William Gillespie

Acting

William Gillespie

Born 1894-01-23 Aberdeen, Aberdeenshire, Scotland, UK 99 films

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 prolif…

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Filmography

99 films
The Music Box poster

The Laurel & Hardy Moving Co. have a challenging job on their hands (and backs): hauling a player p…

The Music Box

★ 7.5 1932

Double Whoopee poster

Stan and Ollie wreak havoc at an upper class hotel in their jobs as footman (Hardy) and doorman (La…

Double Whoopee

★ 6.8 1929

Wrong Again poster

Stable hands Stan and Ollie are tending a thoroughbred named "Blue Boy." But when they overhear two…

Wrong Again

★ 6.8 1929

Horse Shy poster

Despite his fear of horses, Eddie Hamilton takes part in a fox hunt, in order to impress the daught…

Horse Shy

★ 7.0 1928

Exit Smiling poster

The travails of a third-rate traveling theatre company and its wardrobe lady / maid who dreams of s…

Exit Smiling

★ 7.9 1926

Madame Mystery poster

A female secret agent has gotten ahold of a new type of explosive gas. She has to avoid the efforts…

Madame Mystery

★ 6.5 1926