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Bill Shirley is a Actor American born on 6 july 1921 at Indianapolis (USA)

Bill Shirley

Bill Shirley
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Birth name William Jay Shirley
Nationality USA
Birth 6 july 1921 at Indianapolis (USA)
Death 27 august 1989 (at 68 years) at Los Angeles (USA)

William Jay "Bill" Shirley (July 6, 1921 – August 27, 1989) was an American actor and tenor/lyric baritone singer who later became a Broadway theatre producer. He is perhaps best known as the speaking and singing voice of Prince Phillip in Walt Disney's 1959 animated classic Sleeping Beauty.

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Sleeping Beauty
Sleeping Beauty
(1959)
(Actor)

Usually with

Ted Sears
Ted Sears
(2 films)
Adele Palmer
Adele Palmer
(3 films)
Les Clark
Les Clark
(2 films)
Allan Dwan
Allan Dwan
(2 films)
Wolfgang Reitherman
Wolfgang Reitherman
(2 films)
Source : Wikidata

Filmography of Bill Shirley (10 films)

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Actor

My Fair Lady
My Fair Lady (1964)
, 2h46
Directed by George Cukor, David S. Hall
Origin USA
Genres Drama, Comedy, Musical theatre, Musical, Romance
Themes Films about music and musicians, Films based on mythology, Théâtre, Musical films, Films based on Greco-Roman mythology, Films based on plays, Films based on musicals, Children's films, Films based on Greco-Roman mythology
Actors Audrey Hepburn, Rex Harrison, Stanley Holloway, Marni Nixon, Wilfrid Hyde-White, Gladys Cooper
Roles Freddy's singing voice
Rating76% 3.84873.84873.84873.84873.8487
In Edwardian London, Professor Henry Higgins (Rex Harrison), a scholar of phonetics, believes that the accent and tone of one's voice determines a person's prospects in society. In Covent Garden one evening he boasts to a new acquaintance, Colonel Hugh Pickering (Wilfrid Hyde-White), himself an expert in phonetics, that he could teach any person to speak in a way that he could pass them off as a duke or duchess at an embassy ball. Higgins selects as an example a young flower seller, Eliza Doolittle (Audrey Hepburn), who has a strong Cockney accent. Eliza's ambition is to work in a flower shop, but her thick accent makes her unsuitable. Having come from India to meet Higgins, Pickering is invited to stay with the professor. The following morning, Eliza shows up at Higgins' home, seeking lessons. Pickering is intrigued and offers to cover all expenses if the experiment should be successful.
Sleeping Beauty
Sleeping Beauty (1959)
, 1h15
Directed by Clyde Geronimi, Wolfgang Reitherman, Les Clark, Eric Larson
Origin USA
Genres Musical theatre, Fantasy, Musical, Animation, Romance
Themes Films about magic and magicians, Monde imaginaire, Vieillesse, Films about dragons, Les fées, Witches in film, Musical films, Political films, Children's films, Films about royalty
Actors Mary Costa, Eleanor Audley, Verna Felton, Barbara Luddy, Barbara Jo Allen, Bill Shirley
Roles Prince Phillip (voice)
Rating71% 3.596923.596923.596923.596923.59692
After many childless years, King Stefan and Queen Leah, his lovely and beautiful wife, happily welcome the birth of their daughter, Princess Aurora. They proclaim a holiday for their subjects to pay homage to the princess and celebrate her birth. At the gathering for her christening she is betrothed to Prince Phillip, a small boy who is the only son of King Hubert, King Stefan's friend, so that their kingdoms will always be united.
Sweethearts on Parade
Sweethearts on Parade (1953)
, 1h30
Directed by Allan Dwan
Origin USA
Genres Drama, Musical, Romance
Themes Films about music and musicians, Musical films
Actors Lucille Norman, Bill Shirley, Estelita Rodríguez, Clinton Sundberg, Harry Carey, Jr., Irving Bacon
Roles Bill Gamble
Rating66% 3.339523.339523.339523.339523.33952
Dans les années 1870, à Kokomo (Indiana). Sylvia Townsend vit avec sa mère Kathleen, qui enseigne la musique aux enfants de la ville. Kathleen est courtisée par le docteur, Harold Wayne, dont le fils est amoureux de Sylvia.
Abbott and Costello Meet Captain Kidd
Abbott and Costello Meet Captain Kidd (1952)
, 1h10
Directed by Charles Lamont
Origin USA
Genres Comedy, Adventure, Musical
Themes Seafaring films, Transport films, Pirate films, Musical films
Actors Bud Abbott, Lou Costello, Charles Laughton, Hillary Brooke, Leif Erickson, Bill Shirley
Roles Bruce Martingale
Rating57% 2.852062.852062.852062.852062.85206
Oliver "Puddin' Head" Johnson (Lou Costello) and Rocky Stonebridge (Bud Abbott) are on their way to Death's Head Tavern, where they work. They encounter Lady Jane (Fran Warren), who asks them to bring a love note to the tavern singer, Bruce Martingale (Bill Shirley).
I Dream of Jeanie
I Dream of Jeanie (1952)
, 1h30
Directed by Allan Dwan
Origin USA
Genres Drama, Biography, Musical
Themes Films about music and musicians, Musical films, Political films
