Billy Boyle

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Billy Boyle is an Irish actor and singer on British film, television and stage. His recording career included five 45rpm singles for the Decca and Columbia labels, including the novelty song "My Baby's Crazy 'Bout Elvis" (Decca F 11503) in 1962. He is a veteran of the West End stage, having played leading roles in over 15 hit shows. In his first West End musical, Maggie May, he was nominated as best newcomer. Gower Champion then chose him to play Barnaby in Hello Dolly at The Theatre Royal Drury Lane. He appeared in Canterbury Tales at the Phoenix Theatre as The Clerk of Oxford. Harold Hobson, The Times critic said, "He was a breath of fresh air in the West-End" He went on to play leading roles in No Sex Please, We're British, Billy, What's a Nice Country, The Rivals, Love, Lust, & Marriage, Some Like It Hot, Disney's Beauty and the Beast, and in the original cast of Dirty Dancing. Lately he has appeared as Grandpa George and Grandpa Joe in Charlie and The Chocolate Factory at Drury Lane. In 2010, he was the Mysterious Man in the Regent’s Park Open Air Theatre production of Into the Woods. His films include Stanley Kubrick's Barry Lyndon, Groupie Girl, Side by Side, Wild Geese II, The Scarlet and the Black, Round Ireland with a Fridge and A United Kingdom.

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2023
A Whole Lifetime with Jamie Demetriou
Movie Terry Gill
2023
Unwelcome
Movie Shopkeeper
2022
The Flatshare
TV show Grumpy Man
2020
Bridgerton
TV show Mr. Crabtree
2020
Ted Lasso
TV show Mr. Deering
2020
Grizzly II: Revenge
Movie Barry's Manager
2017
National Theatre Live: Follies
Movie Theodore Whitman
2017
Strike
TV show Brian Tucker
2016
A United Kingdom
Movie Reverend James Manners
2013
Die schlechtesten Filme aller Zeiten
TV show Barry's Manager (archive footage)
2011
The Borgias
TV show The Embalmer
2011
Into the Woods
Movie Mysterious Man
2010
Round Ireland with a Fridge
Movie Donal
1999
Shergar
Movie Carrigan
1999
Holby City
TV show Lennie George
1992
The Grass Arena
Movie Mr. Healy