Sort by Popularity - Most Popular Movies and TV Shows With Billy West
- Job Types
- Movies or TV
- Genres
- Keywords
- IMDb Rating
- Instant Watch Options
- In Theaters
- Release Year
1. It Happened One Night (1934)
Passed | 105 min | Comedy, Romance
A rogue reporter trailing a runaway heiress for a big story joins her on a bus heading from Florida to New York and they end up stuck with each other when the bus leaves them behind at one of the stops along the way.
Director: Frank Capra | Stars: Clark Gable, Claudette Colbert, Walter Connolly, Roscoe Karns
Votes: 112,400 | Gross: $4.36M
2. Gold Diggers of 1933 (1933)
Passed | 97 min | Comedy, Drama, Musical
A wealthy composer rescues unemployed Broadway performers with a new play, but insists on remaining anonymous.
Director: Mervyn LeRoy | Stars: Warren William, Joan Blondell, Aline MacMahon, Ruby Keeler
Votes: 9,155 | Gross: $4.80M
3. The Whole Town's Talking (1935)
Approved | 93 min | Comedy, Crime, Drama
A meek milquetoast clerk is mistaken for public enemy N° 1, and the notorious killer takes advantage of the situation.
Director: John Ford | Stars: Edward G. Robinson, Jean Arthur, Arthur Hohl, James Donlan
Votes: 3,213
4. Picture Snatcher (1933)
Not Rated | 77 min | Crime, Drama
Ex-convict Danny Kean decides to become honest as a photographer for a paper. He falls in love with Patricia, the daughter of the policeman who arrested him. Mr Nolan, her father, doesn't ... See full summary »
Director: Lloyd Bacon | Stars: James Cagney, Ralph Bellamy, Patricia Ellis, Alice White
Votes: 1,747
5. Hallelujah I'm a Bum (1933)
Passed | 82 min | Comedy, Drama, Musical
A New York tramp (Jolson) falls in love with the mayor's amnesiac girlfriend after rescuing her from a suicide attempt
Director: Lewis Milestone | Stars: Al Jolson, Madge Evans, Frank Morgan, Harry Langdon
Votes: 866
6. Jimmy the Gent (1934)
Passed | 67 min | Comedy, Crime, Drama
An unpolished racketeer, whose racket is finding heirs for unclaimed fortunes, affects ethics and tea-drinking manners to win back the sweetheart who now works for his seemingly upright competitor.
Director: Michael Curtiz | Stars: James Cagney, Bette Davis, Allen Jenkins, Alan Dinehart
Votes: 2,037
7. Ex-Lady (1933)
Unrated | 67 min | Comedy, Drama
Although free spirit Helen Bauer does not believe in marriage, she consents to marry Don, but his infidelities cause her to also take on a lover.
Director: Robert Florey | Stars: Bette Davis, Gene Raymond, Frank McHugh, Monroe Owsley
Votes: 1,692 | Gross: $0.50M
8. The Shadow of the Eagle (1932)
Passed | 218 min | Mystery
The Eagle uses sky writing to make threats against a corporation. Nathan Gregory owns a traveling fairground and is thought to be the Eagle. Craig McCoy is a pilot who goes looking for the Eagle when Gregory turns up missing.
Directors: Ford Beebe, B. Reeves Eason | Stars: John Wayne, Dorothy Gulliver, Edward Hearn, Richard Tucker
Votes: 454
9. Winner Take All (1932)
Passed | 66 min | Drama
Young boxer Jim Kane, resting at a New Mexico "health ranch," meets and falls for Peggy Harmon, former nightclub table singer...who needs $600 more for her sickly son to stay in the place. ... See full summary »
Director: Roy Del Ruth | Stars: James Cagney, Marian Nixon, Guy Kibbee, Dickie Moore
Votes: 608
10. The Defense Rests (1934)
Passed | 70 min | Drama
The assistant (Arthur) of a sleazy lawyer (Holt) is determined to end his cheating ways.
