Ted Billings

Ted Billings

Born: April 7, 1880
Died: July 5, 1947
in London, England, UK

Movies for Ted Billings...

Two Sisters from Boston
Title: Two Sisters from Boston
Character: Golden Rooster Patron (uncredited)
Released: June 6, 1946
Type: Movie
Abigail Chandler has written her stuffy Boston relatives that she's a successful opera singer in New York. In reality, she works at a burlesque house and is billed as High-C Susie. When her sister Martha comes for a visit, Abigail tries to hide the truth from her.
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Bedlam
Title: Bedlam
Released: May 10, 1946
Type: Movie
London, 1761. St. Mary's of Bethlehem, a sinister madhouse, is visited by wealthy people who enjoy watching the patients confined there as if they were caged animals. Nell Bowen, one of the visitors, is horrified by the deplorable living conditions of the unfortunate inhabitants of this godforsaken place, better known as Bedlam.
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The Fatal Witness
Title: The Fatal Witness
Character: Pub Customer (uncredited)
Released: September 15, 1945
Type: Movie
A playboy produces an airtight alibi when he is questioned about the murder of his wealthy aunt.
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The Body Snatcher
Title: The Body Snatcher
Character: Townsman (uncredited)
Released: May 25, 1945
Type: Movie
Edinburgh, 1831. Among those who undertake the illegal trade of grave robbery is Gray, ostensibly a cab driver. Formerly a medical student convicted of grave robbery, Gray holds a grudge against Dr. MacFarlane who had escaped detection and punishment.
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Hangover Square
Title: Hangover Square
Character: Pub Patron (uncredited)
Released: February 7, 1945
Type: Movie
When composer George Harvey Bone wakes with no memory of the previous night and a bloody knife in his pocket, he worries that he has committed a crime. On the advice of Dr. Middleton, Bone agrees to relax, going to a music performance by singer Netta Longdon. Riveted by Netta, Bone agrees to write songs for her rather than his own concerto. However, Bone soon grows jealous of Netta and worries about controlling himself during his spells.
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The Man in Half Moon Street
Title: The Man in Half Moon Street
Character: Man Sleeping on Bench
Released: January 19, 1945
Type: Movie
A British doctor and painter must kill for the glands he needs to stop the aging process.
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Belle of the Yukon
Title: Belle of the Yukon
Character: Townsman (uncredited)
Released: December 27, 1944
Type: Movie
Left by a con man, Belle De Valle, a dancer, finds him again in gold-rush Alaska running an honest casino/dance hall.
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The Mask of Dimitrios
Title: The Mask of Dimitrios
Character: Bar Patron (uncredited)
Released: June 23, 1944
Type: Movie
A mystery writer is intrigued by the tale of notorious criminal Dimitrios Makropolous, whose dead body was found washed up on the shore in Istanbul. He decides to follow the career of Dimitrios around Europe, in order to learn more about the man. Along the way he is joined by the mysterious Mr. Peters, who has his own motivation.
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The Invisible Man's Revenge
Title: The Invisible Man's Revenge
Character: Bettor in Pub (uncredited)
Released: June 9, 1944
Type: Movie
A fugitive, dangerous madman reaches an English village where he confronts his former partner who left him for dead in the jungle after their discovery of a diamond mine. When the former partner also claims to have since lost the mine and all its wealth, which he took all for himself, and though the partmer is still living in a state of luxury , the madman takes up an offer from a crazed scientist to make him invisible, something the scientist has already done with experimental animals, so that he can take revenge.
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A Guy Named Joe
Title: A Guy Named Joe
Character: Man (uncredited)
Released: December 24, 1943
Type: Movie
A cocky Air Force pilot stationed in England during World War II falls for a daring female flier. After he's killed on a mission, he is sent back to Earth by heavenly General with a new assignment.
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Jane Eyre
Title: Jane Eyre
Character: Townsman
Released: December 24, 1943
Type: Movie
After a harsh childhood, orphan Jane Eyre is hired by Edward Rochester, the brooding lord of a mysterious manor house to care for his young daughter.
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The Kansan
Title: The Kansan
Character: Barfly
Released: September 10, 1943
Type: Movie
Wounded while stopping the James gang from robbing the local bank, a cowboy wakes up in the hospital to find that he's been elected town marshal. He soon comes into conflict with the town banker, who controls everything in town and is squeezing the townspeople for every penny he can get out of them.
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Mission to Moscow
Title: Mission to Moscow
Character: Man at Inn (uncredited)
Released: April 29, 1943
Type: Movie
Ambassador Joseph Davies is sent by FDR to Russia to learn about the Soviet system and returns to America as an advocate of Stalinism.
