- Born
- Died
- Birth nameRoy B. Weissburg
- Height5′ 4″ (1.63 m)
- According the Motion Picture Studio Directory (1919 and 1921), Billy was educated in public schools in Chicago. After performing in vaudeville shows, he moved to Los Angeles, California in his early 20s to pursue a movie career and resided there until his death in 1975. He is buried at Forrest Lawn Cemetery in Los Angeles.
- IMDb mini biography by: Laurel
- Spouse
- He worked as a director at Fox in 1927 and was one of the West Brothers who produced the 'Hairbreadth Harry' and 'Winnie Winkle' series of comedies.
- He was born in Russia and came to the U.S. as a child.
- Billy West was a silent film comedian, the best-known and most successful imitator of Charles Chaplin's "Tramp" character, until West developed his own comedic persona. Oliver Hardy was West's foil in many of his silents.
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