Billy Engle
Encyclopedia
Billy Engle was an Austrian-born American film actor. He appeared in 169 films between 1917
and 1957
.
He was born in Austria
and died in Hollywood, California, from a heart attack
.
1917 in film
The year 1917 in film involved some significant events.-Events:*Foundation of Universum Film AG , as a propaganda film company, in Berlin.*Technicolor System 1, a two-color process, is introduced...
and 1957
1957 in film
The year 1957 in film involved some significant events.-Events:* October 21 - The movie Jailhouse Rock, starring Elvis Presley, opens.-Top grossing films : After theatrical re-issue-Awards:...
.
He was born in Austria
Austria
Austria , officially the Republic of Austria , is a landlocked country of roughly 8.4 million people in Central Europe. It is bordered by the Czech Republic and Germany to the north, Slovakia and Hungary to the east, Slovenia and Italy to the south, and Switzerland and Liechtenstein to the...
and died in Hollywood, California, from a heart attack
Myocardial infarction
Myocardial infarction or acute myocardial infarction , commonly known as a heart attack, results from the interruption of blood supply to a part of the heart, causing heart cells to die...
.
Selected filmography
- The SoilersThe SoilersThe Soilers is a 1923 silent comedy film starring Stan Laurel. It was released in the same year as the Western silent movie drama The Spoilers, and the name of one character from the original, McNamera, may have a parody in the name of the Finlayson character.-Cast:* Stan Laurel - Bob Canister* Ena...
(1923) - Scorching SandsScorching Sands-Cast:* Stan Laurel - Stan* James Finlayson - James* Katherine Grant - Tourist* George Rowe - Arab* Sammy Brooks* Billy Engle* William Gillespie - French officer* Mark Jones - Arab leader* Merta Sterling* Charles Stevenson - Arab...
(19231923 in film-Events:*April 15 - Lee De Forest demonstrates the Phonofilm sound-on-film system at the Rivoli Theater in New York with a series of short musical films featuring vaudeville performers.-Top grossing films :-Films released in 1923:U.S.A...
) - Postage DuePostage DuePostage Due is a 1924 silent comedy film starring Stan Laurel.-Cast:* Stan Laurel - Stan* James Finlayson - Postal inspector* George Rowe - Photographer* Ena Gregory - Model* Eddie Baker - Villain* Dick Gilbert - Villain...
(1924) - Zeb vs. PaprikaZeb vs. PaprikaZeb vs. Paprika is a 1924 silent comedy film starring Stan Laurel.-Cast:* Stan Laurel - Dippy Donawho* James Finlayson - His trainer* Ena Gregory* George Rowe - Rival jockey* Eddie Baker - Stable hand* Jack Ackroyd* Mildred Booth* Sammy Brooks...
(1924) - Near DublinNear DublinNear Dublin is a 1924 silent comedy film starring Stan Laurel.-Cast:* Stan Laurel - Con* Ena Gregory - The girl* James Finlayson - Brick merchant* George Rowe - Cop* James T. Kelley - * Dick Gilbert - Girl's father...
(1924) - Rupert of Hee HawRupert of Hee HawRupert of Hee Haw is a 1924 film starring Stan Laurel and drawing on the Ruritanian romance of Rupert of Hentzau, Anthony Hope's sequel to The Prisoner of Zenda.-Cast:* Stan Laurel - The king/Rudolph Razz* James Finlayson* Mae Laurel - The queen...
(1924) - Wide Open Spaces (19241924 in film-Events:* Entertainment entrepreneur Marcus Loew gained control of Metro Pictures, Goldwyn Pictures Corporation and Louis B. Mayer Pictures to create Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer...
) - Cruise of the Jasper BCruise of the Jasper BCruise of the Jasper B is a 1926 American silent action/adventure comedy film produced by Cecil B. DeMille and directed by James W. Horne. The film is loosely based on the 1916 novel of the same name by American poet Don Marquis, although the film adaptation and novel share little in common.-Plot...
(19261926 in film-Events:*August - Warner Brothers debuts the first Vitaphone film, Don Juan. The Vitaphone system used multiple 33⅓ rpm disc records developed by Bell Telephone Laboratories and Western Electric to play back audio synchronized with film....
) - It Happened One NightIt Happened One NightIt Happened One Night is a 1934 American romantic comedy film with elements of screwball comedy directed by Frank Capra, in which a pampered socialite tries to get out from under her father's thumb, and falls in love with a roguish reporter . The plot was based on the story Night Bus by Samuel...
(1934) - The Gold GhostThe Gold GhostThe Gold Ghost is a 1934 short comedy film starring Buster Keaton.-Cast:* Buster Keaton - Wally* Warren Hymer - Bugs Kelly* Dorothy Dix - Gloria* Roger Moore - * William Worthington - Gloria's Father, Jim...
(19341934 in film-Events:*January 26 - Samuel Goldwyn purchases the film rights to The Wonderful Wizard of Oz from the L. Frank Baum estate for $40,000.*February 19 - Bob Hope marries Dolores Reade...
) - It's a GiftIt's a GiftIt's a Gift is a 1934 comedy film starring W. C. Fields, considered by film historians to be one of Fields' best and funniest films.It concerns the trials and tribulations of a grocery store owner as he battles a shrewish wife, an incompetent assistant, and assorted annoying children, customers,...
(1934) - Uncivil WarriorsUncivil WarriorsUncivil Warriors is the eighth short subject starring American slapstick comedy team the Three Stooges. The trio made a total of 190 shorts for Columbia Pictures between 1934 and 1959.-Plot:...
(19351935 in film-Events:*Judy Garland signs a contract with Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer .*Seven year old Shirley Temple wins a special Academy Award.*The Bantu Educational Kinema Experiment started in order to educate the Bantu peoples.-Top grossing films:-Academy Awards:...
) - Mrs. MiniverMrs. Miniver (film)Mrs. Miniver is a 1942 American drama film directed by William Wyler, and starring Greer Garson, Walter Pidgeon, and Teresa Wright. Based on the fictional English housewife created by Jan Struther in 1937 for a series of newspaper columns, the film won six Academy Awards, including Best Picture,...
(19421942 in filmThe year 1942 in film involved some significant events, in particular the release of a film consistently rated as one of the greatest of all time, Casablanca.-Events:...
) - The Best Years of Our LivesThe Best Years of Our LivesThe Best Years of Our Lives is a 1946 American drama film directed by William Wyler, and starring Fredric March, Myrna Loy, Dana Andrews, Teresa Wright, and Harold Russell, a United States paratrooper who lost both hands in a military training accident. The film is about three United States...
(19461946 in filmThe year 1946 in film involved some significant events.-Events:*November 21 - William Wyler's The Best Years of Our Lives premieres in New York featuring an ensemble cast including Fredric March, Myrna Loy, Dana Andrews, Teresa Wright, and Harold Russell.*December 20 - Frank Capra's It's a...
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