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
- Bromo and Juliet as The Great Brandenburg - Stage Magician (uncredited)
- Don Key (Son of Burro)
- Exit Smiling as Jack Hastings (uncredited)
- Madame Mystery
- Wandering Papas as Construction Worker (uncredited)
1925
- Sure-Mike! as The New Manager
- Isn't Life Terrible? as Medical Officer (uncredited)
- The Rat's Knuckles as Jimmy's rival
- Chasing the Chaser as Salesman
- Is Marriage the Bunk? as Patent medicine salesman
- Sherlock Sleuth as Haughty Guest
- Your Own Back Yard as Man in Quarrelsome Couple
- Should Sailors Marry? as Train Passenger
- Innocent Husbands as The Bachelor
- Moonlight and Noses
1924
- Don't Park There as Druggist
- The Poor Fish
- Wide Open Spaces
- The Cowboy Sheik as Fiddler at party
- Why Men Work
- Brothers Under the Chin
- All Wet as Other Driver
- The Goofy Age
- Smithy as The Boss
- Zeb vs. Paprika
- Postage Due as C.W. Lyons - Chief Postal inspector
1923
- Safety Last! as General Manager's Assistant (uncredited)
- The Green Cat as Fire Insurance Salesman
- Sold at Auction! as Aviator with False Teeth
- Scorching Sands as French officer
- White Wings
- Pick and Shovel as The Boss
- Why Worry? as Ship's Officer (uncredited)
- It's a Joy! as Movie Actor
- Her Dangerous Path as John Dryden
- Under Two Jags
- It's a Gift as Weller Pump, oil executive
- Dogs of War! as Director of 'Should Husbands Work?'
- Dear Ol' Pal as Ebben Tizzle
- Fully Insured as The Boss
1922
- Grandma's Boy
- Dr. Jack as Card Player (uncredited)
- Punch the Clock
- Do Me a Favor as A Fireman
- Shine 'Em Up as Prison guard
- The Dumb-Bell as Abe Silverstein - Film producer
- The Sleuth as The Prince
- Pardon Me
1921
- Fifteen Minutes
- Among Those Present as Hard-Boiled Party
- I Do as Brother-in-Law (uncredited)
- Now or Never as The Child's Daddy (uncredited)
- Never Weaken as The Doctor (uncredited)
- On Location
- Dodge Your Debts as Pub Patron
1920
- A Regular Pal
- Raise the Rent
- High and Dizzy as (uncredited)
- Haunted Spooks as The Lawyer (uncredited)
- His Royal Slyness as Courtier
- Any Old Port
- Get Out and Get Under as Dope Fiend (uncredited)
- Run 'Em Ragged
- The Dippy Dentist as Cop
- Number, Please? as Cop (uncredited)
1919
- Do You Love Your Wife? as Elmer - the faithless husband
- Next Aisle Over as (uncredited)
- Looking for Trouble as Undertaker
1918
- Here Come the Girls
- Bride and Gloom
- Bees in His Bonnet
- That's Him
- The Tip
- Hey There as Actor
- Look Pleasant, Please as The Photographer (uncredited)
- It's a Wild Life as Band leader
- The City Slicker
- Beat It
- Pipe the Whiskers
- An Ozark Romance
- Take a Chance
- A Gasoline Wedding
- Let's Go
- Somewhere in Turkey
1917
- The Cure as Patient (uncredited)
- The Immigrant as Violinist (uncredited)
- The Flirt
- Bliss as Cop / Violinist
- Move On
- Bashful
- Step Lively