Leo Willis

Leo Willis

Born: January 4, 1890
Died: April 10, 1952
in Wapanucka, Oklahoma, USA

Movies for Leo Willis...

Dance of the Cookoos
Title: Dance of the Cookoos
Character: Sailor
Released: January 1, 1982
Type: Movie
Dance of the Cookoos is merged a cinematic cross section with the high points from almost 100 works of Laurel & Hardy, into an original framework action
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And Sudden Death
Title: And Sudden Death
Character: Traffic school bit
Released: June 16, 1936
Type: Movie
An heiress with a penchant for speeding runs afoul of a traffic cop. Romance develops between the two, but it's soon complicated when he believes she is responsible for killing someone due to reckless driving.
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Silly Billies
Title: Silly Billies
Character: Bandit
Released: March 20, 1936
Type: Movie
The boys are a dentist and his assistant traveling to the Old West to open a new practice. Once in town, they buy a business--only to wake up the next day and see that the entire population of this bustling town had left for the California gold fields early that morning! Then, they discover an evil plot to sell out these settlers to some hostile Indians, so they spring to the rescue.
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The Bohemian Girl
Title: The Bohemian Girl
Character: Whipper in Torture Chamber
Released: February 14, 1936
Type: Movie
Stan and Ollie travel with a band of 18th-century Gypsies holding a nobleman's daughter.
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The Daring Young Man
Title: The Daring Young Man
Character: Guard
Released: July 17, 1935
Type: Movie
The Daring Young Man is hotshot-reporter Don McLane, played by James Dunn. Always on the prowl for a good story, McLane is persistently outscooped by his rival, sob sister Martha Allen (Mae Clarke). After several reels of double-crossing one another, hero and heroine give in to the inevitable and fall in love. But as Martha waits at the altar in her wedding gown, McLane is off on another crusade, this time getting himself arrested to expose corruption within the prison system.
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The Live Ghost
Title: The Live Ghost
Character: Sailor at Table
Released: December 8, 1934
Type: Movie
Fish market workers Stan and Ollie are persuaded by a sea captain to shanghai a crew for him at the local bar for a dollar a head. Successful at first, the boys end up getting themselves shanghaied, and the crew vow revenge.
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The Gold Ghost
Title: The Gold Ghost
Character: Outlaw Chief
Released: March 16, 1934
Type: Movie
Dumped by his girlfriend, Buster drives west and winds up in a ghost town called Vulture City, where he appoints himself sheriff.
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Sealskins
Title: Sealskins
Character: Minor Role (uncredited)
Released: February 6, 1932
Type: Movie
In their first comedy two-reeler of 1932, vivacious Thelma Todd and fluttery ZaSu Pitts learn that the royal seal of a foreign country has been stolen and promptly set out to catch it -- a sea lion.
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The Tabasco Kid
Title: The Tabasco Kid
Character: Murietta Henchman
Released: January 30, 1932
Type: Movie
A timid accountant for a California cattle ranch and a lookalike dashing bandit become rivals for the beautiful daughter of a wealthy rancher.
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The Panic Is On
Title: The Panic Is On
Character: Hold-Up Man (uncredited)
Released: August 14, 1931
Type: Movie
Charley's in love with the daughter of a financier who wants her to insist that Chas have a pile of cash before she marries him. But, the Depression is everywhere: Charley's behind on his rent and nearly everyone he meets is down on their luck. After reading a "how to" book on the power of a forceful will, Charley applies the lessons with mixed results, but he does land a job that includes delivering a shake-down letter to his girlfriend's father. Is the naïve Charley going to end up in jail?
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Everything’s Rosie
Title: Everything’s Rosie
Character: Jewel Store Robber
Released: May 22, 1931
Type: Movie
A little orphan girl walks into the life of a hand-to-mouth carnival huckster. He teaches her the ropes and raises her as his own.
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Ladies Last
Title: Ladies Last
Character: Tall Thug
Released: December 6, 1930
Type: Movie
The boys boycott the girls when they insist that the boys wear tuxedos to a big dance.
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Shadow of the Law
Title: Shadow of the Law
Character: Engineer
Released: June 6, 1930
Type: Movie
John Nelson, a well-to-do businessman, is escorting a woman he knows as Ethel Barry to the door of her apartment suite when a man steps out of the shadows and angrily demands to know where she has been. The embarrassed Nelson excuses himself and goes to his rooms in the same hotel. The woman rushes into his apartment followed by the man who met her in the hall. The man threatens her with violence and Nelson comes to her defense. In the ensuing fight, the man is knocked out of the window and falls to his death to the pavement many stories down. He is charged with the killing and his only witness that can prove self-defense for him has disappeared, and can not be found.