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Mrs. Miniver
Title: Mrs. Miniver
Character: Man in Tavern (uncredited)
Released: July 3, 1942
Type: Movie
Middle-class housewife Kay Miniver deals with petty problems. She and her husband Clem watch her Oxford-educated son Vin court Carol Beldon, the charming granddaughter of the local nobility as represented by Lady Beldon. Then the war comes and Vin joins the RAF.
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Confirm or Deny
Title: Confirm or Deny
Character: Air Raid Refugee in Subway Crowd
Released: December 12, 1941
Type: Movie
Newsman Mitch and teletype operator Jennifer, whose job is to see he doesn't send inappropriate stuff out of the country, dodge bombs during the blitz of London while falling in love.
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Man Hunt
Title: Man Hunt
Released: June 13, 1941
Type: Movie
Shortly before the start of WW2, renown British big-game hunter Thorndike vacationing in Bavaria has Hitler in his gun sight. He is captured, beaten, left for dead, and escapes back to London where he is hounded by Nazi agents and aided by a young woman.
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The Lady from Cheyenne
Title: The Lady from Cheyenne
Character: Man at Auction
Released: April 11, 1941
Type: Movie
Fictionalized story of the 1869 adoption of women's suffrage in Wyoming Territory. In the new-founded railroad town of Laraville, Boss Jim Cork hopes to manipulate the sale of town lots to give him control, but Quaker schoolmarm Annie Morgan bags one of the key lots. Cork's lawyer Steve Lewis tries romancing Annie to get the lot back, finding her so overpoweringly liberated she leaves him dizzy. Still, Steve attains his nefarious object...almost...then has cause to deeply regret having aroused the sleeping giant of feminism!
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Horror Island
Title: Horror Island
Character: Wreck Spectator (uncredited)
Released: March 28, 1941
Type: Movie
A down-on-his luck businessman organizes an excursion to Sir Henry Morgan's Island for a treasure hunt only to encounter a mysterious phantom and murder.
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The Son of Monte Cristo
Title: The Son of Monte Cristo
Character: Townsman in Mirbach's Shop (Uncredited)
Released: December 5, 1940
Type: Movie
Rightful owner of the kingdom, the Duchess of Zona, is engaged in a power struggle with the evil General Gurko. Edmond, the son of Monte Cristo, dons many disguises to come to the aid of the Duchess.
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Tin Pan Alley
Title: Tin Pan Alley
Character: Recruit Poster Peddler in Montage (uncredited)
Released: November 29, 1940
Type: Movie
Songwriters Calhoun and Harrigan get Katie and Lily Blane to introduce a new one. Lily goes to England, and Katy joins her after the boys give a new song to Nora Bayes. All are reunited when the boys, now in the army, show up in England.
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Seven Sinners
Title: Seven Sinners
Character: Saloon / Courtroom Spectator (uncredited)
Released: October 25, 1940
Type: Movie
Banished from various U.S. protectorates in the Pacific, a saloon entertainer uses her femme-fatale charms to woo politicians, navy personnel, gangsters, riff-raff, judges and a ship's doctor in order to achieve her aims.
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Captain Caution
Title: Captain Caution
Character: Prisoner in Brig
Released: August 9, 1940
Type: Movie
When her father dies, a young girl helps a young man take command of the ship to fight the British during the war of 1812.
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Light of Western Stars
Title: Light of Western Stars
Character: Saloon Waiter
Released: April 17, 1940
Type: Movie
Easterner Madeline Hammond buys a ranch not knowing Hayworth is using it to smuggle ammunition across the border. When trouble starts, she brings back Gene Stewart ex-foreman who left the country after fighting with the Sheriff.
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Abe Lincoln in Illinois
Title: Abe Lincoln in Illinois
Character: Onlooker at Debate (uncredited)
Released: February 22, 1940
Type: Movie
Abe Lincoln in Illinois is a 1940 biographical film which tells the story of the life of Abraham Lincoln from his departure from Kentucky until his election as President of the United States.
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The Earl of Chicago
Title: The Earl of Chicago
Character: Townsman Outside House of Lords (uncredited)
Released: January 5, 1940
Type: Movie
A behind the times Chicago bootlegger goes to England with his lawyer to claim his estate as the Earl of Gorley.
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Tower of London
Title: Tower of London
Character: Beggar (uncredited)
Released: November 17, 1939
Type: Movie
In the 15th century Richard Duke of Gloucester, aided by his club-footed executioner Mord, eliminates those ahead of him in succession to the throne, then occupied by his brother King Edward IV of England. As each murder is accomplished he takes particular delight in removing small figurines, each resembling one of the successors, from a throne-room dollhouse, until he alone remains. After the death of Edward he becomes Richard III, King of England, and need only defeat the exiled Henry Tudor to retain power.
