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Birth name William Lee Schlensker
Nationality USA
Birth 12 march 1929
Death 17 november 1989 (at 60 years) at Beaumont (USA)

Billy Lee (William Lee Schlensker) (March 12, 1929 – November 17, 1989) was a child actor who appeared in many films from the mid-1930s through the early 1940s.

Lee's first role was in the Our Gang comedy Mike Fright as a tap dancer in a sailor suit. His first significant role was in Wagon Wheels when he was just four years old, though he is probably best remembered for his performance in The Biscuit Eater. He also did the voice of "The Boy" character in the animated portion of the Disney film, The Reluctant Dragon. In addition to being an actor, he was also a singer and dancer, appearing and singing with Bobby Breen in Make A Wish. Lee continued acting throughout the 1930s, appearing in a number of movies and working alongside some of Hollywood's finest, including, Lon Chaney Jr., Roy Rogers, Charles Boyer, Randolph Scott, Olivia de Havilland, John Boles, and Broderick Crawford. In the 1941 film, Reg'lar Fellers, he starred with co-star Carl Switzer. Lee retired from film in 1943.

Lee died on November 17, 1989, of a sudden heart attack.

Biography

Lee's first role was in the Our Gang comedy Mike Fright as a tap dancer in a sailor suit. His first significant role was in Wagon Wheels when he was just four years old, though he is probably best remembered for his performance in The Biscuit Eater. He also did the voice of "The Boy" character in the animated portion of the Disney film, The Reluctant Dragon. In addition to being an actor, he was also a singer and dancer, appearing and singing with Bobby Breen in Make A Wish. Lee continued acting throughout the 1930s, appearing in a number of movies and working alongside some of Hollywood's finest, including, Lon Chaney Jr., Roy Rogers, Charles Boyer, Randolph Scott, Olivia de Havilland, John Boles, and Broderick Crawford. In the 1941 film, Reg'lar Fellers, he starred with co-star Carl Switzer. Lee retired from film in 1943.

Lee died on November 17, 1989, of a sudden heart attack.




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Source : Wikidata

Filmography of Billy Lee (32 films)

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The Reluctant Dragon
The Reluctant Dragon (1941)
, 1h12
Directed by Ub Iwerks, Alfred L. Werker, Ford Beebe, Hamilton Luske, Erwin Verity, Jack Cutting, Jack Kinney
Origin USA
Genres Science fiction, Comedy, Documentary, Fantasy, Musical, Animation
Themes Films about animals, Films about dragons, Children's films
Actors Robert Benchley, Frances Gifford, Nana Bryant, Clarence Nash, Billy Lee, Frank Faylen
Roles Boy (segment "The Reluctant Dragon") (voice)
Rating66% 3.3467753.3467753.3467753.3467753.346775
L'humoriste Robert Benchley visite les studios Disney pour essayer de vendre à Walt Disney une idée pour un film d'animation : l'histoire du « Dragon récalcitrant ».
Hold Back the Dawn
Hold Back the Dawn (1941)
, 2h5
Directed by Mitchell Leisen
Origin USA
Genres Drama, Romantic drama, Romance
Actors Charles Boyer, Olivia de Havilland, Paulette Goddard, Victor Francen, Walter Abel, Rosemary DeCamp
Roles Tony
Rating72% 3.6417853.6417853.6417853.6417853.641785
Georges Iscovescu (Boyer) recounts his story to a Hollywood film director at Paramount. He is a Romanian-born gigolo who arrived in a Mexican border town seeking entry to the US. He endures a waiting period to obtain a quota number of up to eight years with other hopeful immigrants in the Esperanza Hotel. After six months he is broke and unhappy. He runs into his former professional "dance partner" Anita Dixon (Goddard) who explains she obtained US residency by marrying an American, who she then quickly divorced.
Nevada City
Nevada City (1941)
, 58minutes
Directed by Joseph Kane
Origin USA
Genres Western
Actors Roy Rogers, George "Gabby" Hayes, Sally Payne, George Cleveland, Billy Lee, Joseph Crehan
Roles Chick Morrison
Rating58% 2.9072552.9072552.9072552.9072552.907255
Le conflit entre un cheminot et propriétaire de la ligne de scène est aggravée par les méchants qui sabotent les deux côtés. Roy et Gabby arbitrer le conflit et exposer les méchants.
Power Dive
Power Dive (1941)
, 1h8
Directed by James Patrick Hogan
Origin USA
Genres Drama, Comedy-drama, Action
Themes Transport films, Aviation films
Actors Richard Arlen, Jean Parker, Cliff Edwards, Roger Pryor, Billy Lee, Helen Mack
Roles Brad Coles
Rating52% 2.6142652.6142652.6142652.6142652.614265
Ace test pilot Bradley Farrell (Richard Arlen), flying for McMasters Aviation Corp., breaks his leg when an overweight prototype crashes. Brad's younger brother Douglas (Don Castle), a recent graduate in aeronautical engineering thinks Doug's flying is too dangerous, and is hired as a design engineer at McMasters. Carol Blake (Jean Parker) wants to interest Brad in her father's design for an aircraft made of plastic. Doug pretends to be Brad because he is attracted to her but Brad meets Carol and takes her out flying. She introduces him to her blind father, Professor Blake (Thomas W. Ross), resulting in Brad becoming immersed in the professor's new designs.
Road to Happiness
Road to Happiness (1941)
, 1h24
Directed by Phil Rosen
Origin USA
Genres Drama, Musical, Romance
Themes Musical films
Actors John Boles, Mona Barrie, Billy Lee, Roscoe Karns, Lillian Elliott, Paul Porcasi
Roles Danny Carter
Rating58% 2.910772.910772.910772.910772.91077
A bittersweet story of a family's road to happiness. Jeff Carter (John Boles) has just
The Reluctant Dragon
The Reluctant Dragon (1941)
, 12minutes
Directed by Hamilton Luske
Origin USA
Genres Comedy, Animation
Themes Children's films
Actors Claud Allister, Billy Lee
Roles The Boy
Rating67% 3.3699153.3699153.3699153.3699153.369915
Un petit garçon rêve d’être chevalier et chasseur de dragon jusqu'à ce qu'il découvre la cachette d’un spécimen pas comme les autres. En effet, ce drôle de dragon aime prendre du bon temps, jouer et chanter. Il ne crache pas de feu et, plus que tout, déteste se battre. Le petit garçon décide de lui apprendre à se comporter comme un véritable dragon...
Boy Trouble
Boy Trouble (1939)

