actor

Billy Liar

69.23 %|Aug 15, 1963|Comedy, Romance, Drama

A young Englishman dreams of escaping from his working class family and dead-end job as an undertaker's assistant. A number of indiscretions cause him to lie in order to avoid the penalties. His life turns into a mess and he has an opportunity to run away and leave it all behind.

Featured Crew

John Schlesinger
Director
Keith Waterhouse
Screenplay
Willis Hall
Screenplay
Keith Waterhouse
Novel
Mike Rutter
Focus Puller
Tom Buchanan
Boom Operator
Charles Blair
Production Manager
Richard Rodney Bennett
Music

Cast

actor
Tom Courtenay
William Terrence 'Billy' Fisher
actor
Wilfred Pickles
Geoffrey Fisher
actor
Mona Washbourne
Alice Fisher
actor
Ethel Griffies
Grandma Florence
actor
Leonard Rossiter
Emanuel Shadrack
actor
Rodney Bewes
Arthur Crabtree
actor
Leslie Randall
Danny Boon
actor
Patrick Barr
Inspector MacDonald
actor
Ernest Clark
Prison Governor
actor
Godfrey Winn
Disc Jockey
actor
Jack Cunningham
Ticket Examiner (uncredited)
actor
Harry Landis
Man on Train (uncredited)
actor
E. V. H. Emmett
Newsreel Commentator (uncredited)
actor
Anna Wing
Mrs. Crabtree (uncredited)
actor
Sheila Fearn
Telephonist (uncredited)
actor
Muriel Day
Singer - Dance Hall (uncredited)
actor
Lester Leigh
Band Leader - Dance Hall (uncredited)
actor
Reginald Green
Mr. Matthieson (uncredited)
actor
Margaret Lacey
Mrs. Matthieson (uncredited)
actor
Robin Parkinson
Jeweller's Assistant (uncredited)
actor
David Scase
Man in the Record Shop (uncredited)
actor
Jessie Robins
Large Woman in Hospital (uncredited)
actor
Graham Rigby
Supermarket Manager (uncredited)
actor
Jim Brady
Prisoner Escort (uncredited)
actor
Neville Smith
Youth (uncredited)
actor
Leslie Lawton
Youth (uncredited)
actor
John Tordoff
Youth in Wimpy Bar (uncredited)
actor
Flo Fallows
Prostitute (uncredited)
actor
Alice Woods
Prostitute (uncredited)
actor
John Schlesinger
Officer in Dream (uncredited)
actor
Bryan Mosley
Bit Part (uncredited)
actor
Aleksander Browne
Bit Part (uncredited)
actor
James Byron
Serviceman (uncredited)
actor
Douglas Clarke
Serviceman (uncredited)
actor
Alan Clayton
Serviceman (uncredited)
actor
George Ghent
Danny's PRO (uncredited)
actor
Topsy Jane
Liz (uncredited)
actor
Natalie Kent
Bit Part (uncredited)
actor
Ted Morris
Funeral Driver (uncredited)
actor
Elisabeth Murray
Bit Part (uncredited)
actor
Stuart Myers
Man Reading Newspaper (uncredited)
actor
James Payne
Man in Station Cafe (uncredited)
actor
George Spence
Man in Crowd (uncredited)
actor
Elaine Stevens
Danny's Secretary (uncredited)
actor
William Wymar
Army Man (uncredited)