Bill Bailey
Born: 1938-09-02 in Lee, North Carolina, USA
Known For: Acting
Biography
Bill Bailey (born September 2, 1938) is an American actor and author, primarily providing supporting roles in film and television throughout the 1970s, 1980s and 1990s. He appeared in Superman (1978), Superman II (1980), and Haunted Honeymoon (1986), as well as a number of British television programs including Yes, Prime Minister (1987), Jeeves and Wooster (1992), and Agatha Christie's Poirot (1993). He has also narrated an abridged version of Herman Melville's novel Moby Dick.
Filmography
2001
- Just Visiting as Thibault's Father
1997
- Brass Eye as Eyewitness
1992
- Notorious as Judge
1991
- Guilty by Suspicion as 20th Century Fox Guard
1990
- Jeeves and Wooster as Worple
1989
- Agatha Christie's Poirot as Felix Bleibner
- Murder Story as Billy Van Wyck / Kielman
- A Casualty of War as Frank Terpil
- The Nightmare Years as Knick Knickerbocker
1987
- Ishtar as Gen. Westlake
1986
- Sky Bandits as Sheriff
1985
- Howards' Way as Karl Hanson
- Lace 2 as Chief of Police
- Water as Hollister
1983
- Philip Marlowe, Private Eye as Hugo Candless
1981
- Outland as Officer Hill
1980
- Superman II as J.J.
- Stir Crazy as Announcer
1979
- Tales of the Unexpected as Bob
1978
- Superman as 2nd Senator
1976
- The New Avengers as Cary
1971
- The Rivals of Sherlock Holmes as Drunk
1970
- Doomwatch as Reporter