Billy House

Billy House

Born: May 6, 1889
Died: September 23, 1961
in Mankato, Minnesota, USA
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Billy House (May 7, 1889 – September 23, 1961) was an US vaudevillian, Broadway performer and feature film actor. After devoting most of his career to live performance, he moved to Hollywood where he became a supporting actor during the 1940s and 1950s. According to Orson Welles, the name "Billy House" was likely an invention for use in burlesque theatres.

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Imitation of Life
Title: Imitation of Life
Character: Fat Man on Beach
Released: October 2, 1959
Type: Movie
In 1940s New York, a white widow who dreams of being on Broadway has a chance encounter with a black single mother, who becomes her maid.
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The Fountain of Youth
Title: The Fountain of Youth
Character: Albert Morgan
Released: September 16, 1958
Type: Movie
A couple is conflicted when they are offered a chance at youth. Based on John Collier's short story “Youth from Vienna”.
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Title: Colgate Theatre
Released: August 19, 1958
Type: TV
Colgate Theatre
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Touch of Evil
Title: Touch of Evil
Character: Construction Site Foreman (uncredited)
Released: March 30, 1958
Type: Movie
When a car bomb explodes on the American side of the U.S./Mexico border, Mexican drug enforcement agent Miguel Vargas begins his investigation, along with American police captain Hank Quinlan. When Vargas begins to suspect that Quinlan and his shady partner, Menzies, are planting evidence to frame an innocent man, his investigations into their possible corruption quickly put himself and his new bride, Susie, in jeopardy.
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Tricks of Our Trade
Title: Tricks of Our Trade
Released: February 13, 1957
Type: Movie
With examples from Disney feature-length films, Walt Disney gives a behind-the-scenes look at the improvements in animation made by his studio's in-house training and research that studied real-life motion and made technical innovations.
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Naked Gun
Title: Naked Gun
Character: Judge Cole
Released: November 1, 1956
Type: Movie
Don Pablo Salazar steals a fortune in jewels from an Indian tribe and an Aztec medicine man puts a curse on the jewels until they are returned. Years later, an American insurance man promises to deliver the Salazar fortune to the rightful heir...
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Outlaw Women
Title: Outlaw Women
Character: Uncle Barney
Released: April 28, 1952
Type: Movie
A old west town run by women. All the town's business is controlled by a woman gambler who tries not to succumb to the allure of a handsome and persistent cowboy.
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Aladdin and His Lamp
Title: Aladdin and His Lamp
Character: Kafan
Released: February 24, 1952
Type: Movie
A poor young man finds a lamp with a genie trapped inside. The genie promises to grant the man three wishes if he frees him from the lamp.
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Silver City
Title: Silver City
Released: December 1, 1951
Type: Movie
Having masterminded the hold up of his company office, a mining engineer is barred from the industry. He then sets up shop as an assayer, scheming to acquire a rich silver mine lease from its operators.
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People Will Talk
Title: People Will Talk
Character: Coonan (uncredited)
Released: August 29, 1951
Type: Movie
Successful and well-liked, Dr. Noah Praetorius becomes the victim of a witchhunt at the hands of Professor Elwell, who disdains Praetorius's unorthodox medical views and also questions his relationship with the mysterious, ever-present Mr. Shunderson.
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Santa Fe
Title: Santa Fe
Character: Luke Plummer
Released: April 1, 1951
Type: Movie
After their service in the Civil War, four brothers go their separate ways, but later find themselves on opposite sides of a final showdown.
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Where Danger Lives
Title: Where Danger Lives
Character: Bogardus, Postville J.P.
Released: November 16, 1950
Type: Movie
A young doctor falls in love with a disturbed young woman and apparently becomes involved in the death of her husband. They head for Mexico trying to outrun the law.
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Rogues of Sherwood Forest
Title: Rogues of Sherwood Forest
Character: Friar Tuck
Released: June 21, 1950
