Billy Engle

Nacimiento : 1889-05-28, Czernowitz, Bukovina, Austria

Muerte : 1966-11-28

Películas

Bestias de la ciudad
Funeral Guest (uncredited)
Alan Mitchell (Kerwin Mathews) vuelve a Nueva York para trabajar para su padre Walter (Lee J. Cobb), propietario de una casa de modas que diseña y fabrica sus propios vestidos. Para librarse de los sindicatos, Walter tiene contratado a Artie Ravidge (Richard Boone), un tipo duro que mantiene a sus empleados a raya.
Ellos y ellas
Vendor (uncredited)
Adaptación de un musical de Broadway basado en un cuento de Damon Runyon, gran maestro de la literatura picaresca americana. Nathan Detroit (Frank Sinatra), organizador de las partidas más selectas de dados de Nueva York, apuesta mil dólares con uno de los jugadores (Marlon Brando) a que no es capaz de enamorar a una joven puritana que pertenece al Ejército de Salvación (Jean Simmons).
Reto a la muerte
Man
Tras el asesinato de un empleado de Correos, una monja asegura que podría reconocer a uno de los asesinos si lo volviese a ver. Desde ese momento su vida correrá peligro.
Amor por mal camino
Amateur Contest Contestant (uncredited)
Duke y Chester son dos actores de tercera fila que huyendo de un apuro se embarcan rumbo a Alaska. En el mismo barco viajan dos asesinos, Sperry y McGurk, que tienen en su poder un mapa con la ubicación concreta de una mina que esconde gran cantidad de oro. La casualidad hace que el mapa vaya a parar a manos de los dos actores que aprovechan la ocasión para abandonar el barco adoptando la identidad de los asesinos.
The Lone Star Trail
Shorty
Rancher Blaze Barker returns to Dead Falls after being framed by land-grabbers and spending two years in jail. Paroled, he can't wear a gun, but is aided by Marshal Fargo Steele. The gang is out to gain control of all of the valley land before a dam is constructed. When Blaze raises the money to pay off the taxes on his ranch, he finds it has been marked to incriminate him.
La señora Miniver
Durante la Segunda Guerra Mundial, una familia inglesa, que vive en un pequeño pueblo, logra sobrevivir a los bombardeos alemanes. La madre se encuentra al frente de la casa esperando que su hijo y su marido regresen de la guerra.
Los hermanos Marx en el oeste
Barfly
Los hermanos Marx se dirigen al Oeste a hacer fortuna. Allí adquieren una propiedad de una mina sin valor pero cuyo terreno es muy codiciado por una compañía de ferrocarriles... Otra divertidísima comedia de los hermanos Marx con inolvidables gags entre los que destaca la delirante escena inicial del timo mutuo en la estación.
Sendas siniestras
Tod Jackson es un joven abogado que llega a Kansas para visitar a sus amigos los Dalton. Una vez allí, averigua que la familia tiene graves problemas, pues una poderosa compañía está utilizando todo tipo de tretas para arrebatarles sus tierras. La situación llega a tal punto que consiguen convertir en proscritos a todos los miembros de la familia.
The Way of All Flesh
Newspaper Owner
Paul Kriza is a cashier of a bank in a small town, and the happy husband of Anna and the father of four children. He is sent to New York to deliver some securities for the bank. There, he is tagged as easy-pickings by a con-game gang and Mary Brown, gang accomplice, proves he is. Waking up in the morning he discovers he has been robbed of the securities and, when he confronts the gang, he is hit on the head and taken out to be left on a railroad track. He comes to, struggles with the henchman and the man is killed when a train comes roaring by. Paul escapes but his watch is found and he is reported as the dead man. But he can't go home again.
Two Girls on Broadway
Sound Man in Courtroom (uncredited)
Dos hermanas entran a trabajar en un musical, una como bailarina y la otra vendiendo cigarrillos. El productor, novio de la bailarina, pronto se da cuenta de que está enamorado de la otra hermana.
