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Leo Willis is a Actor American born on 4 january 1890 at Oklahoma (USA)
Leo Willis (5 January 1890 – 10 April 1952) was an American actor in films from the silent days. He played mainly tough guys and comic villains, notably opposite Harold Lloyd, Charley Chase and Laurel and Hardy at the Hal Roach Studios.
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Nationality USA
Birth 4 january 1890 at Oklahoma (USA)
Death 10 april 1952 (at 62 years) at Monterey County (USA)
Birth 4 january 1890 at Oklahoma (USA)
Death 10 april 1952 (at 62 years) at Monterey County (USA)
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On the Wrong Trek (1936)
, 20minutesDirected by Charley Chase
Origin USA
Genres Comedy
Themes Buddy films
Actors Charley Chase, Rosina Lawrence, Clarence Wilson, Stan Laurel, Oliver Hardy, Harry Bernard
Roles un de ceux qui volent la voiture
Rating59%
The plot involves Charley recounting the story of his vacation to his co-workers. For his vacation, Charley and his family drive to California....and it ends up everything but a "vacation".
The Bohemian Girl (1936)
, 1h11Directed by James W. Horne, Charley Rogers, Hal Roach
Origin USA
Genres Comedy, Musical
Themes Films about music and musicians, Musical films, Films based on plays, Films based on operas, Buddy films, Operetta films
Actors Stan Laurel, Oliver Hardy, Thelma Todd, Mae Busch, Antonio Moreno, Darla Hood
Roles Whipper in Torture Chamber
Rating65%
Laurel and Hardy are a hen-pecked pair of Gypsies in 18th-century Austria. When Oliver is out pickpocketing, fortune-telling or attending his zither lessons, his wife (Mae Busch), has an affair with Devilshoof (Antonio Moreno). A cruel nobleman, Count Arnheim, persecutes the Gypsies, who are forced to flee, but Devilshoof, in revenge for having been lashed by the count, kidnaps his daughter, Arline (Darla Hood), and Mrs. Hardy fools Hardy into thinking she is their daughter. She soon elopes with Devilshoof, and leaves Hardy holding the baby.
Silly Billies (1936)
, 1h4Directed by Fred Guiol, Jean Yarbrough
Origin USA
Genres Comedy, Western
Actors Bert Wheeler, Robert Woolsey, Dorothy Lee, Harry Woods, Ethan Allen Laidlaw, Delmar Watson
Roles Bandit
Rating60%
In 1851, dentists Roy Banks (Wheeler) and Philip "Painless" Pennington (Woolsey) attempt to save a town from being led into an Indian ambush.
And Sudden Death (1936)
, 1h7Directed by Charles Barton
Origin USA
Genres Drama
Actors Randolph Scott, Frances Drake, Tom Brown, Billy Lee, Fuzzy Knight, Porter Hall
Roles Traffic school bit
Rating58%
The Daring Young Man (1935)
, 1h13Directed by William A. Seiter
Origin USA
Genres Comedy
Themes Children's films
Actors James Dunn, Mae Clarke, Neil Hamilton, Sidney Toler, Warren Hymer, Stanley Fields
Roles Guard
Rating60%
Le journaliste Don "Mac" McLane, un misogyne convaincu, a l'habitude d'avertir ses collègues sur les dangers du mariage, quand il rencontre une journaliste rivale Martha "Maddy" Allen. Il l'invite à son appartement, mais il y trouve le Colonel Baggott, un intarissable bavard.
The Daring Young Man (1935)
, 1h13Directed by William A. Seiter
Origin USA
Genres Comedy
Actors James Dunn, Mae Clarke, Neil Hamilton, Sidney Toler, Warren Hymer, Stanley Fields
Roles Guard
Rating60%
The Gold Ghost (1934)
, 21minutesDirected by Buster Keaton, Charles Lamont
Origin USA
Genres Comedy, Western
Actors Buster Keaton, Warren Hymer, William Worthington, Lloyd Ingraham, Leo Willis, Billy Engle
Roles Outlaw Chief
Rating60%
Buster éconduit roule sans but. Il arrive dans le Nevada dans la région des Gold Ghost. La ville fantôme s'appelle Vulture (un vautour l'attends sur l'enseigne de la maison du shérif). En même temps que Buster s'autoproclame shérif de la ville, le gangster "Bugs" Kelly crash son avion. Buster joue au shérif et sympathise avec Bugs. Mais 2 mineurs redécouvrent la filon d'or qui a fait la richesse de la ville. Les gens affluent et avec eux, le béguin de Buster. Mais les coups de feu pleuvent sur la ville et Buster doit assumer sa nouvelle position pour faire bonne figure. Avec l'aide de Bugs, il maitrise tous les hors-la-loi et regagne le cœur de sa fiancée.
The Live Ghost (1934)
, 21minutesDirected by Buddy Rogers, Charley Rogers
Origin USA
Genres Comedy
Themes Seafaring films, Transport films, Buddy films
Actors Stan Laurel, Oliver Hardy, Walter Long, Mae Busch, Arthur Housman, Charlie Hall
Roles Sailor at Table
Rating72%
A gruff sea captain (Walter Long) enlists fish-shop employees Laurel and Hardy to help in shanghaiing men to be a crew for his next voyage. They succeed in doing so by a stunt that gets each man chasing after them. But they accidentally clobber the captain as well, provoking him into shanghaiing them as well aboard what is rumored to be a "ghost ship" (which was why Captain Long was unable to get men to voluntarily enlist). He is so angry at this rumor that he makes a dire threat against the next man that tells him that he sails a "ghost ship".