Type: Movie
The son of Robin Hood carries on his late father's tradition.
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Inner Sanctum
Title: Inner Sanctum
Character: McFee
Released: October 15, 1948
Type: Movie
A killer hides out in a small-town boarding house.
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The Wistful Widow of Wagon Gap
Title: The Wistful Widow of Wagon Gap
Character: Shotgun Rider (voice) (uncredited)
Released: October 8, 1947
Type: Movie
Chester Wooley and Duke Egan are travelling salesmen who make a stopover in Wagon Gap, Montana while enroute to California. During the stopover, a notorious criminal is murdered, and the two are charged with the crime.
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Joe Palooka in the Knockout
Title: Joe Palooka in the Knockout
Character: Sam Wheeler
Released: September 20, 1947
Type: Movie
The third of the Monogram series based on Ham Fisher's "Joe Palooka" comic strip, opens with Knobby Walsh, the manager of Joe Palooka trying to talk his way out of a traffic citation, and the story leading to that point is told in flashback as narrated by Walsh. Heavyweight champion Joe, after knocking out an opponent who later died in his dressing room, feels responsible and threatens to give up boxing. But the dead fighter's fiance thinks he died as the result of a drug that was given to him by a gang of gamblers, who made a rich haul betting on Palooka. Joe, Knobby and the police unite to run down the gamblers, but not before Joe also is nearly murdered by the same means...a poisoned mouthpiece. Elyse Knox is along as Joe's sweetheart Anne Howe, although Anne and Joe had long been married in the comic strip.
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The Egg and I
Title: The Egg and I
Character: Billy Reed
Released: May 1, 1947
Type: Movie
World War II veteran Bob MacDonald surprises his new wife, Betty, by quitting his city job and moving them to a dilapidated farm in the country. While Betty gamely struggles with managing the crumbling house and holding off nosy neighbors and a recalcitrant pig, Bob makes plans for crops and livestock. The couple's bliss is shaken by a visit from a beautiful farm owner, who seems to want more from Bob than just managing her property.
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Trail Street
Title: Trail Street
Character: Carmody
Released: February 19, 1947
Type: Movie
Bat Masterson cleans up Liberal, Kansas.
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The Stranger
Title: The Stranger
Character: Mr. Solomon Potter
Released: July 2, 1946
Type: Movie
An investigator from the War Crimes Commission travels to Connecticut to find an infamous Nazi, who may be hiding out in a small town in the guise of a distinguished professor engaged to the Supreme Court Justice’s daughter.
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Bedlam
Title: Bedlam
Character: Lord Mortimer
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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Thrill of a Romance
Title: Thrill of a Romance
Character: Dr. Tovve
Released: May 23, 1945
Type: Movie
A soldier falls in love with a newly-married woman after her husband abandons her for a business meeting on their honeymoon.
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Merry Go Round of 1938
Title: Merry Go Round of 1938
Character: Billy
Released: November 14, 1937
Type: Movie
Two screwy characters travel to Hollywood and cause mischief.
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Expensive Women
Title: Expensive Women
Character: George Allison
Released: October 24, 1931
Type: Movie
A wealthy young woman struggles to find love while surrounded by possible suitors.
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The Reckless Hour
Title: The Reckless Hour
Character: Seymour Jennison
Released: August 15, 1931
Type: Movie
Seduced and abandoned, with child, by a charming cad, a former New York fashion model learns to detest the male race in general until befriended by a warm-hearted artist-type who shows her that life -- and men -- ain't so bad in this early talkie drama.
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Smart Money
Title: Smart Money
Character: Irontown Salesman-Gambler
Released: June 11, 1931
Type: Movie
Two brothers' trip to the big city to do a little gambling results in a fateful turn of events.
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God's Gift to Women
Title: God's Gift to Women
Character: Mons. Cesare
Released: April 13, 1931
Type: Movie
A notorious womanizer sets his sights on a pretty American tourist, only to be told by his doctor that he must give up all romance for his health.