Billy Dooley
Acting
Biography
No biography available for Billy Dooley.
Born: February 7, 1893
Place of Birth: Chicago, Illinois, USA
Known For
Sing, You Sinners
Of the singing Beebe brothers, young Mike just wants to be a kid; responsible Dave wants to work in his garage and marry Martha; but feckless Joe thinks his only road to success is through swapping and gambling. It seems the only thing all three can join in is their singing act, which Mike and Dave hate. Finally, all Joe's hopes are pinned on a race horse he's acquired swapping, but it's a bigger gamble than his family knows.
Bombshell
A glamorous film star rebels against the studio, her pushy press agent and a family of hangers-on.
Murder on a Honeymoon
An amateur sleuth suspects foul play when a fellow passenger on a seaplane suddenly dies. The third and final film with Edna May Oliver and James Gleason as the astute schoolteacher Hildegarde Withers and the New York Police Inspector Oscar Piper busy solving crimes.
Double Wedding
A bohemian free spirit helps meek Waldo win back his fiancée and falls in love with her over-controlling sister in the process.
Woman Wanted
Just after a jury finds Ann Grey guilty of murder, the car carrying her to prison crashes into another car. Ann escapes and ends up in lawyer Tony Baxter's car. Tony realizes Ann is innocent, so he vows to help her prove it, risking his neck in the process. Tony and Ann are pursued by the police and by Smiley Gordon, a mob boss who engineered Ann's escape thinking that she can lead him to a $250,000 stash.
Pursuit
"Mitch" Mitchell is an aviator who has been hired to take a child in a guardianship suit out of California into Mexico. He is accompanied by Maxine Rush, the secretary of the head of a private-detective agency who has been hired to care for the kid until the suit is over. (Overview written by Les Adams )
Maybe It's Love
Director William C. McGann's 1935 film stars Gloria Stuart and Ross Alexander as a young couple in love who face economic woes once they're wed.
Important News
In this short film, a small-town newspaper editor struggles with what to publish on his paper's front page.
The Rainmakers
Roscoe the Rainmaker is invited to California (with sidekick "Billy") to relieve a terrible dry spell and to save the community from an unscrupulous businessman who stands to profit from the drought
Florida Special
A Florida-bound train is filled with romance and intrigue when one of the passengers disappears while carrying $11-million in unset jewels.
Filmography
as Bartender (uncredited)
as Muggsy
as Courtroom Janitor (Uncredited)
as Linesman (uncredited)
as Watchman
as Postman (uncredited)
as Fritz - Bob's Neighbor (uncredited)
as Saxophonist (uncredited)
as Gas Station Attendant (uncredited)
as Drunk
as Drunk
as Zeke (uncredited)
as Switchman
as Taxi Driver (uncredited)
as Harry Obsen (uncredited)
as Veterinarian's Assistant
as Mr. Sneider - Bumped by Ann (uncredited)
as Bartender (uncredited)
as Marietta's Drunken Brother (uncredited)
as Porter at Seaplane Landing (uncredited)
as Louie - the Counterman (uncredited)
as Coronetist (uncredited)
as Newspaper Reporter (Uncredited)
as Man Claiming to Be Lola's Husband (uncredited)
as Crane-Eaton
as Billy
as Billy
as Billy Epsom