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The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes
Title: The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes
Character: Pub Customer (uncredited)
Released: September 1, 1939
Type: Movie
Having once again avoided criminal conviction, Professor Moriarity develops a murderous plan to “finish off” his last major nemesis, Sherlock Holmes, by making him fail to prevent the perfect crime. Does it involve a family curse, the crown jewels of England, or something else…
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The Man in the Iron Mask
Title: The Man in the Iron Mask
Character: Prisoner in Bastille
Released: July 13, 1939
Type: Movie
Tyrannical King Louis XIV learns that he has an identical twin brother, Philippe, who was raised from birth by his late father's trusted friend D'Artagnan and his faithful musketeers, Porthos, Athos and Aramis. After Philippe falls for the king's betrothed, Spanish Princess Maria Theresa, Louis imprisons him, forcing his brother to don an iron mask that will slowly suffocate him -- and it's up to D'Artagnan to rescue him.
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Undercover Agent
Title: Undercover Agent
Character: Barfly
Released: April 19, 1939
Type: Movie
A railway postal clerk goes after a sweepstakes counterfeiting ring.
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Stagecoach
Title: Stagecoach
Character: Bit Part (uncredited)
Released: March 3, 1939
Type: Movie
A group of people traveling on a stagecoach find their journey complicated by the threat of Geronimo, and learn something about each other in the process.
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Mr. Moto's Last Warning
Title: Mr. Moto's Last Warning
Character: Barfly (uncredited)
Released: January 20, 1939
Type: Movie
A Japanese man claiming to be Mr. Moto, of the International Police, is abducted and murdered soon after disembarking from a ship at Port Said in Egypt. The real Mr. Moto is already in Port Said, investigating a conspiracy against the British and French governments.
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Pacific Liner
Title: Pacific Liner
Character: Stoker (uncredited)
Released: January 6, 1939
Type: Movie
An outbreak of cholera threatens a luxury liner in this surprisingly low-budget melodrama from RKO. En route from Shanghai to San Francisco, chief engineer Crusher McKay (Victor McLaglen) and shipboard doctor Tony Craig (Chester Morris) become rivals for the attention of nurse Ann Grayson (Wendy Barrie). A Chinese stowaway, meanwhile, infects the stokehold with cholera and it is left to Crusher to keep the engines at full throttle until reaching harbor. But morale sinks to an all-time low when Crusher himself is stricken and the overworked men threaten with mutiny. Tony attempts to keep the stokers in check but the situation is growing more dangerous by the minute when a heroic Crusher rises from his sickbed. Leaving their previous petty squabbles behind, Tony and Crusher manage to guide the ship safely to harbor, where the doc and Ann rekindle their romance.
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If I Were King
Title: If I Were King
Character: Parisian Peasant
Released: September 28, 1938
Type: Movie
King Louis XI masquerades as a commoner in Paris, seeking out the treachery he is sure lurks in his kingdom. At a local tavern, he overhears the brash poet François Villon extolling why he would be a better king. Annoyed yet intrigued, the King bestows on Villon the title of Grand Constable. Soon Villon begins work and falls for a lovely lady-in-waiting, but then must flee execution when the King turns on him.
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North of the Rio Grande
Title: North of the Rio Grande
Character: Saloon Waiter
Released: June 28, 1937
Type: Movie
Hoppy's brother has been murdered and he is on the trail of the murderers. To get them he makes himself seem to be a wanted man.
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Dodsworth
Title: Dodsworth
Character: Man on Railroad Platform (Uncredited)
Released: September 23, 1936
Type: Movie
A retired auto manufacturer and his wife take a long-planned European vacation only to find that they want very different things from life.
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Road Gang
Title: Road Gang
Character: Convict (uncredited)
Released: March 28, 1936
Type: Movie
A crusading young reporter planning a series of articles about a corrupt politician is framed for a crime and sentenced to serve five years at a prison farm.
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The Calling of Dan Matthews
Title: The Calling of Dan Matthews
Character: Card Player (uncredited)
Released: December 10, 1935
Type: Movie
Dan Matthews (Richard Arlen), a young parson, is in love with Hope Strong (Charlotte Wynters), the daughter of James B. Strong ('FRederick Burton'), a man who controls the town with his real estate and business interests. Strong is an upstanding citizen who has fallen into the hands of a clever racketeer, Jeff Hardy (Douglass Dumbrille), who acts as Strong's manager of some innocent-appearing amusement places that are really secret dens of vice.
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Bride of Frankenstein
Title: Bride of Frankenstein
Character: Ludwig
Released: April 20, 1935
Type: Movie
Dr. Frankenstein and his monster both turn out to be alive, not killed as previously believed. Dr. Frankenstein wants to get out of the evil experiment business, but when a mad scientist, Dr. Pretorius, kidnaps his wife, Dr. Frankenstein agrees to help him create a new creature.
