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Bill Bailey

Born September 2, 1938 in Lee, North Carolina, USA14 films

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.

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Balto posterFirst watchBalto19957.3as Butcher (voice)An outcast half-wolf risks his life to prevent a deadly epidemic from ravaging Nome, Alaska.View film

Essential films

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Filmography

14 films as actor
  1. 2001Just VisitingThibault's Father
  2. 1995BaltoButcher (voice)
  3. 1992NotoriousJudge
  4. 1989A Casualty of WarFrank Terpil
  5. 1989Murder StoryBilly Van Wyck / Kielman
  6. 1987IshtarGen. Westlake
  7. 1986Sky BanditsSheriff
  8. 1985Lace 2Chief of Police
  9. 1985WaterHollister
  10. 1981OutlandOfficer Hill
  11. 1980Stir CrazyAnnouncer
  12. 1980Superman IIJ.J.
  13. 1978Superman2nd Senator
  14. 1974The Groove TubeSuc Muc Dik