William Gillespie Movies

The hero's loved one is threatened with marriage with a rival, due to the machinations of her mother. The simplest solution of the situation is to...

House detective of the Hotel Omigosh, Cyril Fromage and his hotel switchboard operator sweetheart attempt to thwart a dastardly thief, "The Weasel,"...

Charley Chase has car trouble.

Snub plays a rich guy who wants to impress the ladies with his virility. So he pays a tough boxer to take a dive in a staged fight, though the fight...

A female secret agent has gotten ahold of a new type of explosive gas. She has to avoid the efforts of two men who are trying to steal it. They...

Our hero, a professor in Turkey, challenges a Sultan for the affections of a girl.

Two burglars break into the home of an eccentric doctor. The doctor catches them, but offers to let them go free -- and give them a thousand dollars...

Stan plays a janitor at a hotel dropping letters and trying to retrieve them with a vacuum, getting wet, helping a lady shoot her cheating husband...

Stan is in the company of ladies in this film. He is serving in the military with female officers, but there is also a demure lady who wins his...

Pick and Shovel, also known as The Miner, is a 1923 silent comedy film starring Stan Laurel.

Charley, frustrated by his office job, quarrels with his wife, after which they decide to switch jobs. She goes to the office and Charley does the...

A top-hatted bill collector is given the unenviable assignment of collecting the debts of a bad-tempered innkeeper.

Our hero is a janitor in a old age rest home who actually runs the place.

A shy cowboy is interested in the local school teacher, but must compete with a bully for her attention.

Our hero gets a job at a hotel in the country and proceeds to introduce some changes, installing gadgets and time-saving devices.

This Hal Roach comedy short I found on the "American Slapstick" DVD collection of rare silent comedies starts bizarre and has an anything...

While his wife is shopping, Snub attempts to take a fifteen minute break.

Two lifelong friends vie for the affection of the same woman.

Stan does his best to recover a post-card, which he has forgotten to stamp. He attempts the recovery after hearing a remark by a postal inspector...

Snub and his wife give up their bungalow and allow another couple to move in. Then it develops that they can't find another home, and must live in an...