Billy Gilbert

William Gilbert Baron or Billy Gilbert (September 12, 1894 - September 23, 1971) was an American comedian and actor most known for his odd and unusual sneeze routines.

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September 12 - 1894 - September 23 - 1971 - American - Comedian - Actor - Sneeze

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Born William Gilbert Barron in Louisville, Kentucky, he began working in vaudeville at the age of twelve and was thirty-five years old before he appeared in his first film for the Fox Film Corporation in 1929.

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Louisville, Kentucky - Vaudeville - Fox Film Corporation

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Gilbert is most recognizable as a perrenial nemesis of Laurel and Hardy in many of their 1930s short subjects, including the 1932 Academy Award winner The Music Box. Gilbert also appeared in a number of Our Gang shorts, and contributed his sneezing routine to Walt Disney Productions as the voice of Sneezy the Dwarf in 1937's Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs.

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Nemesis - Laurel and Hardy - 1930s - Short subject - 1932 - Academy Award - The Music Box - Our Gang - Walt Disney Productions - Dwarf - 1937 - Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs

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For his contribution to the motion picture industry, Billy Gilbert has a star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame at 6263 Hollywood Blvd.

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Billy Gilbert died in 1971 in Hollywood and was interred in the Odd Fellows Cemetery in Los Angeles.

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Hollywood - Odd Fellows Cemetery - Los Angeles

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