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Billy Gilbert(1891-1961)

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  • Director
  • Writer
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Billy Gilbert was born on 15 September 1891 in Hollywood [now in Los Angeles], California, USA. He was an actor and director, known for Comrades (1928), Rob 'Em Good (1923) and Rainbow Island (1917). He was previously married to Norma Felicia. He died on 29 April 1961 in Los Angeles, California, USA.
BornSeptember 15, 1891
DiedApril 29, 1961(69)
BornSeptember 15, 1891
DiedApril 29, 1961(69)
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Charles Arling, Hugh Fay, Billy Gilbert, and Louella Maxam in An Oily Scoundrel (1916)
Syd Chaplin and Billy Gilbert in A Submarine Pirate (1915)
Jack Cooper, Virginia Lee Corbin, Vernon Dent, Billy Gilbert, June Gittelson, Robert Seiter, Dave Morris, and John J. Richardson in Jazz Mamas (1929)
Jack Cooper, Virginia Lee Corbin, Vernon Dent, Billy Gilbert, and Robert Seiter in Jazz Mamas (1929)

Known for

Comrades (1928)
Comrades
  • Writer(as William Gilbert)
  • 1928
Bull Montana in Rob 'Em Good (1923)
Rob 'Em Good
Short
  • The King's Jester
  • 1923
Rainbow Island (1917)
Rainbow Island
5.0
Short
  • Director(as William Gilbert)
  • 1917
The Tip
Short
  • Director(as William Gilbert)
  • 1918

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Actor

  • Grace Bradley and Jack Haley in F-Man (1936)
    F-Man
    • (uncredited)
  • Give Us This Night (1936)
    Give Us This Night
    • (uncredited)
  • No, No, Lady
  • Racket Cheers
    • (as William Gilbert)
  • Alma Bennett and Andy Clyde in Midnight Daddies (1930)
    Midnight Daddies
    • (uncredited)
  • Andy Clyde, Harry Gribbon, and Thelma Hill in The Constabule (1929)
    The Constabule
    • (uncredited)
  • Jack Cooper, Virginia Lee Corbin, Vernon Dent, Billy Gilbert, and Robert Seiter in Jazz Mamas (1929)
    Jazz Mamas
  • Motoring Mamas
    • (uncredited)
  • Harry Gribbon in The Bees' Buzz (1929)
    The Bees' Buzz
  • Paralee Coleman in The Rodeo (1929)
    The Rodeo
    • (uncredited)
  • Broadway Blues
  • Whirls and Girls
    • (uncredited)
  • Uncle Tom (1929)
    Uncle Tom
    • (uncredited)
  • Jane Keckley, Eddie Quillan, Joseph Quillan, and Marie Quillan in Noisy Neighbors (1929)
    Noisy Neighbors
  • Irene Allen, Paralee Coleman, Otto Fries, Ruth Hiatt, and Raymond McKee in The Burglar (1928)
    The Burglar

Director

  • The Tip
    • (as William Gilbert)
  • Move On (1917)
    Move On
    • (as William Gilbert)
  • Harold Lloyd, Bebe Daniels, FLIRT, THE, Pathe-Rolin, 1917, **I.V.
    The Flirt
    • (as William Gilbert)
  • Rainbow Island (1917)
    Rainbow Island
    • (as William Gilbert)

Writer

  • Comrades (1928)
    Comrades
    • (as William Gilbert)

Personal details

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    • September 15, 1891
    • Hollywood [now in Los Angeles], California, USA
    • April 29, 1961
    • Los Angeles, California, USA
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    • 1 Article

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    Wife Norma Felicia worked at Keystone.

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