Billy Franey

ActorDirector Jun 23 (died age 51) Chicago, Illinois, USA 1915–1940 (25 year career)

5.5 avg rating

Highest Rated

S.O.S. Perils of the Sea

1925

10.0

The Marshal Of Mesa City

1939 · as Dance Bartender (uncredited)

8.0

Here Comes Cookie

1935 · as Old Crony (uncredited)

7.3

Known For

Film

The Blacksmith

Sheriff

Film

The Story of Vernon and Irene Castle

(uncredited)

Film

'Neath the Arizona Skies

Old Prospector (uncredited)

Film

Here Comes Cookie

Old Crony (uncredited)

Film

The Star Packer

Henchman in the Stump

Film

The Saint's Double Trouble

Street Shooting Witness (uncredited)

Film

The Iron Mule

5.8 1925

Film

Next Time I Marry

Hobo Witness at End (uncredited)

Filmography

Acting (123)

Movies (123)

The Saint's Double Trouble

1940

as Street Shooting Witness (uncredited)

5.7

A Trailer Tragedy

1940

as Vivien's Father

The Fargo Kid

1940

as Banjo player

6.5

Stage to Chino

1940

as Soap Customer (uncredited)

Triple Justice

as Abernathy

'Taint Legal

as Vivien's Father

Sunk by the Census

1940

as Vivien's Pop

Mutiny in the County

1940

as Edgar's Father-in-Law

Bullet Code

1940

as Old Bathing Gent (uncredited)

5.6

Clock Wise

1939

as Vivien's Father

Kennedy the Great

1939

as Pop - Vivien's Father

Panama Lady

1939

as Drunk (uncredited)

5.6

The Story of Vernon and Irene Castle

1939

as (uncredited)

6.9

Maid to Order

1939

as Pop - Vivien's father

Baby Daze

1939

as Pop-Vivien's Father

The Marshal Of Mesa City

1939

as Dance Bartender (uncredited)

8.0

Beaux and Errors

1938

as Pop, Vivien's Father

A Clean Sweep

1938

as Bill

Ears of Experience

1938

as Florence's Father

The Dummy Owner

1938

Next Time I Marry

1938

as Hobo Witness at End (uncredited)

7.0

Tramp Trouble

1937

as Vivien's father

Dumb's the Word

1937

as Painter

Exclusive

1937

as News Vendor

6.0

Edgar & Goliath

1937

as Pop, Florence's father

Quick Money

as Walter

Wholesailing Along

Dummy Ache

as Man with Pitchfork

Give Us This Night

as Prisoner

Ghost Town Gold

as Townsman (uncredited)

4.5

Ride 'Em Cowboy

1936

as Barfly (uncredited)

The Adventures of Frank Merriwell

1936

as Barbecue Cook

4.0

Here Comes Cookie

1935

as Old Crony (uncredited)

7.3

Border Brigands

1935

as Man Outside Bank

Vagabond Lady

1935

as Admiral, Tony’s Jailmate (uncredited)

7.2

Western Racketeers

1934

as The Informer

'Neath the Arizona Skies

1934

as Old Prospector (uncredited)

4.5

The Star Packer

1934

as Henchman in the Stump

4.4

The Dancing Millionaire

1934

as Joseph - Squared Circle Waiter

No More Women

1934

as Oscar

4.0

The Shadow Gang

1934

as Henchman in the Stump

The Fuller Gush Man

1934

as Exterminator

The Gallant Fool

1933

as Leyton's Friend at Campfire

War of the Range

1933

as Tony (as Billie Franey)

The Fiddlin' Buckaroo

1933

as Postmaster Dan

Somewhere in Sonora

as Shorty

The Miracle Man

The Iceman's Ball

as Long Shirt Charlie

1.0

Dumb Dicks

1932

as Janitor

Come On, Tarzan

1932

as Chuck Wagon Cook

5.5

Partners

1932

as Carry All Roach

Guests Wanted

1932

as First Miner

The Night of June 13

1932

as Jimmy, trash collector (uncredited)

7.0

The Millionaire Cat

1932

as Customer

Freighters of Destiny

1931

as 'Reddy'

Forgotten Women

1931

as Ice Man

The Avenger

1931

as Bartender

5.8

Love Among the Millionaires

1930

as Railroad Man at Lunch Counter (uncredited)

6.0

Loose Ankles

1930

as Circus Cafe Waiter

3.8

Anne Against the World

The Broadway Hoofer

as Baggage Man

Cheyenne

as Judge Boggs

No Children

1929

The Royal Rider

1929

as Wild West Show Member

Romance of a Rogue

1928

The Glorious Trail

1928

as Jimmy Bacon

The Canyon of Adventure

1928

as Buzzard Koke

Under the Tonto Rim

1928

as 'One Punch' (as William Franey)

She's a Sheik

1927

as Joe

The Royal American

1927

as Mike

Red Signals

1927

as One-Round Hogan

Out All Night

1927

as Taxi Driver

Custard's Last Stand

1927

as A Strange Stranger

The Racing Fool

1927

as Henry Briggs

Code of the Northwest

1926

as Posty McShanigan

A Desperate Moment

1926

as Sam

The Dead Line

1926

as 'Extra' Long

The False Alarm

1926

Fangs of Vengeance

1926

as Goofy Bill

King of the Saddle

1926

as Nick

The King of the Turf

1926

as Soup Conley

She's a Prince

1926

as Cameraman

The Iron Mule

1925

5.8

Kit Carson Over the Great Divide

1925

as Oswald Bliffing

Salute

1925

S.O.S. Perils of the Sea

1925

10.0

The Great Sensation

1925

as Harry Ruby (as William Franey)

Mile-a-Minute Morgan

1924

as Philo Brown

The White Panther

1924

as The Private

Circus Lure

North of Alaska

Let Him Buck

The Town Scandal

as Lysander Sprowl

A Western Demon

1922

as The Cook

Quincy Adams Sawyer

1922

as Bob Wood

The Blacksmith

as Sheriff

Why Worry

The New Member

as Lead

The Chef

1921

10.0

The Janitor

1921

as The Janitor

Skirts

1921

The Plumber

1921

as Delivery Man

The Bath Dub

The Cameraman

Trouble

The Water Plug

The Paper Hangers

The Moonshiner

The Yellow Dog Catcher

1919

First Aid

1918

as Mr. Howard

When Damon Fell for Pythias

1917

as Damon

Uneasy Money

1917

as Bill - the Editor

Why They Left Home

1917

as Ira Dewberry

The Masked Marvels

1917

5.0

His Fatal Beauty

1917

as Ebbie

The Inspector's Double

1916

as John

5.0

Bashful Charley's Proposal

1916

as Charley

A Shadowed Shadow

1916

5.0

I've Got Yer Number

1916

She Wrote a Play and Played It

1916

as Bill Bones - the Village Undertaker

5.0

Lady Baffles and Detective Duck in the Great Egg Robbery

1915

as The Chief of Police

A Millionaire for a Minute

1915

as Her Uncle, an Egyptologist

Lady Baffles and Detective Duck in When the Wets Went Dry

1915

as Chief of Police

5.0

Crew (1)

Movies (1)

What the River Foretold

1915

Director