Bill Weeden
Biography
Bill Weeden is an American actor, comedy writer, and songwriter known for genre films, including Troma productions and indie features. Born in 1940 in Melbourne, Florida, he graduated from Yale University in 1962. He played the lead villain in Sgt. Kabukiman N.Y.P.D. (1990), a performance the New York Post called the Troma Olivier. He starred in Rachel Mason's rock opera The Lives of Hamilton Fish (2013) and in the parody Psycho Ape! (2020) as Dr. ZOOmis, a role he reprised in its 2024 sequel. In 2021 he won a Best Actor award for the short RedSin. He appears in The Once and Future Smash (2022). On stage, he composed the Broadway show Hurry, Harry, played Hucklebee in The Fantasticks, and created musical revues for Playwrights Horizons. He has written comedy for Lily Tomlin and Carol Channing, and has narrated audiobooks.
86years old
Turns 87 on August 8in 299 days
- Born Melbourne
- Star sign: LeoThe sign runs July 23 to August 22
- Also credited as William Weeden
Movie Career
- Films
- 5
- Career span
- 32 years1990 to 2022
Every film, newest first
- 2022No SharkIMDb rating 6.8
- 2022The Once and Future SmashIMDb rating 6.9
- 2015ApplesauceIMDb rating 6.3
- 2014Abandoned in the DarkIMDb rating 4.3
- 1990Sgt. Kabukiman N.Y.P.D.IMDb rating 5.7
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Behind the camera
Weeden wrote the music for Hurry, Harry, a Broadway show that opened in 1972. He also composed extra material for I'm Solomon, another Broadway show, which opened in 1968.
Behind the camera
With David Finkle as his frequent writing partner, Weeden turned out comedy material for Lily Tomlin, Carol Channing, Stiller & Meara, Dick Shawn and Madeline Kahn.
Beyond film
Weeden wrote and performed the song "One Big Team" for the 1988 New York Yankees' Old Timer's Day, and James Naughton sang it in 2006 on the YES Network's Yankees Magazine.
Behind the camera
With David Finkle and Sally Fay, Weeden wrote two original musical revues for the New York company Playwrights Horizons. He also created a children's musical, Babar's Birthday, for Theatreworks/USA.
Beyond film
Weeden, Finkle & Fay's song "Part of the Problem (The Inflation Song)" came out on a 7-inch record on MCA Records in 1980.
Bill Weeden movies on Netflix
Worked with
Bill Weeden made one film with each of them. Pick a number on the chart or a name in the list to see the films they share.
Films together
Dylan Baker's page
Kane Hodder's page
Max Casella's page
Zazie Beetz's page
Laurene Landon's page
Helene Udy's page
All films by Lloyd Kaufman
Michael HerzDirector, 1 film, 1990
All films by Michael Herz
All films by Michael J. Epstein
Online
Official profiles and reference pages.