![Billy West](http://image.tmdb.org/t/p/w185/fIqELek2UAdkPyVmDf92dngGcC.jpg)
Billy West
Billy West (September 22, 1892 – July 21, 1975) was a film actor, producer, and director. Active during the silent film era, he is best known as a semi-successful Charlie Chaplin impersonator. Beyond acting, he also directed shorts in the 1910s and 20s, as well as produced films. West ultimately retired in 1935.
Known For | Acting |
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Most Rating | 3.641 |
Birthday | 1892-09-22 |
Place of Birth | Russia |
Also Known As | Billie West, Roy B. Weissburg, |
![He's In Again](http://image.tmdb.org/t/p/w154/6tS3dplu8q00nYziFl6YhOpAbYa.jpg)
1918
![He's In Again](http://image.tmdb.org/t/p/w154/6tS3dplu8q00nYziFl6YhOpAbYa.jpg)
He's In Again
5/2
A tramp enters a cabaret and orders a drink, but then is thrown out when he cannot pay for it. After trying again, he is told by the manager that if h...
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He's In Again
![He Was Her Man](http://image.tmdb.org/t/p/w154/1crNmJfvqaZJDJGY4kl07pDiKT2.jpg)
1934
![He Was Her Man](http://image.tmdb.org/t/p/w154/1crNmJfvqaZJDJGY4kl07pDiKT2.jpg)
He Was Her Man
6.8/6
A safecracker goes straight after doing a stretch for a bum rap. He agrees to do one last job for his "pals".
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He Was Her Man
![The Candy Kid](http://image.tmdb.org/t/p/w154/1s4kGMZOjBTw6mqxm8OL1JcKnFw.jpg)
1917
![The Candy Kid](http://image.tmdb.org/t/p/w154/1s4kGMZOjBTw6mqxm8OL1JcKnFw.jpg)
The Candy Kid
4.5/3
A Fake Chaplin movie with Billy West as the tramp.
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The Candy Kid
![The Hero](https://nicosiaefe.gov.cy/video/assets/no-poster.png)
1917
![The Hero](https://nicosiaefe.gov.cy/video/assets/no-poster.png)
The Hero
5.5/2
The Hero is a 1917 silent comedy film featuring Billy West & Oliver Hardy.
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The Hero
![His Day Out](http://image.tmdb.org/t/p/w154/fdp77uXLcr1kl4FcudGK0KlfdUE.jpg)
1918
![His Day Out](http://image.tmdb.org/t/p/w154/fdp77uXLcr1kl4FcudGK0KlfdUE.jpg)
His Day Out
3.9/4
In this film, West escapes a couple of cops and fights for the hand of Leatrice Joy with Oliver Hardy (doing his best Eric Campell). A barber by trade...
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His Day Out
![The Rogue](http://image.tmdb.org/t/p/w154/2J1RHsJ4RVTCQwNEcWp6DPyoOEB.jpg)
1918
![The Rogue](http://image.tmdb.org/t/p/w154/2J1RHsJ4RVTCQwNEcWp6DPyoOEB.jpg)
The Rogue
4.1/4
'The Rogue' casts West as the slavey in a boarding-house (not a very Chaplinesque role) overseen by a landlady who seems to be a cross between Alice D...
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The Rogue
![Hard Boiled Yeggs](https://nicosiaefe.gov.cy/video/assets/no-poster.png)
1926
![Hard Boiled Yeggs](https://nicosiaefe.gov.cy/video/assets/no-poster.png)
Hard Boiled Yeggs
8/1
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...
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Hard Boiled Yeggs
![The Villain](http://image.tmdb.org/t/p/w154/bCSSGe9lVmOCANilbynP9ppz5RP.jpg)
1917
![The Villain](http://image.tmdb.org/t/p/w154/bCSSGe9lVmOCANilbynP9ppz5RP.jpg)
The Villain
5.5/2
In The Villain, Billy attempted something a little different. He's still imitating Chaplin, but this time he's playing the wicked, top-hatted Charlie...
