Billy West Movies

A Chaplin-like tramp is mistaken for a Bolshevik

An arrogant boxer (Pat O'Brien) discovers his wife (Glenda Farrell) had a hand in his success.

A comedy inspired by Charles Chaplin's "Easy Street" (1917).

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...

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...

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...

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...

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...

A clumsy fiddler plays at an audition with a grouchy teathrical impresario, played by Oliver Hardy.

Hector, who was reared by a maiden aunt, decides to leave his sheltered life and become a reporter. At the newspaper where he has works, Hector...

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...

Winnie Winkle's wee brother Perry captains a rag tag sandlot team.

The Hero is a 1917 silent comedy film featuring Billy West & Oliver Hardy.

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...

FIDDLIN AROUND' (1925) (Starring Babe Hardy).

Props, the stage man, and his assistant at the Orpheum Theater, Plunkville divide their time equally between drinking and attention to duty. Trouble...

Slapstick experts host this look at the life and films of Charley Chase with rare film clips and photos.

Scion of a distinguished family J. Anthony Bowden is considered unworthy by his father, a feeling he discovers is shared by his fiancée Elma....

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...

Ethelyn Gibson has run away from daddy Ted Lorch because he wants to sell her to Leo White, King of Little Italy, for his music hall. So she dresses...