William Gillespie
Oyuncu · 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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Film7.7KomediRomantikŞehrin yüksek binalarından birinin üzerinde yer alan saatin yelkovanına asılmış bir adam görüntüsü ile izleyenlerin zihnine kazınmış ve daimi bir tebessüm bırakmış olan Safety Last!, 1923 yapımı bir sessiz komedi filmidir. Para kazanma hırsıyla şehre gelen genç bir adam, bir mağazada satış sorumlusu olarak çalışmaya başlar ve müdürüyle, mağazaya dikkat çekerek müşterilerin artmasını sağlayacak olan kişiye ödül olarak para vermesi konusunda anlaşır. Ancak mağazanın bulunduğu binanın dışına tırmanması için anlaşmış olduğu kişi bir kanun kaçağı çıkınca olayların seyri tamamen değişir ve genç adam kendisini binaya tırmanırken bulur. Heyecan ve komedi yüklü filmin başrolünde Harold Lloyd bulunmaktadır.
Film6.5DramRomantikOn 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
Film6.5MüzikFantastikWhen 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
Film7.3KomediRomantikChaplin, Avrupa'dan Amerika'ya giden bir gemideki göçmeni canlandırıyor. Fakir ve aç olan adam, cebindeki bir delikten düşen son kuruşunu bulduğunda sevinir; bunun kendi son kuruşu olduğunu fark etmez. Ezilen adam, düşmanca bir dünyada hayatta kalmaya ve insanlığını korumaya çalışır.
Film5.9KomediThe misadventures of two intrepid explorers in the Egyptian desert.
Scorching Sands
1923 · 9 votes
Film6.8KomediStan 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
Film2.0KomediBebe 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
Film7.5KomediLaurel & Hardy Nakliyat Şirketi'nin ellerinde (ve sırtlarında) zorlu bir iş vardır: Bir piyanoyu devasa merdivenlerden Prof. Von Schwarzenhoffen'ın evine taşımak. Görevleri; arsız bir bakıcı ve her şeyden bihaber, sabırsız Prof. Von Schwarzenhoffen'in kendisi yüzünden karmaşıklaşır. Ancak en büyük sorun, piyanoyu tekrar tekrar merdivenlerin dibine çeken yer çekimi kuvvetidir.
The Music Box
1932 · 233 votes
Film8.0KomediThe 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
Film7.0KomediVermuda, 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
Film7.2Pursued by the law, a street cleaner finds refuge by impersonating a dentist.
White Wings
1923 · 4 votes
Film6.1KomediCharley 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
Film6.5KomediA group of oil magnates are trying to think of new ways to attract business. One of them suggests that they contact the inventor Pollard, who has devised a new gasoline substitute. Pollard himself lives in a home filled with his eccentric inventions. When he gets the message from the oil company, he is excited about the opportunity to demonstrate his innovation.
It's a Gift
1923 · 6 votes
FilmKomediBees in His Bonnet is a 1918 American short comedy film featuring Harold Lloyd. It is presumed to be lost.
Film6.0KomediCharley has in-laws that look down on him because he's not rich. So, to try to keep up, he rushes out to buy a car—but no matter, they still think he's a drip—as does his wife. Later, when he's given a simple job to do by his boss, he screws it up—and loses face once again with his family.
Is Marriage the Bunk?
1925 · 2 votes
Film7.9KomediThe travails of a third-rate traveling theatre company and its wardrobe lady / maid who dreams of stepping in as their melodramatic production's (Flaming Women) female lead.
Exit Smiling
1926 · 8 votes
Film6.8KomediBir sanatoryuma alkol tedavisi için gelen Charlie tedavi olmamak için elinden geleni yapar. Onun alkol düşkünlüğü sanatoryumu karıştıracaktır.
Film7.0KomediDespite 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
Film7.0KomediTwin "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
Film6.5KomediYour Own Back Yard is a 1925 American short silent comedy film directed by Robert F. McGowan. It was the 43rd Our Gang short subject released. Farina is having a very bad day, especially by his friends-very cruel playing nasty tricks, etc. Heeding his mother's advice to stay "in your own back yard," he does just that, feeding jumping beans to his chickens.
Your Own Back Yard
1925 · 3 votes
Film6.4KomediA meek young man must find the courage within when a rogue tramp menaces his hometown.
Grandma's Boy
1922 · 52 votes
Film6.8KomediCharley Chase is a hapless inventor with a better mouse trap in this silent comedy from 1925.
The Rat's Knuckles
1925 · 3 votes
Film6.5KomediA hypochondriac vacations in the tropics for the fresh air - and finds himself in the middle of a revolution instead.
Why Worry?
1923 · 47 votes
Film5.7KomediStan 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