Ted Billings

{{Short description|American actor (1880–1947)}}

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| name = Ted Billings

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| birth_date = {{birth date|1880|4|7}}

| birth_place = London, England, United Kingdom

| death_date = {{death date and age|1947|7|5|1880|4|7}}

| death_place = Los Angeles County, California, United States

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| occupation = Actor

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| yearsactive = 1917–47

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Ted Billings (April 7, 1880 – July 5, 1947) was an American character actor of the silent and sound film eras. Born in London, England on April 7, 1880, Billings made his film debut in the role of the Witch, in 1917's The Babes in the Woods, which starred Francis Carpenter and Virginia Lee Corbin as Hansel and Gretel.{{cite web|url=http://www.afi.com/members/catalog/DetailView.aspx?s=&Movie=18287|title=The Babes in the Woods: Detail View|publisher=American Film Institute|accessdate=March 29, 2015}} Over the course of his career he would appear in over 100 films, mostly in unnamed, un-credited roles.{{cite web|url=https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0082501/?ref_=fn_al_nm_1|publisher=Internet Movie Database|title=Ted Billings|accessdate=July 26, 2015}}

Some of the more notable films in which he appeared include: in the featured role of Ludwig in 1935's Bride of Frankenstein, starring Boris Karloff;{{cite web|url=http://www.afi.com/members/catalog/DetailView.aspx?s=&Movie=5831|title=Bride of Frankenstein: Detail View|publisher=American Film Institute|accessdate=March 29, 2015}} the 1937 version of The Prince and the Pauper, Errol Flynn, Claude Rains, and Billy and Bobby Mauch;{{cite web|url=http://www.afi.com/members/catalog/DetailView.aspx?s=&Movie=5921|title=The Prince and the Pauper: Detail View|publisher=American Film Institute|accessdate=March 29, 2015}} Stagecoach (1939), starring John Wayne and Claire Trevor;{{cite web|url=http://www.afi.com/members/catalog/DetailView.aspx?s=&Movie=4173|title=Stagecoach: Detail View|publisher=American Film Institute|accessdate=March 29, 2015}} Mrs. Miniver (1942), starring Greer Garson and Walter Pidgeon;{{cite web|url=http://www.afi.com/members/catalog/DetailView.aspx?s=&Movie=27360|title=Mrs. Miniver: Detail View|publisher=American Film Institute|accessdate=March 29, 2015}} the Bob Hope comedy, The Princess and the Pirate;{{cite web|url=http://www.afi.com/members/catalog/DetailView.aspx?s=&Movie=24128|title=The Princess and the Pirate: Detail View|publisher=American Film Institute|accessdate= March 29, 2015}} and the 1947 classic comedy, The Secret Life of Walter Mitty, starring Danny Kaye and Virginia Mayo.{{cite web|url=http://www.afi.com/members/catalog/DetailView.aspx?s=&Movie=25341|title=The Secret Life of Walter Mitty: Detail View|publisher=American Film Institute|accessdate=March 29, 2015}}

His final screen appearance was in a small, unnamed role in Otto Preminger's Forever Amber, starring Linda Darnell and Cornel Wilde; the film was released in October 1947, three months after Billings' death on July 5, 1947.{{cite web | url=http://www.afi.com/members/catalog/DetailView.aspx?s=&Movie=25169 | title=Forever Amber: Detail View | publisher=American Film Institute | accessdate=March 29, 2015}}