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- Known For
- Acting
- Born
- October 23, 1938
- Place of Birth
- Hollywood, California, USA
- Died
- May 3, 2017
Larry Billman
Larry Billman began his life as a musical performer on stage (Hollywood, Broadway, Las Vegas), TV and film, but his writing skills soon led him to Disney live entertainment. From 1969 to the present, he has written, directed and/or produced hundreds of live shows at Disneyland, Walt Disney World, Tokyo Disneyland and Tokyo DisneySea, as well as creating touring shows for the Disney Company. As creative director, he opened 7 non-Disney theme parks in Japan but returned as Creative Director for the creation of Tokyo DisneySea in 2001. He also has directed 6 editions of Ringling Bros. Barnum and Bailey Circus, Disney on Ice and for the legitimate theater in the U.S., Germany and Japan. Author of Film Choreographers and Dance Directors (McFarland) and two Bio-Bibliographies for Greenwood Press about Fred Astaire and Betty Grable. In 1998, he founded the Academy of Dance in Film, a non-profit…
Filmography
Making the Team: The Talent of 'Pigskin Parade'
movieMaking the Team: The Talent of 'Pigskin Parade'
2007 · Self
movieA Portrait of Danny Kaye
2007 · Self
movieGold Diggers: FDR'S New Deal... Broadway Bound
2006 · Self
movie42nd Street: From Book to Screen to Stage
2006 · Self
Busby Berkeley's Kaleidoscopic Eyes
movieBusby Berkeley's Kaleidoscopic Eyes
2006
movieFootlight Parade: Music for the Decades
2006
movie(buz'be bur'kle) n. A Study in Style
2006 · Self
They Can't Take That Away from Me: The Music of 'Shall We Dance'
movieThey Can't Take That Away from Me: The Music of 'Shall We Dance'
2005 · Himself
The Swing of Things: Swing Time Step by Step
movieThe Swing of Things: Swing Time Step by Step
2005 · Himself
Reunited at MGM: Astaire and Rogers Together Again
movieReunited at MGM: Astaire and Rogers Together Again
2005 · Self
movie"Follow the Fleet": The Origins of Those Dancing Feet
2005 · Self
tvIntimate Portrait
1993 · Self
Ann-Margret: From Hollywood with Love
movieAnn-Margret: From Hollywood with Love
1969 · Singer (uncredited)
movieThe Sidehackers
1969 · Story
movieSweet Charity
1969 · Dancer (uncredited)
movieLive a Little, Love a Little
1968 · Dream Sequence Dancer (uncredited)
movieCarnival Nights
1968 · Dancer (uncredited)
movieKismet
1967 · Singer
movieThe Americanization of Emily
1964 · Sailor (uncredited)