Billy Vera
Biography
Billy Vera (born William Patrick McCord; May 28, 1944) is an American singer, songwriter, actor, author and music historian. He has been a singer and songwriter since the 1960s, his most successful record being "At This Moment", a US number 1 hit in 1987.
Known For & Full Filmography30 Titles
Drama Series - 1990, 16 episodes • as Duke Weatherill
Follow the lives of a group of teenagers living in the upscale, star-studded community of Beverly Hills, California and attending the fictitious West Beverly Hills High School and, subsequently, the fictitious California University after graduation.
Drama Series - 1976, 16 episodes • Main Cast Role
Alice is an American sitcom television series that ran from August 31, 1976 to March 19, 1985 on CBS. The series is based on the 1974 film Alice Doesn't Live Here Anymore. The show stars Linda Lavin in the title role, a widow who moves with her young son to start her life over again, and finds a job working at a roadside diner on the outskirts of Phoenix, Arizona. Most of the episodes revolve around events at Mel's Diner.
Drama Series - 1989, 16 episodes • as Steve Roye
Join the Baywatch lifeguards on their thrilling adventures filled with beautiful beaches and those iconic red swimsuits.
Drama Series - 1979, 16 episodes • as Ponds
The domestic adventures, misdeeds and everyday interactions of five families living on a cul-de-sac in a small California community.
Drama Series - 1997, 16 episodes • as Surgeon #1 / Boss / Workman (voice)
Follows the surreal adventures of a cow, named Cow, and her chicken brother, named Chicken. They are often antagonized by "The Red Guy", who poses as various characters to scam them.
Drama Series - 1993, 16 episodes • as Larry
The coming of age events and everyday life-lessons of Cory Matthews, a Philadelphian who grows up from a young boy to a married man.
Drama Series - 1983, 16 episodes • Main Cast Role
Scarecrow and Mrs. King is an American television series that aired from October 3, 1983, to May 28, 1987 on CBS. The show stars Kate Jackson and Bruce Boxleitner as divorced housewife Amanda King and top-level "Agency" operative Lee Stetson who begin a strange association, and eventual romance, after encountering one another in a train station.
Drama Series - 1987, 16 episodes • Main Cast Role
Vinnie Terranova does time in a New Jersey penitentiary to set up his undercover role as an agent for the OCB (Organized Crime Bureau) of the United States. His roots in a traditional Italian city neighborhood form the underlying dramatic base throughout the series, bringing him into conflict with his conservative mother and other family members while acting undercover as syndicate enforcer.
Drama Series - 1994, 16 episodes • as Slickis (voice)
Three young monsters — Ickis, Oblina and Krumm — attends an institute for monsters under a city dump and learn to frighten humans.
Drama Series - 1995, 16 episodes • as Buddy Ray
Baywatch Nights is an American police and science fiction drama series that aired in syndication from 1995 to 1997. Created by Douglas Schwartz, David Hasselhoff, and Gregory J. Bonann, the series is a spin-off from the popular television series, Baywatch.
Drama Series - 1997, 16 episodes • as Surgeon #1 / Boss / Workman (voice)
The adventures of the noble, generous, intelligent and good-at-everything I.M. Weasel, who must compete once again with his arch-enemy, the bumbling, brainless and utterly talentless I.R. Baboon.
Drama Series - 1980, 16 episodes • as Self - Musical Guest
Fridays is the name of ABC's weekly late-night live comedy show, which aired on Friday nights from April 11, 1980 to April 23, 1982.
Drama Series - 1994, 16 episodes • as Troy
Vanishing Son is a short-lived syndicated action television series that was part of Universal Television's Action Pack. Starting as a series of four made for television movies in 1994, the series debuted on January 16, 1995. Vanishing Son I, Vanishing Son II, Vanishing Son III, and Vanishing Son IV, were aired on February 28, July 18, July 25, and October 10, 1994, respectively. The series was ground-breaking for the casting of an Asian male in an attractive leading-man role.
Movie - 1991, 2h 15m • as Miami Promoter
The story of the famous and influential 1960s rock band and its lead singer and composer, Jim Morrison.
