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Known For
Acting
Birthday
May 6, 1889
Died
September 23, 1961
Place of Birth
Mankato, Minnesota, USA
Also Known As
- William H. Comstock
Billy House
0.2 Popularity
Biography
From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia Billy House (May 7, 1889 – September 23, 1961) was an US vaudevillian, Broadway performer and feature film actor. After devoting most of his career to live performance, he moved to Hollywood where he became a supporting actor during the 1940s and 1950s. According to Orson Welles, the name "Billy House" was likely an invention for use in burlesque theatres. Description above from the Wikipedia article Billy House, licensed under CC-BY-SA, full list of contributors on Wikipedia.
Known For
7.4
Fat Man on Beach
Imitation of Life
1959
6.2
Albert Morgan
The Fountain of Youth
1958
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0.0
Colgate Theatre
1958
7.8
Construction Site Foreman (uncredited)
Touch of Evil
1958
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Tricks of Our Trade
1957
6.8
Judge Cole
Naked Gun
1956
4.6
Uncle Barney
Outlaw Women
1952
0.0
Kafan
Aladdin and His Lamp
1952
6.4
Silver City
1951
7.1
Coonan (uncredited)
People Will Talk
1951
Credits
Imitation of Life
as Fat Man on Beach
1959
7.4
The Fountain of Youth
as Albert Morgan
1958
6.2
🎬
Colgate Theatre
1958
0.0
Touch of Evil
as Construction Site Foreman (uncredited)
1958
7.8
Tricks of Our Trade
1957
0.0
Naked Gun
as Judge Cole
1956
6.8
Outlaw Women
as Uncle Barney
1952
4.6
Aladdin and His Lamp
as Kafan
1952
0.0
Silver City
1951
6.4
People Will Talk
as Coonan (uncredited)
1951
7.1
Santa Fe
as Luke Plummer
1951
6.8
Where Danger Lives
as Bogardus, Postville J.P.
1950
6.4
Rogues of Sherwood Forest
as Friar Tuck
1950
4.8
Inner Sanctum
as McFee
1948
5.0
The Wistful Widow of Wagon Gap
as Shotgun Rider (voice) (uncredited)
1947
6.2
Joe Palooka in the Knockout
as Sam Wheeler
1947
6.0
The Egg and I
as Billy Reed
1947
7.0
Trail Street
as Carmody
1947
6.4
The Stranger
as Mr. Solomon Potter
1946
7.2
Bedlam
as Lord Mortimer
1946
6.5
Thrill of a Romance
as Dr. Tovve
1945
6.2
Merry Go Round of 1938
as Billy
1937
5.0
Expensive Women
as George Allison
1931
4.8
The Reckless Hour
as Seymour Jennison
1931
7.0
Smart Money
as Irontown Salesman-Gambler
1931
6.9
God's Gift to Women
as Mons. Cesare
1931
5.0