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Ben Murphy
Ben Murphy (Benjamin Edward Castleberry Jr., b. March 6, 1942, Jonesboro, Arkansas) is an American actor, Kid Curry in Alias Smith and Jones, lead in eight TV series including Gemini Man, active 1967–2010.
Ben Schwartz
Ben Schwartz (born 1981, Bronx, New York) is an American actor, comedian, writer, and improviser known as Jean-Ralphio on Parks and Recreation, Clyde Oberholt on House of Lies, and the voice of Sonic the Hedgehog in the film series.
Bernie Casey
Bernie Casey (Bernard Terry Casey, 1939–2017) was an NFL wide receiver for the 49ers and Rams who became a painter, poet, and actor, playing Felix Leiter in Never Say Never Again.
Betsy Palmer
Betsy Palmer (Patricia Betsy Hrunek, 1926–2015), American character actress and game-show panelist, best known as killer camp cook Pamela Voorhees in Friday the 13th (1980) and Part II.
Bette Davis
Bette Davis (Ruth Elizabeth Davis, 1908–1989), American film actress, two-time Oscar winner (Dangerous, Jezebel), 10 nominations, led the 1937 Warner Bros. contract lawsuit, starred in All About Eve, first woman AMPAS president.
Betty Grable
Betty Grable (Ruth Elizabeth Grable, 1916-1973), American actress, dancer, and singer, Twentieth Century-Fox's leading 1940s Technicolor musical star and WWII's most popular pin-up, famous for her million-dollar insured legs and the 1943 Frank Powolny bathing-suit photo.
Betty Lou Gerson
Betty Lou Gerson (1914-1999), American radio, film, and voice actress, original voice of Cruella De Vil in One Hundred and One Dalmatians (1961), narrator of Cinderella, Disney Legend 1996.
Bhagwan Dada
Bhagwan Dada (Bhagwan Abhaji Palav, 1913-2002), Indian Hindi-Marathi actor, dancer, producer, and director; star, director, and producer of Albela (1951) with songs Shola Jo Bhadke and Bholi Surat Dil Ke Khote; pioneer of Hindi cinema's dancing hero.
Bhagyashree
Bhagyashree (भाग्यश्री), Bhagyashree Patwardhan, born 1969, Indian actress of the Sangli royal family; debut in Maine Pyar Kiya (1989) opposite Salman Khan; Filmfare Best Female Debut; left films after marrying Himalaya Dassani, later returned as character actor and certified nutritionist. Not Bhagyashri Borse.
Bhanupriya (భానుప్రియ)
Bhanupriya (భానుప్రియ), born Mangalabhama/Manga Bhanu in 1967, is an Indian Kuchipudi-dancer-turned-actress with about 155 films in Telugu, Tamil, Malayalam, Kannada and Hindi, known for Swarnakamalam, Thalapathi and three Nandi Awards.
Bharat Bhushan (भारत भूषण)
Bharat Bhushan (भारत भूषण, 1920–1992), also Bharat Bhushan Bhalla, Hindi film actor and screenwriter; star of Baiju Bawra (1952) and Mirza Ghalib (1954), Filmfare winner, later bankrupt; distinct from later namesakes.
Bharath (பரத் சீனிவாசன்) (actor)
Bharath Srinivasan (பரத் சீனிவாசன்) is a Tamil film actor who debuted in S. Shankar's Boys (2003) and broke through with Kaadhal (2004); over 50 films include Pattiyal, Veyil, Kanden Kadhalai, Radhe, and Kaalidas 2.
Bharathi Vishnuvardhan (ಭಾರತಿ ವಿಷ್ಣುವರ್ಧನ)
Bharathi Vishnuvardhan (ಭಾರತಿ ವಿಷ್ಣುವರ್ಧನ), born 1950 in Bangalore, is an Indian actress of Kannada, Hindi, Tamil, Telugu, Malayalam, and Marathi cinema, wife of Dr. Vishnuvardhan, Padma Shri 2017, national award for Sandhya Raga.
Bhavana (കാർത്തിക മേനോൻ) (actress)
Bhavana (ഭാവന), or Karthika Menon, is an Indian actress born in 1986 in Thrissur, known for making her debut in Nammal (2002) and winning two Kerala State Film Awards.
Bhavana Balsavar
Bhavana Balsavar (also Bhavna Balsaver, born 1975, Bombay) is a Hindi television comedy actress, daughter of Shubha Khote; known for Dekh Bhai Dekh's Sunita and Zabaan Sambhal Ke's Ms. Vijaya, plus Gutur Gu and Satrangi Sasural.
