Billy West (silent film actor)
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Billy West (September 22, 1892 - July 21, 1975) was an American film actor of the silent film era.
Born Roy B. Weissburg in Russia, West adopted his professional name some time after emigrating to America. He appeared in many short films, first in Apartment No. 13 in 1912, however he was to become best known as a Charlie Chaplin imitator, despite Chaplin not making his first film appearance until 1914. Oliver Hardy often appeared as his antagonist in a role reminiscent of those of Eric Campbell's in Chaplin's shorts with Mutual Films.
[edit] Filmography
- Apartment No. 13 (1912)
- The Hobo (1917)
- Hard Boiled Yeggs (1926)
