William Gillespie
Actor · 1894 – 1938 · Aberdeen, Aberdeenshire, Scotland, UK
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.
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Movie6.5DramaRomanceOn trial for murdering his girlfriend, philandering stockbroker Larry Ballentine takes the stand to claim his innocence and describe the actual, but improbable sounding, sequence of events that led to her death.
They Won't Believe Me
1947 · 50 votes
Movie7.7ComedyRomanceWhen a store clerk organizes a contest to climb the outside of a tall building, circumstances force him to make the perilous climb himself.
Safety Last!
1923 · 607 votes
Movie5.9ComedyThe misadventures of two intrepid explorers in the Egyptian desert.
Scorching Sands
1923 · 9 votes
Movie6.5MusicFantasyWhen compulsive gambler Little Joe Jackson dies in a drunken fight, he awakens in purgatory, where he learns that he will be sent back to Earth for six months to prove that he deserves to be in heaven. He awakens, remembering nothing and struggles to do right by his devout wife, Petunia, while an angel known as the General and the devil's son, Lucifer Jr., fight for his soul.
Cabin in the Sky
1943 · 51 votes
Movie6.8ComedyStan and Ollie wreak havoc at an upper class hotel in their jobs as footman (Hardy) and doorman (Laurel). They partially undress blonde bombshell Jean Harlow (in a brief appearance) and repeatedly escort a stuffy nobleman into an empty elevator shaft.
Double Whoopee
1929 · 36 votes
Movie6.1ComedyCharley is plagued with failure and with his brother-in-law, who's allergic to labor. When he decides to take the family on a camping trip, his wife learns about a contest sponsored by a pen company, with the first prize being an ocean trip. To win the prize Charley has to sell those pens - surprisingly he wins, but the ship turns out to be a wreck on it's last trip to the scrapyard. To make things worse they accidentally leave their young daughter on the dock and the ship sails without her. What else can go wrong on this trip?
Isn't Life Terrible?
1925 · 10 votes
Movie8.0ComedyThe head of a big movie studio is pulling his hair out because the company is bankrupt unless they can find a writer for a smash comedy. An aspiring writer is awaiting outside the office and the producer agrees to see him. He listens while the writer tells his story and acts the numerous parts. The story is rotten, but the producer lets him escape while vowing vengeance on any other author who would read his story aloud.
Don Key (Son of Burro)
1926 · 2 votes
Movie7.3ComedyRomanceA European immigrant endures a challenging voyage only to get into trouble as soon as he arrives in New York.
The Immigrant
1917 · 328 votes
Movie7.0ComedyVermuda, a saleswoman in a department store, is very late for work. She relies on a ruse to fool the floorwalker, and when that doesn't work, she relies on her friendship with the store manager. But she is soon disillusioned as to where she really stands with the manager.
Sure-Mike!
1925 · 1 votes
Movie2.0ComedyBebe and girlfriend go shopping for new corsets. Harold sneaks into the corset shop and a customer asks him to take her measurements - a ticklish task, as the brash young man suddenly becomes playfully bashful.
Here Come the Girls
1918 · 1 votes
Movie6.4ComedyA meek young man must find the courage within when a rogue tramp menaces his hometown.
Grandma's Boy
1922 · 52 votes
Movie7.0ComedyTwin "babies" left at an orphanage bear the same birthmark under the chin. One of them is adopted and then the scene shifts to "twenty years later." The other as captain of a sailing vessel needs an extra hand. It does not develop until the end that the well dressed man he has abducted is his own brother.
Brothers Under the Chin
1924 · 3 votes
Movie7.5ComedyThe Laurel & Hardy Moving Co. have a challenging job on their hands (and backs): hauling a player piano up a monumental flight of stairs to Prof. von Schwarzenhoffen's house. Their task is complicated by a sassy nursemaid and, unbeknownst to them, the impatient Prof. von Schwarzenhoffen himself. But the biggest problem is the force of gravity, which repeatedly pulls the piano back down to the bottom of the stairs.
The Music Box
1932 · 233 votes
Movie7.0ComedyDespite his fear of horses, Eddie Hamilton takes part in a fox hunt, in order to impress the daughter of his host, Colonel Calhoun.
Horse Shy
1928 · 1 votes
MovieComedyBees in His Bonnet is a 1918 American short comedy film featuring Harold Lloyd. It is presumed to be lost.
Movie6.8ComedyStable hands Stan and Ollie are tending a thoroughbred named "Blue Boy." But when they overhear two men talking about a $5000 reward for the return of the stolen "Blue Boy," they miss the part about it being the painting, not the horse. They take the horse to the owner's house to claim the reward. The owner instructs them to put "Blue Boy" on the piano and Ollie explains, "these millionaires are peculiar."
Wrong Again
1929 · 39 votes
Movie5.8ComedyA young man puts on the play "Romeo and Juliet" as a fundraiser, but has to keep a close eye on his dad, who's had several drinks too many, and a pesky cab driver who's determined to collect his fare.
Bromo and Juliet
1926 · 9 votes
Movie6.5ComedyA hypochondriac vacations in the tropics for the fresh air - and finds himself in the middle of a revolution instead.
Why Worry?
1923 · 47 votes
Movie7.2Pursued by the law, a street cleaner finds refuge by impersonating a dentist.
White Wings
1923 · 4 votes
Movie6.8ComedyCharley Chase is a hapless inventor with a better mouse trap in this silent comedy from 1925.
The Rat's Knuckles
1925 · 3 votes
- Movie7.0Comedy
'Snub' Pollard as a eccentric movie director.
It's a Joy!
1923
- Movie7.5Comedy
Don't Park There was one of a series of two-reel comedies Will Rogers made for producer Hal Roach during the 1923-4 season. The story amounts to little more than a one-joke anecdote, but oddly enough the joke is more relevant now than it was in 1924: this is the tale of a man who can't run a simple errand in the city because he can't find a parking space.
Don't Park There
1924 · 2 votes
Movie5.7ComedyStan plays a janitor at a hotel dropping letters and trying to retrieve them with a vacuum, getting wet, helping a lady shoot her cheating husband and being chased by the police.
Do You Love Your Wife?
1919 · 3 votes
Movie5.0ComedyHarold invades the "Gilded Guzzle" café, where he appropriates a lady's roll of money, hides under a table and impersonates a cigar store Indian.
It's a Wild Life
1918 · 1 votes