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Billy West (September 22, 1892 – July 21, 1975) was a film actor, producer, and director.
Active during the silent film era, he is best known as a semi-successful Charlie Chaplin impersonator.
Beyond acting, he also directed shorts in the 1910s and 20s, as well as produced films.
West ultimately retired in 1935.
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The wealthy Van Dyke family are...She Couldn't Take It 1935
The wealthy Van Dyke family are constantly in the media for outrageous behavior, much to the frustration of the patriarch, Dan Van Dyke. His self-centered wife has a fondness for foreign imports, including "pet projects" like dancers and such and his spoiled children Tony and Carol have constant run-ins with the law. When Dan himself ends up in the clink for five years for tax evasion, he becomes bunk-mates with ex-bootlegger Joe "Spots" Ricardi. Ricardi lectures him on being such a push-over for an out-of-control family, so a dying Dan makes Ricardi his estate trustee once he is released from prison. Ricardi is then thrust into high society and must do everything he once nagged Dan to do.
Bank teller Barry Webster is driven...
Leons exwife moves into the apartment...
A sleazy lawyers female assistant sets...
A safecracker goes straight after doing...He Was Her Man 1934
A safecracker goes straight after doing a stretch for a bum rap. He agrees to do one last job for his "pals".
An arrogant boxer Pat OBrien discovers...The Personality Kid 1934
An arrogant boxer (Pat O'Brien) discovers his wife (Glenda Farrell) had a hand in his success.
Well respected local good guy Feet...A Very Honorable Guy 1934
Well respected local good guy, "Feet" Samuels finds himself heavily in debt due to an uncharacteristic gambling binge. Feet decides the only way to settle the bill is by selling his body to an ambitious doctor who agrees to allow him one last month to live life to the fullest, then kill himself.
An unpolished racketeer whose racket is...
A runaway heiress makes a deal...It Happened One Night 1934
A runaway heiress makes a deal with the rogue reporter trailing her but the mismatched pair end up stuck with each other when their bus leaves them behind.
Although free spirit Helen Bauer does...Ex-Lady 1933
Although free spirit Helen Bauer does not believe in marriage, she consents to marry Don, but his infidelities cause her to also take on a lover.
An excon uses his street smarts...
A New York tramp falls in...Hallelujah, I'm a Bum 1933
A New York tramp falls in love with the mayor's amnesiac girlfriend after rescuing her from a suicide attempt.
The Eagle uses sky writing to...
Two small town widows bring their...Newly Rich 1931
Two small town widows bring their children to Hollywood, where their children become competing film stars. The girl is sweet, the boy is a killjoy sissy. For publicity, the rival families go to London to meet a middle European boy King. The three kids decide they need to escape their stifling lives and run away to the docks and join a gang.
Two nutty bellhops raise havoc at...
Billy West as does fairly random...
Short King Bee Studios slapstick comedy...
The Rogue casts West as the...The Rogue 1918
'The Rogue' casts West as the slavey in a boarding-house (not a very Chaplinesque role) overseen by a landlady who seems to be a cross between Alice Davenport and Marie Dressler, with a dash of Hattie Jacques. He crosses paths with a counterfeit count (White) and a stolen violin worth $20,000.
In this film West escapes a...His Day Out 1918
In this film, West escapes a couple of cops and fights for the hand of Leatrice Joy with Oliver Hardy (doing his best Eric Campell). A barber by trade, our tramp serves his boorish clientele with similarly bad manners before the whole crowd attends a swanky Barbers' Ball.
Billy is a hobo who hangs...
