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Billy Halop

February 11, 1920 - November 9, 1976

The original leader of the original "Dead End Kids," American actor Billy Halop came from a theatrical family; his mother was a dancer and his sister Florence Halop was a busy radio actress. After several years as a well-paid radio juvenile, Billy was cast as Tommy Gordon in the Broadway production of Sidney Kingsley's Dead End (1935), where thanks to his previous credentials he was accorded star status. Traveling to Hollywood with the rest of the Dead End Kids when Samuel Goldwyn produced a film version of the play in 1937, Billy had no trouble lining up important roles, specializing in tough kids, bullies and reform school inmates in such major pictures as Dust be My Destiny (1939) and Tom Brown's School Days (1940). A long-standing rivalry between Halop and fellow Dead-Ender Leo Gorcey (both actors wanted to be the leader of the gang) led to Billy's breakaway from the Dead End Kids and its offspring groups, the East Side Kids and the Bowery Boys, though Halop briefly starred in Universal's "Little Tough Guys" films. After serving in World War II, Halop found that he'd grown too old to be effective in the roles that had brought him fame; at one point he was reduced to starring in a cheap "East Side Kids" imitation at PRC studios, Gas House Kids (1946). Diminishing film work, marital difficulties and a drinking problem eventually ate away at Halop's show business career. In 1960, he married a multiple sclerosis victim, and the nursing skills he learned while taking care of his wife led him to steady work as a registered nurse at St. John's Hospital in Malibu. For the rest of his life, Billy Halop supplemented his nursing income with small TV and movie roles, gaining a measure of latter-day prominence as Archie Bunker's cab-driving pal Bert Munson on the '70s TV series All in the Family.

~ Hal Erickson, All Movie Guide

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Billy Halop Online (http://home.comcast.net/~shelga/index.html). He and fellow actor Patricia Arquette are the parents of a baby girl named Harlow Olivia Calliope. ~ Hal Erickson, All Movie Guide. Jane is divorced from Aysha Hauer, the daughter of actor Rutger Hauer. For the rest of his life, Billy Halop supplemented his nursing income with small TV and movie roles, gaining a measure of latter-day prominence as Archie Bunker's cab-driving pal Bert Munson on the '70s TV series All in the Family. In addition to his screen work, Jane has appeared several times on stage, and received strong critical reviews as Tom in Tennessee Williams' The Glass Menagerie, and as Chris in Arthur Miller's All My Sons. John's Hospital in Malibu. He trained with Navy Seals and gained more than twenty kilograms to play the starring role in The Punisher (2001).

In 1960, he married a multiple sclerosis victim, and the nursing skills he learned while taking care of his wife led him to steady work as a registered nurse at St. He played the role of baseball player Mickey Mantle in 61*, before securing leading roles in his subsequent films. Diminishing film work, marital difficulties and a drinking problem eventually ate away at Halop's show business career. He had supporting roles in several high profile films, including Boogie Nights (1997), The Thin Red Line (1998) and Magnolia (1999). A long-standing rivalry between Halop and fellow Dead-Ender Leo Gorcey (both actors wanted to be the leader of the gang) led to Billy's breakaway from the Dead End Kids and its offspring groups, the East Side Kids and the Bowery Boys, though Halop briefly starred in Universal's "Little Tough Guys" films. After serving in World War II, Halop found that he'd grown too old to be effective in the roles that had brought him fame; at one point he was reduced to starring in a cheap "East Side Kids" imitation at PRC studios, Gas House Kids (1946). Born Thomas Elliott, he made his film debut in 1986, and played one of his earliest roles in Buffy the Vampire Slayer (1992). After several years as a well-paid radio juvenile, Billy was cast as Tommy Gordon in the Broadway production of Sidney Kingsley's Dead End (1935), where thanks to his previous credentials he was accorded star status. Traveling to Hollywood with the rest of the Dead End Kids when Samuel Goldwyn produced a film version of the play in 1937, Billy had no trouble lining up important roles, specializing in tough kids, bullies and reform school inmates in such major pictures as Dust be My Destiny (1939) and Tom Brown's School Days (1940). Thomas Jane (born January 29, 1969 in Baltimore, Maryland) is an American actor.

The original leader of the original "Dead End Kids," American actor Billy Halop came from a theatrical family; his mother was a dancer and his sister Florence Halop was a busy radio actress. Padamati Sandhya Ragam (1986) – Tom
. February 11, 1920 - November 9, 1976. I'll Love You Forever...Tonight (1992) – The Hustler
. Buffy the Vampire Slayer (1992) (as Tom Janes) – Zeph
. Nemesis (1993) (as Tom Janes) – Billy
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. At Ground Zero (1994) (as Tom Elliott) – Thomas Q. The Crow: City of Angels (1996) – Nemo
. Hollywood Confidential (1997)
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The Last Time I Committed Suicide (1997) – Neal Cassady
. Face/Off (1997) – Burke Hicks
. Boogie Nights (1997) – Todd Parker
. Thursday (1998) – Casey
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The Velocity of Gary (1998) – Gary
. Zack and Reba (1998) – Sparky Stokes
. Ash
. The Thin Red Line (1998) – Pvt.

Deep Blue Sea (1999) – Carter Blake
. Molly (1999) – Sam
. Magnolia (1999) – Young Jimmy Gator
. Felix Owens
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Under Suspicion (2000) – Det. Jonni Nitro (2000)
. 61* (2001) (TV) – Mickey Mantle
. Original Sin (2001) – Walter Downs
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Eden (2001) – Dov
. The Sweetest Thing (2002) – Peter Donahue
. Henry Devlin
. Dreamcatcher (2003) – Dr.

Stander (2003) – Andre Stander
. The Punisher (2004) – Frank Castle
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