Billy Kearns (17 February 1923 – 27 November 1992) was an American actor.
Biography During World War II, Kearns fought in the Army's newly founded 10th Mountain Division, created for fighting in mountainous areas. His acting career took place almost entirely in France. He often played American or British characters in minor roles in TV films or motion pictures.
He is best known for portraying fictional character Bill Ballantine in the French 1965 TV series Bob Morane.
Partial filmography
The Roots of Heaven (1958) – Sarcastic Man in Bar (uncredited) Witness in the City (1959) – Le soldat américain Two Men in Manhattan (1959) – L'homme de la sécurité à la Ridgewood Tavern Monsieur Robinson Crusoe (1960) Purple Noon (1960) – Freddy Miles Women Are Like That (1960) – Charlie Ribban La Fête espagnole (1961) – Kunk Three Faces of Sin (1961) – Un client A Touch of Treason (1962) – Mike Slatter A Monkey in Winter (1962) – Un automobiliste (uncredited) The Elusive Corporal (1962) – Un garde / Guard (uncredited) Five Miles to Midnight (1962) – Capt. Wade The Trial (1962) – First Assistant Inspector The Day and the Hour (1963) – Pat Riley Symphonie pour un massacre (1963) – Un client américain Le Quatrième Sexe (1963) – (uncredited) Blague dans le coin (1963) – Lieutenant Smith The Counterfeit Constable (1964) – Le psychiatre Bob Morane (1964-1965, TV Series) – Bill Ballantine Up from the Beach (1965) – Colonel in bunker Pleins feux sur Stanislas (1965) – L'espion américain How to Keep the Red Lamp Burning (1965) – James J. Gordon, le client texan (segment "Procès, Le") (uncredited) Gendarme in New York (1965) – Le lieutenant de police Is Paris Burning? (1966) – Patton Aide (uncredited) Atout coeur à Tokyo pour OSS 117 (1966) – M. Smith Shock Troops (1967) – Hoffer Les grandes vacances (1967) – Le conducteur du car Playtime (1967) – Mr. Schultz Asterix the Gaul (1967) - Tulius Optupus (English version, voice) Patton (1970) – Officer Callagher (uncredited) The Time to Die (1970) – Helmut Bed and Board (1970) – Mr. Max Et qu'ça saute! (1970) Trop petit mon ami (1970) – Wanassee Atlantic Wall (1970) – Commandant du Camp Ils (1970) – Wesley The Love Mates (1970) – Barry / l'acheteur américain-the American buyer Supergirl (1971, TV Movie) – Himself The Married Couple of the Year Two (1971) – Le beau-père Qu'est-ce qui fait courir les crocodiles? (1971) – Sitting Le mataf (1972) Le désir et la volupté (1973) – Le producteur Gross Paris (1974) The Destructors (1974) – Card Player #1 Les murs ont des oreilles (1974) – Le producteur américain Soldat Duroc, ça va être ta fête! (1975) – L'officier américain (uncredited) L'Année sainte (1976) – Le pilote de l'avion Marathon Man (1976) – Tourist Couple #1 Man in a Hurry (1977) – Freeman The Fabulous Adventures of Baron Munchausen (1979) – (English version, voice) Les Borsalini (1980) – Le boss Qu'est-ce qui fait craquer les filles... (1982) – Customer with cigar Enigma (1982) On l'appelle Catastrophe (1983) – Fredo Just the Way You Are (1984) – Earl Cooper Asterix Versus Caesar (1985) – Obélix (English version, voice) Asterix in Britain (1986) – Obelix (English version, voice) À notre regrettable époux (1988) Génération oxygène (1991) – M. Newman (final film role)
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