# Billie Ritchie

> William Hill, known professionally as Billie Ritchie, was a Scottish comedian who first gained transatlantic fame as a performer for British music hall producer Fred Karno - a full decade before Stan Laurel and Charlie Chaplin took a similar career path. Ritchie is best recalled today for the silent comedy shorts he made between 1914 and 1920 for producer-director Henry Lehrman's L-KO Motion Picture Company and Fox Film Sunshine Comedy unit.

*Scottish vaudeville and early film comedian best known for accusing Charlie Chaplin for stealing his "tramp" persona from him*

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## Identity
- **Profile type:** Comedian
- **Category:** Comedians
- **Born:** 1878-09-14
- **Died:** 1921-07-06
- **Status:** deceased
- **Gender:** male

## Bio

William Hill, known professionally as Billie Ritchie, was a Scottish comedian who first gained transatlantic fame as a performer for British music hall producer Fred Karno - a full decade before Stan Laurel and Charlie Chaplin took a similar career path. Ritchie is best recalled today for the silent comedy shorts he made between 1914 and 1920 for producer-director Henry Lehrman's L-KO Motion Picture Company and Fox Film Sunshine Comedy unit.

## Fame
- **Fame score:** 39.3
- **Momentum:** 4.6

## Platforms
- **IMDB**: https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0728531/ (@nm0728531)

## Sources
- [Billie Ritchie](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Billie_Ritchie)
- [Billie Ritchie](https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Billie_Ritchie)
- [Billie Ritchie](https://es.wikipedia.org/wiki/Billie_Ritchie)
- [The Movie DB](https://www.themoviedb.org/person/1333196)
- [Wikidata](https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q2903555)

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