His Girl Friday
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1929–1962. Spouse. Ella McKenzie. . ( m. 1938) . William Gilbert Barron (September 12, 1894 – September 23, 1971), known professionally as Billy Gilbert, was an American actor and comedian. He was known for his comic sneeze routines. He appeared in over 200 feature films, short subjects and television shows beginning in 1929.
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- William Gilbert Barron, September 12, 1894, Louisville, Kentucky, U.S.
- 1929–1962
- September 23, 1971 (aged 77), Los Angeles, California, U.S.
Billy Gilbert. Actor: His Girl Friday. The son of singers in the Metropolitan Opera, Billy Gilbert began performing in vaudeville at age 12. He developed a drawn-out, explosive sneezing routine that became his trademark (he was the model for, and voice of, Sneezy in Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs (1937)).
- Actor, Director, Writer
- September 12, 1894
- 2 min
- September 23, 1971
Billy Gilbert. Actor: His Girl Friday. The son of singers in the Metropolitan Opera, Billy Gilbert began performing in vaudeville at age 12. He developed a drawn-out, explosive sneezing routine that became his trademark (he was the model for, and voice of, Sneezy in Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs (1937)).
- September 12, 1894
- September 23, 1971
Sep 24, 1971 · Billy Gilbert was descended from generations of show peo ple and, in fact, was born in a theater — making his appear ance in a dressing room of the Hopkins Opera House in Louis ville, Ky. His ...
Mar 6, 2019 · The “pardon” is a slip of paper that serves as the deus ex machina upon which the entire plot of The Front Page ultimately turns. And in His Girl Friday, the “funny man” who carries it is a forty-six-year-old comic actor named Billy Gilbert. At the time His Girl Friday was made, Gilbert had been acting in shorts and features for ten years.
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William Gilbert Barron (September 12, 1894 – September 23, 1971), known professionally as Billy Gilbert, was an American actor and comedian. He was known for his comic sneeze routines. He appeared in over 200 feature films, short subjects and television shows beginning in 1929.
Billy Gilbert's career cuts a wide swathe: from vaudeville and Laurel & Hardy comedies to Disney's "Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs" and Charlie Chaplin's "The Great Dictator."