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The Villain
![Bright and Early](http://image.tmdb.org/t/p/w154/63DIStqSIyQXw3vNuJvk2MdLUdC.jpg)
1918
![Bright and Early](http://image.tmdb.org/t/p/w154/63DIStqSIyQXw3vNuJvk2MdLUdC.jpg)
Bright and Early
4.6/4
Billy West as does fairly random series of gags as a bellboy in a rather poor hotel run by Oliver Hardy.
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Bright and Early
![Italian Love](http://image.tmdb.org/t/p/w154/5sJOaGsIpsEnHsVu5FzddzOR1MA.jpg)
1920
![Italian Love](http://image.tmdb.org/t/p/w154/5sJOaGsIpsEnHsVu5FzddzOR1MA.jpg)
Italian Love
4/1
A Billy West slapstick comedy.
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Italian Love
![Not Wanted](https://nicosiaefe.gov.cy/video/assets/no-poster.png)
1924
![Not Wanted](https://nicosiaefe.gov.cy/video/assets/no-poster.png)
Not Wanted
3/2
After five years as the best of the Chaplin imitators, Billy West struck out with his own comedy character, a middle-class man in a nice suit and a fe...
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Not Wanted
![Rolling Stone](http://image.tmdb.org/t/p/w154/vHwZIzdzPYFjFACTmyMngzv7cEC.jpg)
1919
![Rolling Stone](http://image.tmdb.org/t/p/w154/vHwZIzdzPYFjFACTmyMngzv7cEC.jpg)
Rolling Stone
5/1
A Chaplin-like tramp is mistaken for a Bolshevik
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Rolling Stone
![Cupid's Rival](http://image.tmdb.org/t/p/w154/u2RMFVZPkw2axaTwLXB6lHvB7K5.jpg)
1917
![Cupid's Rival](http://image.tmdb.org/t/p/w154/u2RMFVZPkw2axaTwLXB6lHvB7K5.jpg)
Cupid's Rival
5/2
A bumbling janitor in a fleabag hotel drives the residents crazy, and a poor artist believes that his girlfriend is having an affair with a wealthy ar...
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Cupid's Rival
![A Very Honorable Guy](http://image.tmdb.org/t/p/w154/c1gDmonEHjuO1bfqifwvkdk1S4k.jpg)
1934
![A Very Honorable Guy](http://image.tmdb.org/t/p/w154/c1gDmonEHjuO1bfqifwvkdk1S4k.jpg)
A Very Honorable Guy
2/1
Well respected local good guy, "Feet" Samuels finds himself heavily in debt due to an uncharacteristic gambling binge. Feet decides the only way to se...
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A Very Honorable Guy
![The Personality Kid](http://image.tmdb.org/t/p/w154/8OL1hXotQt1T2sqzWZuj89Xu3Jl.jpg)
1934
![The Personality Kid](http://image.tmdb.org/t/p/w154/8OL1hXotQt1T2sqzWZuj89Xu3Jl.jpg)
The Personality Kid
4.2/5
An arrogant boxer (Pat O'Brien) discovers his wife (Glenda Farrell) had a hand in his success.
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The Personality Kid
![The Defense Rests](http://image.tmdb.org/t/p/w154/svH1p69XwpO3dLa7AatwiA4IPUP.jpg)
1934
![The Defense Rests](http://image.tmdb.org/t/p/w154/svH1p69XwpO3dLa7AatwiA4IPUP.jpg)
The Defense Rests
7/7
A sleazy lawyer's female assistant sets out to end his cheating ways.
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The Defense Rests
![Picture Snatcher](http://image.tmdb.org/t/p/w154/2V2AwXXjc44S56dVmN272hgnEkt.jpg)
1933
![Picture Snatcher](http://image.tmdb.org/t/p/w154/2V2AwXXjc44S56dVmN272hgnEkt.jpg)
Picture Snatcher
6.8/20
An ex-con uses his street smarts to become a successful photojournalist.