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Shivering and Shaking
Title: Shivering and Shaking
Character: Crook (uncredited)
Released: April 28, 1930
Type: Movie
Street musicians Stan and Ollie have no success earning money in the dead of winter in a bad neighborhood. Their instruments are destroyed in an argument with a woman, but their luck seems to turn when Stan finds a wallet.
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Below Zero
Title: Below Zero
Released: April 26, 1930
Type: Movie
Street musicians Stan and Ollie have no success earning money in the dead of winter in a bad neighborhood. Their instruments are destroyed in an argument with a woman, but their luck seems to turn when Stan finds a wallet.
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The Fighting Parson
Title: The Fighting Parson
Character: The Banjo Player's Opponent (uncredited)
Released: February 6, 1930
Type: Movie
Harry is mistaken for "The Fighting Parson" in a tough western town.
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Welcome Danger
Title: Welcome Danger
Character: Cop (uncredited)
Released: October 12, 1929
Type: Movie
A gentle botany student has to toughen up to replace his father as chief of police.
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The Big Killing
Title: The Big Killing
Character: Fourth Beagle Son
Released: July 1, 1928
Type: Movie
The Beagles and the Hickses are two mountain families that have been feuding all their lives. The Hickses come up with a plan to get rid of their enemies once and for all by hiring two sharpshooters to finish them off. Turns out that the "sharpshooters" aren't quite all they're cracked up to be, resulting in some unintended consequences.
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Their Purple Moment
Title: Their Purple Moment
Character: Cab Driver
Released: May 19, 1928
Type: Movie
The boys sneak out for a night on the town, unaware that Stan's wife has switched her grocery coupons for Stan's secret stash of mad money. The boys run up a huge tab treating a couple of girls to dinner at a snazzy nightclub and much trouble ensues.
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While the City Sleeps
Title: While the City Sleeps
Character: Skeeters Gang member
Released: February 15, 1928
Type: Movie
A tough New York cop is determined to bring down a crook who has always managed to provide an alibi for the crimes he's been accused of, even though the detective knows he's guilty of committing them.
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Flying Elephants
Title: Flying Elephants
Character: Fisherman
Released: February 12, 1928
Type: Movie
Cavemen Stan and Ollie vie for the affections of a stone-age beauty.
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Call of the Cuckoo
Title: Call of the Cuckoo
Character: Guest
Released: October 15, 1927
Type: Movie
Mishaps befall a new home owner located next door to an insane asylum.
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The Kid Brother
Title: The Kid Brother
Character: Leo Hickory
Released: January 17, 1927
Type: Movie
The most important family in Hickoryville is (not surprisingly) the Hickorys, with sheriff Jim and his tough manly sons Leo and Olin. The timid youngest son, Harold, doesn't have the muscles to match up to them, so he has to use his wits to win the respect of his strong father and also the love of beautiful Mary.
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A Hero of the Big Snows
Title: A Hero of the Big Snows
Character: Black Beasley
Released: July 24, 1926
Type: Movie
Rin Tin Tin drama!
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For Heaven's Sake
Title: For Heaven's Sake
Character: Mug (uncredited)
Released: April 5, 1926
Type: Movie
An irresponsible young millionaire changes his tune when he falls for the daughter of a downtown minister.
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The Tough Guy
Title: The Tough Guy
Character: Sam Jacks
Released: February 1, 1926
Type: Movie
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Saturday Afternoon
Title: Saturday Afternoon
Character: Rival Boyfriend
Released: January 31, 1926
Type: Movie
Harry and his friend have planned to go out for an afternoon of fun. But first, Harry must figure out how to slip away from his domineering wife with some money to spend...
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No Father to Guide Him
Title: No Father to Guide Him
Character: Detective (uncredited)
Released: September 5, 1925
Type: Movie
Charley's battle-axe mother-in-law breaks up his marriage and tries to separate him from his son. Charlie abducts the boy for a father-son outing to the beach. The mother-in-law pursues and comedy ensues.
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Looking for Sally
Title: Looking for Sally
Character: Cop
Released: May 10, 1925
Type: Movie
Jimmie Jump is returning from Europe to the USA. His parents and an old girl-friend, Sally - whom he hasn't seen for years, are expecting him at the dock. But, due to some unfortunate coincidences they are mistaken about the identity of each other, but meet unbeknownst to that fact. Jimmie decides that he has to find that girl. Finally, after having annoyed a policeman, and a great fraction of the female population, he finds her working as a temperance worker. To get her attention, he dresses up in rags to meet her. But his way of introduction causes more confusion.
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Rock Bottom
Title: Rock Bottom
Character: Pay roll robber
Released: May 9, 1925
Type: Movie
An employee is harassed by his co-workers. Later, they ambush him and try to steal the company's money.
