William Gillespie
Born: 1894-01-23 in Aberdeen, Aberdeenshire, Scotland, UK
Died: 1938-06-23
Known For: Acting
Biography
William Gillespie (24 January 1894 – 23 June 1938) was a Scottish actor. Gillespie started in Hollywood films from the silent era. He played in about 180 films between 1915 and 1939, although his appearances were often uncredited. Gillespie frequently appeared in Hal Roach comedies from 1917, usually as stuffy official or manager. He supported such "slapstick comedians" as Charlie Chaplin, Charley Chase, Our Gang, and Laurel and Hardy, but was most prolific supporting Harold Lloyd in 60 films.
Filmography
1947
- They Won't Believe Me as Waiter (uncredited)
1943
- Cabin in the Sky as Soloist in 'Little Black Sheep' (uncredited)
1933
- Thundering Taxis as Salesman
1932
- The Music Box as Piano Salesman (uncredited)
1931
- Helping Grandma as Billy
1929
- Double Whoopee as Hotel manager
- Wrong Again as Horse owner
1928
- Horse Shy as Gillroy Gibbs
1926
- Don Key (Son of Burro)
- Exit Smiling as Jack Hastings (uncredited)
- Bromo and Juliet as The Great Brandenburg - Stage Magician (uncredited)
- Wandering Papas as Construction Worker (uncredited)
- Madame Mystery
1925
- Sure-Mike! as The New Manager
- Is Marriage the Bunk? as Patent medicine salesman
- Isn't Life Terrible? as Medical Officer (uncredited)
- The Rat's Knuckles as Jimmy's rival
- Your Own Back Yard as Man in Quarrelsome Couple
- Moonlight and Noses
- Chasing the Chaser as Salesman
- Innocent Husbands as The Bachelor
- Should Sailors Marry? as Train Passenger
- Sherlock Sleuth as Haughty Guest
1924
- Don't Park There as Druggist
- Brothers Under the Chin
- The Cowboy Sheik as Fiddler at party
- The Goofy Age
- The Poor Fish
- Zeb vs. Paprika
- Wide Open Spaces
- Why Men Work
- All Wet as Other Driver
- Postage Due as C.W. Lyons - Chief Postal inspector
- Smithy as The Boss
1923
- Safety Last! as General Manager's Assistant (uncredited)
- White Wings
- Scorching Sands as French officer
- It's a Joy! as Movie Actor
- Why Worry? as Ship's Officer (uncredited)
- It's a Gift as Weller Pump, oil executive
- Pick and Shovel as The Boss
- Sold at Auction! as Aviator with False Teeth
- Her Dangerous Path as John Dryden
- Dogs of War! as Director of 'Should Husbands Work?'
- The Green Cat as Fire Insurance Salesman
- Under Two Jags
- Fully Insured as The Boss
- Dear Ol' Pal as Ebben Tizzle
1922
- Grandma's Boy
- Do Me a Favor as A Fireman
- Punch the Clock
- Dr. Jack as Card Player (uncredited)
- The Dumb-Bell as Abe Silverstein - Film producer
- Shine 'Em Up as Prison guard
- The Sleuth as The Prince
- Pardon Me
1921
- Among Those Present as Hard-Boiled Party
- Fifteen Minutes
- Never Weaken as The Doctor (uncredited)
- Now or Never as The Child's Daddy (uncredited)
- I Do as Brother-in-Law (uncredited)
- Dodge Your Debts as Pub Patron
- On Location
1920
- Get Out and Get Under as Dope Fiend (uncredited)
- High and Dizzy as (uncredited)
- Raise the Rent
- Number, Please? as Cop (uncredited)
- His Royal Slyness as Courtier
- A Regular Pal
- The Dippy Dentist as Cop
- Haunted Spooks as The Lawyer (uncredited)
- Any Old Port
- Run 'Em Ragged
1919
- Do You Love Your Wife? as Elmer - the faithless husband
- Looking for Trouble as Undertaker
- Next Aisle Over as (uncredited)
1918
- Here Come the Girls
- Bees in His Bonnet
- It's a Wild Life as Band leader
- Let's Go
- Bride and Gloom
- Pipe the Whiskers
- The Tip
- That's Him
- Hey There as Actor
- Look Pleasant, Please as The Photographer (uncredited)
- An Ozark Romance
- Beat It
- A Gasoline Wedding
- The City Slicker
- Take a Chance
- Somewhere in Turkey
1917
- The Immigrant as Violinist (uncredited)
- The Cure as Patient (uncredited)
- Bashful
- Bliss as Cop / Violinist
- The Flirt
- Step Lively
- Move On