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Picture Snatcher
![The Chief Cook](http://image.tmdb.org/t/p/w154/29s9rDF6BDnPqXJV9Ogy7niR1MY.jpg)
1917
![The Chief Cook](http://image.tmdb.org/t/p/w154/29s9rDF6BDnPqXJV9Ogy7niR1MY.jpg)
The Chief Cook
4.5/5
The film opens in the lobby of a small hotel, where the desk clerk/owner (Budd Ross) is addressing three members of staff: the cook, the waiter and th...
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The Chief Cook
![Don't Be Foolish](https://nicosiaefe.gov.cy/video/assets/no-poster.png)
1922
![Don't Be Foolish](https://nicosiaefe.gov.cy/video/assets/no-poster.png)
Don't Be Foolish
5.5/1
Billy gets into trouble with a couple of cops by littering in the park, and must use all his ingenuity to elude them.
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Don't Be Foolish
![Jimmy the Gent](http://image.tmdb.org/t/p/w154/fZuLSS7X5j5SddIwQzp9cJbpK5Y.jpg)
1934
![Jimmy the Gent](http://image.tmdb.org/t/p/w154/fZuLSS7X5j5SddIwQzp9cJbpK5Y.jpg)
Jimmy the Gent
6.2/23
An unpolished racketeer, whose racket is finding heirs for unclaimed fortunes, affects ethics and tea-drinking manners to win back the sweetheart who...
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Jimmy the Gent
![Line's Busy](https://nicosiaefe.gov.cy/video/assets/no-poster.png)
1924
![Line's Busy](https://nicosiaefe.gov.cy/video/assets/no-poster.png)
Line's Busy
0/0
Billy West comedy for Arrow.
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Line's Busy
![Fiddlin' Around](https://nicosiaefe.gov.cy/video/assets/no-poster.png)
1925
![Fiddlin' Around](https://nicosiaefe.gov.cy/video/assets/no-poster.png)
Fiddlin' Around
5/1
FIDDLIN AROUND' (1925) (Starring Babe Hardy).
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Fiddlin' Around
![The Joke's on You](https://nicosiaefe.gov.cy/video/assets/no-poster.png)
1925
![The Joke's on You](https://nicosiaefe.gov.cy/video/assets/no-poster.png)
The Joke's on You
4.8/2
Billy West comedy produced by Cumberland and distributed by Arrow.
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The Joke's on You
![Hallelujah, I'm a Bum](http://image.tmdb.org/t/p/w154/chZdSN3vs9rb552KFvNVi8CRhvj.jpg)
1933
![Hallelujah, I'm a Bum](http://image.tmdb.org/t/p/w154/chZdSN3vs9rb552KFvNVi8CRhvj.jpg)
Hallelujah, I'm a Bum
7.5/8
A New York tramp falls in love with the mayor's amnesiac girlfriend after rescuing her from a suicide attempt.
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Hallelujah, I'm a Bum
![The Pest](http://image.tmdb.org/t/p/w154/nr1NbG2YYrLr9w7X0Cj6j56vTSl.jpg)
1917
![The Pest](http://image.tmdb.org/t/p/w154/nr1NbG2YYrLr9w7X0Cj6j56vTSl.jpg)
The Pest
5.3/3
The Pest (aka The Freeloader) is a 1917 silent comedy film featuring Oliver Hardy and starring Billy West in one of his "Charlie Chaplin" rip-off role...
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The Pest
![The Stranger](http://image.tmdb.org/t/p/w154/j6U4M2HbeAjvBE2FHNHmiyFv003.jpg)
1918
![The Stranger](http://image.tmdb.org/t/p/w154/j6U4M2HbeAjvBE2FHNHmiyFv003.jpg)
The Stranger
5.5/2
After a luckless prospecting trip, Billy starts homeward across the desert, mounted on his little burro with his pick, shovel and pack strapped up beh...
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The Stranger
![The Shadow of the Eagle](http://image.tmdb.org/t/p/w154/5ELZLwb6ANmB37HJ5r6aWzCp6Gt.jpg)
1932
![The Shadow of the Eagle](http://image.tmdb.org/t/p/w154/5ELZLwb6ANmB37HJ5r6aWzCp6Gt.jpg)
The Shadow of the Eagle
5.4/8
The Eagle uses sky writing to make threats against a corporation. Nathan Gregory owns a travelling fairground and is thought to be the Eagle. Craig Mc...
