William Irving was born on May 17, 1893 in Hamburg, Germany. He was an actor, known for Pampered Youth (1925), Someone in the House (1920) and Ham and Eggs at the Front (1927). He was previously married to Ida I. Germann. He died on December 25, 1943 in Los Angeles, California, USA.

KNOWN FOR

The Great Dictator
1940
All Quiet on the Western Front
1930
It Happened One Night
1934
Mr. Deeds Goes to Town
1936
Ninotchka
1939
The Cameraman
1928
A Farewell to Arms
1932
Manhattan Melodrama
1934
Topper
1937
The Mortal Storm
1940
Laurel & Hardy: Year Two
2024
Idiot's Delight
1939

FILMOGRAPHY

All
Movies
TV
Acting
114
2024
Laurel & Hardy: Year Two
as (archive footage) (uncredited)
1941
Whispers
as Man in Elevator (uncredited)
1941
A Feller Who Plays in a Band
as Neighbor
1940
The Great Dictator
as Man Seated on Bed (uncredited)
1940
The Mortal Storm
as Cafe Waiter
1940
Little Men
as Bartender
1940
Terry and the Pirates
as Governor
1940
Bitter Sweet
as Man in Mud Bath (uncredited)
1939
Idiot's Delight
as Sandro
1939
Good Girls Go to Paris
as Chef (uncredited)
1939
News Is Made at Night
as Drunk
1939
Ninotchka
as Bartender (uncredited)
1939
Fast and Furious
as (uncredited)
1938
Convicted
as 'Cobble-Puss' Coley
1938
Wee Wee Monsieur
as Captain Gorgonzola (uncredited)
1938
Woman Against Woman
as Man in Elevator
1938
Special Inspector
as Pete
1938
Down on the Farm
as Coleman
1938
The Chaser
as Injured Man
1937
The Super Snooper
1937
Back to the Woods
as Courtroom Guard (uncredited)
1937
Dizzy Doctors
as Surgeon (uncredited)
1937
The Shadow
as Mac
1937
New News
as Agency Man
1937
Topper
as Policeman (uncredited)
1937
Playing the Ponies
as Higgins (uncredited)
1937
Murder in Greenwich Village
as Cop
1937
The Wrong Miss Wright
as Wright's Butler
1936
Am I Having Fun!
as The Maitre d'
1936
Slippery Silks
as Mr. Romani (uncredited)
1936
Mr. Deeds Goes to Town
as Writer (uncredited)
1936
Early to Bed
as Mr. Fassbinder (uncredited)
1936
Wives Never Know
as Drunk (uncredited)
1935
Honeymoon Bridge
1935
Pop Goes the Easel
as Man Curly Asks For A Meal (uncredited)
1935
Foolish Hearts
as The Chef (uncredited)
1935
The Best Man Wins
as Bartender
1935
Paris in Spring
as Second Chef
1935
One More Spring
as Chef
1935
Maybe It's Love
as Man Going Down the Stairs (uncredited)
1935
Three Little Beers
as Cement Layer (uncredited)
1935
The Florentine Dagger
as Policeman Schultz (uncredited)
1935
Carnival
as Waiter (uncredited)
1935
Public Hero Number 1
as Federal Agent (uncredited)
1935
Here Comes Cookie
as Passenger (uncredited)
1934
Punch Drunks
as Kilduff's Manager (uncredited)
1934
Radio Dough
as Gang Member (uncredited)
1934
The Personality Kid
as Fan Who Liked Ritzy's Yodeling
1934
It Happened One Night
as Bus Passenger (uncredited)
1934
Counsel on De Fence
1934
Melody in Spring
as Mr. Shorter
1934
Manhattan Melodrama
as German Note Holder (uncredited)
1934
Orient Express
as Conductor
1934
One Too Many
1934
Mike Fright
as Radio Announcer
1933
Hooks and Jabs
1933
The Hitchhiker
as Movie Director
1933
Tired Feet
1933
The Bowery
as Fireman (uncredited)
1933
Private Detective 62
as Drunk (uncredited)
1932
A Farewell to Arms
as Frustrated Opera Singing Friend (uncredited)
1931
Manhattan Parade
as Suit of Armor
1930
Song of the Caballero
as Bernardo
1930
The Life of the Party
as The 'Yoohoo' Man
1930
Rough Waters
as Bill
1930
On the Border
as Dusty
1930
The Truth About Youth
as Jim Greene (uncredited)
1930
Surprise
as Charlie
1930
She Who Gets Slapped
as Con Man
1930
What a Life
as Algy the Convict
1930
Sid's Long Count
as 2nd Weight Reducing Machine Salesman
1930
All Quiet on the Western Front
as Ginger - the Cook (uncredited)
1929
Hearts in Exile
as Rat Catcher
1929
From Headquarters
as Fritz
1929
A Wireless Lizzie
as Bill
1929
Song of Love
as Stage Manager (uncredited)
1928
The Cameraman
as Photographer (uncredited)
1928
Nothing to Wear
as Detective
1928
Red Hair
as Demmy
1928
Coney Island
as Hughey Cooper
1928
Beautiful But Dumb
as Ward
1928
The Singapore Mutiny
as Huber
1928
The Bride of the Colorado
as Fritz Mueller
1927
Chicken Feathers
as The Ice Man
1927
She's My Baby
as Chuck Callahan
1927
The Girl in the Pullman
as Oscar McGuff
1927
Duck Out
as Blondini
1927
Easy Curves
as The Couturiere
1927
Sailor Beware
1927
Ham and Eggs at the Front
as Von Friml (as William J. Irving)
1927
Swiss Movements
as Willie Yodel
1926
Page Me
1926
Chase Yourself
as Two Gun Jo
1926
Weak, But Willing
as Walter's rival
1926
Beauty à la Mud
1925
Fair But Foolish
1925
Yes, Yes, Babette
as Nearsighted Apache
1925
My Swedie
as Ethel's Husband
1925
Soup to Nuts
as Henry's Wife's Former Sweetheart
1924
Love Letters
as Don Crossland
1924
Starving Beauties
1923
Navy Blues
1923
Winter Has Came
as The Hired Man
1923
Gentle Julia
as George Plum
1923
The Clean Up
as Robert Dobbs
1923
The Love Trap
as Freddie Rivers
1922
Circus Clowns
as The Circus Owner
1921
The Noodle Nut
1920
The Heart of a Child
as Perry (as William J. Irving)
1920
Billions
as Frank Manners
1920
Someone in the House
as Percy Glendenning
1920
Twin Beds
as Andrew Larkin
1918
Till I Come Back to You
as Stroheim
1917
Whose Baby?
as Harold Scull - the Rival