- With the rise of the sound film then returned to Italy and took on other roles in Telefoni Bianchi films. (Telefoni Bianchi or "white telephones" films were made in Italy in the 1930s in imitation of American comedies of the time in a sharp contrast to the other important style of the era, calligrafismo, which was highly artistic).
- He was also a theatrical actor in the last years of activity, working alongside actors such as Anna Magnani.
- His film career in Germany ended with the rise of the sound film and he returned to Italy.
- The actor Oreste Bilancia began his career at the theater where he often played funny roles.
- In the thirties he took up stage offers again in Italy, where he offered successful character studies with his plump figure, his cheerful and good-hearted character, red hair and elegant appearance.
- At the end of 1914, the Ambrosio production company in Turin hired him as a film actor.
- His artistic career became interrupted when he took over the direction of the casino of San Remo for three years, afterwards he was the manager of the Teatro in Montecatini.
- Oreste Bilancia remained active till to his death.
- In 1925, when the cinema crisis was raging in Italy, he accepted an offer from Germany and in the years that followed, up to the end of the silent film era, he could be seen in numerous German films.
- Bilancia's career began in 1902 as a dialect actor with the stage company Galli-Gusti-Ciarli-Bracci, where he acted as the second comedian.
- In Italy, between 1929 and 1931 dubbing was prohibited, and the sound of the films had to be eliminated. In order to overcome this inconvenience, many stratagems were used, and actors like Oreste Bilancia and Alberto Capozzi participated in one of the most curious: new scenes were added, and the Italian actors performed what the American actors had said before.
- He came to Germany in 1925 where he, as in Italy, also gained a foothold in no time and he continued his career as a support actor.
- The plump, usually wearing a monocle, Bilancia was a busy supporting actor who appeared in numerous important films of the Italian silent film cinema.
- Oreste Bilancia was married with the actress Asta Gundt.
- He was engaged for the Italian film in 1915 and he soon became a popular support actor.
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