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The Shadow of the Eagle
![Motive for Revenge](http://image.tmdb.org/t/p/w154/mTvjDFoc0mp6SIrelxaGg7BkyA2.jpg)
1935
![Motive for Revenge](http://image.tmdb.org/t/p/w154/mTvjDFoc0mp6SIrelxaGg7BkyA2.jpg)
Motive for Revenge
5/1
Bank teller Barry Webster is driven to stealing bank funds by his mother-in-law who continually nags him about forcing her daughter Muriel to live in...
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Motive for Revenge
![The Hobo](http://image.tmdb.org/t/p/w154/9NYZK3DyLehxcrmVC3C1k0VZByD.jpg)
1917
![The Hobo](http://image.tmdb.org/t/p/w154/9NYZK3DyLehxcrmVC3C1k0VZByD.jpg)
The Hobo
4.5/4
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...
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The Hobo
![Little Nell](https://nicosiaefe.gov.cy/video/assets/no-poster.png)
1917
![Little Nell](https://nicosiaefe.gov.cy/video/assets/no-poster.png)
Little Nell
4.2/3
Billy West tries to court/swindle Little Nell (big Oliver Hardy in drags). but her father is in the way.
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Little Nell
![Fiddlin' Around](http://image.tmdb.org/t/p/w154/dCjEf8vw6zlchbJDzHnEt6vCKvY.jpg)
1925
![Fiddlin' Around](http://image.tmdb.org/t/p/w154/dCjEf8vw6zlchbJDzHnEt6vCKvY.jpg)
Fiddlin' Around
5.5/1
A clumsy fiddler plays at an audition with a grouchy teathrical impresario, played by Oliver Hardy.
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Fiddlin' Around
![Perfectly Mismated](http://image.tmdb.org/t/p/w154/it0a8YXYsQxIMPjPiMilXxiopiR.jpg)
1934
![Perfectly Mismated](http://image.tmdb.org/t/p/w154/it0a8YXYsQxIMPjPiMilXxiopiR.jpg)
Perfectly Mismated
0/0
Leon's ex-wife moves into the apartment next to him.
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Perfectly Mismated
![The Scholar](http://image.tmdb.org/t/p/w154/A0TnsxARgRiDMy8yBmNOwIsPSGv.jpg)
1918
![The Scholar](http://image.tmdb.org/t/p/w154/A0TnsxARgRiDMy8yBmNOwIsPSGv.jpg)
The Scholar
4.2/2
Short King Bee Studios slapstick comedy featuring Billy West and Oliver Hardy
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The Scholar
![Hello Bill](https://nicosiaefe.gov.cy/video/assets/no-poster.png)
1923
![Hello Bill](https://nicosiaefe.gov.cy/video/assets/no-poster.png)
Hello Bill
0/0
Billy West comes home and is greeted in so many ways.
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Hello Bill
![Lucky Fool](https://nicosiaefe.gov.cy/video/assets/no-poster.png)
1927
![Lucky Fool](https://nicosiaefe.gov.cy/video/assets/no-poster.png)
Lucky Fool
0/0
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Lucky Fool
![Thrilling Youth](https://nicosiaefe.gov.cy/video/assets/no-poster.png)
1926
![Thrilling Youth](https://nicosiaefe.gov.cy/video/assets/no-poster.png)
Thrilling Youth
0/0
Billy Davis discovers that his father's bakery business is in serious financial trouble and leaves college in order to help his family.
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Thrilling Youth
![She Couldn't Take It](http://image.tmdb.org/t/p/w154/srNKUyFNJ9tqSszbYKdXUSQuWf3.jpg)
1935
![She Couldn't Take It](http://image.tmdb.org/t/p/w154/srNKUyFNJ9tqSszbYKdXUSQuWf3.jpg)
She Couldn't Take It
7/1
The wealthy Van Dyke family are constantly in the media for outrageous behavior, much to the frustration of the patriarch, Dan Van Dyke. His self-cent...
