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Bill Camp
Bill Camp, American character actor (born 1961 or 1964, Massachusetts), Juilliard-trained stage veteran, Tony and Emmy nominee, known for The Night Of, 12 Years a Slave, Joker, and The Gilded Age.
Bill Cosby
Bill Cosby (born July 12, 1937, Philadelphia) is an American comedian and actor, star of I Spy and The Cosby Show, nine-time Grammy winner, whose 2018 sexual assault conviction was overturned in 2021 and who was ordered in 2026 to pay $59.25 million in a civil case.
Bill Cotton
Sir Bill Cotton (1928–2008), also Bill Cotton Jr, English BBC television producer and executive; Head of Light Entertainment 1970–77 and Managing Director of Television; behind Dad's Army, The Two Ronnies, Morecambe and Wise, Top of the Pops.
Bill Cullen
Bill Cullen (William Lawrence Cullen, 1920-1990), Pittsburgh-born American radio and TV personality nicknamed the Dean of Game Show Hosts; hosted the original Price Is Right (1956-1965), 15 years on I've Got a Secret, over 20 game shows despite childhood polio.
Bill D'Elia
Bill D'Elia, American television director and executive producer of Ally McBeal, Boston Legal, Harry's Law, and How to Get Away with Murder; 8 Emmy nominations, co-creator of Judging Amy; not the mafia figure William 'Big Billy' D'Elia.
Bill Daily
Bill Daily (William Edward Daily Jr., 1927-2018), American comic actor born in Des Moines, Iowa; played Major Roger Healey on I Dream of Jeannie and Howard Borden on The Bob Newhart Show, later Dr. Larry Dykstra on ALF.
Bill Duke
Bill Duke (William Henry Duke, Jr., born 1943, Poughkeepsie, NY) is an American actor and director, not the Duke University or Duke Energy namesake, known for Predator, Commando, and directing A Rage in Harlem and Deep Cover.
Bill Fagerbakke
Bill Fagerbakke (born 1957, Fontana, California) is an American actor, the voice of Patrick Star in SpongeBob SquarePants since 1999 and Dauber on Coach (1989–1997), also Broadway in Gargoyles.
Bill Farmer
Bill Farmer (William Robert Farmer, born 1952, Pratt, Kansas) is the American voice actor and Disney Legend who has voiced Goofy and Pluto since the mid-1980s, also Hop Pop in Amphibia and Doc in The 7D.
Bill Fellows
Bill Fellows (born 1957, Middlesbrough) is an English actor known as Stu Carpenter in Coronation Street (2021–2024) and George Cartrick in Ted Lasso, with films Lady Macbeth, Final Score, and United.
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 Hunter (actor)
Bill Hunter (1940–2011), born William John Hunter, was an Australian character actor known for the gruff Australian "bloke" in films like Gallipoli, Muriel's Wedding, and Priscilla, Queen of the Desert.
Bill Lawrence (TV producer)
Bill Lawrence, born William Van Duzer Lawrence IV in 1968, is the American TV creator of Scrubs and co-creator of Spin City, Cougar Town, Ted Lasso, and Shrinking; Emmy-winning showrunner behind Doozer Productions.
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 Maynard
Bill Maynard (Walter Frederick George Williams, 1928-2018), English comedian and actor; Terry Scott double act, Selwyn Froggitt, The Gaffer, and Claude Greengrass in ITV's Heartbeat.
Bill Mumy
Bill Mumy (Charles William Mumy Jr., born 1954) is an American actor, musician, and writer known as Will Robinson on Lost in Space, Anthony Fremont on The Twilight Zone, and Lennier on Babylon 5, also half of Barnes & Barnes.
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 Nighy
Bill Nighy (born 1949) is an English actor known for Love Actually, State of Play, Davy Jones in Pirates of the Caribbean, and his Oscar-nominated lead in Living (2022).
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 Odenkirk
Bill Odenkirk (William Leonard Odenkirk), American comedy writer and producer, younger brother of Bob Odenkirk. PhD in inorganic chemistry, University of Chicago; wrote for Mr. Show, Tenacious D, Futurama, Disenchantment, and The Simpsons; 4 Emmy wins.
Bill Owen (actor)
Bill Owen (William John Owen Rowbotham, 1914-1999), English actor, played Compo Simmonite in BBC's Last of the Summer Wine from 1973 until his death; also a Royal Court stage actor, film character player, and songwriter.
Bill Paterson (actor)
Bill Paterson (William Tulloch Paterson), Scottish actor born in Glasgow in 1945; founding member of 7:84 Theatre Company in The Cheviot, the Stag and the Black, Black Oil; films include Comfort and Joy, The Killing Fields, The Witches; TV includes Outlander, Fleabag, The Repair Shop narrator; BAFTA Scotland Outstanding Contribution 2015.
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 Pertwee
Bill Pertwee (William Desmond Anthony Pertwee, 1926-2013), English comedy actor and MBE, played Chief ARP Warden Hodges in Dad's Army on TV, radio, film, and stage, and was a regular on Beyond Our Ken and Round the Horne.
Bill Prady
Bill Prady (born 1960, Detroit) is an American TV writer and producer, co-creator with Chuck Lorre of The Big Bang Theory, former Jim Henson Productions and Muppets writer, and co-creator of Stuart Fails to Save the Universe.
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 Skarsgård
Bill Skarsgård, born 1990 in Vällingby, Sweden, is a Swedish actor, son of Stellan Skarsgård, known as Pennywise in It and It Chapter Two, Count Orlok in Nosferatu, and Clark Olofsson in the Netflix series Clark.
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.
Bill Thompson (voice actor)
Bill Thompson (William Henry Thompson Jr., 1913–1971), American radio personality and voice actor; Wallace Wimple on Fibber McGee and Molly, voice of MGM's Droopy (1943–1958) and Disney's White Rabbit, Mr. Smee, and Uncle Waldo.