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The Night Club
Title: The Night Club
Character: Truck Driver
Released: April 26, 1925
Type: Movie
After having been stood up at his own wedding, a young man vows that he will have nothing more to ever do with women. However, he soon discovers that he has been left a fortune--on condition that he gets married. Deciding that being rich and married would be preferable to being broke and single, he goes in search of a wife, but things don't turn out quite the way he planned.
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Boobs in the Wood
Title: Boobs in the Wood
Character: Il cuoco
Released: February 1, 1925
Type: Movie
Chester Winfield tries to make it as a lumberjack, but he's foiled by his lack of strength and the jealous foreman, Big Bill Reardon, after Chester catches the eye of Hazel Wood, Big Bill's favorite and the camp's waitress. Bill tries to eliminate Chester, so he and Hazel head down the mountain for other work. She waits tables and gets him a job as a dishwasher. He spills kerosene in the soup and then must serve it to an angry customer. Hazel tells a couple of tall tales about Chester, and soon all the customers, the owner, and the cook, think he's a desperado. They make him the saloon bouncer. Some trick shooting seals his reputation. Then Big Bill arrives for a showdown.
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Papa Be Good!
Title: Papa Be Good!
Released: January 1, 1925
Type: Movie
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Bungalow Boobs
Title: Bungalow Boobs
Character: The Neighbor Husband
Released: October 26, 1924
Type: Movie
Jimmy Jump brings his bride to a new bungalow home, selected and furnished by him. All the neighbors come to call that first evening. The man next door is a builder who considers the construction of Jimmy's bungalow far below par. To emphasize his point he pulls down pillars, pokes holes in the floor and uproots the plumbing. When the guests depart the new house is a wreck.
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Sittin' Pretty
Title: Sittin' Pretty
Character: Car Thief
Released: September 27, 1924
Type: Movie
Charley Chase comedy.
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Outdoor Pajamas
Title: Outdoor Pajamas
Character: Jim McTrigger
Released: September 13, 1924
Type: Movie
This funny Hal Roach comedy has Jimmy Jump (Charley Chase) waking up late for his wedding so in the mad rush he ends up leaving his house only dressed in his pajamas. As he makes his way to the church he finds one disaster after another.
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Short Kilts
Title: Short Kilts
Character: McGregor
Released: August 3, 1924
Type: Movie
As a way to make peace between two feuding Scottish clans, one invites the other over for supper, but things don't turn out quite as expected.
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A Ten-Minute Egg
Title: A Ten-Minute Egg
Character: Man Who Offers Cards (uncredited)
Released: July 19, 1924
Type: Movie
The main premise for the comedy is the Jimmy discovers he can convince people he is a tough figure to be reckoned with merely by giving them a business card identifying him as the bouncer of the "Bucket of Blood Cafe."
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Stolen Goods
Title: Stolen Goods
Character: Man in Phone Booth (uncredited)
Released: June 29, 1924
Type: Movie
A man starts working in a department store and has to deal with a female kleptomaniac.
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Jeffries Jr.
Title: Jeffries Jr.
Character: Driver
Released: February 2, 1924
Type: Movie
A man contacts a boxer in order to get in shape.
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Powder and Smoke
Title: Powder and Smoke
Character: The Bandit Chief
Released: February 2, 1924
Type: Movie
A lightning rod salesman gets in the middle of a western shootout.
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Wild Bill Hickok
Title: Wild Bill Hickok
Character: Joe McCord
Released: December 18, 1923
Type: Movie
The former gambler turned upholder of law and order after a run-in with a gang of stage robbers.
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Souls for Sale
Title: Souls for Sale
Character: Electrician (uncredited)
Released: April 22, 1923
Type: Movie
A young woman hits Hollywood, determined to become a star.
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All the Brothers Were Valiant
Title: All the Brothers Were Valiant
Character: Tom
Released: January 15, 1923
Type: Movie
Mark is the captain of a whaling ship and he looks down on brother Joel, who has never gone to sea. But when Mark's ship arrives in port sans its captain, Joel takes over the command. His new bride, Priscilla, insists on coming along and they head for the South Seas, where Mark was last seen.
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The Timber Queen
Title: The Timber Queen
Character: Bull Joyce
Released: July 16, 1922
Type: Movie
The Timber Queen follows Ruth Rowland as the inheritor of a wealthy timber business who tries to stay independent of a cruel man who wants to marry her and steal her wealth. The UCLA Film and Television Archive has preserved episodes one, four, eight and nine, and distributor Harpodeon has preserved episode twelve.
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Strictly Modern
Title: Strictly Modern
Released: June 11, 1922
Type: Movie
A visiting New Yorker inspires the hotel keeper toward improving his establishment.
