Billy Kearns

Billy Kearns

Born: February 17, 1923
Died: November 28, 1992
in Seattle, Washington, U.S.A
Billy Kearns was born on February 17, 1923 in Seattle, Washington, USA as William R. Kearns. He was an actor, known for Plein soleil (1960), Marathon Man (1976) andPlaytime (1967). He died on November 28, 1992 in Château d'Oex, Switzerland.

Movies for Billy Kearns...

The Man Who Lived at the Ritz
Title: The Man Who Lived at the Ritz
Character: Uncle Gerard
Released: November 28, 1988
Type: Movie
In this drama, an American art student is trapped amidst the political turmoil of war-torn Europe while visiting Paris and staying at the fabulous Ritz hotel. Rather than cope constructively with it all, the fellow opts to ignore it and continue living the high-life for as long as possible.
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Asterix in Britain
Title: Asterix in Britain
Character: Obelix (voice) (as Bill Kearns)
Released: December 3, 1986
Type: Movie
One little ancient British village still holds out against the Roman invaders. Asterix and Obelix are invited to help. They must face fog, rain, warm beer and boiled boar with mint sauce, but they soon have Governor Encyclopaedius Britannicus's Romans declining and falling. Until a wild race for a barrel of magic potion lands them in the drink.
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Title: Dempsey and Makepeace
Character: O'Grady
Released: January 11, 1985
Type: TV
Dempsey and Makepeace is a British television crime drama made by London Weekend Television for ITV, created and produced by Ranald Graham. The leading roles were played by Michael Brandon and Glynis Barber, who later married each other on 18 November 1989. The series combined elements of previous series such as the mis-matching of British and American crime-fighters from different classes as seen in The Persuaders! and the action of The Professionals.
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Just the Way You Are
Title: Just the Way You Are
Character: Earl Cooper
Released: November 16, 1984
Type: Movie
Despite her success as a professional flute player and the constant attention of men around her, Susan Berlanger feels insecure because of her lame right leg. During a European tour, she decides to cover her leg with a cast to see how people will react to her as a nondisabled person.
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Enigma
Title: Enigma
Released: October 15, 1982
Type: Movie
Five highly-trained KGB agents are sent to the west to assassinate several Soviet dissidents. In order to stop the diabolical plot, an American agent must infiltrate Soviet intelligence and obtain information from a Russian computer.
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Qu'est-ce qui fait craquer les filles...
Title: Qu'est-ce qui fait craquer les filles...
Released: June 23, 1982
Type: Movie
The owner of a casino and the owner of a luxury hotel in Deauville are eternal rivals.
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The Hostage Tower
Title: The Hostage Tower
Character: General Hornbecker
Released: September 19, 1980
Type: Movie
A flamboyant master criminal and several specialists stage an audacious scheme to capture the Eiffel Tower and hold as hostage one of its visitors, the U.S. President's mother, while the head of a UN security force tries to stop them.
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Les Borsalini
Title: Les Borsalini
Character: Le boss
Released: February 20, 1980
Type: Movie
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Marathon Man
Title: Marathon Man
Character: Tourist Couple
Released: October 8, 1976
Type: Movie
A graduate student and obsessive runner in New York is drawn into a mysterious plot involving his brother, a member of the secretive Division.
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Le Cœur sous le paillasson
Title: Le Cœur sous le paillasson
Character: Wydmark
Released: September 23, 1976
Type: Movie
In order to get to know his two French collaborators better, Henry Wydmark, director of a large American company, invites them to spend a weekend in the Alps. They consider this trip to be part of their job. But as the wife of one and the husband of the other are not free, they do not hesitate to leave their "heart under the mat" and hire one a husband of convenience and the other a wife fictitious. This misunderstanding will trigger a cascade of disasters.
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Title: Nick Verlaine ou Comment voler la tour Eiffel
Character: Crowder
Released: July 8, 1976
Type: TV
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Holy Year
Title: Holy Year
Character: Le pilote de l'avion
Released: April 23, 1976
Type: Movie
Two bank robbers, an old and a young, escape from prison to get to the hidden loot.
