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Billy Gilbert 09.12.1894 - 09.23.1971 (77 years old)

William "Billy" Gilbert was an American comedian and actor known for his comic sneeze routines. He appeared in over 200 feature films, short subjects and television shows starting in 1929. For his contributions to the motion picture industry, Gilbert has a star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame at 6263 Hollywood Boulevar

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This actor appeared in the following radio shows

Series	Episode title	Date
chase and sanborn hour, the	guest jack benny	1937-12-19
Mickey Mouse Theater Of The Air	snow white	1938-01-09
Lux Radio Theater	lux radio theater (199) snow white	1938-12-26
jack benny program	snow white and the seven dwarfs	1939-01-08
chase and sanborn hour, the	guest geraldine fitzgerald	1939-12-17
rudy vallee sealtest show	a barbecue in rudys honor	1941-08-14
command performance	command performance (024) cary grant, judy garland, woody herman	1942-07-28
command performance	command performance (109) kate smith, randolph scott, spade cooley	1944-03-04
command performance	command performance 109 kate smith 1st 'san fernando valley	1944-03-04
Lux Radio Theater	lux radio theater (453) seventh heaven (repeat)	1944-10-16
radio hall of fame, the	evelani	1945-01-28
command performance	command performance 216 eddie cantor 1st 'let's sing a song about susie'	1946-03-21

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actor BILLY GILBERT (1894 – 1971), who was born on September 12th. He appeared in the early comedies of the Three Stooges at Columbia Pictures, as well as in RKO short subjects. These led to featured roles in full-length films, and from 1934 Billy Gilbert became one of the screen's most familiar faces. He appeared as "Herring" - a parody of Nazi official Hermann Göring - the minister of war in Charlie Chaplin's The Great Dictator; he danced with Alice Faye and Betty Grable in Tin Pan Alley; he stole scenes as a dim witted process server in the fast-paced comedy His Girl Friday; playing an Italian character, he played opposite singer Gloria Jean in The Under-Pup and A Little Bit of Heaven. He was also the soda server to Freddie Bartholomew in Captains Courageous, and was also featured prominently in the 1940 John Wayne, Marlene Dietrich film Seven Sinners.

Mike