Billy House
Also Known As: William H. Comstock
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.
Department: Acting
Place of Birth: Mankato, Minnesota, USA
Adult: No
Birthday: May 06, 1889
Age: 136 years old
Gender: Male
Deathday: September 23, 1961
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Touch of Evil
Overview: When a car bomb explodes on the American side of the U.S./Mexico border, Mexican drug enforcement agent Miguel Vargas begins his investigation, along with American police captain Hank Quinlan. When Vargas begins to suspect that Quinlan and his shady partner, Menzies, are planting evidence to frame an innocent man, his investigations into their possible corruption quickly put himself and his new bride, Susie, in jeopardy.
Genres: Crime Thriller
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1958-03-30
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Where Danger Lives
Overview: A young doctor falls in love with a disturbed young woman and apparently becomes involved in the death of her husband. They head for Mexico trying to outrun the law.
Genres: Thriller
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1950-11-16
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The Stranger
Overview: An investigator from the War Crimes Commission travels to Connecticut to find an infamous Nazi, who may be hiding out in a small town in the guise of a distinguished professor engaged to the Supreme Court Justice’s daughter.
Genres: Thriller Crime
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1946-07-02
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Bedlam
Overview: London, 1761. St. Mary's of Bethlehem, a sinister madhouse, is visited by wealthy people who enjoy watching the patients confined there as if they were caged animals. Nell Bowen, one of the visitors, is horrified by the deplorable living conditions of the unfortunate inhabitants of this godforsaken place, better known as Bedlam.
Genres: Drama Thriller
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1946-05-10
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Imitation of Life
Overview: In 1940s New York, a white widow who dreams of being on Broadway has a chance encounter with a black single mother, who becomes her maid.
Genres: Drama Romance
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1959-06-26
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Silver City
Overview: Having masterminded the hold up of his company office, a mining engineer is barred from the industry. He then sets up shop as an assayer, scheming to acquire a rich silver mine lease from its operators.
Genres: Western
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1951-12-01
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Inner Sanctum
Overview: A killer hides out in a small-town boarding house.
Genres: Mystery Thriller Crime
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1948-10-15
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Smart Money
Overview: Two brothers' trip to the big city to do a little gambling results in a fateful turn of events.
Genres: Crime Drama
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1931-06-11
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The Fountain of Youth
Overview: A couple is conflicted when they are offered a chance at youth. Based on John Collier's short story “Youth from Vienna”.
Genres: Science Fiction Romance TV Movie
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1958-09-16
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Santa Fe
Overview: After their service in the Civil War, four brothers go their separate ways, but later find themselves on opposite sides of a final showdown.
Genres: Western
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1951-04-01
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Naked Gun
Overview: Don Pablo Salazar steals a fortune in jewels from an Indian tribe and an Aztec medicine man puts a curse on the jewels until they are returned. Years later, an American insurance man promises to deliver the Salazar fortune to the rightful heir...
Genres: Western
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1956-11-01
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Merry Go Round of 1938
Overview: Two screwy characters travel to Hollywood and cause mischief.
Genres: Comedy Romance Music
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1937-11-14
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God's Gift to Women
Overview: A notorious womanizer sets his sights on a pretty American tourist, only to be told by his doctor that he must give up all romance for his health.
Genres: Comedy Romance
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1931-04-13
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Outlaw Women
Overview: A old west town run by women. All the town's business is controlled by a woman gambler who tries not to succumb to the allure of a handsome and persistent cowboy.
Genres: Western
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1952-04-28
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Tricks of Our Trade
Overview: With examples from Disney feature-length films, Walt Disney gives a behind-the-scenes look at the improvements in animation made by his studio's in-house training and research that studied real-life motion and made technical innovations.
Genres: Documentary Animation
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1957-02-13
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The Reckless Hour
Overview: Seduced and abandoned, with child, by a charming cad, a former New York fashion model learns to detest the male race in general until befriended by a warm-hearted artist-type who shows her that life -- and men -- ain't so bad in this early talkie drama.
Genres: Drama
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1931-08-15
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Rogues of Sherwood Forest
Overview: The son of Robin Hood carries on his late father's tradition.
Genres: Action Adventure
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1950-06-21
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Expensive Women
Overview: A wealthy young woman struggles to find love while surrounded by possible suitors.
Genres: Drama
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1931-10-24
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Thrill of a Romance
Overview: A soldier falls in love with a newly-married woman after her husband abandons her for a business meeting on their honeymoon.
Genres: Comedy Music Romance
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1945-05-23
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The Egg and I
Overview: World War II veteran Bob MacDonald surprises his new wife, Betty, by quitting his city job and moving them to a dilapidated farm in the country. While Betty gamely struggles with managing the crumbling house and holding off nosy neighbors and a recalcitrant pig, Bob makes plans for crops and livestock. The couple's bliss is shaken by a visit from a beautiful farm owner, who seems to want more from Bob than just managing her property.
Genres: Comedy Romance
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1947-05-01
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Aladdin and His Lamp
Overview: A poor young man finds a lamp with a genie trapped inside. The genie promises to grant the man three wishes if he frees him from the lamp.
Genres: Adventure Family Fantasy
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1952-02-24
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The Wistful Widow of Wagon Gap
Overview: Chester Wooley and Duke Egan are travelling salesmen who make a stopover in Wagon Gap, Montana while enroute to California. During the stopover, a notorious criminal is murdered, and the two are charged with the crime.
Genres: Comedy Western
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1947-10-08
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Trail Street
Overview: Bat Masterson cleans up Liberal, Kansas.
Genres: Western
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1947-02-19
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Joe Palooka in the Knockout
Overview: The third of the Monogram series based on Ham Fisher's "Joe Palooka" comic strip, opens with Knobby Walsh, the manager of Joe Palooka trying to talk his way out of a traffic citation, and the story leading to that point is told in flashback as narrated by Walsh. Heavyweight champion Joe, after knocking out an opponent who later died in his dressing room, feels responsible and threatens to give up boxing. But the dead fighter's fiance thinks he died as the result of a drug that was given to him by a gang of gamblers, who made a rich haul betting on Palooka. Joe, Knobby and the police unite to run down the gamblers, but not before Joe also is nearly murdered by the same means...a poisoned mouthpiece. Elyse Knox is along as Joe's sweetheart Anne Howe, although Anne and Joe had long been married in the comic strip.
Genres: Comedy Drama
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1947-09-20
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People Will Talk
Overview: Successful and well-liked, Dr. Noah Praetorius becomes the victim of a witchhunt at the hands of Professor Elwell, who disdains Praetorius's unorthodox medical views and also questions his relationship with the mysterious, ever-present Mr. Shunderson.
Genres: Comedy Romance Drama
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1951-08-29
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