William Irving

William Irving
Total Credits at Criticker: 35 (Actor), 1 (Director)
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Held for Murder
A woman is accused of murdering a man who molested her young daughter. (imdb)
Hooks and Jabs
Harry is down and out. A woman friend from a temperance union loans him a buck. He goes to a bar and orders a glass of milk to get a free sandwich. After he loses the greenback, the saloon keeper confiscates Harry's sandwich and tells him to sweep the floor to pay his tab. In the back room is a boxing ring where the owner stages fights. Harry ends up in the ring. Outside, the temperance union pickets the saloon. Between the beer and the boxing, can Harry stay on his feet and help his friend? (imdb)
Beauty à la Mud
When a bottle of hair tonic renders him bald, Jimmie is mistaken for a famous French beautician and is called upon to demonstrate his skills. (imdb)
Foolish Hearts
A little entry from the RKO shorts department serving also as an audition-type (stick 'em in one of these and see if they appeal to a real audience, and make a buck or two at the same time)film for studio contractees and budding starlets. And, surrounded and supported by veteran character actors, such as Jack Norton, Jack Rice and Harrison Green, the likes of Tony Martin, Phyllis Brooks and Lucille Ball usually looked pretty good. (imdb)
Radio Dough
Radio Dough (1934) - Short Film
Two partners in a clothing store decide they want to become radio performers. (imdb)
New News
New News (1937) - Short Film
Aa Columbia 2-reel comedy starring Tom Kennedy and Monty Collins in NEW NEWS (1937). Fans of the 3 Stooges will recognize the exact same plot and situations from their short CRASH GOES THE HASH (1944). Yes, this version came out BEFORE the Stooges version...so anyone that says these guys are ripping the Stooges off, they are wrong! Columbia made 526 slapstick two-reelers between 1933-1958...190 starred the Stooges...336 others starred a variety of comedians.
Tired Feet
Tired Feet (1933) - Short Film
Tired Feet (1933) is a Harry Langdon comedy short done for Educational Films.
Chase Yourself
Jimmie, Lavoris and Turpentine, three Knights of the Road (Bums/tramps), have just arrived in the West where Two-Gun Joe, the local bad man, surprises them while they eat. The sheriff runs him off but, in his haste to escape, Two-Gun drops a monogrammed pipe. Jimmie picks it up. Molly, on a nearby ranch, is having troubles with her foreman who, when he sees the pipe, thinks Jimmie is the outlaw and gets real peaceful.
Surprise
Surprise (1930) - Short Film
Tom Dugan trying to go on a date behind his wife's back gets a surprise.
What a Life
What a Life (1930) - Short Film
A musical parody on prison reform in which a prison warden gives his cellblocks the look of a summer resort in order to stave off reformers. (imdb)
She Who Gets Slapped
A meek husband takes lessons on how to take control of his dominating wife. (imdb)
Whose Baby?
Whose Baby? (1917) - Short Film
Bobby Vernon is fooled into a mock bigamist gag and chaos assures.
On the Border
Farrell is taking advantage of the proximity of the rancho of Don Jose to the Mexican border by smuggling Chinese across the line into the United States. Dave, a border patrol officer posing as a tramp, is out to put an end to Farrell's activities. He is aided by police dog Rinty who gets to growl and show his teeth a lot. Pepita, the Don's daughter, gets to strum her guitar and sing a couple of songs.
Fair But Foolish
The comedy occurs on shipboard where Jimmie is the object of attention for a pair of pickpockets who plan to use him to smuggle their ill-gotten off the ship. Arrested at customs, he manages to escape but gets caught again as he tries to rejoin his girl whose father is trying to remove her from his influence.
A Wireless Lizzie
Walter has invented an automatic remote-control for his jalopy. When a potential buyer comes to look it over, Walter proudly shows how he cam the car stop and go, turn corners and steer correctly. His spiteful rival, Bill, switches the plug and the car runs out of control. Walter and his sweetheart, Mary, plan to elope but they discuss their plans in front of an open microphone at the broadcast station, and Mary's father hears it and sets out to stop their elopement.
Weak, But Willing
A devilish courtship.
Duck Out
Duck Out (1927) - Short Film
At a magic show put on by Blondini the magician, a member of the audience is invited up to participate. He gets into all sorts of shenanigans, tripping over the stage curtain, sending ducks up through the wrong trapdoors. He can hardly believe his eyes when a girl is sawn in half!
Easy Curves
Easy Curves (1927) - Short Film
Billy Dooley buys a book on jiu-jitsu to court a fashion model.
Sailor Beware
Wimpy sailor boy Billy has just arrived from New Guinea with a guinea pig in a box for his sweetheart. But today's newspaper headline reads, "Guinea Pig With Deadly Germs Roaming Our Streets". Billy causes havoc at the Yellow Cab stand when a cabbie catches sight of his cute little "piggy". Billy sets out to see his girl at her father's mansion. On the streetcar, he takes the guinea pig out of its box. Soon passengers and driver are diving off, and the runaway car is gaining on a dynamite truck!
Ham and Eggs at the Front
Fifi, (Mryna Loy), a dusky, sultry Senegalese spy, uses her wiles to get information out of two American army soldiers, Ham, (Tom Wilson), and Eggs, (Heinie Conklin), in France during World War One.
The Two Johns
A magical lamp and the genie contained within prompt a madcap chase, falls from great heights and a fight atop a speeding train.
The Noodle Nut
Whoever can make the sale of an order for noodles exactly five feet long to the customer in the black beard and white carnation gets to marry the boss' beautiful daughter, Madge Kirby.
Swiss Movements
To win his girl Gertie back, Freddie decides to climb a high mountain and challenge a world champion.
One Too Many
One Too Many (1934) - Short Film
Wife tries to do something about her husband's fondness for the bottle.
Gum Shoes
Gum Shoes (1935) - Short Film
Two house detectives investigate a series of robberies committed by a trained gorilla.
Honeymoon Bridge
His wife's obsession with playing bridge is starting to drive Leon crazy.
Circus Clowns
Baby Peggy is joined by her star-making partner, Brownie the Wonder Dog and is in a circus as a junior clown.
Caught in the Act
Andy is mistaken for "Jack the Kisser," a man who grabs women on the street and kisses them.
Page Me
Page Me (1926) - Short Film
Bobby Vernon as a bellhop.
Chicken Feathers
Comedy starring Jack Duffy and Anne Cornwall, featured in James Roots’ 100 Essential Film Comedies.
Winter Has Came
A burlesque of the old standard dramatic plot in which daughter, returning from the big city with unexpected wealth, arrives just in the nick of time to defeat the cruel, cruel landlord, save the old homestead from a tragic foreclosure, and keep the aged folks from being driven out into the blinding snowstorm.
Innocently Guilty
Through a series of misunderstandings, Bert becomes innocently involved with his boss' wife.
Mister Smarty
Mr. Bowser believes that he’ll be able to clean the house better than his wife can.
Navy Blues
Navy Blues (1923) - Short Film
The Warrens have a full dress Navy wedding, but to sneak out on the reception guests, Dorothy disguises herself as a sailor. But she's caught up with a group of real sailors and finds herself aboard a battleship. Incredibly, nobody spots her as a small female impostor, causes foul ups and gets chased around the decks and cannons.
A Feller Who Plays in a Band
Susan Miller sings "A Feller Who Plays in a Band."