Billy Engle

{{short description|American actor (1889–1966)}}

{{Use mdy dates|date=May 2019}}

{{Infobox person

| name = Billy Engle

| image = Billy Engle of Century Comedies.jpg

| caption = Engle lights a cigarette with the fuse of a bomb

| birth_date = May 28, 1889

| birth_place = Austria

| death_date = {{Death date and age|1966|11|28|1889|5|28}}

| death_place = Hollywood, California, United States

| yearsactive = 1917–1957

| occupation = Actor

}}

Billy Engle (May 28, 1889 – November 28, 1966) was an Austro-Hungarian Empire-born American film actor. He appeared in more than 250 films between 1917 and 1957. He was born in the Austro-Hungarian Empire and died in Hollywood, California, from a heart attack.{{cite book|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=ZraJCgAAQBAJ&q=%22Billy+Engle%22+actor&pg=PA8|title=Celebrities in Los Angeles Cemeteries: A Directory|first=Allan R.|last=Ellenberger|date=May 1, 2001|publisher=McFarland|isbn=9780786450190|access-date=April 3, 2019|via=Google Books}}

Engle's stage debut occurred when he portrayed a cartoonist in Now and Then at Miner's Theater in New York City.{{cite news |title=Billy Engle Cast In 'Now and Then' |url=https://www.newspapers.com/clip/102106379/billy-engle/ |access-date=May 18, 2022 |work=The San Francisco Examiner |date=December 20, 1929 |page=15|via = Newspapers.com}} He was a featured player with the Christie comedies.{{cite news |title=Billy Engle Signed For Christie Comedies |url=https://www.newspapers.com/clip/102106000/billy-engle/ |access-date=May 18, 2022 |work=The San Francisco Examiner |date=July 6, 1927 |page=15|via = Newspapers.com}}