Larry Billman
Biography
Larry Billman began his life as a musical performer on stage (Hollywood, Broadway, Las Vegas), TV and film, but his writing skills soon led him to Disney live entertainment. From 1969 to the present, he has written, directed and/or produced hundreds of live shows at Disneyland, Walt Disney World, Tokyo Disneyland and Tokyo DisneySea, as well as creating touring shows for the Disney Company. As creative director, he opened 7 non-Disney theme parks in Japan but returned as Creative Director for the creation of Tokyo DisneySea in 2001. He also has directed 6 editions of Ringling Bros. Barnum and Bailey Circus, Disney on Ice and for the legitimate theater in the U.S., Germany and Japan. Author of Film Choreographers and Dance Directors (McFarland) and two Bio-Bibliographies for Greenwood Press about Fred Astaire and Betty Grable. In 1998, he founded the Academy of Dance in Film, a non-profit foundation dedicated to honor the art of film dance and choreography and has been an Associate Professor at Cal State Long Beach, USC and other universities in California on the subject. He recently did the audio commentary for "Top Hat" in the newly released WB "Astaire and Rogers" DVD set.
Movie Appearances
Ann-Margret: From Hollywood with Love
as Singer (uncredited)
1969
Sweet Charity
as Dancer (uncredited)
1969
Live a Little, Love a Little
as Dream Sequence Dancer (uncredited)
1968
Gold Diggers: FDR'S New Deal... Broadway Bound
as Self
2006
42nd Street: From Book to Screen to Stage
as Self
2006
They Can't Take That Away from Me: The Music of 'Shall We Dance'
as Himself
2005
The Swing of Things: Swing Time Step by Step
as Himself
2005
The Americanization of Emily
as Sailor (uncredited)
1964
(buz'be bur'kle) n. A Study in Style
as Self
2006
Footlight Parade: Music for the Decades
2006
Busby Berkeley's Kaleidoscopic Eyes
2006
Kismet
as Singer
1967
Reunited at MGM: Astaire and Rogers Together Again
as Self
2005
Making the Team: The Talent of 'Pigskin Parade'
as Self
2007
Carnival Nights
as Dancer (uncredited)
1968
"Follow the Fleet": The Origins of Those Dancing Feet
as Self
2005
A Portrait of Danny Kaye
as Self
2007
