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Billy Boyle
0.2 Popularity
Biography
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.
Known For
5.3
Terry Gill
A Whole Lifetime with Jamie Demetriou
2023
5.8
Shopkeeper
Unwelcome
2023
7.1
Grumpy Man
The Flatshare
2022
8.4
Mr. Deering
Ted Lasso
2020
2.9
Barry's Manager
Grizzly II: Revenge
2020
8.0
Theodore Whitman
National Theatre Live: Follies
2017
7.2
Brian Tucker
Strike
2017
6.7
Reverend James Manners
A United Kingdom
2016
7.8
Barry's Manager (archive footage)
Die schlechtesten Filme aller Zeiten
2013
8.8
Mysterious Man
Into the Woods
2011
Credits
A Whole Lifetime with Jamie Demetriou
as Terry Gill
2023
5.3
Unwelcome
as Shopkeeper
2023
5.8
The Flatshare
as Grumpy Man
2022
7.1
Ted Lasso
as Mr. Deering
2020
8.4
Grizzly II: Revenge
as Barry's Manager
2020
2.9
National Theatre Live: Follies
as Theodore Whitman
2017
8.0
Strike
as Brian Tucker
2017
7.2
A United Kingdom
as Reverend James Manners
2016
6.7
Die schlechtesten Filme aller Zeiten
as Barry's Manager (archive footage)
2013
7.8
Into the Woods
as Mysterious Man
2011
8.8
Round Ireland with a Fridge
as Donal
2010
5.0
Shergar
as Carrigan
1999
6.3
Holby City
as Lennie George
1999
5.8
The Grass Arena
as Mr. Healy
1992
8.0
Dead Bang
1989
6.3
Wild Geese II
as Devenish
1985
4.8
The Scarlet and the Black
as Paddy
1983
7.0
The Professionals
as O'Leary
1977
7.5
Barry Lyndon
as Seamus Feeny
1975
8.0
Side by Side
as Gary
1975
6.5
I Am a Groupie
as Wesley
1970
2.8