Locos del aire
Legionnaire
Un hombre sufre un desengaño cuando descubre que la chica a la que quiere está casada con un soldado. Pretende suicidarse con la ayuda de un amigo, pero mientras lo intenta aparece un oficial de la Legión Extranjera que los anima a alistarse, asegurándoles que en pocos días olvidarán lo sucedido. Una vez allí, las aventuras se sucederán con cómicos resultados.
The Housekeeper's Daughter
Taxicab Driver
A mobster's moll leads a newsman, cub reporter and photographer to a scoop.
I Stole a Million
Bookkeeper (uncredited)
A cabbie and petty thief dreams of the big heist that will end his thieving ways.
Tell No Tales
Tramp Comic (uncredited)
Michael Cassidy es el editor de un pequeño periódico que está a punto de ser cerrado. El nuevo propietario, Matthew Cooper, dueño de otro periódico de la ciudad, sólo lo ha comprado para deshacerse de la competencia
Sudden Money
Peewee
Promises of happier times dawn for the financially distressed Patterson family when father Sweeney and brother-in-law Archibald "Doc" Finney win a $150,000 grand prize in the sweepstake contest. With their windfall, each member of the family decides to pursue a dream.
A mí no me engaña nadie
Circus Attendant
El señor Whipsnade dirige un circo de mala muerte y vive abrumado por las deudas. Además, los artistas sólo le crean problemas, y sólo puede permitirse enviar a sus hijos a un colegio pésimo. Su hija Vicky rechaza a un pretendiente fastidioso pero muy rico. Sin embargo, cuando se entera de las graves dificultades económicas de su padre cambia de idea.
Exposed
Waiter
A magazine reporter exposes a crooked District Attorney, resulting in his trial. Complications ensue, however, when the man is acquitted.
Maria Antonieta
Man with Goblet (uncredited)
Siglo XVIII. La princesa de Austria María Antonieta (Shearer) se casa con el delfín de Francia, Luis XVI (Morley), un hombre tan retraído que su relación con la joven es puramente formal. Antonieta se dejará fascinar por las fiestas de París y derrochará el dinero a manos llenas, aunque esta situación no durará mucho. Un drama de época que obtuvo 4 nominaciones a los Oscar: Actriz principal (Norma Shearer), actor secundario (Robert Morley), banda sonora y dirección artística.
The Nurse from Brooklyn
Minor Role
A nurse's younger brother is caught in a shootout between a criminal gang and the police, and he is shot and killed. The officer who is accused of shooting the man knows that he didn't do it, and sets out to find the real killer and clear his own name.
Midnight Intruder
Racetrack Tout (uncredited)
A former actor poses as the son of a wealthy man and gets involved in a murder in which the real son is the suspect.
The Jury's Secret
Waiter
A reporter covering a murder trial guesses that the murderer of a ruthless businessman is her ex-fiancé and persuades him to confess and clear the innocent man on trial.
Live, Love and Learn
Mr. Dittenfuss - Alfredo's Assistant (uncredited)
Un artista bohemio y una chica de la alta sociedad intentan averiguar si están hechos para casarse. Una vez casados, son pobres pero felices, hasta que él salta a las portadas de los periódicos y se convierte en la nueva sensación social.
Behind the Mike
Townsman
Complications ensue after a radio producer insults a sponsor.
Early to Bed
Golf Player
Chester Beatty and Tessie Weeks have been engaged for 5 years and going together for 15 years before that. Chester is reluctant to burden Tessie with marriage because of his secret problem. He is a sleepwalker. When Tessie finally does rope Chester into marriage, he can't get time off from his boss of 26 years, Mr. Frisbee. To resolve the problem, Chester sets out to impress his boss by securing a big sales contract of glass eyes. He takes Tessie and follows the rich doll company owner Horace B. Stanton to a lakeside resort and befriends him. However, his sleep-walking makes him a prime suspect in a thievery/murder case.
The Rainmakers
Townsman
Roscoe the Rainmaker is invited to California (with sidekick "Billy") to relieve a terrible dry spell and to save the community from an unscrupulous businessman who stands to profit from the drought
Uncivil Warriors
Captain
Set in the civil war, the stooges are spies for the north. They impersonate southern officers and infiltrate the enemy ranks to get valuable information. On the run when they are discovered, they hide in a cannon and are blown back to their northern headquarters.
