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Bill Hayes (actor)
Bill Hayes (William Foster Hayes III, 1925–2024), American singer and actor; his 1955 'Ballad of Davy Crockett' hit number one, and he played Doug Williams on Days of Our Lives from 1970 into 2023, married to co-star Susan Seaforth Hayes.
Bill Macy
Bill Macy (born Wolf Martin Garber, 1922–2019), American character actor best known as Walter Findlay, Bea Arthur's husband, on the CBS sitcom Maude (1972–78); also Oh! Calcutta! original cast and films The Jerk and My Favorite Year. Distinct from William H. Macy.
Bill Murray
Bill Murray (born 1950), American actor and comedian; SNL cast member 1976–1980, star of Ghostbusters and Groundhog Day, Oscar-nominated for Lost in Translation, longtime Wes Anderson collaborator, 2016 Mark Twain Prize recipient.
Bill Nunn
Bill Nunn (William Goldwyn Nunn III) was an American character actor from Pittsburgh best known as Radio Raheem in Do the Right Thing (1989) and Robbie Robertson in Spider-Man.
Bill Paxton
Bill Paxton (1955-2017) was a Fort Worth-born American actor and director known for Aliens, Weird Science, Apollo 13, Twister, Titanic, HBO's Big Love, and directing Frailty; also fronted the band Martini Ranch.
Bill Pullman
Bill Pullman (William James Pullman), American actor from Hornell, New York; stage career from 1983, films including Spaceballs, Independence Day (President Whitmore), Lost Highway, and The Sinner; RSC debut and Spaceballs: The New One upcoming.
Bill Sage
Bill Sage (William Sage III, born 1962, New York City) is an American character actor from SUNY Purchase and Hal Hartley's ensemble, known for American Psycho, Mysterious Skin, We Are What We Are, Wrong Turn, and recurring TV roles.
Bill Smitrovich
Bill Smitrovich (William Stanley Zmitrowicz Jr.), American character actor born 1947 in Bridgeport, Connecticut; known for Crime Story, Life Goes On, Millennium, The Practice, and films including Independence Day, Thirteen Days, Iron Man, and Joker: Folie à Deux.
Billie Bird
Billie Bird (Billie Bird Sellen, 1908–2002), American vaudeville comedienne and character actress; Sixteen Candles, Home Alone, Dear John; distinct from the Swiss musician Billie Bird.
Billie Hayes
Billie Hayes (1924-2021), American actress born in DuQuoin, Illinois; Broadway's New Faces of 1956 and Li'l Abner's Mammy Yokum; famous as Witchiepoo on H.R. Pufnstuf, Lidsville, and prolific voice actor.
Billy Bob Thornton
Billy Bob Thornton (born 1955, Hot Springs, Arkansas) is an American actor, director, screenwriter, and musician. Won the Oscar for Best Adapted Screenplay for Sling Blade (1996); later known for Fargo, Goliath, Landman, and the Boxmasters.
Billy Campbell
Billy Campbell (William Oliver Campbell, born 1959) is an American actor known for The Rocketeer, Once and Again, The 4400, The Killing, and the Canadian Screen Award-winning series Cardinal.
Billy Crudup
Billy Crudup (William Gaither Crudup, born 1968) is an American actor of stage and screen: Tony winner for The Coast of Utopia, star of Almost Famous and Watchmen, and two-time Emmy winner as Cory Ellison in The Morning Show.
Billy Crystal
Billy Crystal (William Edward Crystal, born 1948, New York) is an American actor and comedian: Jodie Dallas on Soap, SNL's Fernando, star of When Harry Met Sally and City Slickers, voice of Mike Wazowski, and nine-time Oscar host.
Billy Dee Williams
Billy Dee Williams (William December Williams, born April 6, 1937) is an American actor and painter known for Lando Calrissian in Star Wars, Brian's Song, Lady Sings the Blues, Mahogany, and Batman's Harvey Dent.
