Acting credits
24
Active
Consistent number of acting credits.
Actor
Bill Bailey
Acting
Career Snapshot
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Movies: 14Series: 10
TMDB ID: 1536293
IMDb ID: nm0047153
Known for: Acting
Born: September 2, 1938
Age: 87
Place of birth: Lee, North Carolina, USA
Gender: Male
Adult content flag: No
Career span: 1970 - 2001
Years active: 32
Average TMDB rating: 6.66
Wikidata: Q4907994
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.
Movies
Movies
Movie credits linked with Bill Bailey.
4.7
Just Visiting
as Thibault's Father
2001 Movie
7.3
Balto
as Butcher (voice)
1995 Movie
3.0
Notorious
as Judge
1992 Movie
6.5
Guilty by Suspicion
as 20th Century Fox Guard
1991 Movie
A Casualty of War
as Frank Terpil
1989 Movie
4.9
Murder Story
as Billy Van Wyck / Kielman
1989 Movie
4.5
Ishtar
as Gen. Westlake
1987 Movie
5.8
Sky Bandits
as Sheriff
1986 Movie
Lace 2
as Chief of Police
1985 Movie
5.9
Water
as Hollister
1985 Movie
6.4
Outland
as Officer Hill
1981 Movie
6.7
Superman II
as J.J.
1980 Movie
6.5
Stir Crazy
as Announcer
1980 Movie
7.2
Superman
as 2nd Senator
1978 Movie
Series
Series
Series credits linked with Bill Bailey.
7.6
Brass Eye
as Eyewitness • 1 eps
1997 Series
8.1
Jeeves and Wooster
as Worple • 1 eps
1990 Series
5.0
The Nightmare Years
as Knick Knickerbocker • 4 eps
1989 Series
8.2
Agatha Christie's Poirot
as Felix Bleibner • 1 eps
1989 Series
5.4
Howards' Way
as Karl Hanson • 1 eps
1985 Series
6.6
Philip Marlowe, Private Eye
as Hugo Candless • 1 eps
1983 Series
6.7
Tales of the Unexpected
as Bob • 1 eps
1979 Series
7.0
The New Avengers
as Cary • 1 eps
1976 Series
7.4
The Rivals of Sherlock Holmes
as Drunk • 1 eps
1971 Series
6.0
Doomwatch
as Reporter • 1 eps
1970 Series