Actors Bill Shirley, Ray Middleton, Lynn Bari, Rex Allen, Richard "Dick" Simmons, Andrew Tombes
Roles Stephen Foster
Rating58% 2.9413452.9413452.9413452.9413452.941345
In 1849 the song Oh, Susannah is a nationwide hit--but bookkeeper Stephen Foster has given his work to several music houses without charge and without credit. His refined true love Inez McDowell, a classically trained singer, despises popular music, especially Stephen's songs. Foster's world changes when Edwin P. Christy sets him straight on the music business and launches his career as an author of the songs the Christy Minstrels use in their shows.
Alice in Wonderland
Alice in Wonderland (1951)
, 1h15
Directed by Wilfred Jackson, Clyde Geronimi, Hamilton Luske
Origin USA
Genres Science fiction, Fantasy, Adventure, Musical, Animation
Themes Films about animals, Films about children, Films about magic and magicians, Monde imaginaire, Films about cats, Mise en scène d'un lapin ou d'un lièvre, Musical films, Films based on Alice in Wonderland, Children's films, Mise en scène d'un mammifère
Actors Kathryn Beaumont, Ed Wynn, Richard Haydn, Sterling Holloway, Jerry Colonna, Verna Felton
Roles Dodo (voice)
Rating72% 3.6480953.6480953.6480953.6480953.648095
On a golden spring day at the bank of a tranquil river, a young 12-year-old girl named Alice grows bored listening to her older 19-year-old sister read aloud from a history book of William I of England. When her sister chastises Alice's daydreaming, Alice tells her kitten Dinah that she can live in a nonsensical magical land called Wonderland. While daydreaming, Alice spots a waistcoat-wearing White Rabbit passing by, exclaiming that he is "late for an important date". Alice gives chase and follows him into a rabbit hole, and falls into a large furnished hole. Her dress catches her fall like a parachute and she floats gently down. She sees the White Rabbit disappear into a tiny door and tries to follow, but the door's talking knob advises her to alter her size using a mysterious bottle marked "Drink Me." The contents shrink her to a fraction of her normal size, but the door is locked and the key is out of reach. She then takes a bite of a cookie that says “Eat Me” and grows large enough to fill the entire room. She begins to weep large tears that flood the room. The doorknob then tells Alice to drink from the bottle again, which causes her to shrink once more. Alice falls into the bottle and passes through the door's keyhole and into Wonderland. She meets several strange characters including the Dodo and Tweedledee and Tweedledum who recount the tale of "The Walrus and the Carpenter".
Nancy Goes to Rio
Nancy Goes to Rio (1950)
, 1h40
Directed by Robert Z. Leonard
Origin USA
Genres Comedy, Romantic comedy, Musical
Themes Films about music and musicians, Films about television, Musical films
Actors Jane Powell, Ann Sothern, Barry Sullivan, Carmen Miranda, Louis Calhern, Scotty Beckett
Roles Tenor in Operetta (uncredited)
Rating63% 3.196213.196213.196213.196213.19621
On the closing night of a Broadway play, leading actress Frances Elliott (Ann Sothern) hosts a party attended by many guests, including her eccentric father Gregory (Louis Calhern), who is also an actor; her seventeen-year-old daughter, Nancy Barklay (Jane Powell), an aspiring actress; and Brazilian playwright Ricardo Domingos, who is considering starring Frances in his next play.
Dancing in the Dark
Dancing in the Dark (1949)
, 1h32
Directed by Irving Reis
Origin USA
Genres Comedy, Musical theatre, Romantic comedy, Musical, Romance
Themes Films about television, Théâtre, Musical films, Films based on plays
Actors William Powell, Mark Stevens, Betsy Drake, Adolphe Menjou, Randy Stuart, Lloyd Corrigan
Roles Singer of Title Song Over Opening Credits
Rating54% 2.7165352.7165352.7165352.7165352.716535
This musical comedy stars William Powell as Emery Slade, an unlikeable actor who was once a major film star, but who has not worked in ten years. Slade tries to convince studio chief Melville Crossman (Adolphe Menjou) to give the female lead in the film version of a Broadway musical to an unknown, rather than the actress he was sent to New York to sign.
Flying Tigers
Flying Tigers (1942)
, 1h42
Directed by David Miller
Origin USA
Genres Drama, War, Action, Historical
Themes Seafaring films, Transport films, Aviation films, Political films
Actors John Wayne, John Carroll, Anna Lee, Gordon Jones, Paul Kelly, Mae Clarke
Roles Dale
Rating66% 3.3464553.3464553.3464553.3464553.346455
Jim Gordon (John Wayne in his first war film) leads the Flying Tigers, a squadron of freelance American pilots who fly Curtiss P-40 fighters against Japanese aircraft in the skies over China. The pilots are a mixed bunch, motivated by money (they receive a bounty for each aircraft shot down), or just the thrill of aerial combat.