle
1913
Mabel's Dramatic Career
5.5/8
A young man falls in love with his mother's kitchen maid, Mabel. But his mother objects strongly, and arranges for him to meet another young woman who...
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Mabel's Dramatic Career
1914
The Star Boarder
5.156/48
A fun-loving little boy's magic lantern show exposes some indiscreet moments between his landlady mother and her star boarder.
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The Star Boarder
1915
A Submarine Pirate
4.9/5
A waiter tricks his way into command of a sub in order to rob a ship carrying gold bullion.
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A Submarine Pirate
1914
The Knockout
5.7/53
To show his girl how brave he is, Pug challenges the champion to a fight. Charlie referees, trying to avoid contact with the two monsters.
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The Knockout
1914
The Masquerader
5.7/72
Charlie plays an actor who bungles several scenes and is kicked out. He returns convincingly dressed as a lady and charms the director, but Charlie ne...
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The Masquerader
1915
Love, Speed and Thrills
5/6
After Walrus has been shot, Ambrose takes him into his house. When Ambrose sees Walrus flirting with his wife he leaves. When Walrus runs away with Mr...
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Love, Speed and Thrills
1921
All Wet
0/0
A slapstick comedy featuring Bud Duncan & Billy Gilbert.
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All Wet
1921
Stuck Up
0/0
Bud Duncan comedy produced by Schiller and distributed by Reelcraft.
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Stuck Up
1913
He Would a Hunting Go
0/0
Count Chicori is perused by a bear whilst visiting at a hunting lodge.
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He Would a Hunting Go
1914
Cruel, Cruel Love
5.093/59
This early Chaplin film has him playing a character quite different from the Tramp for which he would become famous. He is a rich, upper-class gentlem...
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Cruel, Cruel Love
1914
Ambrose's First Falsehood
4.2/4
After running into a friend and two ladies, a married man sends his wife a note saying that he's taken a train for business, but then his wife reads t...
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Ambrose's First Falsehood
1914
Tango Tangles
5.098/61
In a dance hall, two members of the orchestra and a tipsy dancer fight over the hat check girl.
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Tango Tangles
1915
A One Night Stand
5/1
Two clownish stagehands make life difficult for the manager and cast of a dramatic production.
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A One Night Stand
1913
Fatty at San Diego
0/0
Fatty induces wife to let him take a day off to go to the celebration at San Diego. He has a wonderful time, flirting with the girls, breaking up a pa...
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Fatty at San Diego
1914
A Busy Day
4.737/57
A jealous wife is chasing her unfaithful husband during a parade, after he starts to flirt with a pretty woman.
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A Busy Day
1915
Fatty and Mabel’s Simple Life
5.2/12
Fatty is a farm hand at Mabel's father's place. He and Mabel love each other, but dad wants to marry Mabel off to the landowner's son in exchange for...
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Fatty and Mabel’s Simple Life
1915
A Hash House Fraud
4.5/3
A swindle in a tiny downtown restaurant leads to a classic Keystone Cops finale. One and all have an easy time with the pretty and flirtatious cashier...
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A Hash House Fraud
1914
His Favorite Pastime
5.2/49
A very plastered fella follows a pretty woman home, and proceeds to make a nuisance of himself.
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His Favorite Pastime
1914
The Rounders
6.1/71
Two drunks fight with their wives and then go out and get even drunker.
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The Rounders
1914
Tillie's Punctured Romance
6.2/83
A womanizing city man meets Tillie in the country. When he sees that her father has a very large bankroll for his workers, he persuades her to elope w...
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Tillie's Punctured Romance
1913
Fatty Joins the Force
5.4/12
Fatty rescues the daughter of the police commisioner and is given a job as an officer as a reward, but its not all its cracked up to be!
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Fatty Joins the Force
1914
His Trysting Places
6.2/50
On his way to a restaurant, Ambrose, a happily married man, obliges to mail a letter for a woman in the apartment lobby. Unbeknownst to him, the lette...
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His Trysting Places
1914
Gentlemen of Nerve
5.7/48
Mabel and her beau go to an auto race and are joined by Charlie and his friend. As Charlie's friend is attempting to enter the raceway through a hole,...
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Gentlemen of Nerve
1915
That Little Band Of Gold
5.1/9
A happy young couple become engaged, and soon afterwards they are married. But after their marriage, the husband begins to stay out carousing with his...
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That Little Band Of Gold
1913
Mother's Boy
0/0
Mother's Boy is a 1913 movie starring Roscoe Arbuckle and Alice Davenport.
