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