Directed by George Archainbaud
Origin USA
Genres Drama, Comedy, Comedy-drama
Actors Charles Ruggles, Mary Boland, Donald O'Connor, Billy Lee, Andrew Tombes, Dick Elliott
Roles Joe
Rating64% 3.243343.243343.243343.243343.24334
In the story, Sybil Fitch (Boland) adopts two orphan boys (O'Connor, Lee). Her husband (Ruggles) is infuriated. However, when the boys catch scarlet fever, he finds that he really does love them.
In Old Monterey
In Old Monterey (1939)
, 54minutes
Directed by Joseph Kane
Origin USA
Genres Western
Actors Gene Autry, Smiley Burnette, June Storey, George "Gabby" Hayes, Billy Lee, Jonathan Hale
Roles Jimmy
Rating57% 2.8640052.8640052.8640052.8640052.864005
The United States Army sends Sergeant Gene Autry (Gene Autry), a rancher in civilian life, to negotiate the purchase of ranch land out West needed to build a strategic air base. Local ranchers, led by Gabby Whittaker (George "Gabby" Hayes), refuse to sell their land to the government.
Let Us Live
Let Us Live (1939)
, 1h8
Directed by John Brahm
Origin USA
Genres Drama, Thriller, Crime
Actors Maureen O'Sullivan, Henry Fonda, Ralph Bellamy, Alan Baxter, Stanley Ridges, Henry Kolker
Roles Boy in Window (uncredited)
Rating66% 3.342513.342513.342513.342513.34251
On the eve of his marriage to waitress Mary Roberts (O'Sullivan), taxi driver "Brick" Tennant is questioned as a murder suspect along with 120 other drivers, because a taxi served as the getaway car in a theater robbery in which a man was killed. When one of the witnesses swears that Brick and his friend Joe Linden (Baxter) were the killers, the district attorney (Ridges), eager for a conviction, brings the taxi drivers to trial even though Brick and Mary were in a church when the robbery took place. Although innocent, Brick and Joe are found guilty and sentenced to die on the electric chair. Mary, however, refuses to give up hope, and when she unearths a bullet from another robbery that was shot from the murder weapon, she convinces Police Lieutenant Everett (Bellamy) that the wrong men have been convicted. To prove Brick and Joe's innocence Everett and Mary search for the real culprits . As the time of his execution approaches, Brick is transformed from an idealistic youth into a man whose faith in the system has been shattered. On the day of the execution, Mary and Everett finally find the real culprits. The governor then pardons Brick, but although his life has been spared, his faith can never be repaired.