Billy House
Born: 1889-05-06 in Mankato, Minnesota, USA
Died: 1961-09-23
Known For: Acting
Biography
From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia 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. Description above from the Wikipedia article Billy House, licensed under CC-BY-SA, full list of contributors on Wikipedia.
Filmography
1959
- Imitation of Life as Fat Man on Beach
1958
- Touch of Evil as Construction Site Foreman (uncredited)
- The Fountain of Youth as Albert Morgan
- Colgate Theatre
1957
1956
- Naked Gun as Judge Cole
1952
- Aladdin and His Lamp as Kafan
- Outlaw Women as Uncle Barney
1951
- People Will Talk as Coonan (uncredited)
- Santa Fe as Luke Plummer
- Silver City
1950
- Where Danger Lives as Mr. Bogardus
- Rogues of Sherwood Forest as Friar Tuck
1948
- Inner Sanctum as McFee
1947
- The Egg and I as Billy Reed
- The Wistful Widow of Wagon Gap as Shotgun Rider (voice) (uncredited)
- Trail Street as Carmody
- Joe Palooka in the Knockout as Sam Wheeler
1946
- The Stranger as Mr. Solomon Potter
- Bedlam as Lord Mortimer
1945
- Thrill of a Romance as Dr. Tovve
1937
- Merry Go Round of 1938 as Billy
1931
- Smart Money as Irontown Salesman-Gambler
- God's Gift to Women as Mons. Cesare
- The Reckless Hour as Seymour Jennison
- Expensive Women as George Allison