William Irving (actor)

William Irving
Born	(1893-05-17)17 May 1893 Hamburg, Germany
Died	25 December 1943(1943-12-25) (aged 50) Los Angeles, California, USA
Occupation	Actor
Years active	1916-1941

William Irving (17 May 1893 – 25 December 1943) was a German-born American film actor. The burly character actor appeared in more than 220 films between 1916 and 1941, often as a "comic heavy" in the comedies of Our Gang or The Three Stooges. Irving also appeared as a cowardly German army cook in All Quiet on the Western Front (1930). He played mostly supporting roles in the silent era, but after the introduction of sound films his appearances got noticeably smaller and he was often uncredited. Irving died of a heart attack on Christmas Day, 1943.

Selected filmography

• Whose Baby? (1917)
• Till I Come Back to You (1918)
• The Heart of a Child (1920)
• Twin Beds (1920)
• Bell Boy 13 (1923)
• Gentle Julia (1923)
• Love Letters (1924)
• The Girl in the Pullman (1927)
• You're Darn Tootin' (1928)
• Coney Island (1928)
• The Wreck of the Singapore (1928)
• Nothing to Wear (1928)
• Song of Love (1929)
• All Quiet on the Western Front (1930)
• Her Majesty, Love (1931)
• Footlight Parade (1933)
• Mike Fright (1934)
• It Happened One Night (1934)
• Pop Goes the Easel (1935)
• Hoi Polloi (1935)
• Slippery Silks (1936)
• Mr. Deeds Goes to Town (1936)
• Grips, Grunts and Groans (1937)
• Playing the Ponies (1937)
• Wee Wee Monsieur (1938)
• Ninotchka (1939)
• A Ducking They Did Go (1939)
• The Great Dictator (1940)

External links

• William Irving at IMDb