Movie - 1984, 2h 15m • as Pinky Carruthers
Adventurer/surgeon/rock musician Buckaroo Banzai and his band of men, the Hong Kong Cavaliers, take on evil alien invaders from the 8th dimension.
Drama Series - 1985, 16 episodes • as Hitman
The Insiders is a mid-1980s American television detective series starring Nicholas Campbell, Stoney Jackson and Gail Strickland.
Drama Series - 1995, 16 episodes • Main Cast Role
When his aunt mysteriously vanishes after spending the night at her spooky mansion, 10-year-old Brian McKenzie meets his first monster—clumsy, big-hearted Boo Marang—who jumps from a bedpost and whisks the young boy off to Monster Mania, a land of crazy monsters (located in dark closets everywhere). He helps the monsters battle the evil Osh and a variety of other monsters.
Movie - 2024, 2h 15m • as Self
After the birth of his grandson, Bobby Roth undertakes a cinematic investigation as to what constitutes being a "good man" in today's world. This voyage of discovery leads him to interview more than fifty of his friends, both men and women who he considers to be "good people," about their views on everything from how they were parented to their thoughts on feminism, change, and regrets they might have. Their answers both surprises and enlighten both the viewers and Bobby, himself.
Movie - 1991, 2h 15m • Main Cast Role
After his girlfriend is kidnapped by a vicious mobster, Cage rips into action with a vengeance. Retired from kickboxing to pursue dreams of being an entertainer, Cage is forced into a death match with the brutal doctor death. He must win, or he will die.
Movie - 2006, 2h 15m • as Goldy the Accordion (voice)
Aunt Moo, a kindly old cow, and her Children (The Rugrats) are given a bag of magical beans by a mysterious stranger. This stranger (Susie) turns out to be a magic fairy, and the beans they threw out the window grow into a gigantic beanstalk.
Movie - 1991, 2h 15m • as Ricardo
A policeman guards a barroom singer whose phone-sex sideline has put a killer on her trail.
Movie - 2019, 2h 15m • as Self
An insider's look at the most famous person most people have never heard of: singer-songwriter Billy Vera.
Movie - 1988, 2h 15m • as Lonnie Slocum
Juanita Hutchins works at Texas bar, but she aspires to be a country songwriter. When she's not looking after her impulsive daughter, Candy, or vouching for her promiscuous friend, Doris Steadman, she's trying to maintain some semblance of a romantic life. As Juanita prepares to make the leap to Nashville, her former boyfriend, Slick Henderson, returns to town, further complicating her situation.
Movie - 1989, 2h 15m • as The Doormouse
In order to get better results, a young athlete starts using steroids and begins his downfall.
Movie - 1990, 2h 15m • as Sal
Dramatization looks at the tumultuous relationship that existed between rock group The Beach Boy's Brian and Dennis Wilson and their father, Murry. It also examines their struggles with drugs and alcohol.
Movie - 1991, 2h 15m • as Cop #2
A vigilante killer becomes a celebrity by gunning down Chicago mobsters, but nobody except a police detective and a local journalist seems eager to catch him.
Movie - 1989, 2h 15m • as Bennett Gates
The story of murder among a trio of teenagers after a boy breaks up with a girl and she runs into the arms of his vulnerable best friend.
Movie - 2015, 2h 15m • as Self
The life, legacy and musical accomplishments of singer, musician, pianist, songwriter and Civil Rights activist, Nina Simone through interviews with over 50 of the subject’s friends, family, band members, lovers and fellow activists. The film has been called the best of the three Nina Simone films by The New Yorker Magazine.
Movie - 1987, 2h 15m • as Self
Godfather of soul James Brown performs with Aretha Franklin, Wilson Pickett, Billy Vera, Joe Cocker and Robert Palmer in this live concert. Lively interviews with all the stars kick off the evening, and then it's time for the artists to hit the stage with classics such as "Papa's Got a Brand New Bag," "In the Midnight Hour," "I Feel Good" and "Out of Sight." All the guests join Brown for the rousing encore, "Living in America."
Movie - 1985, 2h 15m • as Self
Father Guido Sarducci (played by comic Don Novello), the "gossip columnist" for the Vatican City newspaper L'Osservatore Romano, relates the goings-on at the Vatican to college audiences.