Director: Lambert Hillyer | Stars: Jack Holt, Jean Arthur, Nat Pendleton, Arthur Hohl
Votes: 197
11. The Man Who Reclaimed His Head (1934)
Approved | 80 min | Drama, Mystery
A brilliant but impoverished writer, who is a pacifist, goes to work for a publisher and writes anti-war editorials. When he discovers that the publisher has betrayed him and is in league ... See full summary »
Director: Edward Ludwig | Stars: Claude Rains, Joan Bennett, Lionel Atwill, Juanita Quigley
Votes: 197
12. Mister Dynamite (1935)
Passed | 67 min | Action, Adventure, Crime
A gambler hires a detective to investigate when a murder is committed in his casino.
Director: Alan Crosland | Stars: Edmund Lowe, Jean Dixon, Victor Varconi, Esther Ralston
Votes: 78
13. Grand Slam (1933)
Passed | 67 min | Comedy
Because the Stanislavsky method of playing bridge has no rules, it promotes marital harmony for those who stick with it.
Directors: William Dieterle, Alfred E. Green | Stars: Paul Lukas, Loretta Young, Frank McHugh, Glenda Farrell
Votes: 365
14. Twenty Million Sweethearts (1934)
Passed | 89 min | Comedy, Musical, Mystery
Unscrupulous agent Rush makes singing waiter Clayton a big radio star while Peggy, who has lost her own radio show, helps Clayton.
Director: Ray Enright | Stars: Dick Powell, Pat O'Brien, Ginger Rogers, The Mills Brothers
Votes: 453
15. He Was Her Man (1934)
Approved | 70 min | Crime, Drama, Romance
Dan Curly sends two hitmen to kill double-crossing Flicker Hayes, who retreats to a small village with ex-prostitute Rose to hide.
Director: Lloyd Bacon | Stars: James Cagney, Joan Blondell, Victor Jory, Frank Craven
Votes: 692
16. Newly Rich (1931)
Passed | 77 min | Comedy
Two small town widows bring their children to Hollywood, where their children become competing film stars. The girl is sweet, the boy is a killjoy sissy. For publicity, the rival families ... See full summary »
Director: Norman Taurog | Stars: Mitzi Green, Edna May Oliver, Louise Fazenda, Jackie Searl
Votes: 76
17. The Mighty Barnum (1934)
Approved | 85 min | Biography, Comedy
The comic exploits of confidence trickster and showman P.T. Barnum from his early days through to the creation of The Greatest Show on Earth.
Director: Walter Lang | Stars: Wallace Beery, Adolphe Menjou, Virginia Bruce, Rochelle Hudson
Votes: 102
18. Cheating Cheaters (1934)
Passed | 70 min | Comedy
The Palmers, an apparently wealthy family, move into the house next door to the Lazarres. However, the Palmers are actually a gang of thieves plotting to rob the Lazarres. What the Palmers ... See full summary »
Director: Richard Thorpe | Stars: Fay Wray, Cesar Romero, Minna Gombell, Henry Armetta
Votes: 27
19. The Party's Over (1934)
Approved | 68 min | Adventure, Comedy, Musical
Bruce Blakely, a meek, mild-mannered certified public accountant, finally gets fed up with his money-grubbing family sponging off of him, and decides to partake of a different side and slice of life. A blonde secretary helps guide him.
Director: Walter Lang | Stars: Stuart Erwin, Ann Sothern, Arline Judge, Chick Chandler
Votes: 27
20. The Personality Kid (1934)
Passed | 68 min | Comedy, Crime, Romance
Ritzy McCarty is a fighter managed by his wife Joan, who wants him only to fight until they have the money to build a better life. However, he has other ideas.
Director: Alan Crosland | Stars: Pat O'Brien, Glenda Farrell, Claire Dodd, Robert Gleckler
Votes: 164
21. Jealousy (1934)
Approved | 66 min | Drama, Musical, Romance
Larry O'Roark is a boxer who's insanely posssesive and jealous of his fiancee, Jo. the sight of her and her employer, Mr. Lambert, at ringside during his big fight distracts Larry and he is... See full summary »
Director: Roy William Neill | Stars: Nancy Carroll, George Murphy, Donald Cook, Raymond Walburn
Votes: 69
22. His Day Out (1918)
Not Rated | 20 min | Comedy, Short
Billy escapes from an asylum, and through a flirtation with a manicurist is led to a barbershop, where he is induced to take her place, as she has an engagement she is anxious to keep. ... See full summary »
Director: Arvid E. Gillstrom | Stars: Billy West, Leatrice Joy, Oliver Hardy, Leo White
Votes: 55
23. A Very Honorable Guy (1934)
Passed | 62 min | Comedy, Crime, Romance
Well respected local good guy, Feet Samuels finds himself heavily in debt due to an uncharacteristic gambling binge. Feet decides the only way to settle the bill is by selling his body to ... See full summary »
Director: Lloyd Bacon | Stars: Joe E. Brown, Alice White, Robert Barrat, Alan Dinehart
Votes: 238
24. Exposure (1932)
71 min | Drama
A reporter runs into a pretty young girl who has inherited her father's failing business. She wants to give it up, but he tries to convince her to make a go of it, mainly because he's in love with her.
