6 Best Billy Gilbert Movies

By Vlad Zakh · March 19, 2026

Comedy feel good

Billy Gilbert brought explosive, blustering comic energy to Hollywood and was famous for his elaborate sneeze routine. Ninotchka melts a stern Soviet envoy in Paris, His Girl Friday and Movie Crazy are comic highlights, Twin Beds pits mismatched newlywed furniture against escalating misunderstandings, On the Riviera mistakes a cabaret entertainer for a wealthy aviator, and Africa Screams hires bumbling adventurers for a treasure-hunting safari.

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Africa Screams (1949)

TMDB ★ 6.0

Billy Gilbert features in this comedy about two bumbling adventurers hired to lead a treasure-hunting safari deep into the African jungle.

Directed by Charles Barton · 1h 19m · Rated NR

Where to watch

Stream: fuboTV, Philo, Pure Flix, Fandor Amazon Channel, FlixFling, Troma NOW · Rent or buy: Amazon Video, Apple TV Store, Google Play Movies, YouTube, Fandango At Home, FlixFling

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On the Riviera (1951) 02

On the Riviera (1951)

TMDB ★ 6.4

Billy Gilbert appears in this Danny Kaye musical about a cabaret entertainer who's mistaken for a wealthy aviator and asked to impersonate him at high society events.

Directed by Walter Lang · 1h 29m · Rated NR

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Twin Beds (1942)

TMDB ★ 6.0

Billy Gilbert features in this comedy where a pair of newlyweds' mismatched apartment furniture leads to an escalating string of comic misunderstandings.

Directed by Tim Whelan · 1h 25m · Rated NR

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Ninotchka (1939)

TMDB ★ 7.6

A stern Soviet envoy sent to Paris is unexpectedly charmed by capitalism and a debonair count.

Directed by Ernst Lubitsch · 1h 50m · Rated NR

Where to watch

Rent or buy: Amazon Video, Apple TV Store, Google Play Movies, YouTube, Fandango At Home

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His Girl Friday (1940)

TMDB ★ 7.9

A newspaper editor schemes to stop his star reporter ex-wife from remarrying and leaving journalism.

Directed by Howard Hawks · 1h 32m · Rated NR

Where to watch

Stream: fuboTV, MGM+ Amazon Channel, Philo, YouTube TV, MGM Plus, Pure Flix · Rent or buy: Amazon Video, Apple TV Store, Google Play Movies, YouTube, Fandango At Home

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Movie Crazy (1932)

TMDB ★ 6.9

Billy Gilbert features in this Harold Lloyd comedy about a star-struck young man who travels to Hollywood determined to become a movie star.

Directed by Clyde Bruckman · 1h 36m · Rated NR

Where to watch

Stream: Criterion Channel

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Vlad Zakh

Vlad Zakh

Founder, Movieix

Founder of Movieix. He started the site because most recommendation pages felt like noise. Here, lists are sorted by who's in the film, where it's from and what mood you're in tonight.