Bill Bailey

Author, Actor

 

Bill Bailey's Résumé

 

 

Over the years, Bill has worked in theatre, television and film as an actor. His Résumé is as follows:

THEATRE  
Wind in the branches of the Sassafras WATERMILL
Al Capone (Capone)  
Player Piano (Kroner) ALMOST FREE
Happy Birthday Wanda June (Ryan) BUSH
Sea Change TRAVERSE
Guys & Dolls (Big Jule) BIRMINGHAM REP
Robin Hood (Little John)  
Geography of a Horse Dreamer (Father) ROYAL COURT
Bakke’s Night of Fame (Cell Guard) SHAW
Daughter’s of Men HAMPSTEAD THEATRE
Threepenny Opera (Walt) PRINCE OF WALES/PICCADILLY
The Front Page (Schwartz) NATIONAL THEATRE
Grand Manoeuvres (Général Picon)  
The Freeway  
Private Dick (Shamey) NEWCASTLE PLAYHOUSE
Insignificance (Senator) THEATRE ROYAL, PLYMOUTH
Bus Stop (Will Masters) WATFORD PALACE/LYRIC THEATRE,WEST END
After the Fall (Chairman) NATIONAL
The Rose Tattoo (Salesman) PETER HALL COMPANY/PLAYHOUSE
Conversations With My Father SCARBOROUGH/OLD VIC
  ALAN AYCKBOURN
Small Craft Warnings PLEASANCE
   
TELEVISION  
Brett BBC
Doomwatch BBC
Rivals of Sherlock Holmes (Aussie Tom) ITV
The New Avengers (CIA Operative) ITV
Dick Emery Show (Director)  
Mayday for Gemini II (Sub Commander) BBC
Tales of the Unexpected: Have a Nice Death (Interviewer) ITV
Find Me BBC
Discipline (Green) BBC
Robert Service: Tales of a Sourdough (Big Jake) BBC
Down in the Valley (Sheriff) BBC
Inside Out (Phelps) BBC
Masters of the Game (Cartwright) ITV
Philip Marlowe Private Eye: ‘Nevada Gas’ (Candless) ITV
The Last Place on Earth CENTRAL
Lace II ITV
Neat & Tidy (Alf Huck) ITV
Howard’s Way (Carl Hanson) BBC
Yes, Prime Minister (US Vice President) BBC
Flight 007 (Colonel Roberts) GRENADA
Around the World in 80 Days (Captain Philips)  
Tygo Road (Spinnij the Clown) BBC/POLA JONES-SERIES
The Nightmare Years (Nick Nickerbocker) US TV SERIES
FFS Presents - A Casualty of War (Frank Terpil) ITV
Notorious CBS
Brass Eye (mad, murderous priest) C4
Eureka Street (John Evan’s, Texas tycoon) C4
Exposure (McAllister, Texas Tycoon) WARNER BROS
   
FEATURE FILMS  
Reporter THE OMEN - DICK DONNER
J-J SUPERMAN II - DICK LESTER
Tex YANKS - JOHN SCHLESINGER
Hill OUTLAND
Major Burns WATER - DICK CLEMENTS
General Motors AMERICAN WAY - MO PHILLIPS
Sheriff GUNBUS
The Host HAUNTED HONEYMOON - GENE WILDER
General Westland ISHTAR - ELAINE MAY
Bill Van Wyk MURDER STORY
US Consul IMMACULATE CONCEPTION
The Visitors (Father) DISNEY
   
PLAYWRITING  
Ura Hogg CENTURY PLAYHOUSE
Strike ‘84 RISING GORGE PRODUCTIONS
   
NOVELS  
Taping Whores PUBLISHED 1996
Split Infinities  
Control Levers  
Comedians of Violence  
Times Two  
St Jingo’s Redemption CURRENTLY BEING EDITED
The Ghost Society  
Is Alice?  
   
SCREENPLAYS  
Last Lap