Pop Goes the Easel
Shop Keeper
The stooges are down and out. With a cop chasing them, they flee into an artists studio where they are mistaken for students. The cop continues to hunt for them and they use a variety of disguises and tactics to elude him. A wild clay throwing fight ends the film.
La vida comienza a los cuarenta
Well-Wisher
Un periodista (Will Rogers) vence a un banquero y limpia el nombre de un joven (Richard Cromwell) acusado de robo.
The Best Man Wins
Undetermined Role
A diver saves his best friend's life but loses his own arm in doing so. Later, unable to find work because of his missing arm, he is forced to go to work for a criminal searching for lost treasures. Meanwhile his friend, who has since become a policeman, finds himself assigned to break up the crook's operation and bring in his gang--including the man who saved his life.
The Dancing Millionaire
Dancing Academy Customer
The Blondes and Redheads series: To prove his sophistication, a brutish gangster enlists the girls' help in winning a dancing competition
El pan nuestro de cada día
Abie Cohen (uncredited)
Estados Unidos, años 30. En plena Depresión económica, John y Mary, una pareja joven que vive abrumada por las deudas y el desempleo, abandona la ciudad y se establece en una granja abandonada. A pesar de la inexperiencia de John, deciden explotarla. Y este proyecto se hará realidad a medida que vayan llegando a la finca personas de los más diversos oficios que huyen de la miseria urbana. El resultado es la creación de una cooperativa agrícola y de un nuevo tipo de sociedad más solidaria. (FILMAFFINITY)
Contented Calves
Breezy's Assistant
An add campaign for stockings embarrasses the girls.
Good Time Henry
Henry is lured by old pal Hale into a night on the town despite fears that his wife will discover their hijinks.
The Gold Ghost
Short Miner (uncredited)
Abandonado por su novia, Buster conduce hacia el oeste y termina en un pueblo fantasma llamado Vulture City, donde se nombra sheriff.
Sucedió una noche
Bus Passenger (uncredited)
Peter Warren, es un periodista desempleado que se topa con Ellie, la hija de un millonario que huyó del barco de Alexander Andrews, su padre, porque no acepta al hombre con el que ella se quiere casar. Peter ve la oportunidad de conseguir una buena historia, pero varios hechos acaban por crear un vínculo entre ellos.
Dora's Dunking Doughnuts
Radio Announcer (uncredited)
El maestro de escuela Andy Wilson hace su parada habitual de la mañana para tomar un café y donas en Dora's Home Bakery. Hoy le gusta tanto hablar con Dora que llega tarde a la escuela por primera vez. Más tarde ese día, Dora le cuenta acerca de algunos maravillosos nuevos donuts que ha hecho. Andy está tan impresionado con ellos que decide que sus estudiantes lo ayuden a hacer un comercial de radio para ayudar a Dora a vender su nuevo producto. Escrito por Snow Leopard
Queremos cerveza
Beer Drinker (uncredited)
A pesar de no conocerla Elmer Butts (Buster Keaton) ama a Hortensia (Phyllis Barry), y sueña con ganar un millón de dólares para comprarla un Rolls Royce y casarse con ella. Con la ley seca a punto de terminar, el amigo de Elmer tiene una idea que los hará ricos, abriendo una fábrica justo antes del fin de la prohibición. Su ineptitud les lleva a crear una cerveza sin alcohol, lo cual les deja fuera del negocio, pero resulta que es una cerveza muy barata de fabricar, por lo que un contrabandista comprende que puede aumentar sus beneficios asociándose con Elmer y su amigo. Pero no cuentan con la presencia de otro competidor, otro contrabandista cuya novia es el amor secreto de Elmer, Hortensia.
