Billy Gilbert
Birthdate: September 12, 1894
Birthplace: Louisville, Kentucky, USA
Died: September 23, 1971
The son of singers in the Metropolitan Opera, Billy Gilbert began performing in vaudeville at age 12. He developed a drawn-out, explosive sneezing routine that became his trademark (he was the model for, and voice of, Sneezy in Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs (1937)). Gilbert's exquisite comic timing made him the perfect foil for such comedians as Stan Laurel and Oliver Hardy, and he was especially memorable as the dim-witted process server Pettibone in His Girl Friday (1940).
Known For
Block-Heads
Mr. Gilbert (1938)
Fun and Fancy Free
Willie the Giant (1947)
Billy Gilbert Movies
Actor
Previous (2)
- 1940 |
The Great Dictator
asHerring
Dictator Adenoid Hynkel tries to expand his empire while a poor Jewish barber tries to avoid persecution from Hynkel's regime.
- 1940 |
His Girl Friday
asJoe Pettibone
When a newspaper editor's ace reporter ex-wife is about to quit her job and remarry, he buys himself time to win her back by promising her an exclusive interview with a death row convict.
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