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Three Word Brand
Title: Three Word Brand
Character: McCabe
Released: October 15, 1921
Type: Movie
Ben Trego dies defending his twin sons from Indian attack. Separated, the two boys grow up very differently, one as Paul Marsden, the other as a cowboy named Three Word Brand. Paul becomes governor of Utah while Brand partners with George Barton in a ranch. The owner of the adjacent ranch plots to get Barton and Brand out of the way in order to control water rights. When Governor Marsden comes to the area to investigate, Brand sees the resemblance between them, though neither knows about his twin. Brand waylays Paul and takes his place as governor in an attempt to thwart the crooked rancher in the water rights scheme.
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The Rent Collector
Title: The Rent Collector
Character: Bit Role (uncredited)
Released: May 22, 1921
Type: Movie
The Rent Collector is a 1921 American silent comedy film featuring Larry Semon & Oliver Hardy.
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O'Malley of the Mounted
Title: O'Malley of the Mounted
Character: Red Jaeger
Released: February 6, 1921
Type: Movie
Sergeant O'Malley of the Royal Canadian Mounted Police gets himself into a gang of outlaws in order to detect and capture a wanted murderer. He finds the killer, but falls in love with the man's sister. In the meantime, one of the outlaws uncovers O'Malley's true identity.
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An Unwilling Hero
Title: An Unwilling Hero
Character: Hobo
Released: January 8, 1921
Type: Movie
As a man travels down to New Orleans for the winter, he finds out a robbery will be taken place on Christmas night in a plantation. he helps a girl by making it available for her to marry her boyfriend.
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The Toll Gate
Title: The Toll Gate
Character: Soldier
Released: April 15, 1920
Type: Movie
Outlaw Black Deering leads a band of desperadoes, but decides to give up the bandit life. Agreeing to go on one last job with his gang, he is captured when his henchman Jordan betrays the gang for the reward. Deering escapes and determines to avenge himself on Jordan.
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Burglar by Proxy
Title: Burglar by Proxy
Character: One of Spider's Henchmen
Released: August 23, 1919
Type: Movie
A terrible toothache causes Jack Robin to stop his automobile in front of the home of Dorothy Mason. Noticing a flat tire, Jack attaches his automatic pump and forgets about it as he listens enthralled to Dorothy's singing. When the sound of the burst tire brings Dorothy running out, Jack feigns injury so he can be nursed by her. After he leaves the house, and Dorothy's father discovers some important invention plans missing, Harlan Graves, Dorothy's suitor, suggests that Jack stole them. Jack, suspecting Graves, breaks into Graves' home to clear himself and meets a real burglar, "Spider" Kelly, who adopts Jack as his guide. They blow up a safe at a house party where Jack suspects the plans to be hidden. The papers are found, Graves is arrested and Spider, disappointed that Jack made such a mess in blowing the safe, goes off, leaving Dorothy and Jack happily alone.
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The Return of Draw Egan
Title: The Return of Draw Egan
Character: Fight starter in Bar (uncredited)
Released: October 14, 1916
Type: Movie
A small town marshal’s secret past as an outlaw comes back to haunt him when an old associate shows up and threatens to expose his former dark deeds.
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The Coward
Title: The Coward
Character: A Union Soldier
Released: November 14, 1915
Type: Movie
Set during the American Civil War, Keenan stars as a Virginia colonel and Charles Ray as his weak-willed son. The son is forced, at gunpoint, by his father to enlist in the Confederate army. He is terrified by the war and deserts during a battle. The film focuses on the son's struggle to overcome his cowardice.
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Knight of the Trail
Title: Knight of the Trail
Character: Bartender (uncredited)
Released: August 19, 1915
Type: Movie
Jim and Molly are set to get married when Molly finds out about her fiancé's criminal past. Bill Carey weasels his way into Molly's heart in the interim, eager to relieve her of her savings.
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On the Night Stage
Title: On the Night Stage
Character: Man in bar (uncredited)
Released: April 15, 1915
Type: Movie
A stagecoach robber falls in love with a saloon girl. However, she falls for a pastor, who converts her and she marries him. The robber is so impressed by this that he decides to turn over a new leaf. However, a shady gambler sets his sights on the former saloon girl, and the robber has to protect her from his advances.
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The Italian
Title: The Italian
Character: Bill Corrigan
Released: January 1, 1915
Type: Movie
An immigrant leaves his sweetheart in Italy to find a better life across the sea in the grimy slums of New York.
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The Bargain
Title: The Bargain
Character: Sheriff's Deputy
Released: December 3, 1914
Type: Movie
After the bandit Jim Stokes robs the stage he is wounded fleeing. Recuperating at a ranch, he falls in love with and marries the daughter. Now wishing to go straight he tries to return the money but is recognized and captured. When the Sheriff then loses the recovered money at a crooked roulette table, he and Stokes strike a bargain.