William Gillespie (actor)

William Gillespie
Born	24 January 1894 New York
Died	23 June 1938
Occupation	Actor
Years active	1915 - 1939

William Gillespie (24 January 1894 – 23 June 1938) was a Scottish actor who started in Hollywood films from the silent era. Born in Aberdeen, he supported such comedians as Charlie Chaplin, Charley Chase and Laurel and Hardy, but was most prolific supporting Harold Lloyd in over 50 films.

Selected filmography

• The Cure (1917)
• Easy Street (1917)
• The Immigrant (1917)
• One Terrible Day (1922)
• Young Sherlocks (1922)
• Doctor Jack (1922)
• Saturday Morning (1922)
• A Quiet Street (1922)
• Safety Last! (1923)
• A Pleasant Journey (1923)
• Giants vs. Yanks (1923)
• Back Stage (1923)
• Her Dangerous Path (1923)
• Stage Fright (1923)
• Big Business (1924)
• The Mysterious Mystery! (1924)
• The Big Town (1925)
• Dog Days (1925)
• The Love Bug (1925)
• Better Movies (1925)
• Playin' Hookey (1928)
• Barnum & Ringling, Inc. (1928)
• Wrong Again (1929)
• Double Whoopee (1929)
• Pups Is Pups (1930)
• Helping Grandma (1931)
• The Music Box (1932)
• Sons of the Desert (1933)

• There is another William Gillespie who was an African-American bass-baritone and who appeared in several films. He introduced the classic Harold Arlen - Johnny Mercer song Blues in the Night in the 1941 film of the same name. In the 1945 Rhapsody in Blue, a biopic of the life of George Gershwin, he was seen as Porgy in the Porgy and Bess sequence, but oddly enough, did not sing.

External links

• William Gillespie at the Internet Movie Database