Sábado de juerga
Third Bank Teller (Uncredited)
Tras una fuerte discusión con Bill Fadden, su novio de toda la vida, Ruth Brock lo deja plantado y se pasa toda la tarde con Romer Sheffield, un apuesto joven que conoce casualmente en la calle. Algún tiempo después, cuando, solucionados los problemas, Bill y Ruth están a punto de casarse, el fantasma de esa tarde reaparece. Tanto Bill como sus familiares y amigos creen que Ruth ese día le fue infiel. Al extenderse ese rumor, Ruth pierde incluso su trabajo. Entonces la joven decide buscar a Romer para que sea él quien explique lo que pasó de verdad esa maldita tarde. Solo así podrá lavar su reputación.
Million Dollar Legs
Klopstokian Athlete (uncredited)
A small country on the verge of bankruptcy is persuaded to enter the 1932 Los Angeles Olympics as a means of raising money.
Ridin' for Justice
Sam - the Stutterer
More a romantic melodrama than a true Western, this Buck Jones vehicle from Columbia starred Jones as Buck Randall, a carefree cowboy whose popularity with the local saloon girls becomes the talk of the town.
The Nevada Buckaroo
The Stuttering Deputy
When the Nevada Kid gets caught in a stage robbery, the gang leader Cherokee gets him released by forging a petition to the Governor. The Kid tries to go straight but the stage he is guarding gets robbed. When the Sheriff jails Cherokee who was not in on the robbery, the Kid gets caught effecting Cherokee's escape and finds himself in jail again.
Soup to Nuts
Revolutionary (uncredited)
Mr. Schmidt's costume store is bankrupt because he spends his time on Rube Goldberg-style inventions; the creditors send a young manager who falls for Schmidt's niece Louise, but she'll have none of him. Schmidt's friends Ted, Queenie, and some goofy firemen try to help out; things come to a slapstick head when Louise needs rescuing from a fire.
Stage Struck Susie
Eddie Barry bewilders himself backstage at a show.
Reckless Rosie
Mr. Bloomer
A gorgeous showgirl is hired as a lingerie model at a fashion show......
His Angel Child
A man believes that the baby in his livingroom is the "surprise" his wife messaged him about, and must contend with the real father's attempts to get his daughter back.
Love Shy
Jimmie Adams comedy produced by Al Christie.
Swiss Movements
Freddie’s friend
To win his girl Gertie back, Freddie decides to climb a high mountain and challenge a world champion.
Chicken Feathers
Herman Corkscew
Comedy starring Jack Duffy and Anne Cornwall, featured in James Roots' 100 Essential Film Comedies
The Western Whirlwind
'Beans' Baker
Jack Howard, returning from the war, learns that his father, Sheriff Howard, has been killed by an unknown assailant, and he induces the mayor of Gold Strike to swear him in as sheriff.
Duck Out
Man from Audience assisting Blondini
At a magic show put on by Blondini the magician, a member of the audience is invited up to participate. He gets into all sorts of shenanigans, tripping over the stage curtain, sending ducks up through the wrong trapdoors. He can hardly believe his eyes when a girl is sawn in half!
The Cruise of the Jasper B
Little Mover
The film stars actor Rod La Rocque as 'Jerry Cleggert', a good-natured descendant of an infamous clan of pirates who resides aboard the rickety ship Jasper B. Cleggert is informed that in order to inherit a large inheritance, he must marry by his twenty-fifth birthday - otherwise he would relinquish all claims to his impending fortune. Jerry soon meets his ideal would-be bride Agatha Fairhaven (Mildred Harris) and the two immediately fall in love. Complications arise when Jerry's cousin, the dastardly lawyer Reginald Maltravers (Snitz Edwards) claims Agatha as his own. The courting couple suffer a series of mishaps on the way to altar; they are waylaid en route by a trio of bandits, escape from a runaway taxi cab, and outrun a mob of unscrupulous state authorities.
Red Hot Leather
'Dinkey' Hook
Jack Lane is returning from the East after an unsuccessful attempt to obtain a loan to pay off the mortgage on his father's ranch. On the train, he meets Ellen Rand, who is smitten at the sight of her first real cowboy. Later he learns that she is the nurse who is to care for his paralytic father, growing weaker at the prospect of losing his ranch. Jack plans to enter the local rodeo to earn the money, though Morton Kane, who holds the mortgage and has secretly discovered oil on the ranch, plots with his son Ross to keep him from the events.
