Billy DeBeck (Crew)

Little is known about Billy DeBeck, a figure with a modest footprint in Crew. Stay tuned for updates as more details become available.

Works

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Private Snuffy Smith

A hillbilly moonshiner enlists in the army. Monogram Pictures' comedy was inspired by the then-popular comic strip character.

Release Date1942-01-16

DepartmentCrew

JobCreator

Vote Count9

The Fantastic Funnies

In this partially-animated TV special, Loni Anderson salutes the funny pages with interviews with famous cartoonists AND their creations!

Release Date1980-05-15

DepartmentWriting

JobComic Book

Snuffy Smith and Barney Google
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Snuffy Smith and Barney Google

There's feudin', fussin' and a whole lot of good ol' fashioned fun goin' on as those back woods rascals, Barney Google and Snuffy Smith, rustle up a rib-ticklin' tub of mountain mirth. Barney and Snuffy are joined by the craziest collection of cantankerous characters ever to come out of them thar' hills, including Loweezy, Jughaid and Jerky Jockey for hours of down home country comedy.

Release Date1963-01-01

DepartmentCreator

JobCreator

Vote Count1

Sunshine's Dark Moment

Barney Hellum and Slim Summerville give policeman Kit Guard a rough time in this funny Barney Google short, which is based on the comic strip character.

Release Date1929-02-24

DepartmentWriting

JobWriter

Horsefeathers

Barney Google is returning to Kokomo with his menage: race horse Spark Plug, trainer-jockey Sunshine, and ostrich Rudy. The people turn out to greet him -- the race horse, that is, and Sunshine. Feelings about Google are less kind, and soon the four of them are on a train headed elsewhere, causing havoc to passengers and crew.

Release Date1928-09-09

DepartmentWriting

JobWriter

A Horse on Barney

A new batch of immigrants arrives.

Release Date1929-04-21

DepartmentWriting

JobComic Book

T-Bone Handicap

FBO "Barney Google" short.with horses and ostriches.

Release Date1928-11-04

DepartmentWriting

JobWriter

Tetched in the Head

Tiny Barney Google sleeps under a tree. Along comes his enormous wife, who begins to do the washing. Six babies ranked in a tub persecute Barney.

Release Date1935-11-05

DepartmentCrew

JobCreator

Runnin' Through the Rye

Comedy short based on the comic strip "Barney Google" by Billy De Beck. A print survives with the Library of Congress.

Release Date1929-01-27

DepartmentWriting

JobWriter