Billy Quirk

William Andrew Quirk (March 27, 1873 – April 20, 1926) was an American stage and silent-film actor.^[2] He performed in more than 180 films between 1909 and 1924. Born in Jersey City, New Jersey, he died in Los Angeles, California. Gem Motion Picture Company produced a series of "Billy"-titled pictures starring Quirk.

Billy Quirk
Publicity portrait, 1912
Born	William Andrew Quirk (1873-03-27)March 27, 1873 Jersey City, New Jersey, U.S.
Died	April 20, 1926(1926-04-20) (aged 53) Los Angeles, California, U.S.
Occupation	Actor
Years active	1909–1924
Spouses	Jane Quirk (m.1903–div. after 1920)[1][a]

Partial filmography

• His Wife's Visitor (1909 short with Mary Pickford) - Harry Wright (credited as William A. Quirk)
• A Sound Sleeper (1909 short) - uncredited
• The Hessian Renegades (1909 short) - Hessian
• Pippa Passes (1909 short) - In Studio
• Nursing a Viper (1909 short) - Fleeing Aristocrat
• The Red Man's View (1909 short) - Conqueror (uncredited)
• In Little Italy (1909 short) - At the Ball
• To Save Her Soul (1909 short)
• Choosing a Husband (1909 short) - 2nd Bachelor
• The Woman from Mellon's (1910 short) - Harry Townsend
• The Two Brothers (1910 short) - Mexican
• May and December (1910 short with Mary Pickford) - June
• The Lucky Toothache (1910 short)
• How Rastus Gets His Turkey (1910 short) - Rastus
• Billy in Trouble (1911 short) - Billy
• The Burglar's Fee (1911 short) - The Burglar
• Hearts, Hunger, Happiness (1911 short) - Billy
• Father Against His Will (1911 short) - Harry
• Algie the Miner (1912 short) - Algie Allmore
• Fra Diavolo (1912 short directed by Alice Guy) - Fra Diavolo
• The Equine Spy (1912 short) - colored servant (in blackface)
• The Maverick (1912 short) - Billy Taylor
• The Great Scientist (1912 short) - young chemist
• Billy Gets Arrested (1913 short) - Billy
• Burglarizing Billy (1913 short) - Billy
• Billy's First Quarrel (1913 short) - Billy
• Billy's Adventure (1913 short) - Billy
• Billy in Armor (1913 short) - Billy
• Animated Weekly, no. 67 (1913) "Who's Who in Pictures: Billy Quirk"
• The Egyptian Mummy (1914) - Dick Graham
• The Arrival of Josie (1914) - Hank
• Josie's Coney Island Nightmare (1914) - Hank
• Josie's Declaration of Independence (1914 short) - Hank
• Romantic Josie (1914 short) - Hank
• Josie's Legacy (1914) - Hank
• Our Fairy Play (1914 short) - Willie Finley
• The Girl from Prosperity (1914 short) - Jim
• What Happened to Father? (1915) - Dawson Hale
• The Flirt (1916 short) - acted and directed.
• Intolerance (1916) - Bartender
• The Matinee Idol (1916 short)^[3]
• Excess Baggage (1917 short) - Director with Leatrice Joy. Film later adapted in 1919 as His Neglected Wife
• Winning an Heiress (1917 short) - Director.
• The Web of Life (1917) - The Valet
• His Day Out (1918 short)
• The Man Worth While (1921) - Napoleon
• At the Stage Door (1921) - Harold Reade
• My Old Kentucky Home (1922) - Loney Smith
• Success (1923) - Nick Walker
• The Glimpses of the Moon (1923) - Bob Fulmer
• Salomy Jane (1923) - Colonel Starbottle
• Broadway Broke (1923) - Joe Karger
• A Bride for a Knight (1923)
• The Dixie Handicap (1924) - A Tout

Notes

1. The United States Census of 1920 documents that the Quirks remained legally married in January that year, but Billy was living then in Manhattan in a boardinghouse. In his 1926 death certificate, however, he is documented as divorced. He and Patsy therefore divorced sometime between February 1920 and April 1926.