Billy Franey Movies

A Joker studio comedy.

A retired lawman gets back into action to fight political corruption.

"The Sleuth" (1921) is a short silent comedy film produced by Reelcraft Pictures Corporation and starred by comic actor Billy Franey as part of his...

Jack, an outlaw on the run, discovers a child whose parents have been killed by raiders. But the sheriff knows something about the baby that Jack...

Billy and his pal are bank robbers who decide to lay low by taking jobs in a diner as a chef and waiter.

A cowboy discovers that his stock is all but worthless due to the bankruptcy of a ranch owner. The supposedly worthless stock certificate bears the...

When a builder receives a contract for the construction of a large dam, his business rival sets out to blacken his good name by substituting inferior...

Elna Curry, once a concert pianist, develops an unfounded jealousy of neighbor, Trudie Morrow. Elna who suffers from neurasthenia, believes that...

A 12-episode serial in which scholastic sports star Frank Merriwell leaves school to search for his missing father. His adventures involve a...

After being introduced to the world of opera, a fisherman (Jan Kiepura) falls for a woman (Swarthout) whose guardian is a noted composer (Philip...

A grandmother's will leaves her fortune to a few, mostly to her great-niece Ann. Ann will only receive her inheritance once she marries, with the...

Josephine Spiggins is thinking of marrying John Spear, the stuffed-shirt son of a department store owner. When John's free-spirit brother Tony...

Joe Henry, head of a one-ring circus, plays a small town and after the departure of the troupe a young girl, fascinated by the prospects of being a...

Businessman Bill flirts with stenographer Lily until wife Gale says replace her with a man. So Liliy dresses as a man with mustache gets hired but...

A slapstick comedy starring Al St. John.

The widow lives in a houseboat near one of the beaches. Charley is her devoted lover, but his bashfulness prevents him from proposing. She has a...

Reformed jewel thief Simon Templar lands in hot water when a look-alike smuggles stolen goods out of Egypt.

John Travers and Yak, his faithful Indian sidekick, pick up where a murdered sheriff leaves off, and try to nab the mysterious Shadow.

Genteel southern horse-breeder Col. Richard Fairfax is framed on the charge of embezzlement by Martyn Selsby, his business partner, and sentenced to...

Billy Franey does home brew. "The Janitor" was made during Prohibition, when ANY gags about alcohol (especially the home-brewed variety) would get...