Billy Franey: movies and TV shows
Billy Franey has 134 credits in the archive: 134 films and 0 TV series, from 1915 to 1941. Highest rated: The Saint's Double Trouble (6.0/10).
Career timeline
1915 – 1941 · busiest year: 1926 (10 credits)
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Full filmography
| Year | Title | Role | Type | Rating | Age then |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1941 | Mad About Moonshine | Vivian's Father | Film | 9.0 | 52 |
| 1940 | The Saint's Double Trouble | Street Shooting Witness (uncredited) | Film | 6.0 | 51 |
| 1940 | Sunk by the Census | Vivien's Pop | Film | 8.0 | 51 |
| 1940 | The Fargo Kid | Banjo player | Film | 7.4 | 51 |
| 1940 | Triple Justice | Abernathy | Film | 7.5 | 51 |
| 1940 | Mutiny in the County | Edgar's Father-in-Law | Film | — | 51 |
| 1940 | Stage to Chino | Soap Customer (uncredited) | Film | 5.9 | 51 |
| 1940 | Bullet Code | Old Bathing Gent (uncredited) | Film | 5.8 | 51 |
| 1940 | A Trailer Tragedy | Vivien's Father | Film | 7.0 | 51 |
| 1940 | 'Taint Legal | Vivien's Father | Film | — | 51 |
| 1939 | The Story of Vernon and Irene Castle | (uncredited) | Film | 7.0 | 50 |
| 1939 | The Marshal Of Mesa City | Dance Bartender (uncredited) | Film | 7.5 | 50 |
| 1939 | Clock Wise | Vivien's Father | Film | 9.0 | 50 |
| 1939 | Panama Lady | Drunk (uncredited) | Film | 6.3 | 50 |
| 1939 | Maid to Order | Pop - Vivien's father | Film | 10.0 | 50 |
| 1939 | Act Your Age | Pop | Film | 10.0 | 50 |
| 1939 | Kennedy the Great | Pop - Vivien's Father | Film | 8.0 | 50 |
| 1939 | Baby Daze | Pop-Vivien's Father | Film | 10.0 | 50 |
| 1938 | Next Time I Marry | Hobo Witness at End (uncredited) | Film | 7.2 | 49 |
| 1938 | The Dummy Owner | Film | 7.0 | 49 | |
| 1938 | Ears of Experience | Florence's Father | Film | 10.0 | 49 |
| 1938 | A Clean Sweep | Bill | Film | 10.0 | 49 |
| 1938 | Beaux and Errors | Pop, Vivien's Father | Film | 7.0 | 49 |
| 1937 | Exclusive | News Vendor | Film | 7.0 | 48 |
| 1937 | Tramp Trouble | Vivien's father | Film | 8.0 | 48 |
| 1937 | Dumb's the Word | Painter | Film | 7.0 | 48 |
| 1937 | Quick Money | Walter | Film | 5.5 | 48 |
| 1937 | Edgar & Goliath | Pop, Florence's father | Film | 8.0 | 48 |
| 1936 | Give Us This Night | Prisoner | Film | 7.0 | 47 |
| 1936 | Dummy Ache | Man with Pitchfork | Film | 5.5 | 47 |
| 1936 | The Adventures of Frank Merriwell | Barbecue Cook | Film | 5.7 | 47 |
| 1936 | Ghost Town Gold | Townsman (uncredited) | Film | 5.7 | 47 |
| 1936 | Ride 'Em Cowboy | Barfly (uncredited) | Film | 10.0 | 47 |
| 1936 | Wholesailing Along | Film | 8.0 | 47 | |
| 1935 | Here Comes Cookie | Old Crony (uncredited) | Film | 7.2 | 46 |
| 1935 | Vagabond Lady | Admiral, Tony’s Jailmate (uncredited) | Film | 7.2 | 46 |
| 1935 | Border Brigands | Man Outside Bank | Film | 7.0 | 46 |
