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Billy the Exterminator

Billy the Exterminator, originally The Exterminators, is an A&E reality series (2009–2017) following Billy Bretherton and his family running the Vexcon pest-control company in Benton, Louisiana, later continued as Billy Goes North on CMT Canada.

Billy the Kid (TV series)

Billy the Kid is an MGM+/Epix Western drama TV series (2022) created by Michael Hirst, starring Tom Blyth as the outlaw William H. Bonney across three seasons covering his Irish immigrant roots and the Lincoln County War.

Billy the Puppet

Billy the Puppet, the ventriloquist doll of the Saw franchise, built by James Wan and used in-story by John Kramer, Mark Hoffman, and Amanda Young to deliver Jigsaw's game instructions, never named on screen.

Billy Tipton

Billy Tipton (born Dorothy Lucille Tipton) was an American jazz pianist, saxophonist, and bandleader who lived as a man from about 1934 until his death in 1989.

Billy Van Zandt

Billy Van Zandt, American comedy playwright, actor, and TV writer from Middletown, NJ; with partner Jane Milmore wrote 23 farces including You've Got Hate Mail and Love, Sex, and the I.R.S.; half-brother of Steven Van Zandt; distinct from musician Steven and singer Brooklyn Van Zandt.

Billy Vera

Billy Vera (William McCord, Jr., born 1944), American soul singer-songwriter of "At This Moment" (No. 1, 1987, via Family Ties), Judy Clay duets, Grammy-winning liner notes, actor and music historian.

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 West

Billy West (William Richard Werstine, born 1952, Detroit) is an American voice actor known for Ren & Stimpy, Doug, Futurama's Fry and Zoidberg, Space Jam's Bugs Bunny, and the Red M&M.

Billy Wilder

Billy Wilder (1906–2002), Austrian-born American writer-director of Double Indemnity, Sunset Boulevard, Some Like It Hot, and The Apartment; six Oscars, exile from Nazi Germany, partnerships with Brackett and Diamond.

Billy Wilder filmography

Billy Wilder filmography: the films written and directed by Austrian-born American filmmaker Billy Wilder (1906-2002), from Mauvaise Graine (1934) and The Major and the Minor (1942) through The Apartment (1960) to Buddy Buddy (1981), spanning noir, comedy and drama.

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).

Bilmece

Bilmece is the anonymous riddle of Turkish folk literature, a question-and-answer genre that hides a thing's name behind metaphors the listener must solve, recorded since the 11th century.

Biloxi Blues

Biloxi Blues is a 1988 American comedy-drama directed by Mike Nichols and written by Neil Simon from his Broadway play, starring Matthew Broderick as a Brooklyn recruit in 1945 Army basic training in Biloxi, Mississippi.

Bilquis Evely

Bilquis Evely (born 1990, São Paulo) is a Brazilian comic artist known for Wonder Woman, The Dreaming, Supergirl: Woman of Tomorrow with Tom King, and Helen of Wyndhorn; 2025 Eisner winner, first Brazilian to win.

Biltong

Biltong, a South African salted, vinegar-cured, air-dried ready-to-eat meat made from beef or game strips; distinguished from jerky by no cooking step, vinegar curing, and typical 4–8% salt content.

Bimal Mitra

Bimal Mitra (বিমল মিত্র, 1912–1991) was an Indian Bengali writer of novels and short stories in Bengali and Hindi, best known for Saheb Bibi Golam.

Bimal Roy (বিমল রায়)

Bimal Roy (বিমল রায়), 1909–1966, Indian film director born in Dhaka; pioneer of social realism in Hindi cinema at New Theatres and Bimal Roy Productions; directed Do Bigha Zamin, Madhumati, Sujata, Bandini; first Indian film to win Prix International at Cannes (1954).

Bimaran casket

The Bimaran casket, also called the Bimaran reliquary, is a small gold Buddhist reliquary found at Bimaran, near Jalalabad, Afghanistan, now in the British Museum.

Bimbisara (బింబిసార) (film)

Bimbisara (బింబిసార) is a 2022 Indian Telugu-language fantasy action drama starring Nandamuri Kalyan Ram as an ancient king transported through a magic mirror to 2022 Hyderabad.

Bimbo Bakeries USA

Bimbo Bakeries USA (BBU) is the U.S. subsidiary of Mexico's Grupo Bimbo and the largest U.S. baking company, owning Sara Lee, Entenmann's, Thomas', Oroweat, and Arnold. It received an FDA sesame-labeling warning letter in 2024 and is moving headquarters from Horsham, PA to Dallas.

Bin Roye

Bin Roye is a 2015 Pakistani Urdu-language romantic drama film directed by Momina Duraid and Shahzad Kashmiri, based on Farhat Ishtiaq's novel Bin Roye Ansoo and starring Humayun Saeed and Mahira Khan.

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.

Binapani Mohanty

Binapani Mohanty (Odia: ବୀଣାପାଣି ମହାନ୍ତି; 1936–2022) was an Indian Odia short story writer and novelist whose story "Pata Dei" won the 1990 Sahitya Akademi Award.

Binaural (album)

Binaural is Pearl Jam's sixth studio album, released May 16, 2000 on Epic; first with drummer Matt Cameron, produced by Tchad Blake using binaural two-microphone recording, 13 tracks, 52:05, 226,000 first-week US sales.

Binbir Gece

Binbir Gece (One Thousand and One Nights), Turkish drama on Kanal D 2006-2009, TMC Film, directed by Kudret Sabancı, starring Halit Ergenç and Bergüzar Korel; a loose modern adaptation of the Scheherazade frame story that launched Turkish TV's global exports.

Binddii

Binddii is an Indian Hindi-language drama on JioHotstar about a girl born in prison in Mathura who dreams of freeing her mother Kajal; relaunched after a 15-year leap, it ended in January 2026.

Bindi Irwin

Bindi Sue Irwin (born 1998), Australian conservationist and TV personality, daughter of Steve Irwin; Emmy-winning Bindi: The Jungle Girl host, 2015 DWTS season 21 champion, Wildlife Warriors and Australia Zoo figure, endometriosis advocate.

Bindiya Goswami

Bindiya Goswami, Hindi film actress of the 1970s-1980s, star of Khatta Meetha, Gol Maal, and Shaan; married Vinod Mehra then director J.P. Dutta, later costume designer for his films.

Bindiya Ke Bahubali

Bindiya Ke Bahubali is a 2025 Hindi comedy-drama web series by Raj Amit Kumar on Amazon MX Player, set in fictional Bindiya, Bihar, where the Davan gangster family fights over power after patriarch Bada Davan (Saurabh Shukla) is jailed and son Chhote Davan (Ranvir Shorey) seizes control; two six-episode seasons, IMDb 6.7.