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Title: La Mort d'un touriste
Character: Martin Corwell
Released: October 3, 1975
Type: TV
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The Dangerous Mission
Title: The Dangerous Mission
Character: L'officier américain
Released: April 22, 1975
Type: Movie
1944. A young French soldier is involved, without really wanting it, into American operations for Liberation.
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Gross Paris
Title: Gross Paris
Released: May 1, 1974
Type: Movie
Bernard, a journalist, and his friend Jules, a butcher by trade, are both passionate about horse racing.
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Too Small My Friend
Title: Too Small My Friend
Character: Wannassee
Released: August 6, 1971
Type: Movie
Ticky Edriss, a dwarf, develops a scheme to avenge him on society and extort a bank.
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Qu'est-ce qui fait courir les crocodiles ?
Title: Qu'est-ce qui fait courir les crocodiles ?
Character: Sitting
Released: May 21, 1971
Type: Movie
To replace Hector Grofenol, the tyrannical boss of the "Tout pour le camping" factory, who has been put out of action, a group of employees call on his cousin Achille, a Provençal shepherd, thinking they can use him. But Achille is quick to take his role as CEO seriously, and becomes very enterprising. Fortunately, young secretary Martine uses her charms to calm this man with a thirst for power.
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Supergirl
Title: Supergirl
Character: Billy Kearns
Released: May 14, 1971
Type: Movie
In this comedy, Iris Berben plays a mysterious, supernaturally beautiful girl from another planet, who confuses and flusters the men on earth, where she has landed. The men follow her wherever she goes. Marquard Bohm is no exception here - he leaves his wife in a lurch and travels with the Supergirl to Spain. The girl doesn't tell much about herself; she reports, though, about an impending threat from outer space.
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The Married Couple of the Year Two
Title: The Married Couple of the Year Two
Character: le beau-père
Released: April 7, 1971
Type: Movie
Nicolas Philibert goes to America after killing a French aristocrat. On his return he tries to divorce his wife, Charlotte, but when he sees others trying to woo her his own interest is rekindled.
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The Love Mates
Title: The Love Mates
Character: L'acheteur américain
Released: December 18, 1970
Type: Movie
Julien and Agatha appear to be a great couple, loving, caring and seem to feel complete with each other. Though Julien often gives the impression of being interested in other girls, his lover doesn't care all that much and sometimes even looks like she's encouraging him to do that. It all changes when they meet an American woman who'll change their lives and their perception of love.
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Them
Title: Them
Released: November 18, 1970
Type: Movie
An artist grows hateful of commercial demands on his questionable talents when his friend and artist commits suicide. He puts the blame for his friend's death on an art critic and a shady art dealer. He is able to take out his frustrations on the pretentious critic at a party. When an elderly man moves into the boarding house, he brings a machine he invented that can make people realize their subconscious dreams...
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Atlantic Wall
Title: Atlantic Wall
Character: Le commandant du camp d'entraînement en Angleterre
Released: October 14, 1970
Type: Movie
1944. Léon Duchemin owns a restaurant with his sister. His clients are Germans, Résistance et black marketeers. Léon unwillingly joins the Résistance when a British pilot is shot down and hides in his attic and, through a series of mishaps, he accidentally steals the plans for Hitler's V1 missiles.
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Et qu'ça saute !
Title: Et qu'ça saute !
Released: September 11, 1970
Type: Movie
A uranium deposit brings turmoil to the small South American republic of Guatalpa. Between two revolutions, the government tries unsuccessfully to decide whether the Americans, Soviets or Cubans will exploit the concession. Delegates from these nations spy on and betray each other to achieve their goal.
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Bed and Board
Title: Bed and Board
Character: Mr. Max
Released: September 9, 1970
Type: Movie
Parisian everyman Antoine Doinel has married his sweetheart Christine Darbon, and the newlyweds have set up a cozy domestic life of selling flowers and giving violin lessons while Antoine fitfully works on his long-gestating novel. As Christine becomes pregnant with the couple's first child, Antoine finds himself enraptured with a young Japanese beauty. The complications change the course of their relationship forever.