Hold 'Em Jail (1932)
, 1h6Directed by Norman Taurog
Origin USA
Genres Comedy
Actors Bert Wheeler, Robert Woolsey, Edna May Oliver, Stanley Blystone, Robert Armstrong, Jed Prouty
Roles Riggs (non crédité)
Rating60%
City Streets (1931)
, 1h23Directed by Rouben Mamoulian
Origin USA
Genres Drama, Crime, Romance
Themes Mafia films, Gangster films
Actors Gary Cooper, Sylvia Sidney, Paul Lukas, Wynne Gibson, Guy Kibbee, Stanley Fields
Roles un homme de main
Rating69%
Nan Cooley (Sylvia Sidney), the daughter of racketeer Pop Cooley (Guy Kibbee), is in love with The Kid (Gary Cooper), a shooting gallery showman. Cooley tries to urge him to join the gang, in order to earn enough money to support her in the lifestyle she is accustomed to, but The Kid refuses. Soon her father kills bootlegging chief Blackie (Stanley Fields), at the urging of Big Fella Maskal (Paul Lukas), because Blackie was against Maskal's involvement with Blackie's gun moll Aggie (Wynne Gibson).
Pardon Us (1931)
Directed by James Gibbons Parrott
Origin USA
Genres Comedy
Themes Prison films, Buddy films
Actors Oliver Hardy, Stan Laurel, Walter Long, June Marlowe, James Finlayson, Wilfred Lucas
Roles un prisonnier, ami du "Tiger"
Rating67%
During Prohibition, beer barons Laurel and Hardy are sent to prison for concocting their own home brew. They are put in a cell with "Tiger" Long, the roughest, toughest and meanest of all inmates. Stan has a loose tooth that causes him to emit a razzberry at the end of every sentence; the inmate interprets this as a coolly defiant attitude and is impressed — nobody else ever stood up to him like that. He and Stan and Ollie become fast friends.
Beau Hunks (1931)
, 37minutesDirected by James W. Horne
Origin USA
Genres Comedy
Themes French war films, Military humor in film, Buddy films
Actors Stan Laurel, Oliver Hardy, Jean Harlow, James W. Horne, Charles Middleton, Tiny Sandford
Roles une nouvelle recrue
Rating73%
Stan Laurel and Oliver Hardy join the French Foreign Legion after Ollie's sweetheart Jeanie-Weenie (only ever seen as a photograph) rejects him, as it is the only place where Ollie can forget her. When they arrive at the barracks in French Algeria, they discover that not only are the other soldiers trying to forget lost loves, their lost loves all happen to be the one and the same woman Ollie is trying to forget: Jeanie-Weenie!
Everything’s Rosie (1931)
, 1h7Directed by Clyde Bruckman, James S. Dugan
Origin USA
Genres Comedy, Romantic comedy
Actors Robert Woolsey, Anita Louise, John Darrow, Florence Roberts, Frank Beal, Forrester Harvey
Roles Jewel Store Robber
Rating58%
Dr. J. Dockweiler Droop (Robert Woolsey) is a carnival charlatan, scamming local shills out of their hard earned money. He adopted Rosie (Anita Louise) when she was three, and has raised her to become a pretty young woman, who is just as good an operator as her adoptive father is. As they pass through a small town, Rosie falls in love with Billy Lowe (John Darrow), and pleads with Dockweiler to leave the carnival life and settle down. Dockweiler agrees, and the two leave the carnival.
Below Zero (1930)
, 20minutesDirected by James Gibbons Parrott
Origin USA
Genres Comedy
Themes Buddy films
Actors Stan Laurel, Oliver Hardy, Bobby Burns, Tiny Sandford, Charlie Hall, Baldwin Cooke
Roles l'escroc
Rating70%
Laurel and Hardy have no success earning money on a bleak, snowy winter's day, especially when playing In the Good Old Summertime. Their instruments are destroyed in an argument with a woman, but Stan finds a wallet. They are chased by a thief, but are protected by a police officer. Stan and Ollie share a slap-up meal with the cop, but unfortunately, Stan finds out the wallet in fact belongs to the cop. When the policeman discovers this he tells the waiter who throws them out of the restaurant and throws Stan upside down in a barrel of water. Oliver finds Stan who now has an enormous stomach after drinking all the water while trapped in the barrel.
Shivering and Shaking (1930)
, 27minutesDirected by James Gibbons Parrott
Origin USA
Genres Comedy
Actors Stan Laurel, Oliver Hardy, Bobby Burns, Baldwin Cooke, Charlie Hall, Jack Hill
Roles Crook (uncredited)
Rating64%
« El helado invierno del 1929 nunca lo olvidaremos. La nariz del Sr; Hardy estaba azul de frio. El Sr. Laurel la confundio por un pájaro azul y le disporó un tiro ! »