Bill Bailey
Acting • Born 1938-09-02
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.
Filmography
25 credits
Just Visiting
Movie • 2001
Thibault's Father

Water
Movie • 1985
Hollister

Stir Crazy
Movie • 1980
Announcer

Ishtar
Movie • 1987
Gen. Westlake

Guilty by Suspicion
Movie • 1991
20th Century Fox Guard

Lace 2
Movie • 1985
Chief of Police

Notorious
Movie • 1992
Judge

Murder Story
Movie • 1989
Billy Van Wyck / Kielman

Superman
Movie • 1978
2nd Senator

Superman II
Movie • 1980
J.J.

Sky Bandits
Movie • 1986
Sheriff

Outland
Movie • 1981
Officer Hill

A Casualty of War
Movie • 1989
Frank Terpil

Balto
Movie • 1995
Butcher (voice)

Agatha Christie's Poirot
TV • 1989
Felix Bleibner

Philip Marlowe, Private Eye
TV • 1983
Hugo Candless

The Nightmare Years
TV • 1989
Knick Knickerbocker

The Rivals of Sherlock Holmes
TV • 1971
Drunk

Jeeves and Wooster
TV • 1990
Worple

Howards' Way
TV • 1985
Karl Hanson

Tales of the Unexpected
TV • 1979
Bob

Brass Eye
TV • 1997
Eyewitness

Brass Eye
TV • 1997
Fr. Pierre Runek

Doomwatch
TV • 1970
Reporter

The New Avengers
TV • 1976
Cary