Portrait of Billy Quirk

Acting

Billy Quirk

Career

Active from 1909 to 1923, busiest in 1912 with 28 main titles.

Leading roles
60
top three billing
Average score
GoodWatch score51/100
Highest rated
Poster for Canned Harmony
Canned Harmony
GoodWatch score60/100

What stands out

Compared with the average well-known movie, over 3 of their titles. Select a trait to filter titles.

Energy: 3.7 versus catalog average 4.6EnergyHeart: 5.7 versus catalog average 4.2HeartHumor: 3.6 versus catalog average 2.6HumorWorld: 5.1 versus catalog average 5.6WorldCraft: 4.9 versus catalog average 5.3CraftStyle: 4.4 versus catalog average 5.9Style
Billy Quirk Catalog average

Rarely in their work

  • Contemporary Realism
    2.0, average 5.4
  • Psychological
    3.5, average 5.5
  • Violence
    2.5, average 4.1
  • Uncanny
    1.0, average 2.5

Main genres

Select a genre to see those titles.

Recurring tags

  • Early Cinema 14
  • Social Commentary 7
  • Silent Film Era 7
  • Silent Film 6
  • Historical Setting 6
  • Nostalgic 5
  • Historical Drama 4
  • Romantic Comedy 4
  • Silent Era 3
  • Melodrama 3
  • Slapstick Comedy 3
  • Physical Comedy 3

Works often with

People in at least two of their main titles.

Movies and TV shows

102
Type
Role
Score
Decade
Genre
Group by

1920s

7 titles
The Dixie Handicap
The Dixie Handicap (1924)

as A Tout

The Glimpses of the Moon
The Glimpses of the Moon (1923)

as Bob Fulmer

Broadway Broke
Broadway Broke (1923)

as Joe Karger

Success
Success (1923)

as Nick Walker

My Old Kentucky Home
My Old Kentucky Home (1922)

as Loney Smith

The Man Worthwhile
The Man Worthwhile (1921)

as Napoleon

At the Stage Door
At the Stage Door (1921)

as Harold Reade

1910s

68 titles · average score 63
Billy the Bear Tamer
Billy the Bear Tamer (1915)

as Billy

The Egyptian Mummy
The Egyptian Mummy (1914)

as Dick Graham

Algie, the Miner
Algie, the Miner (1912)
GoodWatch score 53

as Algie Allmore

Canned Harmony
Canned Harmony (1912)
GoodWatch score 60

as Billy - Evelyn's Sweetheart

A Comedy of Errors
A Comedy of Errors (1912)

as Billy

A Terrible Lesson
A Terrible Lesson (1912)

as Frank's Friend

Muggsy's First Sweetheart
Muggsy's First Sweetheart (1910)

as Muggsy

An Affair of Hearts
An Affair of Hearts (1910)

as Monsieur Borni

When We Were in Our 'Teens
When We Were in Our 'Teens (1910)

as Tom

Muggsy Becomes a Hero
Muggsy Becomes a Hero (1910)

as Muggsy

The Woman from Mellon's
The Woman from Mellon's (1910)

as Harry Townsend

Never Again
Never Again (1910)

as A rival Sweetheart

1900s

27 titles · average score 50
They Would Elope
They Would Elope (1909)

as Harry

The Renunciation
The Renunciation (1909)

as Kittie's Fiance

Getting Even
Getting Even (1909)

as Bud (as William A. Quirk)

Sweet and Twenty
Sweet and Twenty (1909)

as Frank

The Redman's View
The Redman's View (1909)
GoodWatch score 55

as Conqueror

Oh, Uncle!
Oh, Uncle! (1909)

as Tom Wright, Zeke's Nephew

His Wife's Visitor
His Wife's Visitor (1909)

as Harry Wright

Lines of White on a Sullen Sea
Lines of White on a Sullen Sea (1909)

as First Couple / Fisherman

A Midnight Adventure
A Midnight Adventure (1909)

as Mercedes Suitor, Frank

The Little Darling
The Little Darling (1909)
GoodWatch score 45

as In Boarding House

Pranks
Pranks (1909)

as Sunbather

The Test
The Test (1909)

as Harry