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Billy Boyle

ActorBorn February 24, 1945 (80 years)
Billy Boyle is an Irish actor and singer on British film, television and stage. His recording career included five 45rpm singles for the Decca and Columbia labels, including the novelty song "My Baby's Crazy 'Bout Elvis" (Decca F 11503) in 1962. He is a veteran of the West End stage, having played leading roles in over 15 hit shows. In his first West End musical, Maggie May, he was nominated as best newcomer. Gower Champion then chose him to play Barnaby in Hello Dolly at The Theatre Royal Drury Lane. He appeared in Canterbury Tales at the Phoenix Theatre as The Clerk of Oxford. Harold Hobson, The Times critic said, "He was a breath of fresh air in the West-End" He went on to play leading roles in No Sex Please, We're British, Billy, What's a Nice Country, The Rivals, Love, Lust, & Marriage, Some Like It Hot, Disney's Beauty and the Beast, and in the original cast of Dirty Dancing. Lately he has appeared as Grandpa George and Grandpa Joe in Charlie and The Chocolate Factory at Drury Lane. In 2010, he was the Mysterious Man in the Regent’s Park Open Air Theatre production of Into the Woods.

His films include Stanley Kubrick's Barry Lyndon, Groupie Girl, Side by Side, Wild Geese II, The Scarlet and the Black, Round Ireland with a Fridge and A United Kingdom.

Movies & Shows on Plex

  • Father Ted
  • Coronation Street
  • The Scarlet and the Black
  • The Professionals
  • Grizzly II: Revenge
  • The Royal
  • Swede Caroline

Known For

  • I Am a Groupie
  • Shergar
  • Into the Woods
  • Side by Side

Filmography

2024
Swede Caroline · as House Cook
2023
A Whole Lifetime with Jamie Demetriou (TV Series) · as Terry Gill
2023
2022
Unwelcome · as Shopkeeper
2022
The Flatshare (TV Series) · as Grumpy Man
2020
Ted Lasso (TV Series) · as Mr. Deering
2020
Grizzly II: Revenge · as Barry's Manager
2017
National Theatre Live: Follies · as Theodore Whitman
2017
Strike (TV Series) · as Brian Tucker
2016
A United Kingdom · as Reverend James Manners
2013
The Worst Movies of All Time (TV Series) · as Barry's Manager (archive Footage)
2011
The Borgias (TV Series) · as The Embalmer
2011
Into the Woods · as Mysterious Man
2010
Dirk Gently (TV Series) · as Harry Jordan
2010
2006
Lead Balloon (TV Series) · as Priest
2003
The Royal (TV Series) · as Father Maguire
2000
Doctors (TV Series) · as Ted O'malley
1999
Shergar · as Carrigan
1999
Holby City (TV Series) · as Lennie George
1996
Silent Witness (TV Series) · as Charles Mead
1995
Father Ted (TV Series) · as Chatback Priest
1989
1987
The Bretts (TV Series) · as Hegarty
1985
Wild Geese II · as Devenish
1985
EastEnders (TV Series) · as Danny Taurus
1984
Screen Two (TV Series) · as Mr. Healy
1984
The Bill (TV Series) · as Mr. Rodgers
1983
1979
Kelly Monteith (TV Series) · as Cast
1977
The Professionals (TV Series) · as O'leary
1975
Barry Lyndon · as Seamus Feeny
1975
1970
I Am a Groupie · as Wesley
1968
The Basil Brush Show (TV Series) · as Mr. Billy
1965
Jackanory (TV Series) · as Storyteller
1960
Coronation Street (TV Series) · as Priest

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