| 1934 | 'Neath the Arizona Skies | Old Prospector (uncredited) | Film | 4.8 | 45 |
| 1934 | Western Racketeers | The Informer | Film | 10.0 | 45 |
| 1934 | The Star Packer | Henchman in the Stump | Film | 4.5 | 45 |
| 1934 | The Fuller Gush Man | Exterminator | Film | — | 45 |
| 1934 | The Shadow Gang | Henchman in the Stump | Film | — | 45 |
| 1934 | The Dancing Millionaire | Joseph - Squared Circle Waiter | Film | — | 45 |
| 1934 | No More Women | Oscar | Film | 4.8 | 45 |
| 1934 | Two Lame Ducks | Film | — | 45 | |
| 1933 | War of the Range | Tony (as Billie Franey) | Film | 8.0 | 44 |
| 1933 | The Gallant Fool | Leyton's Friend at Campfire | Film | 9.0 | 44 |
| 1933 | Somewhere in Sonora | Shorty | Film | 5.1 | 44 |
| 1933 | The Fiddlin' Buckaroo | Postmaster Dan | Film | 8.0 | 44 |
| 1932 | Partners | Carry All Roach | Film | 9.0 | 43 |
| 1932 | The Night of June 13 | Jimmy, trash collector (uncredited) | Film | 7.5 | 43 |
| 1932 | Dumb Dicks | Janitor | Film | 10.0 | 43 |
| 1932 | The Miracle Man | Film | 5.9 | 43 | |
| 1932 | The Iceman's Ball | Long Shirt Charlie | Film | 4.0 | 43 |
| 1932 | The Millionaire Cat | Customer | Film | 10.0 | 43 |
| 1932 | Come On, Tarzan | Chuck Wagon Cook | Film | 6.7 | 43 |
| 1932 | Guests Wanted | First Miner | Film | — | 43 |
| 1931 | The Sheriff’s Secret | Film | 7.0 | 42 | |
| 1931 | Forgotten Women | Ice Man | Film | 8.0 | 42 |
| 1931 | The Avenger | Bartender | Film | 6.0 | 42 |
| 1931 | Freighters of Destiny | 'Reddy' | Film | 8.0 | 42 |
| 1930 | Love Among the Millionaires | Railroad Man at Lunch Counter (uncredited) | Film | 6.3 | 41 |
| 1930 | Loose Ankles | Circus Cafe Waiter | Film | 4.3 | 41 |
| 1929 | Cheyenne | Judge Boggs | Film | 8.0 | 40 |
| 1929 | Anne Against the World | Film | 7.0 | 40 | |
| 1929 | No Children | Film | — | 40 | |
| 1929 | The Broadway Hoofer | Baggage Man | Film | 4.0 | 40 |
| 1929 | The Royal Rider | Wild West Show Member | Film | 7.0 | 40 |
| 1928 | Under the Tonto Rim | "One Punch" (as William Franey) | Film | 7.0 | 39 |
| 1928 | Romance of a Rogue | Film | 10.0 | 39 | |
| 1928 | The Canyon of Adventure | Buzzard Koke | Film | 8.0 | 39 |
| 1928 | The Glorious Trail | Jimmy Bacon | Film | 8.0 | 39 |
| 1927 | She's a Sheik | Joe | Film | 8.0 | 38 |
| 1927 | The Lost Limited | Rambling Red | Film | 8.0 | 38 |
| 1927 | Custard's Last Stand | A Strange Stranger | Film | 10.0 | 38 |
| 1927 | Out All Night | Taxi Driver | Film | 10.0 | 38 |
| 1927 | The Racing Fool | Henry Briggs | Film | 9.0 | 38 |
| 1927 | The Royal American | Mike | Film | 8.0 | 38 |
| 1927 | Red Signals | One-Round Hogan | Film | 9.0 | 38 |
| 1926 | Moran of the Mounted | 'Mooch' Mullens | Film | 7.0 | 37 |
| 1926 | The King of the Turf | Soup Conley | Film | 7.0 | 37 |
| 1926 | She's a Prince | Cameraman | Film | — | 37 |
| 1926 | King of the Saddle | Nick | Film | 8.0 | 37 |
