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Billy Connolly

Birth name: William Connolly

Birth date: 24.11.1942

Billy Connolly was born and brought up in Glasgow, Scotland. He left school to work in the shipyards where he became a welder, joining the Territorial Army (in the Parachute Regiment) at around the same time. He developed an interest in folk music, eventually becoming an accomplished banjo player and a member of the band "Humblebums" with Gerry Rafferty (later of "Baker Street" fame). The jokes he told between songs eventually took over his act and he became a full-time comedian. Already a big star in Scotland he became a household name across the UK after appearing on "Parkinson" (1971) in the early seventies. Billy has released many recordings of his concert performances over the years as well as several videos. He has expanded his repertoire to include acting, appearing in a number of television dramas and films, more recently in the USA. In the 90s he made two documentary series for the BBC about Scotland and Australia respectively and in 1997 he starred in the award winning film Mrs. Brown (1997). He is by some considerable margin UK's top comedian.

Filmography

# The Snow Goose (2005) (in production) # Good Sharma (2006) (post-production) .... Reverend Webster # Open Season (2006) (voice) .... McSquizzy # Fido (2006) .... Fido # Garfield: A Tail of Two Kitties (2006) .... Dargis ... aka Garfield 2 (Australia) (Singapore: English title) (UK) (USA: working title) # Lemony Snicket's A Series of Unfortunate Events (2004) .... Uncle Monty ... aka Lemony Snicket - Rätselhafte Ereignisse (Germany) # The Last Samurai (2003) .... Zebulon Gant ... aka The Last Samurai: Bushidou (USA: poster title) # Timeline (2003) .... Prof. E.A. Johnston # White Oleander (2002) .... Barry Kolker ... aka Weißer Oleander (Germany) # The Man Who Sued God (2001) .... Steve Myers # Prince Charming (2001) (TV) .... Hamish # Who Is Cletis Tout? (2001) .... Dr. Savian # Gabriel & Me (2001) .... Gabriel # Gentlemen's Relish (2001) (TV) .... Kingdom Swann # An Everlasting Piece (2000) .... Scalper # Beautiful Joe (2000) .... Joe # Columbo: Murder with Too Many Notes (2000) (TV) .... Findlay Crawford # "3rd Rock from the Sun" ... aka 3rd Rock (USA: promotional abbreviation) ... aka Life As We Know It - Dial M for Dick (1999) TV Episode .... Inspector Macaffery # The Boondock Saints (1999) .... Il Duce ... aka Mission des dieux (Canada: French title) # The Debt Collector (1999) .... Nickie Dryden # Still Crazy (1998) .... Hughie # The Impostors (1998) .... Mr. Sparks, the Tennis Pro # "Tracey Takes On..." - Culture (1998) TV Episode .... Rory Cassidy # "Veronica's Closet" - Veronica's Got a Secret (1998) TV Episode .... Campbell # Middleton's Changeling (1998) .... Alibius ... aka The Changeling # Paws (1997) (voice) .... PC # Mrs. Brown (1997) .... John Brown ... aka Her Majesty, Mrs. Brown (USA) ... aka Mrs Brown (USA) # "Pearl" - Billy Returns (1997) TV Episode .... William 'Billy' Pynchon - Billy (1996) TV Episode .... William 'Billy' Pynchon # Beverly Hills Ninja (1997) .... Japanese Antique Shop Proprietor # Deacon Brodie (1997) (TV) .... Deacon Brodie # Muppet Treasure Island (1996) .... Billy Bones # Muppets Treasure Island (1996) (VG) .... Billy Bones # Pocahontas (1995) (voice) .... Ben # Indecent Proposal (1993) .... Auction M.C. # Down Among the Big Boys (1993) (TV) .... Jo Jo Donnelly # "Billy" (1992) TV Series .... Billy MacGregor # "Head of the Class" (1986) TV Series .... Billy MacGregor (1990-1991) # The Big Man (1990) .... Frankie ... aka Crossing the Line (USA) # The Return of the Musketeers (1989) .... Caddie ... aka Regreso de los mosqueteros, El (Spain) ... aka Retour des mousquetaires, Le (France) # "Minder" - Fatal Impression (1989) TV Episode .... Tick Tack, the bookmaker # "Parkinson One to One" - Episode #1.2 (1987) TV Episode # The Hunting of the Snark (1987) .... The Bellman # To the North of Katmandu (1986) # Water (1985/I) .... Delgado Fitzhugh ... aka Water: The Movie (UK) # "Tickle on the Tum" (1984) TV Series # Bullshot (1983) .... Hawkeye McGillicuddy ... aka Bullshot Crummond (USA) # Blue Money (1982) (TV) .... Des # Worzel Gummidge: A Cup o' Tea an' a Slice o' Cake (1980) .... Bogle McNeep # Absolution (1978) .... Blakey ... aka Murder by Confession # "Play for Today" - The Elephant's Graveyard (1976) TV Episode .... Jody - Just Another Saturday (1975) TV Episode .... Paddy