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Bill Shirley
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American actor, singer, Broadway theatre producer (1921-1989)
Film & TV
Indianapolis, Indiana, USA
William Jesse Shirley (July 6, 1921 – August 27, 1989) was an American actor and tenor/lyric baritone singer who later became a Broadway theatre producer. He is perhaps best known as the speaking and singing voice of Prince Phillip in Walt Disney's 1959 animated classic Sleeping Beauty and for dubbing Jeremy Brett's singing voice in the 1964 film version of My Fair Lady. Description above from…
Known for
- Disney Princess Sing Along Songs, Vol. 1 - Once Upon A Dream — Prince Phillip (voice)2004
- Disney's DTV Valentine — Prince Phillip (voice)1986
- Sleeping Beauty — Prince Phillip (voice)1959
- Sweethearts on Parade — Bill Gamble1953
- Abbott and Costello Meet Captain Kidd — Bruce Martingale1952
- I Dream of Jeanie — Stephen Foster1952
- Nancy Goes to Rio — Tenor in Operetta (uncredited)1950
- Dancing in the Dark — Singer of Title Song Over Opening Credits1949
- Three Little Sisters — Pvt. Ferguson1944
- Flying Tigers — Dale1942
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- Instance of
- human
- Given name
- Bill
- Gender
- male
- Citizenship
- United States
- Place of birth
- Indianapolis
- Place of death
- Los Angeles
- Occupation
- singer
- Languages spoken
- English language
- Native language
- English language
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- place of burial
- Crown Hill Cemetery
- date of death
- 1989-08-27
- cause of death
- lung cancer
- date of birth
- 1921-07-06
- manner of death
- natural causes
- start of work period
- 1932-00-00
- writing language
- English language
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