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Willy DeVille

Willy DeVille
  • Name: Willy DeVille
  • Birthday: 1950-08-25
  • Also known as: William Borsey Jr.
  • Place of birth: Stamford, Connecticut, U.S.
  • Popularity: 1.042
Biography: Willy DeVille, born William Paul Borsey Jr., was an American singer/songwriter and actor. During his thirty-five-year career, first with his band Mink DeVille (1974–1986) and later on his own, Deville created original songs rooted in traditional American musical styles. A fourteen year old kid has just settled in on the roof of a building on MacDougal Street. We’re in the early sixties, New York. The West Village. Sounds of the raucous and throaty voice of Fred Neil, of Bob Dylan's unbridled folk hymns and of the electroshock guitar of Jimi Hendrix waft out of the clubs on the street. And the kid living on the roof, he takes it all in. Willy DeVille's introduction to music contains... Read More

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Title Release date
Heaven Stood Still: The Incarnations of Willy DeVille   as  Self (archive footage) 2024-10-31
Willy DeVille: Live at Rockpalast (1995 & 2008)   as  Self 2008-07-19
Mink DeVille: Live at Montreux 1982   as  Self 2008-04-29
Willy DeVille: Live in the Lowlands   as  Self 2006-06-07
Willy DeVille: The Berlin Concerts   as  Self 2002-11-04
Born to Lose: The Last Rock and Roll Movie   as  Self 2001-06-14
Cypress Edge   as  Alfred Waxman 1999-01-01
Beautiful Losers   as  Self 1997-07-29
Bullet   as  Willy Lookout 1996-03-01
Homeboy   as  Moe's bodyguard 1988-08-24
The Princess Bride   as  The Balladeer (voice) (uncredited) 1987-09-25
Va Banque   as  Hustler 1986-01-28