Billy Armstrong

born: 14 January 1891 Bristol, England

died: 01 March 1924 Sunland, California, United States of America (tuberculosis, age 33)

British actor. An alumnus of the Fred Karno troupe, he was a frequent player in the films of Charlie Chaplin (Essanay era, 1915-16), L-KO (1916-19), and Mack Sennett (1916-24).

Real name: William George Young Height: 5'8"

Films listed on this page: complete Hal Roach filmography; plus all films with Stan Laurel.

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1918 Kicking The Germ Out Of Germany [?] 1918 Do Husbands Deceive? [?] 1918 An Enemy Of Soap [?] ▼ NON-HAL ROACH FILMS 1923 When Knights Were Cold Earl of Tabasco Acknowledgements & sources: The Harold Lloyd Encyclopedia by Annette D'Agostino Lloyd (book) https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:2XBY-CCW (birth reg.) https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:JQQS-KFS (christening) https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:XT7V-6YC (christening) https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:KZVN-KBW (WWI draft reg. card) https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:MHQ2-MRZ (1920 Census) https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:K8ZR-VRN (1920 marriage) https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:QK91-72K6 (CA Death Index) https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:QGKV-2HY7 (death certificate) https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/47397456 (Find a Grave) https://archive.org/stream/motionpicturenew131unse#page/62/mode/1up/search/armstrong (Jan 1916 Motion Picture News Studio Directory) https://archive.org/stream/motionpicturestu00moti#page/62/mode/1up/search/armstrong (Oct 1916 Motion Picture News Studio Directory) https://archive.org/stream/moctu00moti#page/84/mode/1up/search/armstrong (Apr 1917 Motion Picture Studio Directory) https://archive.org/stream/motrestu00moti#page/82/mode/1up/search/armstrong (1918 Motion Picture Studio Directory) Jesse Brisson (information) This page was last updated on: 24 March 2022