Bill Bailey

Bill Bailey

Born: January 1, 1938
in North Carolina, USA
Bill Bailey was born in 1938 in North Carolina, USA. He is an actor, known for Superman II (1980), Superman (1978) and Outland (1981).

Movies for Bill Bailey...

Just Visiting
Title: Just Visiting
Character: Thibault's Father
Released: April 6, 2001
Type: Movie
A knight and his valet are plagued by a witch, and to repair the damage they make use of the services of a wizard. However, something goes wrong and they are transported from the 12th century to the year 2000. There the knight meets some of his family and slowly learns what this new century is like. However, he still needs to get back to the 12th century to deal with the witch, so he starts looking for a wizard. Remake of 1993 French film Les Visiteurs (The Visitors).
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Notorious
Title: Notorious
Character: Judge
Released: January 28, 1992
Type: Movie
After Alicia Velorus' father is convicted as a communist spy, CIA asks her to prove her loyalty by getting close to her father's friend, who's a suspected arms dealer. In the meantime she and her CIA contact Devlin fall in love.
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Guilty by Suspicion
Title: Guilty by Suspicion
Character: 20th Century Fox Guard
Released: March 15, 1991
Type: Movie
Owing to his alleged involvement with communist parties, film director David Merrill is forbidden from working in Hollywood. He decides to fight for his rights and faces numerous challenges.
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Title: Jeeves and Wooster
Character: Worple
Released: April 22, 1990
Type: TV
Jeeves and Wooster is a British comedy-drama series adapted by Clive Exton from P.G. Wodehouse's "Jeeves" stories. It aired on the ITV network from 1990 to 1993, starring Hugh Laurie as Bertie Wooster, a young gentleman with a "distinctive blend of airy nonchalance and refined gormlessness", and Stephen Fry as Jeeves, his improbably well-informed and talented valet. Wooster is a bachelor, a minor aristocrat and member of the idle rich. He and his friends, who are mainly members of The Drones Club, are extricated from all manner of societal misadventures by the indispensable valet, Jeeves. The stories are set in the United Kingdom and the United States in the 1930s.
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A Casualty of War
Title: A Casualty of War
Character: Frank Terpil
Released: December 2, 1989
Type: Movie
David Threlfall stars as Tom Rowse, a retired British secret service agent turned thriller novelist who is brought back into the world of espionage for one last job. The mission - foiling a Libyan plot to supply the IRA with a massive shipment of high-tech weapons in order to wreak revenge upon the UK for their support and co-operation with the US during the 1986 bombing of Libya and the attempted assassination of Colonel Gaddafi .
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Title: The Nightmare Years
Character: Knick Knickerbocker
Released: November 17, 1989
Type: TV
Based on the historical work "The Rise and Fall of the Third Reich", "The Nightmare Years" tells the story of William Shirer, American journalist who, during his days of correspondence as a foreign press in report in 1930s Germany, had to deal with the growing oppression of the Nazi regime, the increasing censorship of the press, and finally the prospect of World War. In the last days of peace, Shirer also struggles to have his German wife and child escape to the United States.
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Murder Story
Title: Murder Story
Character: Billy Van Wyck / Kielman
Released: September 24, 1989
Type: Movie
Aspiring young novelist Tony Zonis (Alexis Denisof) wants to write the next great suspense thriller, so he decides to study the work of master crime writer, Willard Hope (Christopher Lee). Together, they pick through random newspaper stories, looking for the unusual event that will make a good thriller. What they find is murder. A government cover-up... an international scandal... and the bodies are just beginning to fall into place. Now Tony isn't just writing the next best-seller... he's writing his own obituary.
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Title: Agatha Christie's Poirot
Character: Felix Bleibner
Released: January 8, 1989
Type: TV
From England to Egypt, accompanied by his elegant and trustworthy sidekicks, the intelligent yet eccentrically-refined Belgian detective Hercule Poirot pits his wits against a collection of first class deceptions.
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Ishtar
