Today is the birthday of stage and screen comedian Billie Ritchie (1878-1921). A native of Glasgow Scotland, Ritchie got his start in music hall with Karno’s Speechless Comedians, springboard of so many comedy greats, including Charlie Chaplin and Stan Laurel. Just a few months after Chaplin started for Mack Sennett at Keystone, Ritchie started working […]
SOURCE: Trav S.D. at 06:10AM on September 14, 2013