Billy Frick

'Billy' Frick began working as a cabinet maker but later became an acrobat. From the late 1940s he was also manager and companion of Swiss burlesque dancer and actress Syra Marty (1921 - 2011), who toured the U.S. as a Marylin Monroe lookalike. Although being bald-headed in real life and having no resemblance with the original, Billy Frick started a fourth career in his life by impersonating Adolf Hitler with makeup and wig in several movies and TV-episodes. On his frequent visits to Europe he caused at least twice headlines in the German papers. In 1971 he attended a Munich night club show (starring Syra Marty) in full Hitler regalia. The auditorium took it as it was intended, namely as a stage act respectively a joke and applauded.