Personal Info

Known For

Acting

Known Credits

110

Gender

Male

Birthday

1889-06-23

Deathday

1940-12-06 (51 years old)

Place of Birth

Chicago, Illinois, USA

Also Known As

William Gerald Franey
William Franey
Wm. Franey
Bill Franey
Billie Franey

Billy Franey

Biography

We don't have a biography for Billy Franey.

Known For

6.6%

The Blacksmith

Jul 21, 1922

6.9%

The Story of Vernon and Irene Castle

Mar 29, 1939

4.5%

The Star Packer

Jul 30, 1934

4.5%

'Neath the Arizona Skies

Dec 5, 1934

5.8%

The Iron Mule

Apr 12, 1925

5.6%

The Saint's Double Trouble

Jan 26, 1940

5.0%

Somewhere in Sonora

May 27, 1933

5.7%

The Miracle Man

Apr 1, 1932

6.8%

Next Time I Marry

Dec 9, 1938

5.6%

Bullet Code

Apr 12, 1940

4.8%

Dummy Ache

Jul 10, 1936

5.6%

Panama Lady

May 12, 1939

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Acting

1940		The Fargo Kid as Banjo player
1940		A Trailer Tragedy as Vivien's Father
1940		Triple Justice as Abernathy
1940		Sunk by the Census as Vivien's Pop
1940		Stage to Chino as Soap Customer (uncredited)
1940		'Taint Legal as Vivien's Father
1940		Mutiny in the County as Edgar's Father-in-Law
1940		Bullet Code as Old Bathing Gent (uncredited)
1940		The Saint's Double Trouble as Street Shooting Witness (uncredited)

1939		Kennedy the Great as Pop - Vivien's Father
1939		The Marshal Of Mesa City as Dance Bartender (uncredited)
1939		Maid to Order as Pop - Vivien's father
1939		Baby Daze as Pop-Vivien's Father
1939		Panama Lady as Drunk (uncredited)
1939		The Story of Vernon and Irene Castle as (uncredited)
1939		Clock Wise as Vivien's Father

1938		Next Time I Marry as Hobo Witness at End
1938		A Clean Sweep as Bill
1938		Beaux and Errors as Pop, Vivien's Father
1938		Ears of Experience as Florence's Father
1938		The Dummy Owner

1937		Quick Money as Walter
1937		Edgar & Goliath as Pop, Florence's father
1937		Tramp Trouble
1937		Exclusive as News Vendor
1937		Dumb's the Word as Painter

1936		Ride 'Em Cowboy as Barfly (uncredited)
1936		Dummy Ache as Man with Pitchfork
1936		Wholesailing Along
1936		Give Us This Night as Prisoner
1936		The Adventures of Frank Merriwell as Barbecue Cook

1935		Border Brigands as Man Outside Bank
1935		Vagabond Lady as Admiral, Tony’s Jailmate (uncredited)

1934		The Dancing Millionaire as Joseph - Squared Circle Waiter
1934		'Neath the Arizona Skies as Old Prospector (uncredited)
1934		The Fuller Gush Man as Exterminator
1934		The Star Packer as Henchman in the Stump
1934		The Shadow Gang as Henchman in the Stump
1934		Western Racketeers as The Informer
1934		No More Women as Oscar

1933		War of the Range as Tony (as Billie Franey)
1933		The Fiddlin' Buckaroo as Postmaster Dan
1933		The Gallant Fool as Leyton's Friend at Campfire
1933		Somewhere in Sonora as Shorty

1932		The Night of June 13 as Jimmy, trash collector (uncredited)
1932		Come On, Tarzan as Chuck Wagon Cook
1932		The Iceman's Ball as Long Shirt Charlie
1932		The Miracle Man
1932		Dumb Dicks as Janitor
1932		Guests Wanted as First Miner
1932		Partners as Carry All Roach

1931		Forgotten Women as Ice Man
1931		Freighters of Destiny as 'Reddy'
1931		The Avenger as Bartender

1930		Love Among the Millionaires as Railroad Man at Lunch Counter (uncredited)
1930		Loose Ankles as Circus Cafe Waiter

1929		The Broadway Hoofer as Baggage Man
1929		Anne Against the World
1929		No Children
1929		The Royal Rider as Wild West Show Member
1929		Cheyenne as Judge Boggs

1928		The Glorious Trail as Jimmy Bacon
1928		Romance of a Rogue
1928		The Canyon of Adventure as Buzzard Koke
1928		Under the Tonto Rim as 'One Punch' (as William Franey)

1927		She's a Sheik as Joe
1927		Out All Night as Taxi Driver
1927		Custard's Last Stand as A Strange Stranger
1927		The Royal American as Mike
1927		Red Signals as One-Round Hogan

1926		King of the Saddle as Nick
1926		Fangs of Vengeance as Goofy Bill
1926		Code of the Northwest as Posty McShanigan
1926		The Dead Line as 'Extra' Long
1926		She's a Prince as Cameraman
1926		The King of the Turf as Soup Conley

1925		S.O.S. Perils of the Sea
1925		Salute
1925		The Great Sensation as Harry Ruby (as William Franey)
1925		Kit Carson Over the Great Divide as Oswald Bliffing
1925		The Iron Mule

1924		Let Him Buck
1924		Circus Lure
1924		The White Panther as The Private

1922		Quincy Adams Sawyer as Bob Wood
1922		The Blacksmith as Sheriff
1922		A Western Demon as The Cook

1921		The Janitor as The Janitor
1921		The Plumber as Delivery Man
1921		Why Worry
1921		The New Member as Lead
1921		The Chef
1921		The Bath Dub

1920		The Cameraman
1920		The Moonshiner
1920		The Paper Hangers
1920		The Water Plug
1920		Trouble

1919

The Yellow Dog Catcher

1918

First Aid as Mr. Howard

1917		The Masked Marvels
1917		Uneasy Money as Bill - the Editor
1917		When Damon Fell for Pythias as Damon

1916		A Shadowed Shadow
1916		The Inspector's Double as John
1916		She Wrote a Play and Played It as Bill Bones - the Village Undertaker
1916		Bashful Charley's Proposal as Charley

1915		A Millionaire for a Minute as Her Uncle, an Egyptologist
1915		Lady Baffles and Detective Duck in When the Wets Went Dry as Chief of Police
1915		Lady Baffles and Detective Duck in the Great Egg Robbery as The Chief of Police

Directing

1915

What the River Foretold as Director