Billy Warlock
Billy Warlock (William Alan Leming, born 1961, Gardena, California) is a retired American actor known as Eddie Kramer on Baywatch, Frankie Brady on Days of Our Lives (1988 Daytime Emmy), and A.J. Quartermaine on General Hospital; now a ski school supervisor.
Billy Wirth
Billy Wirth (William E. Wirth), American actor, model, producer and director born 1962 in New York City; best known as Dwayne in The Lost Boys (1987) and for directing MacArthur Park (2001).
Billy Zane
Billy Zane (born 1966, Chicago; born William George Zane Jr.) is an American actor and painter known for Cal Hockley in Titanic (1997), The Phantom (1996), Dead Calm (1989), Twin Peaks, and playing Marlon Brando in Waltzing with Brando (2024).
Bing Russell
Bing Russell (Neil Oliver Russell, 1926-2003), American character actor and minor league ballplayer; Deputy Clem Foster on Bonanza, father of Kurt Russell, and owner of the independent Portland Mavericks, 1973-1977.
Bitty Schram
Bitty Schram (born 1968), American actress best known as Sharona Fleming on Monk (2002–2009) and Evelyn Gardner in A League of Their Own (1992); left Monk in a 2004 contract dispute, returned for one 2009 episode.
Blair Brown
Blair Brown (Bonnie Blair Brown), American stage, film, and TV actress born April 23 in Washington, D.C. Known for Molly Dodd (five Emmy nominations), Jacqueline Kennedy in Kennedy (1983), Nina Sharp on Fringe, and the 2000 Tony Award for Copenhagen.
Blair Underwood
Blair Erwin Underwood (born 1964, Tacoma, Washington) is an American actor, director, and producer known for Jonathan Rollins on L.A. Law, two Golden Globe nominations, Broadway's A Streetcar Named Desire and A Soldier's Play, and recent roles in Longlegs, Youngblood, and Fox's Doc.
Blake Clark
Blake Clark (born 1946, Macon, Georgia) is an American stand-up comedian and character actor, Farmer Fran in The Waterboy, a veteran of Adam Sandler comedies, and the voice of Slinky Dog in the Toy Story films since Toy Story 3, succeeding Jim Varney.
Blake McIver Ewing
Blake McIver Ewing (born 1985) is an American actor, singer, and composer, known as Derek on Full House and Waldo in The Little Rascals, later a musical theater performer, vocal coach, and composer for visual media.
Blanche Baker
Blanche Baker (Blanche Garfein, born 1956, New York) is an American actress, Emmy winner for Holocaust (1978), known for Sixteen Candles, The Handmaid's Tale, Raw Deal, and Taking Chance, now a writer-director and NYFA senior faculty.
Blythe Danner
Blythe Danner is an American actress whose stage-centered career includes a Tony for Butterflies Are Free and two Emmys for Huff; she is Gwyneth Paltrow's mother.
Bo Derek
Bo Derek, born Mary Cathleen Collins, is an American actress whose starring role in the 1979 romantic comedy 10 made her an international sex symbol.
Bob Balaban
Bob Balaban (Robert Elmer Balaban, born 1945, Chicago) is an American character actor, director, producer, and author of Close Encounters, Gosford Park, and Christopher Guest mockumentaries, from the Balaban theater family.
Bob Einstein
Bob Einstein (Stewart Robert Einstein, 1942-2019), American Emmy-winning comedy writer, actor, and producer; created stuntman character Super Dave Osborne and played Marty Funkhouser on Curb Your Enthusiasm; brother of Albert Brooks.
Bob Gunton
Bob Gunton (Robert Patrick Gunton Jr., born 1945) is an American character actor and Vietnam-era Bronze Star recipient. Known for Warden Norton in The Shawshank Redemption, Juan Perón in Broadway's Evita (Tony-nominated), Sweeney Todd, 24's Ethan Kanin, and Daredevil's Leland Owlsley.