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Mother's Boy
1914
Rebecca's Wedding Day
0/0
Rebecca's Wedding Day is a 1914 movie starring Roscoe Arbuckle and Billy Gilbert.
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Rebecca's Wedding Day
1914
Making a Living
5.7/104
A swindler scams a newspaper reporter-photographer and then, not realizing where the man is employed, applies for a job at his newspaper.
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Making a Living
1914
Caught in a Cabaret
5.7/58
Charlie is a clumsy waiter in a cheap cabaret, suffering the strict orders from his boss. He meets a pretty girl in the park and tries to impress her...
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Caught in a Cabaret
1914
His Musical Career
6/51
Charlie and his partner are to deliver a piano to 666 Prospect St. and repossess one from 999 Prospect St.
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His Musical Career
1913
A Quiet Little Wedding
0/0
The scene is laid for a quiet little wedding. The guests are waiting for Fatty and an ancient maid to be made one. Fatty's rival appears and breaks up...
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A Quiet Little Wedding
1913
The Speed Kings
4.6/7
Race-car drivers pursue Mabel Normand, whose father has a clear favorite.
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The Speed Kings
1914
A Film Johnnie
5.447/76
The Tramp, a film Johnnie (someone who loiters near theaters or studios to meet stars or get a job), attempts to meet his favorite movie actress at th...
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A Film Johnnie
1915
Fatty's New Role
5.2/6
Fatty gets kicked out of a bar, and then the place gets a bomb threat.
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Fatty's New Role
1915
Mabel’s Wilful Way
4.9/8
Mabel sneaks away from her parents for some mischievous fun at the fairgrounds with a pair of impromptu suitors.
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Mabel’s Wilful Way
1914
Mabel's Strange Predicament
5.3/92
A tramp gets drunk in a hotel lobby and, upstairs, causes some misunderstandings between Mabel, two hotel guests across the hall from her room, and Ma...
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Mabel's Strange Predicament
1914
Those Love Pangs
5.6/59
Charlie and a rival vie for the favor of their landlady.
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Those Love Pangs
1914
Leading Lizzie Astray
4.4/4
A city slicker tries to woo a country girl while her boyfriend fixes his tire.
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Leading Lizzie Astray
1914
His Prehistoric Past
5.6/53
Set mostly in the Stone Age, a prehistoric king, with a harem of wives, rules a beach. Charlie arrives and falls for the king's favorite wife. In the...
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His Prehistoric Past
1915
Wished on Mabel
5.4/7
Mabel and her mother visit the park. She sees her boyfriend, Roscoe, and asks him to join them. After the lovers manage slip away by themselves, Mabel...
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Wished on Mabel
1915
Miss Fatty's Seaside Lovers
4.5/4
When a mothball magnate checks into a hotel with his family, the mashers come out of the woodwork to woo his daughter (Fatty Arbuckle). The scene shif...
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Miss Fatty's Seaside Lovers
1924
Ten Dollars or Ten Days
5.333/3
In this silent comedy, a pretty department store cashier is charged with a robbery that occurred overnight at the store. However, circumstantial evide...
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Ten Dollars or Ten Days
1926
Smith's Baby
4.5/2
Baby Bubbles torments her babysitting grandmother (Sunshine Hart) while her parents enjoy a rare night out at the movies.
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Smith's Baby
1915
Hogan Out West
0/0
After arriving in a hostile Western town, Hogan meets the Wild West head-on. A shack loaded with dynamite aids his return to urbanity. "Plenty of west...
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Hogan Out West
1927
Smith's Fishing Trip
10/1
Twelfth release in 'The Smith Family' series of 2-reel comedies and the family gos fishing while their house is renovated.
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Smith's Fishing Trip
1926
Smith's Landlord
0/0
Third release in 'The Smith Family' series of 2-reel comedies. Omar the dog, usually the most sedate member of the Smith family, has a starring role i...
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Smith's Landlord
1936
Give Us This Night
7/2
After being introduced to the world of opera, a fisherman (Jan Kiepura) falls for a woman (Swarthout) whose guardian is a noted composer (Philip Meriv...
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Give Us This Night
1928
Smith's Army Life
8/1
19th release in 'The Smith Family' series of 2-reel comedies.
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Smith's Army Life
1928
The Campus Carmen
6/2
A campus set-up of Carmen featuring Daphne Pollard & Carole Lombard.
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The Campus Carmen
1929
Noisy Neighbors
9/1
A family of down-and-out vaudevillians discover that they are the last of the Van Revels, heirs to a Southern plantation and a blood feud with the Car...
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Noisy Neighbors
1932
Never the Twins Shall Meet
10/1
A Roscoe Ates & Edgar Kennedy comedy short.
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