Director: Norman Houston | Stars: Lila Lee, Walter Byron, Tully Marshall, Mary Doran
Votes: 46
25. Against the Law (1934)
Passed | 61 min | Drama
Steve Wayne, a daring young ambulance driver for a large hospital in Los Angeles, is a rival with his friend, Doctor Bill Barie (the house surgeon in the Emergency Ward), for the attentions... See full summary »
Director: Lambert Hillyer | Stars: Johnny Mack Brown, Sally Blane, Arthur Hohl, George Meeker
26. Air Hawks (1935)
Passed | 68 min | Action, Drama, Horror
A mysterious ray that immobilizes all motors and engines threatens the security of the country.
Director: Albert S. Rogell | Stars: Ralph Bellamy, Tala Birell, Wiley Post, Douglass Dumbrille
Votes: 200
27. Danger Ahead (1926)
Not Rated | 20 min | Comedy, Short
Greedy, Unscrupulous Rudolph learns that Belinda has just inherited $10,000, and he decides to steal it from her. He and his henchmen arrive at her house just as the money is being ... See full summary »
Director: Scott Pembroke | Stars: Earl McCarthy, Charlotte Merriam, Jack Cooper, Max Asher
Votes: 62
28. The Candy Kid (1917)
20 min | Comedy, Short
Two rival candy store owners compete over a pretty cashier. One hires a bomb-thrower. Sounds like this will end up as a sticky mess.
Director: Arvid E. Gillstrom | Stars: Billy West, Ethel Cassity, Oliver Hardy, Leo White
Votes: 46
29. Name the Woman (1934)
Approved | 60 min | Mystery
The fate of a city hangs upon the innocence of a girl charged with murder. A young, inexperienced, but adventurous newspaper reporter is bent on clearing her name by ripping the lid off a corrupt government machine.
Director: Albert S. Rogell | Stars: Richard Cromwell, Arline Judge, Rita La Roy, Charles C. Wilson
30. The Hobo (1917)
15 min | Comedy, Short
Billy is a hobo who hangs around the train station. He creates disruption in the ticket office, at the lunch counter, and in the lives of some of the customers.
Director: Arvid E. Gillstrom | Stars: Billy West, Oliver Hardy, Leo White, Bud Ross
Votes: 151
31. Hard Boiled Yeggs (1926)
Not Rated | 19 min | Short, Comedy
A recent college graduate (Billy West) inherits a large sum of money, as well as a dive on the rough side of town. The will states that, in the event of Billy's death, two thugs get the ... See full summary »
Director: Scott Pembroke | Stars: Billy West, Ethelyn Gibson, William Dyer, Les Bates
Votes: 45
32. Perfectly Mismated (1934)
Passed | 20 min | Comedy, Short
Leon's ex-wife moves into the apartment next to him.
Director: James W. Horne | Stars: Leon Errol, Dorothy Granger, Vivien Oakland, Fred Malatesta
Votes: 22
33. Stick Around (1925)
24 min | Short, Comedy
Two paperhangers are employed by a sanitarium to hang up some posters. Chaos Ensures.
