Billy De Wolfe
Most certainly egged on by the dandified antics of an Edward Everett Horton, Eric Blore and/or Franklin Pangborn, burlesque clown Billy DeWolfe in turn gave obvious inspiration to such effeminate cutups as Paul Lynde and Charles Nelson Reilly. Billy's life was one hundred percent show business from start to finish in a career that lasted five decades, and it took everything, including the proverbial vaudeville hook, to get the delightful ham off the stage he craved and loved so well. Christened William Andrew Jones, he was the son of a Welsh-born immigrant and bookbinder. Born in Massachusetts, the family returned to Wales almost immediately and did not come back to the States until Billy was nine years old. He began his career in the theater as an usher until he found work as a dancer with a band. He subsequently took his name from a theater manager, William De Wolfe, who actually offered him his name. Billy developed his own comedy-dance act and originally played the vaudeville circuit as part of a duo or trio. In London for five years, he eventually went solo and was given the chance to play the London Palladium at one point. He returned to America in 1939 and enjoyed notice as a prime radio and nightclub performer-impressionist, appearing in satirical revues, sometimes in drag, with great results. Billy enlisted in the U.S. Navy in 1942 shortly after completing his first movie role as a riverboat conman in Dixie (1943) for Paramount. In civilian clothes again by war's end, he returned to Paramount and brought hyper comedy relief to a number of films including Miss Susie Slagle's (1946), Our Hearts Were Growing Up (1946), and The Perils of Pauline (1947). He then instigated what would become his suitor prototype. With trademark mustache and spiffy duds, he assumed the role of the highly ineffectual, fastidious, self-involved bore who loses the girl, in Dear Ruth (1947), one of his biggest film triumphs, which was followed by two "Dear..." movie sequels. Old-fashioned musicals were definitely his cup of tea and he was easily fit into such nostalgic fare as Tea for Two (1950) and Lullaby of Broadway (1951). One of his other film highlights includes getting snitty with bombastic Ethel Merman in Call Me Madam (1953). Irrepressible and definitely hard to contain for film (not to mention difficult to cast due to his mincing mannerisms), Billy focused instead on the live stage. He won the 1954 Donaldson Award for the NY production of "John Murray Anderson's Almanac," returned to London in command performances, and revisited Broadway in the last edition of "The Ziegfeld Follies" in 1957. Better yet was his pompous performance in the musical "How to Succeed in Business Without Really Trying" On TV he was a mildly popular raconteur on the talk show circuit. Fussy second-banana series roles took up his final decade of acting with such comedy series showcasing the likes of Imogene Coca, Phyllis Diller and Doris Day, who became a very close friend. A lifelong hypochondriac, Billy was about to take on the role of Madam Lucy in a 1973 Broadway revival of "Irene" when the ravages of lung cancer forced him to leave the show before rehearsals even began. Character player George S. Irving replaced Billy and went on to win a supporting-actor Tony for his wild efforts. Billy lost his fight at age 67 in 1974.
Billy DeVille
Billy DeVille is an actor, known for Happy Log (2016).
Billy Dean
Billy Dean is known for Willow (1988), Mary Reilly (1996) and Sweeney! (1977).
Billy Dean
Billy Dean is known for The Devil to Pay (2019).
Billy Dec
Billy Dec is an Actor, Producer, and Emmy Award Winner with regular appearances on nationally broadcast programs (NBC's Today Show, NBC's Today in Nashville). Founder of Elston Films and the Junior Board for the Lookingglass Theater, Dec is currently producing/starring in a documentary for PBS (to be released in 2019). Dec was appointed by President Obama to serve on his White House Commission on Asian Americans and Pacific Islanders. Attorney and CEO/Founder of Rockit Ranch Productions, Chicago's premier hospitality and entertainment development company, specializing in the creation, marketing and management of some of the city's top venues, Sunda (Chicago and Nashville) and Undergound. Dec's educational background includes the University of Illinois, Chicago-Kent College of Law & the Harvard Business School. He has received numerous awards including "Excellence in Business Award" from the State of Illinois, the Asian American Hall of Fame Award, the Cook County State's Attorney's Community Leadership Award and Chicago-Kent College of Law Alumni Professional Achievement Award. Dec is also actively involved in philanthropic organizations like Make a Wish, After School Matters, Lookingglass Theatre . . . and formerly served as the Director of Cultural Relations for the Olympic Committee.
Billy Dee
Billy Dee was born William Randell Daniels on September 25, 1951 in San Diego, California. Dee has four brothers and a sister. Billy first started working at age eleven (he often worked on his grandfather's farm milking cows). Dee lost his virginity in a barn at age fourteen. Dee started out in the adult entertainment industry in the early 1970's doing 8mm hardcore shoots with his then girlfriend while still holding a weekly day job. In the early 1980's Billy's career in porn really took off with the advent of video and he went on to become one of the most prolific and popular top black performers in X-rated fare. Dee was inducted into the XRCO Hall of Fame in 2002 and the AVN Hall of Fame in 2011. Long since retired from the adult film industry (he went on to attend Bible college after quitting porn), Billy now primarily resides in Bristol, South West England.
Billy Dee Williams
Billy Dee Williams was born William December Williams on April 6, 1937 in New York City. Billy Dee has notched up an impressive array of film and television appearances over the past 50+ years. He is easily best known to international film audiences as the roguish Lando Calrissian in the last two episodes of the original Star Wars trilogy: The Empire Strikes Back (1980) and Star Wars: Episode VI - Return of the Jedi (1983). Williams can also be seen on screen in Lady Sings the Blues (1972), Nighthawks (1981), Batman (1989), Moving Target (1995) and Undercover Brother (2002). A regular performer also in many fine quality television movies and television series.
Billy Dennison
Billy Dennison is an actor, known for Pinup Dolls on Ice (2013).
Billy Dib
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Billy Dickson
Billy Dickson was born in Elgin, Illinois, USA. He is a cinematographer and director, known for Ally McBeal (1997), Believe (2016) and One Tree Hill (2003).