Bhavya Gandhi (ભાવ્ય ગાંધી)
Bhavya Gandhi (ભાવ્ય ગાંધી) is an Indian actor known for playing Tapu in Taarak Mehta Ka Ooltah Chashmah (2008 to 2017), who later works in Gujarati cinema.
Bhumika Chawla (रचना चावला)
Bhumika Chawla (Rachna Chawla), Indian actress born 1978 in New Delhi; Telugu debut Yuvakudu (2000), known for Kushi, Okkadu, and Tere Naam (2003) opposite Salman Khan; reunited with director Gunasekhar for Euphoria (2026).
Biju Menon (ബിജു മേനോൻ)
Biju Menon (ബിജു മേനോൻ), born 1970 in Thrissur, Kerala, is a Malayalam film actor, producer, and singer with over 100 films since his 1995 debut Puthran, known for Ayyappanum Koshiyum, Vellimoonga, and Aarkkariyam.
Bill Cobbs
Bill Cobbs (Wilbert Francisco Cobbs, 1934–2024), American character actor with nearly 200 film and TV credits, known for The Bodyguard, Night at the Museum, Air Bud, Demolition Man, and I'll Fly Away; won a 2020 Daytime Emmy for Dino Dana.
Bill Erwin
Bill Erwin (William Lindsey Erwin, 1914–2010), American character actor with over 250 screen credits, Emmy-nominated as Sid Fields on Seinfeld's "The Old Man" and known for Arthur the bellman in Somewhere in Time; not the Duke psychiatry professor of the same name.
Bill McKinney
Bill McKinney (William Denison McKinney, 1931-2011), American character actor famous for the Mountain Man in Deliverance and Captain Terrill in The Outlaw Josey Wales; seven Clint Eastwood films, esophageal cancer death in Van Nuys.
Bill Moseley
Bill Moseley (William Lambert Moseley, born 1951, Stamford, Connecticut) is an American horror actor and musician known as Chop Top in The Texas Chainsaw Massacre 2 and Otis Driftwood in Rob Zombie's Firefly trilogy, plus Cornbugs vocals with Buckethead.
Bill Quinn
Bill Quinn (William Tyrell Quinn, 1912–1994), American character actor from vaudeville and silent films to Star Trek V; known as Sweeney on The Rifleman and Mr. Van Ranseleer on All in the Family and Archie Bunker's Place; father-in-law of Bob Newhart.
Billie "Buckwheat" Thomas
Billie "Buckwheat" Thomas (William Thomas Jr., 1931-1980), American child actor who played Buckwheat in Our Gang/Little Rascals shorts 1934-1944, later a Technicolor film lab technician; distinct from other Buckwheat players and from the later musician William Thomas Jr.
Billy Barty
Billy Barty (William John Bertanzetti, 1924–2000) was an American actor with cartilage-hair hypoplasia dwarfism, 3'9" tall, known for Willow, The Day of the Locust, and Foul Play, and founder of Little People of America (1957) and the Billy Barty Foundation (1975).
Billy Drago
Billy Drago (William Eugene Burrows, 1945-2019), American character actor born in Hugoton, Kansas, best known as Frank Nitti in The Untouchables (1987) and the demon Barbas on Charmed.
Billy Herrington
Billy Herrington (1969-2018), American bodybuilder and gay adult film actor nicknamed Aniki in Japan, whose wrestling clips became the Gachimuchi remix meme on Nico Nico Douga from 2007.
Billy Laughlin
Billy Laughlin (William Robert Laughlin, 1932-1948), American child actor who played gravel-voiced Froggy in 29 Our Gang/Little Rascals shorts 1940-1944; died at 16 in a La Puente scooter-truck accident.
Billy Redden
Billy Redden (born 1956), also called the banjo boy, is a nonprofessional Georgia actor who played Lonnie in Deliverance's 1972 Dueling Banjos scene, with a hidden musician fretting; later found by Tim Burton for Big Fish (2003).
Bina Rai
Bina Rai (Beena Rai, born Krishna Sarin, 13 July 1931 - 6 December 2009) was an Indian actress of black-and-white Hindi cinema, star of Anarkali (1953) and Taj Mahal (1963), Filmfare Best Actress winner for Ghunghat (1960), wife of actor Premnath.