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She Couldn't Take It
![Ex-Lady](http://image.tmdb.org/t/p/w154/bYKtoVtx0yRHzgaGOhh88Dt9JYc.jpg)
1933
![Ex-Lady](http://image.tmdb.org/t/p/w154/bYKtoVtx0yRHzgaGOhh88Dt9JYc.jpg)
Ex-Lady
6.3/18
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.
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Ex-Lady
![Meet Father](http://image.tmdb.org/t/p/w154/zMTtxcQAdfhrRLvOqtwJRbSPBUV.jpg)
1924
![Meet Father](http://image.tmdb.org/t/p/w154/zMTtxcQAdfhrRLvOqtwJRbSPBUV.jpg)
Meet Father
0/0
The daughter of a local store fancies a man, but her father wants her to end up with a boxing champion.
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Meet Father
![Newly Rich](http://image.tmdb.org/t/p/w154/j5tn2dN0OIeswnxv3T75lek0v7J.jpg)
1931
![Newly Rich](http://image.tmdb.org/t/p/w154/j5tn2dN0OIeswnxv3T75lek0v7J.jpg)
Newly Rich
3/2
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 sis...
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Newly Rich
![Diamond Trail](http://image.tmdb.org/t/p/w154/yCerouVcbDVaMaXGxDozPW3d366.jpg)
1933
![Diamond Trail](http://image.tmdb.org/t/p/w154/yCerouVcbDVaMaXGxDozPW3d366.jpg)
Diamond Trail
0/0
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...
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Diamond Trail
![Rivals](https://nicosiaefe.gov.cy/video/assets/no-poster.png)
1925
![Rivals](https://nicosiaefe.gov.cy/video/assets/no-poster.png)
Rivals
6/2
A 1925 silent comedy.
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Rivals
![The Trouble Shooter](https://nicosiaefe.gov.cy/video/assets/no-poster.png)
1921
![The Trouble Shooter](https://nicosiaefe.gov.cy/video/assets/no-poster.png)
The Trouble Shooter
0/0
Billy West wanders into town and is made sheriff because the older ones got killed or ran away.
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The Trouble Shooter
![Playmates](https://nicosiaefe.gov.cy/video/assets/no-poster.png)
1918
![Playmates](https://nicosiaefe.gov.cy/video/assets/no-poster.png)
Playmates
6/1
A comedy inspired by Charles Chaplin's "Easy Street" (1917).
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Playmates
![Ship Ahoy](http://image.tmdb.org/t/p/w154/oB6Q8KTaOtvxzW7vEADy4GH8yr0.jpg)
1919
![Ship Ahoy](http://image.tmdb.org/t/p/w154/oB6Q8KTaOtvxzW7vEADy4GH8yr0.jpg)
Ship Ahoy
0/0
Charlie stays at a seaside lodging house frequented by sailors. He gets involved with a gang of crooks when a sea captain attempts to kidnap his landl...
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Ship Ahoy
![It Happened One Night](http://image.tmdb.org/t/p/w154/2PNUGWAflH6UUumas0POMmokHlc.jpg)
1934
![It Happened One Night](http://image.tmdb.org/t/p/w154/2PNUGWAflH6UUumas0POMmokHlc.jpg)
It Happened One Night
7.83/1197
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...
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It Happened One Night
![Cleaning Up](https://nicosiaefe.gov.cy/video/assets/no-poster.png)
1920
![Cleaning Up](https://nicosiaefe.gov.cy/video/assets/no-poster.png)
Cleaning Up
0/0
Film starring Chaplin impersonator Billy West
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Cleaning Up
![Bone Dry](https://nicosiaefe.gov.cy/video/assets/no-poster.png)
1922
![Bone Dry](https://nicosiaefe.gov.cy/video/assets/no-poster.png)
Bone Dry
0/0
Paul plays at being a detective until dad, who is a revenue officer, sends him out to prove his worth by rounding up some desperate moonshiners.
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