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The Time to Die
Title: The Time to Die
Character: Helmut
Released: July 8, 1970
Type: Movie
The movie starts with a mysterious girl riding her horse into a tree. Then she's rescued by millionaire Max Topfer, who is startled to discover in her possession a video showing him being shot by a man he doesn’t know. Both the girl, who has total amnesia, and the tape appear to have come from the future. With the aid of bodyguard Helmut, Max Topfer tries to find out why a total stranger is apparently going to kill him on camera.
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Patton
Title: Patton
Character: Officer Callagher (uncredited)
Released: January 25, 1970
Type: Movie
"Patton" tells the tale of General George S. Patton, famous tank commander of World War II. The film begins with patton's career in North Africa and progresses through the invasion of Germany and the fall of the Third Reich. Side plots also speak of Patton's numerous faults such his temper and habit towards insubordination.
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PlayTime
Title: PlayTime
Character: Mr. Schulz, the American businessman
Released: December 16, 1967
Type: Movie
Clumsy Monsieur Hulot finds himself perplexed by the intimidating complexity of a gadget-filled Paris. He attempts to meet with a business contact but soon becomes lost. His roundabout journey parallels that of an American tourist, and as they weave through the inventive urban environment, they intermittently meet, developing an interest in one another. They eventually get together at a chaotic restaurant, along with several other quirky characters.
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The Exchange Student
Title: The Exchange Student
Character: Le conducteur du car
Released: December 1, 1967
Type: Movie
Monsieur Bosquier, the owner of a private school, is far from pleased when his eldest son, Philippe, fails his end of year exams. He decides to send his wayward offspring to England to improve his English. In exchange, Philippe’s host, a wealthy whisky distiller, Mac Farrel, will send his daughter, Shirley, to live with the Bosquiers in France. However, Philippe has already decided to spend the summer holidays on a yacht with his friends, so he sends a fellow student, Michonnet, to England in his place. The deception is soon discovered but things go from bad to worse when Philippe and Shirley fall in love and fly to Scotland to get married...
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Shock Troops
Title: Shock Troops
Character: Hoffer
Released: April 5, 1967
Type: Movie
A French resistance group frees twelve captured soldiers from a German prison camp, but apparently there is an additional prisoner among them who is suspected of being an enemy spy.
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O.S.S. 117: Mission to Tokyo
Title: O.S.S. 117: Mission to Tokyo
Released: October 28, 1966
Type: Movie
After an American Navy base is annihilated by a secret weapon, Agent OSS 117 is sent to Japan to investigate the organization that's claiming responsibility, and threatening the US with another attack, if they don't pay.
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The Gendarme in New York
Title: The Gendarme in New York
Character: Le lieutenant de police
Released: October 28, 1965
Type: Movie
Sergeant Cruchot and his faithful comrades have been sent to the International Congress of Gendarmerie in N.Y.
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How to Keep the Red Lamp Burning
Title: How to Keep the Red Lamp Burning
Character: James J. Gordon, riche Texan, amant de la Baronne (Le Procès)
Released: October 28, 1965
Type: Movie
The film consists of three novels. The film begins with the fact that the Bernard Blier hero removes a lantern from the entrance to a brothel. The second part is about how the lantern and jewelery were stolen from a young baroness. And in the third part the hero of Louis de Funes hangs a lantern at the entrance to his house.
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Killer Spy
Title: Killer Spy
Released: September 23, 1965
Type: Movie
The most secret agent Stanislas Dubois, tired of saving the world alone decides to retire and to start writing his memoirs. The enemies of humanity, progress and peace in the world found out about it and created an international network of espionage "13 columns". Unfortunately they platted a slot in the good old France. They should think better...
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Title: Bob Morane
Character: Bill Ballantine
Released: March 28, 1965
Type: TV
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Blague dans le coin
Title: Blague dans le coin
Released: November 13, 1963
Type: Movie
A Las Perlass, ville de jeu du Névada, bandes rivales de Lippy et de Steinberg tiennent les plus beaux établissements de l'endroit. Franck Bradford has hired Jeff Burlington as a comedian, who, to cheer up a difficult audience, launches nightly verbal attacks on Lippy's casino where, he says - the games are rigged. Each of the two gangs sends a henchman to either stop the sarcasm or get in trouble if they don't leave their act as it is. Un certain "Main d'or" qui est autre que Bradford fait attaquer casinos. C'est Jeff, après avoir été kidnappé par les deux bandes devenues amies, quiasquera coupable.