Title: Ishtar
Character: Gen. Westlake
Released: May 15, 1987
Type: Movie
Two terrible lounge singers get booked to play a gig in a Moroccan hotel but somehow become pawns in an international power play between the CIA, the Emir of Ishtar, and the rebels trying to overthrow his regime.
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Sky Bandits
Title: Sky Bandits
Character: Sheriff
Released: October 31, 1986
Type: Movie
A pair of old west cowboys become fighter pilots in World War I.
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On the Edge
Title: On the Edge
Character: Flash Holman
Released: May 2, 1986
Type: Movie
In one final attempt to achieve victory, an aging professional runner is training vigorously for a very tough marathon race.
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Title: Howards' Way
Character: Karl Hanson
Released: September 1, 1985
Type: TV
The BBC's answer to Dynasty, Howards' Way was launched in 1985 with an enormous 1 million pound budget. The main characters in the show were 'best boat designer in the world' Tom Howard, his boutique running wife Jan Howard, 'I'll have a drink' Jack Rolfe and a nasty man called Ken Masters. It starred Maurice Colbourne.
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Lace 2
Title: Lace 2
Character: Chief of Police
Released: September 1, 1985
Type: Movie
While in the first part, Lili searched for her mother, she now questions her mom on the identity of her father.
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Water
Title: Water
Character: Hollister
Released: January 11, 1985
Type: Movie
A British diplomat to a West Indian island nation finds his idyllic existence thrown into chaos when a large American drilling company finds a huge source of natural mineral water there.
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Title: Philip Marlowe, Private Eye
Character: Hugo Candless
Released: April 16, 1983
Type: TV
Philip Marlowe, Private Eye is a British mystery series that aired on ITV in the United Kingdom under the shorter title 'Marlowe, Private Eye' and on HBO in the United States from April 16, 1983 through June 3, 1986. The series features Powers Boothe as Raymond Chandler's titular character, and was the first drama produced for HBO.
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Outland
Title: Outland
Character: Officer Hill
Released: May 22, 1981
Type: Movie
An honest marshal in a corrupt mining colony on Io, Jupiter's sunless third moon, is determined to confront a violent drug ring even though it may cost him his life. After his wife angrily deserts him, he waits alone for the arrival of killers hired by the company to eliminate him.
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Stir Crazy
Title: Stir Crazy
Character: Announcer
Released: December 12, 1980
Type: Movie
New Yorkers Skip Donahue and Harry Monroe have no jobs and no prospects, so they decide to flee the city and find work elsewhere, landing jobs wearing woodpecker costumes to promote the opening of a bank. When their feathery costumes are stolen and used in a bank robbery, they no longer have to worry about employment — they're sent to prison.
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Superman II
Title: Superman II
Character: J.J.
Released: December 9, 1980
Type: Movie
Three escaped criminals from the planet Krypton test the Man of Steel's mettle. Led by General Zod, the Kryptonians take control of the White House and partner with Lex Luthor to destroy Superman and rule the world. But Superman, who attempts to make himself human in order to get closer to Lois, realizes he has a responsibility to save the planet.
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Title: Tales of the Unexpected
Character: Bob
Released: March 24, 1979
Type: TV
A British television anthology of stories, often with sinister and wryly comedic undertones, and a twist at the end. With early episodes written and presented by Roald Dahl, the series featured a plethora of big name guest stars.
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Superman
Title: Superman
Character: 2nd Senator
Released: December 14, 1978
Type: Movie
Mild-mannered Clark Kent works as a reporter at the Daily Planet alongside his crush, Lois Lane. Clark must summon his superhero alter-ego when the nefarious Lex Luthor launches a plan to take over the world.
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Title: The Rivals of Sherlock Holmes
Character: Drunk
Released: September 20, 1971
Type: TV
Adaptations of mystery stories written by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle's contemporary rivals in the genre.