Chase Yourself
Short Friend
Jimmie, Lavoris and Turpentine, three Knights of the Road (Bums/tramps), have just arrived in the West where Two-Gun Joe, the local bad man, surprises them while they eat. The sheriff runs him off but, in his haste to escape, Two-Gun drops a monogrammed pipe. Jimmie picks it up. Molly, on a nearby ranch, is having troubles with her foreman who, when he sees the pipe, thinks Jimmie is the outlaw and gets real peaceful. Impressed, Molly offer Jimmie the ranch-foreman's job. But they haven't seen the last of Two-Gun Joe.
She's a Prince
Prince Henry Ferdinany
Starring comedienne Alice Ardell, whose persona included wearing traditionally masculine garb, who finds herself initiated into a secret flapper society full of bizarre rituals. This zany film again features cross-dressing, including men wearing girdles and donning lipstick.
Kick Me Again
Professor Lightfoot
Don’t expect much in the way of a plot from Kick Me Again. When a married student falls for her portly dance instructor, Puffy is forced to flee in a ballet tutu from the clutches of her jealous husband. The usual slapstick complications ensue before the cross-dressing funnyman finally locates a new suit of clothes. The viewing pleasure comes not from the run-of-the-mill gags and storyline but from seeing a master wring every ounce of comedy from his ungainly outfit.
All Wool
Earl Mohan and Billy Engle are paired in a Mutt & Jeff-style comedy.
Riders of the Kitchen Range
An odd little one reel comedy starring Earl Mohan and Billy Engle, from the Hal Roach Studio. Directed by Tay Garnett.
The Wages of Tin
aka Billy, the Ford Buster
Accidental Accidents
Jimmy Jump gets rather wet.
Too Many Mammas
Drunken club patron
Charley is called upon to go out with his boss on a date with the boss' mistress, to act as a beard.
Why Men Work
A movie cameraman is on the lookout for new material but a rival plans to copy everything he films.
Wide Open Spaces
Phil Sheridan
Wide Open Spaces is a 1924 Western silent film starring Stan Laurel.
Stolen Goods
Floorwalker
A man starts working in a department store and has to deal with a female kleptomaniac.
Rupert of Hee-Haw
Short Officer
Zeb vs. Paprika
Stan Laurel as a harness racing jockey who must win a big race.
The Cake Eater
A young cowboy takes a job at a ranch owned by two aging spinsters, unaware that both are completely in love with him.
The Cowboy Sheik
A shy cowboy is interested in the local school teacher, but must compete with a bully for her attention.
One of the Family
The Thief
Jimmy Jump is hired as chauffeur by a lady who wishes to make her husband jealous.
The Big Idea
The Mayor
Inventor Ignatius Pollard develops a new "Pavement Polisher" to clean the streets, but a demonstration of the device does not go as planned.
It's a Joy!
Studio Musician
'Snub' Pollard as a eccentric movie director.
Fully Insured
Client
A Hal Roach comedy starring 'Snub' Pollard and James Finlayson.
The Soilers
Prospector
During the Alaska gold rush, a miner hits the mother lode, but a corrupt sheriff jumps his claim, leading to a tremendous fight.
Hustlin' Hank
Hal Roach produced comedy has Will Rogers playing the title character, a rather slow, dimwitted man who works on a ranch where he usually gets pushed around at. A woman (Marie Mosquini) comes to town looking for someone to help her photograph some of the animals so she picks Hank and soon regrets it.
Jus' Passin' Through
Immigrant Convict
At Thanksgiving, a tramp arrives in a homeless-hostile town.
Special Delivery
Special Delivery is a 1922 Comedy short.
A Studio Rube
The Noodle Nut
Whoever can make the sale of an order for noodles exactly five feet long to the customer in the black beard and white carnation gets to marry the boss' beautiful daughter, Madge Kirby