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| Billy Beck | |
| Credits | |
| Roles | Bartender First Man Balloon Vendor |
| Biographical Information | |
| Birth Name | Frank Billerbeck |
| Birthdate | May 26, 1920 |
| Birthplace | Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, United States |
| Death Date | June 29, 2011 (age 91) |
| Death Place | Glendale, California, United States |
Billy Beck played three characters on Bewitched - two characters in the third season and one in the first season (1965-1966).
Biography[]
Billy Beck was an American character actor. He was born Frank Billerbeck on May 26, 1920 in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania.
He served in the U.S. Army in France during World War II.
After the war, he returned in 1948 to Paris, where he worked as a street performer. He went on to become a regular performer at Harry's Bar, and was a featured clown with the Cirque Médrano. Beck first appeared in French feature films, including Maurice Régamey's 1957 Comme un cheveu sur la soupe and Jean-Pierre Melville's 1959 Deux hommes dans Manhattan, and in episodes of English-speaking television series filmed in France, like Paris Precinct and Sherlock Holmes, an all-British cast series produced in France.
Returning to the United States in 1960, he played numerous supporting roles, often anonymous, between 1961 and 2009, in over sixty television series, including Thriller, The Twilight Zone, My Three Sons, Gunsmoke, Branded, The Man from U.N.C.L.E., The Girl from U.N.C.L.E., The Monkees, The Ghost & Mrs. Muir, The Red Skelton Hour, That Girl, McCloud, The F.B.I., Cannon, M*A*S*H, The Krofft Supershow, Hart to Hart, Lou Grant, One Day at a Time, The Dukes of Hazzard, Trapper John, M.D., The Jeffersons, Falcon Crest, Michael Nesmith in Television Parts, Moonlighting, Hill Street Blues, Amazing Stories, Highway to Heaven, New Monkees, Baywatch, Night Court, The Wonder Years, The King of Queens, The Amanda Show, Son of the Beach, Charmed, ER, and Dollhouse.
He appeared in a recurring role as Lieutenant Trask on Mary Hartman, Mary Hartman from 1976 to 1977.
Beck's film credits included Billy Wilder's 1963 Irma la Douce, 1966 The Fortune Cookie, and 1981 Buddy Buddy, Peter Bogdanovich's 1976 Nickelodeon, Harold Becker's 1980 The Black Marble, Gene Wilder's 1984 The Woman in Red, Blake Edwards' 1984 Micki + Maude, Chuck Russell's 1988 The Blob, and Mark Waters' 2005 Just Like Heaven.
Moreover, Beck also appeared in many television commercials, did paintings and portraits of female nudes, and was a regular with the San Fernando Valley Banjo Band, which played for charity events and at retirement homes.
Billy Beck died of congestive heart failure on June 29, 2011 at an assisted care facility in Glendale, California. He was 91.
Bewitched Credits[]
- Bartender in "Dangerous Diaper Dan"
- First Man in "My Friend Ben"
- Balloon Vendor in "Eat at Mario's" (uncredited)
Source[]
Billy Beck on the Internet Movie Database. Retrieved on February 26, 2025.