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Billy Armstrong (I) (1891–1924)

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British music hall comic, one-time member of Fred Karno's troupe. In the U.S. from the mid-1910's, joining Charlie Chaplin at Essanay. Subsequently with Mack Sennet at Keystone. Seen in early films alongside Oliver Hardy and Harry Langdon.

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1924 Smile Please (short)
Father in Portrait Session (uncredited)
 
1924 One Spooky Night (short)
 
1924 Conductor 1492
Drunk at Party (uncredited)
 
1924 Ten Dollars or Ten Days (short)
 
1923 Flip Flops (short)
 
1923 The Extra Girl
Comedian in Derby (uncredited)
 
1923 Asleep at the Switch (short)
 
1923 Skylarking (short)
 
1923 Pitfalls of a Big City (short)
 
1923 Nip and Tuck (short)
Bit Role (uncredited)
 
1923 This Way Out (short)
 
1923 When Knights Were Cold (short)
Earl of Tabasco, a Hot Knight (as William Armstrong)
 
1923 Rough and Ready (short)
 
1922 When Summer Comes (short) (as William Armstrong)
 
1922 The Barnstormers (short)
 
1921 Love and Doughnuts (short)
 
1921 Hard Knocks and Love Taps (short)
 
1921 Skirts
 
1921 The Punch of the Irish (short)
 
1921 Tee Time
 
1920 Tails Win (short) (unconfirmed)
 
1920 Love, Honor and Behave!
The District Attorney
 
1920 My Goodness (short)
 
1920 It's a Boy (short)
 
1920 Great Scott! (short)
 
1920 The Quack Doctor (short)
 
1920 Fresh from the City (short)
 
1920 Let 'er Go (short)
 
1920/I Down on the Farm
The Man of Mystery
 
1920 The Gingham Girl (short)
 
1920/II Breaking Into Society (short)
 
1920 The Star Boarder (short)
 
1920 Chicken à la Cabaret (short)
 
1920 The Glad Eye
Sox (as William Armstrong)
 
1919 Back to the Kitchen (short)
 
1919 Hearts and Flowers (short)
An Indignant Nobleman
 
1919 No Mother to Guide Him (short)
 
1919 Love's False Faces (short) (as William Armstrong)
 
1919 Call the Cops (short)
 
1919 The Little Widow (short)
Widow's Suitor (as William Armstrong)
 
1919 Hearts in Hock (short)
 
1919 The Village Smithy (short)
 
1919 East Lynne with Variations (short)
Drunk in the Balcony (uncredited)
 
1919 Rip & Stitch: Tailors (short)
 
1919 Never Too Old (short)
 
1919 Hop, the Bellhop (short)
Jumping Jupiter
 
1918 An Enemy of Soap (short)
 
1918 The King of the Kitchen (short)
A crooked gentleman
 
1918 Painless Love (short)
His assistant
 
1918 Hello Trouble (short)
A romantic husband
 
1918 Hey, Doctor! (short)
Billy - the artist
 
1918 Do Husbands Deceive? (short)
 
1918 Triple Trouble (short)
Cook/Pickpocket
 
1918 A Clean Sweep (short)
 
1918 Choo Choo Love (short)
 
1918 Sheriff Nell's Tussle (short)
Silk Hat Cecil (as William Armstrong)
 
1918 Watch Your Neighbor (short)
 
1917 An International Sneak (short)
The Juvenile
 
1917 Hula Hula Land (short)
 
1917 A Shanghaied Jonah (short)
 
1917 A Royal Rogue (short)
Bum
 
1917 Crooks and Crocodiles (short)
 
1917 When Hearts Collide (short)
 
1917 A Noble Fraud (short)
 
1917 Mr. Shoestring in a Hole (short)
 
1916 A Lover's Might (short)
 
1916 A Double, Double Cross (short)
 
1916 Spring Fever (short)
 
1916 Ignatz's Icy Injury (short)
 
1916 The Jailbird's Last Flight (short)
 
1916 Sawdust Love (short)
 
1916 Gertie's Gasoline Glide (short)
 
1916 M.T. Dome's Awful Night (short)
 
1916 Almost Right (short)
 
1916 Police (short)
Crooked Preacher/Second Cop
 
1916 The Twin Trunk Mystery (short)
 
1916 The Defective Detective (short)
Luke Sharp - a detective
 
1916 The Man Inside
Lt. Lane (as William A. Armstrong)
 
1916 Black Eyes and Blue (short)
 
1915 All Stuck Up (short)
The Daughter's Lover's Rival
 
1915/I Shanghaied (short)
First Shanghaied Seaman
 
1915 The Bank (short)
Another Janitor
 
1915 A Woman (short)
Father's Friend
 
1915 Work (short)
The Husband
 
1915 By the Sea (short)
Man in Straw Hat
 
1915 The Tramp (short)
Minister
 
1915 In the Park (short)
Sausage Thief
 
1915 The Champion (short)
Sparring Partner
 
1915 His New Job (short)
Extra (uncredited)
 
1912 The Fall of Montezuma (short)
Fisherman (as William Armstrong)
 
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1920 Trouble Bubbles (short)
 

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British music hall comic, one-time member of Fred Karno's troupe. In the U.S. from the mid-1910's, joining Charlie Chaplin at Essanay. Subsequently with Mack Sennet at Keystone. Seen in early films alongside Oliver Hardy and Harry Langdon. See more »

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