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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.

Bill Travers

Bill Travers (William Inglis Lindon Travers, 1922-1994), English actor, screenwriter and wildlife campaigner; starred as George Adamson in Born Free (1966) with wife Virginia McKenna, and co-founded Zoo Check, later the Born Free Foundation, in 1984.

Bill Treacher

Bill Treacher (William Charles Treacher, 1930–2022), English actor, first cast member of EastEnders, played Arthur Fowler 1985–1996; later ataxia; died of pneumonia and Covid-19.

Bill Williams (actor)

Bill Williams (Herman August Wilhelm Katt, 1915-1992), American actor, star of the TV Western The Adventures of Kit Carson (1951-55, 104 episodes), husband of Barbara Hale, father of William Katt; not to be confused with other Bill Williamses.

Billa (பில்லா) (2007 film)

Billa (பில்லா) is a 2007 Tamil action thriller directed by Vishnuvardhan, remaking the 1980 Rajinikanth film (itself from Don 1978). Ajith Kumar plays David Billa and Velu; music by Yuvan Shankar Raja; released 14 December 2007.

Billa (బిల్లా) (2009 film)

Billa (బిల్లా) is a 2009 Telugu action thriller directed by Meher Ramesh, starring Prabhas in a dual role as gangster David Billa and thief Ranga; a remake of the 2007 Tamil Billa and ultimately Don, released 3 April 2009 with music by Mani Sharma.

Billa II

Billa II (Billa 2) is a 2012 Tamil gangster action film, a prequel to Billa (2007), directed by Chakri Toleti, starring Ajith Kumar as David Billa; it earned Rs 65.44 crore worldwide and mixed reviews.

Billa Ranga Baasha

Billa Ranga Baasha (ಬಿಲ್ಲ ರಂಗ ಬಾಷ), First Blood: Kannada dystopian sci-fi action-adventure set in 2209 AD, directed by Anup Bhandari, starring Kichcha Sudeep; Primeshow Entertainment production filming since April 2025.

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.

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 Blue

Billie Blue (Cœur de slush) is a 2023 Canadian French-language romantic comedy-drama directed by Mariloup Wolfe, adapted from Sarah-Maude Beauchesne's 2014 novel series, about 16-year-old Billie's water-park summer love triangle; distinct from the 1972 film The Ballad of Billie Blue.

Billie Burke

Billie Burke (Mary William Ethelbert Appleton Burke, born 1884 or 1885, died 1970), American stage and film actress, Broadway leading lady, wife of Florenz Ziegfeld Jr., Oscar-nominated for Merrily We Live, best remembered as Glinda the Good Witch in The Wizard of Oz (1939).

Billie Eilish – Hit Me Hard and Soft: The Tour (Live in 3D)

Billie Eilish – Hit Me Hard and Soft: The Tour (Live in 3D) is a 2026 3D concert film co-directed by Eilish and James Cameron, shot at Manchester's Co-op Live, released May 8, 2026 by Paramount, and streaming on Paramount+ from August 6, 2026.

Billie Eilish: The World's a Little Blurry

Billie Eilish: The World's a Little Blurry, Apple TV+ documentary film directed by R.J. Cutler, released February 26, 2021; 2h20m vérité coming-of-age portrait of Eilish at 17 recording her debut album When We All Fall Asleep, Where Do We Go? with Finneas, up to her 2020 Grammys sweep.

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.

Billie Lourd

Billie Lourd (Billie Catherine Lourd), American actress born 1992 in Los Angeles, daughter of Carrie Fisher and Bryan Lourd. Known as Chanel #3 in Scream Queens, Lieutenant Connix in the Star Wars sequel trilogy, and recurring American Horror Story roles from Cult through season 13.

Billie Piper

Billie Piper (born 1982, Swindon, England) is an English actor, singer, writer, and director; a 15-year-old chart-topping pop star, Rose Tyler in Doctor Who, Olivier-winning Yerma lead, and director of Rare Beasts.

Billie Whitelaw

Billie Whitelaw (1932–2014), English actress and Samuel Beckett's foremost interpreter, starred in Not I, Footfalls, Rockaby, and Happy Days, plus films The Omen, Frenzy, The Krays, and Hot Fuzz; CBE 1991.

Billionaire Boys Club (2018 film)

Billionaire Boys Club is a 2018 American crime drama directed by James Cox, starring Ansel Elgort and Taron Egerton as founders of a fraudulent 1983 Los Angeles investment club.

Billionaires' Bunker

Billionaires' Bunker (El refugio atómico) is a Spanish Netflix thriller by Money Heist creators Álex Pina and Esther Martínez Lobato: billionaires in a luxury bunker, 8 episodes, premiered September 19, 2025, canceled December 2025 after one season.

Billions (TV series)

Billions is a Showtime drama (2016–2023, 7 seasons, 84 episodes) created by Koppelman, Levien, and Sorkin, starring Paul Giamatti and Damian Lewis as a U.S. Attorney and hedge fund manager; loosely inspired by Preet Bharara, ending in 2023 with spin-offs announced.

Billions (빌리언스) (agency)

Billions (빌리언스, Billions Co., Ltd.) is a KOSDAQ-listed Korean company (044480), formerly Blade Entertainment, combining artist management and drama production with its original condom and medical rubber products manufacturing business.

Billu (बिल्लू)

Billu (बिल्लू), also released as Billu Barber, is a 2009 Hindi comedy-drama directed by Priyadarshan, starring Irrfan Khan as a village barber and Shah Rukh Khan as superstar Sahir Khan; a remake of Kadha Parayumbol that flopped at the box office.

Billy Abbott

Billy Abbott (William Abbott) is a fictional character on CBS's The Young and the Restless, son of Jill and John Abbott, originated by David Tom in 1999 and played by Jason Thompson since January 2016, who won the 2020 Daytime Emmy for the role.

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 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 Burke (actor)

Billy Burke (William Albert Burke, born 1966) is an American actor and musician from Bellingham, Washington, known as Charlie Swan in the five Twilight films, Miles Matheson in Revolution, and Vince Leone in Fire Country.

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 Cranston

Billy Cranston is the original Blue Ranger of Mighty Morphin Power Rangers (1993), played by David Yost, named per Bryan Cranston; last original Ranger in Zeo, later Cranston Tech founder in Once & Always and Cosmic Fury.