Director: Ward Hayes | Stars: Oliver Hardy, Bobby Ray, Hazel Newman, Harry McCoy
Votes: 216
34. The Stranger (1918)
20 min | Short, Comedy, Western
After a luckless prospecting trip, Billy starts homeward across the desert, mounted on his little burro with his pick, shovel and pack strapped up behind him. Finally he comes in sight of ... See full summary »
Director: Arvid E. Gillstrom | Stars: Billy West, Leatrice Joy, Bud Ross, Oliver Hardy
Votes: 28
35. Diamond Trail (1933)
Passed | 61 min | Drama, Western
Reporter Speed Morgan helps Flash Barrett escape from the police and this gets him into Flash's gang where he poses as a gangster. Flash and his gang head west guning for Bill Miller who ... See full summary »
Director: Harry L. Fraser | Stars: Rex Bell, Frances Rich, Lloyd Whitlock, Bud Osborne
Votes: 66
36. The Hero (1917)
Comedy, Short
Billy works as a waiter at a sleazy bar and grill. Going for a walk in the park he meets a society girl talking to a French count. Indifferent to the count she is smitten with Billy and ... See full summary »
Director: Arvid E. Gillstrom | Stars: Oliver Hardy, Billy West, Ethel Marie Burton, Leo White
Votes: 33
37. Dough Nuts (1917)
Comedy, Short
West modifies the story from Chaplin's "Dough and Dynamite", with the emphasis on throwing and covering everyone with bread dough.
Director: Arvid E. Gillstrom | Stars: Oliver Hardy, Billy West, Ethel Marie Burton, Leo White
Votes: 12
38. Unknown Woman (1935)
Approved | 66 min | Action, Crime, Drama
A young attorney, Larry Condon, is on a retainer by a nightclub-owning gangster, to carry and deliver what he thinks are legal papers but he is innocently carrying around millions of ... See full summary »
Director: Albert S. Rogell | Stars: Richard Cromwell, Marian Marsh, Douglass Dumbrille, Henry Armetta
Votes: 19
39. Fearless Harry (1926)
Not Rated | 17 min | Short, Comedy
In the first of eleven screen comedies based on C.W. Kahles' comic strip, Earl McCarthy is Hairbreadth Harry, forever tasked with rescuing Beautiful Belinda (Charlotte Merriam) from peril. ... See full summary »
Director: Albert Herman | Stars: Earl McCarthy, Charlotte Merriam, John J. Richardson
Votes: 23
40. Paris Interlude (1934)
Passed | 72 min | Drama
Julie has a star-crossed romance with Sam, leaning on pal Cassie when unhappy. When Sam is believed dead, Cassie urges Julie to take up with good guy Pat. When Sam returns, Cassie tries to do the right thing by her best friend.
Director: Edwin L. Marin | Stars: Madge Evans, Otto Kruger, Robert Young, Una Merkel
Votes: 143
41. Happy Days (1926)
TV-G | 14 min | Short, Comedy
While Winnie Winkle works, her kid brother Perry leads a rag-tag baseball team.
Director: Arvid E. Gillstrom | Stars: Ethelyn Gibson, Billy Butts, James Berry, Vondell Darr
Votes: 113
42. Winnie Wakes Up (1927)
Comedy, Short
Director: Edward Ludwig | Stars: Ethelyn Gibson, Billy Bassette, Ray Erlenborn, Junior Johnston
43. Hello Bill (1923)
Short, Comedy
A boy returns to his home town after having been away for years seeking fame and fortune elsewhere. He receives a royal, though disastrous welcome from enthusiastically friendly cronies.
Director: Billy West | Stars: Billy West, Emily Gerdes
Votes: 11
44. Rolling Stone (1919)
19 min | Short, Comedy
Billy is mistaken for a dangerous Bolshevik, and thrown into jail.
Director: Charley Chase | Stars: Billy West, Stanton Heck, Ethelyn Gibson, Leo White
Votes: 28
46. The Slave (II) (1917)
20 min | Short, Comedy
Billy is the janitor in a harem.
Director: Arvid E. Gillstrom | Stars: Billy West, Oliver Hardy, Leo White, Bud Ross
Votes: 12
47. The Trouble Chaser (1926)
Comedy
Hector, who was reared by a maiden aunt, decides to leave his sheltered life and become a reporter. At the newspaper where he has works, Hector becomes friendly with a young female reporter... See full summary »
Director: Jack Nelson | Stars: Billy West, Emily Fitzroy, Clara Horton, Stanton Heck
48. Jack and Jilted (1928)
Short, Comedy
Director: Billy West | Stars: Patrick Cunning, Marjorie King, Harry Dunkinson, Dorothea Wolbert
49. Winnie Be Good (1927)
Short, Comedy
Stars: Ethelyn Gibson, Albert Schaefer, Billy Bassette, Junior Johnston