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Larry Billman
Hollywood, California, USA
Larry Billman began his life as a musical performer on stage (Hollywood, Broadway, Las Vegas), TV and film, but his writing skills soon led him to Disney live entertainment. From…
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Larry Billman began his life as a musical performer on stage (Hollywood, Broadway, Las Vegas), TV and film, but his writing skills soon led him to Disney live entertainment. From 1969 to the present, he has written, directed and/or produced hundreds of live shows at Disneyland, Walt Disney World, Tokyo Disneyland and Tokyo DisneySea, as well as creating touring shows for the Disney Company. As creative director, he opened 7 non-Disney theme parks in Japan but returned as Creative Director for the creation of Tokyo DisneySea in 2001. He also has directed 6 editions of Ringling Bros. Barnum and Bailey Circus, Disney on Ice and for the legitimate theater in the U.S., Germany and Japan. Author of Film Choreographers and Dance Directors (McFarland) and two Bio-Bibliographies for Greenwood Press about Fred Astaire and Betty Grable. In 1998, he founded the Academy of Dance in Film, a non-profit foundation dedicated to honor the art of film dance and choreography and has been an Associate Professor at Cal State Long Beach, USC and other universities in California on the subject. He recently did the audio commentary for "Top Hat" in the newly released WB "Astaire and Rogers" DVD set.
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2007
A Portrait of Danny Kaye
Movie Self
- 2007
- 2006
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2006
42nd Street: From Book to Screen to Stage
Movie Self
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2006
(buz'be bur'kle) n. A Study in Style
Movie Self
- 2006
- 2006
- 2005
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2005
The Swing of Things: Swing Time Step by Step
Movie Himself
- 2005
- 2005
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1993
Intimate Portrait
TV show Self
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1969
Ann-Margret: From Hollywood with Love
Movie Singer (uncredited)
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1969
The Sidehackers
Movie Story
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1969
Sweet Charity
Movie Dancer (uncredited)
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1968
Live a Little, Love a Little
Movie Dream Sequence Dancer (uncredited)
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1968
Carnival Nights
Movie Dancer (uncredited)
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1967
Kismet
Movie Singer
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1964
The Americanization of Emily
Movie Sailor (uncredited)