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The Little Minister
Title: The Little Minister
Character: Villager
Released: December 28, 1934
Type: Movie
The stoic, proper Rev. Gavin Dishart, newly assigned to a church in the small Scottish village of Thrums, finds himself unexpectedly falling for one of his parishioners, the hot-blooded Gypsy girl Babbie. A village-wide scandal soon erupts over the minister's relationship with this feisty, passionate young woman, who holds a secret about the village's nobleman, Lord Milford Rintoul, and his role in an increasingly fractious labor dispute.
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Smoking Guns
Title: Smoking Guns
Character: Townsman at Dance
Released: June 11, 1934
Type: Movie
Accused of a murder he did not commit, Ken leaves the country. Three years later Evans finds him in the jungle. When Evans dies, Ken seeing the resemblance, assumes his identity and returns to clear his name.
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The Invisible Man
Title: The Invisible Man
Character: Villager Playing Darts (uncredited)
Released: November 3, 1933
Type: Movie
Working in Dr. Cranley's laboratory, scientist Jack Griffin was always given the latitude to conduct some of his own experiments. His sudden departure, however, has Cranley's daughter Flora worried about him. Griffin has taken a room at the nearby Lion's Head Inn, hoping to reverse an experiment he conducted on himself that made him invisible. But the experimental drug has also warped his mind, making him aggressive and dangerous. He's prepared to do whatever it takes to restore his appearance.
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The Eagle and the Hawk
Title: The Eagle and the Hawk
Character: Cockney Soldier (uncredited)
Released: May 6, 1933
Type: Movie
The pilots of a Royal Air Force squadron in World War I face not only physical but mental dangers in their struggle to survive while fighting the enemy.
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The Kiss Before the Mirror
Title: The Kiss Before the Mirror
Character: Courtroom Spectator (uncredited)
Released: May 4, 1933
Type: Movie
When a famous doctor kills his adulterous wife, he is defended by his best friend, an attorney who suspects that his own wife is having an affair.
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Cavalcade
Title: Cavalcade
Character: Newspaper Peddler (uncredited)
Released: February 8, 1933
Type: Movie
A cavalcade of English life from New Year's Eve 1899 until 1933 is seen through the eyes of well-to-do Londoners Jane and Robert Marryot. Amongst events touching their family are the Boer War, the death of Queen Victoria, the sinking of the Titanic, and the Great War.
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Hallelujah, I'm a Bum
Title: Hallelujah, I'm a Bum
Character: Bum with Violin
Released: February 3, 1933
Type: Movie
A New York tramp falls in love with the mayor's amnesiac girlfriend after rescuing her from a suicide attempt.
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The Impatient Maiden
Title: The Impatient Maiden
Character: Napoleon (uncredited)
Released: March 1, 1932
Type: Movie
A maid's dream comes true but are not quite what she expected.
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Murders in the Rue Morgue
Title: Murders in the Rue Morgue
Character: Sideshow Spectator (uncredited)
Released: January 27, 1932
Type: Movie
In 19th Century Paris, a maniac abducts young women and injects them with ape blood in an attempt to prove ape-human kinship but constantly meets failure as the abducted women die.
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Safe in Hell
Title: Safe in Hell
Character: Jury Member (uncredited)
Released: December 12, 1931
Type: Movie
To avoid the rigors of the law, Gilda flees New Orleans and hides on a Caribbean island where the worst criminals can ask for asylum. Besieged by the scum of the earth, Gilda will soon find out that she has found refuge in hell.
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Frankenstein
Title: Frankenstein
Character: Villager (uncredited)
Released: November 21, 1931
Type: Movie
Tampering with life and death, Henry Frankenstein pieces together salvaged body parts to bring a human monster to life; the mad scientist's dreams are shattered by his creation's violent rage as the monster awakens to a world in which he is unwelcome.
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Moby Dick
Title: Moby Dick
Character: Sailor
Released: September 20, 1930
Type: Movie
Herman Melville's mad Capt. Ahab (John Barrymore) spends years hunting the white whale that got his leg.
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On With the Show!
Title: On With the Show!
Character: Stagehand (uncredited)
Released: July 13, 1929
Type: Movie
With unpaid actors and staff, the stage show Phantom Sweetheart seems doomed. To complicate matters, the box office takings have been robbed and the leading lady refuses to appear. Can the show be saved?
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The Prisoner of Zenda
Title: The Prisoner of Zenda
Character: Train Passenger Eating Banana (uncredited)
Released: September 11, 1922
Type: Movie
A kingdom's ascending heir, marked for assassination, switches identities with a lookalike, who takes his place at the coronation. When the real king is kidnapped, his followers try to find him, while the stand-in falls in love with the king's intended bride, the beautiful Princess Flavia.