| 1926 | The Dead Line | 'Extra' Long | Film | 8.0 | 37 |
| 1926 | The False Alarm | Film | 10.0 | 37 | |
| 1926 | The Dangerous Dude | Film | 8.0 | 37 | |
| 1926 | Fangs of Vengeance | Goofy Bill | Film | 8.0 | 37 |
| 1926 | A Desperate Moment | Sam | Film | 7.0 | 37 |
| 1926 | Code of the Northwest | Posty McShanigan | Film | 9.0 | 37 |
| 1925 | Kit Carson Over the Great Divide | Oswald Bliffing | Film | 9.0 | 36 |
| 1925 | S.O.S. Perils of the Sea | Film | 9.5 | 36 | |
| 1925 | Salute | Film | — | 36 | |
| 1925 | The Iron Mule | Film | 5.9 | 36 | |
| 1925 | The Great Sensation | Harry Ruby (as William Franey) | Film | 9.0 | 36 |
| 1924 | Circus Lure | Film | 8.0 | 35 | |
| 1924 | North of Alaska | Film | 9.0 | 35 | |
| 1924 | Let Him Buck | Film | 10.0 | 35 | |
| 1924 | The White Panther | The Private | Film | 7.0 | 35 |
| 1924 | Mile-a-Minute Morgan | Philo Brown | Film | 9.0 | 35 |
| 1923 | The Town Scandal | Lysander Sprowl | Film | 7.0 | 34 |
| 1922 | Quincy Adams Sawyer | Bob Wood | Film | 10.0 | 33 |
| 1922 | The Blacksmith | Sheriff | Film | 6.7 | 33 |
| 1922 | A Western Demon | The Cook | Film | 10.0 | 33 |
| 1921 | Skirts | Film | 8.0 | 32 | |
| 1921 | The Plumber | Delivery Man | Film | 7.0 | 32 |
| 1921 | The Janitor | The Janitor | Film | 7.0 | 32 |
| 1921 | The Sleuth | Film | — | 32 | |
| 1921 | The Chef | Film | 8.5 | 32 | |
| 1921 | Why Worry | Film | — | 32 | |
| 1921 | The New Member | Lead | Film | — | 32 |
| 1921 | The Bath Dub | Film | 10.0 | 32 | |
| 1920 | The Cameraman | Film | 8.0 | 31 | |
| 1920 | The Moonshiner | Film | 9.0 | 31 | |
| 1920 | Trouble | Film | 3.0 | 31 | |
| 1920 | The Water Plug | Film | 6.5 | 31 | |
| 1920 | The Paper Hangers | Film | 8.0 | 31 | |
| 1919 | The Yellow Dog Catcher | Film | — | 30 | |
| 1918 | First Aid | Mr. Howard | Film | — | 29 |
| 1917 | Why They Left Home | Ira Dewberry | Film | 8.0 | 28 |
| 1917 | When Damon Fell for Pythias | Damon | Film | 9.0 | 28 |
| 1917 | Who Done It? | Her Hubby | Film | — | 28 |
| 1917 | Uneasy Money | Bill - the Editor | Film | 9.0 | 28 |
| 1917 | His Fatal Beauty | Ebbie | Film | — | 28 |
| 1917 | The Masked Marvels | Film | 6.7 | 28 | |
| 1916 | She Wrote a Play and Played It | Bill Bones - the Village Undertaker | Film | 6.0 | 27 |
| 1916 | The Inspector's Double | John | Film | 6.5 | 27 |
| 1916 | I've Got Yer Number | Film | — | 27 | |
| 1916 | Bashful Charley's Proposal | Charley | Film | 7.0 | 27 |
| 1916 | A Shadowed Shadow | Film | 7.0 | 27 | |
| 1915 | What the River Foretold | Film | 7.0 | 26 | |
| 1915 | Lady Baffles and Detective Duck in When the Wets Went Dry | Chief of Police | Film | 7.0 | 26 |
| 1915 | Lady Baffles and Detective Duck in the Great Egg Robbery | The Chief of Police | Film | 7.0 | 26 |
| 1915 | A Millionaire for a Minute | Her Uncle, an Egyptologist | Film | 9.0 | 26 |
| Danger Quest | Rolf Royce | Film | 8.0 | — |