Bill Bailey
Biography
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.
Movie Appearances
Just Visiting
as Thibault's Father
2001
Water
as Hollister
1985
Stir Crazy
as Announcer
1980
Ishtar
as Gen. Westlake
1987
Guilty by Suspicion
as 20th Century Fox Guard
1991
Lace 2
as Chief of Police
1985
Notorious
as Judge
1992
Murder Story
as Billy Van Wyck / Kielman
1989
Superman
as 2nd Senator
1978
Superman II
as J.J.
1980
Sky Bandits
as Sheriff
1986
Outland
as Officer Hill
1981
A Casualty of War
as Frank Terpil
1989
Balto
as Butcher (voice)
1995
TV Appearances
Agatha Christie's Poirot
as Felix Bleibner
1989
Philip Marlowe, Private Eye
as Hugo Candless
1983
The Nightmare Years
as Knick Knickerbocker
1989
The Rivals of Sherlock Holmes
as Drunk
1971
Jeeves and Wooster
as Worple
1990
Howards' Way
as Karl Hanson
1985
Tales of the Unexpected
as Bob
1979
Brass Eye
as Eyewitness
1997
Brass Eye
as Fr. Pierre Runek
1997
Doomwatch
as Reporter
1970
The New Avengers
as Cary
1976