Billy Boyle
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.
Acting
TV
Bridgerton
as Mr. Crabtree
2020
Movie
Barry Lyndon
as Seamus Feeny
1975
TV
Ted Lasso
as Mr. Deering
2020
Movie
A United Kingdom
as Reverend James Manners
2016
TV
The Borgias
as The Embalmer
2011
TV
Strike
as Brian Tucker
2017
Movie
Unwelcome
as Shopkeeper
2023
Movie
Dead Bang
1989
Movie
The Scarlet and the Black
as Paddy
1983
Movie
Grizzly II: Revenge
as Barry's Manager
2020
TV
Holby City
as Lennie George
1999
TV
The Professionals
as O'Leary
1977
TV
The Flatshare
as Grumpy Man
2022
Movie
Wild Geese II
as Devenish
1985
TV
Die schlechtesten Filme aller Zeiten
as Barry's Manager (archive footage)
2013
Movie
A Whole Lifetime with Jamie Demetriou
as Terry Gill
2023
Movie
I Am a Groupie
as Wesley
1970
Movie
Shergar
as Carrigan
1999
Movie
Round Ireland with a Fridge
as Donal
2010
Movie
National Theatre Live: Follies
as Theodore Whitman
2017
Movie
Into the Woods
as Mysterious Man
2011
Movie
Side by Side
as Gary
1975
Movie
The Grass Arena
as Mr. Healy
1992