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Symphony for a Massacre
Title: Symphony for a Massacre
Character: Un client américain
Released: August 2, 1963
Type: Movie
A band of gangsters devise a plan to steal a game contested between two drug gangs of drug traffickers: the five fraudsters will face bigger problems than them.
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The Day and the Hour
Title: The Day and the Hour
Character: Pat Riley
Released: April 5, 1963
Type: Movie
It's the spring of 1944 and Therese is in a hurry to get back to Paris. The trains aren't running from the village where she has gone to visit her father's grave and to fill two suitcases with food. Some British and American planes have been shot down and the Germans want to know where the pilots are hiding. An acquaintance has clearance to drive to Paris with a truckload of goats. After she is in the truck Therese discovers that two British pilots and an American pilot are back there with the goats. She must get the men on a train to Paris and to a safe house there, where there is no room for the American. Can she leave him at the Metro station trying to figure out the map?
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The Trial
Title: The Trial
Character: Assistant Inspector #1
Released: December 21, 1962
Type: Movie
Josef K wakes up in the morning and finds the police in his room. They tell him that he is on trial but nobody tells him what he is accused of. In order to find out about the reason for this accusation and to protest his innocence, he tries to look behind the façade of the judicial system. But since this remains fruitless, there seems to be no chance for him to escape from this nightmare.
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The Fourth Sex
Title: The Fourth Sex
Character: (uncredited)
Released: March 14, 1962
Type: Movie
Michel and Paul earn money from passers-by by doing chalk drawings outside the Louvre. They also make the scene at the hot spots of Paris. Sand is a wealthy and luscious blonde artist who paints nude girls and houses at her loft. When Michel's gorgeous sister shows up from out of town, both Paul and Sand fall for her.
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Three Faces of Sin
Title: Three Faces of Sin
Character: Un client
Released: September 12, 1961
Type: Movie
Laurent is an artist and sometimes con-man. He wanders into the life of Renee one day in her antique shop and tries to seduce her. Before they can leave town on a weekend getaway together, Renee's teenage daughter Daniele quits school and unexpectedly shows up. Laurent and Daniele fall for each other immediately and end up getting married. The film follows the disastrous situation created by the jealous mother and her daughter's immature husband.
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No Time for Ecstasy
Title: No Time for Ecstasy
Character: Kunk
Released: September 1, 1961
Type: Movie
Michel, a young man of Ukrainian origin, flees the Red Army and joins the International Brigades in Perpignan to fight Franco. He was arrested for being Russian, Communist and deserter. He was wounded by his involvement, but fell in love with an American journalist.
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Purple Noon
Title: Purple Noon
Character: Freddy Miles
Released: March 10, 1960
Type: Movie
Tom Ripley is a talented mimic, moocher, forger and all-around criminal improviser; but there's more to Tom Ripley than even he can guess.
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Robinson et le triporteur
Title: Robinson et le triporteur
Released: March 2, 1960
Type: Movie
A modern re-telling of the Robinson Crusoe story. But, this time, our hero is a macguivering expert. So he creates himself a modern paradise based on his beloved delivery tricycle that we saw in the previous movie"The tricyclist".
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Two Men in Manhattan
Title: Two Men in Manhattan
Character: Security man at Ridgewood Tavern
Released: October 16, 1959
Type: Movie
Two French journalists become embroiled in a criminal plot in New York City involving a disappeared United Nations diplomat.
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Witness in the City
Title: Witness in the City
Character: Le soldat américain
Released: May 6, 1959
Type: Movie
Industrialist Pierre Verdier kills his mistress Jeanne Ancelin by throwing her off a train. Her husband, Ancelin, decides to take revenge on his wife's murderer, who has been acquitted by justice.