Billy Armstrong
Actor

Billy Armstrong

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Gender:
Male
Places:
United KingdomEngland
Is:
ActorFilm actorFilm director
Work field:
Film, TV, Stage & Radio
Birth:
14 January 1891(Bristol, Avon, South West England, United Kingdom)
Death:
1 March 1924(Inyo County, California, USA)
Star sign:
Capricorn
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William Armstrong (14 January 1891 – 1 March 1924) was a British-American actor and comedian

Biography

Armstrong was born on 14 January 1891 in Bristol, England.

Armstrong started his career in the British music hall tradition and appeared in roles for Fred Karno from 1910 until 1914 in his native England, before heading to the US and working in films for Keystone Studios, mainly in comedy roles, where he was a regularplayer in the films of Charlie Chaplin among others.

Armstrong died from tuberculosis on 1 March 1924 in Sunland, California.

Partial filmography

  • His New Job (1915)
  • The Champion (1915)
  • In the Park (1915)
  • The Tramp (1915)
  • By the Sea (1915)
  • Work (1915)
  • A Woman (1915)
  • The Bank (1915)
  • Shanghaied (1915)
  • Police (1916)
  • Watch Your Neighbor (1918)
  • Clean Sweep (1918)
  • Triple Trouble (1918)
  • Love, Honor and Behave (1920)
  • Skirts (1921)
  • The Extra Girl (1923)