Bill Weeden
Bill Weeden | |
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Born | Melbourne, Florida, U.S. | August 8, 1940
Alma mater | Yale University |
Years active | 1965–present |
Spouse | Dolores McDougal (m. 1995) |
Bill Weeden (born August 8, 1940[1]) is an American film[2] and stage actor,[3] comedy writer, and songwriter.[4]
Early life
[edit]Weeden was born on August 8, 1940, in Melbourne, Florida[1] He graduated from Yale University in 1962.[5]
Film and television career
[edit]Weeden is known for his work in genre film, starring in a number of Troma productions and other indie films, including playing the lead villain, Reginald Stuart, in Sgt. Kabukiman N.Y.P.D. (1990),.[6] He was called the "Troma Olivier" by the New York Post for the performance.[7]
Weeden starred in Rachel Mason's rock-opera The Lives of Hamilton Fish (2013) as the serial killer Hamilton Fish, whose life is contrasted with the lawmaker with the same name.[8]
Weeden is the only actor in the "slow cinema" film Byron Jones.[9]
In 2020, Weeden starred as the protagonist, Dr. ZOOmis, alongside Kansas Bowling in the parody film Psycho Ape!.[10][11]
In 2021, Weeden received a Best Actor award[12] for his leading performance as a conflicted war veteran in the suspense-drama short film RedSin.[13][14]
Weeden stars in the mockumentary film The Once and Future Smash, which premiered at FrightFest in London in August 2022[15] and at Screamfest in Los Angeles in October 2022.[16]
Stage career
[edit]Weeden is the composer of the Broadway show Hurry, Harry (opened 1972)[17] and composed additional material for the Broadway show I'm Solomon (opened 1968).[18]
Weeden played Hucklebee in the final cast of the original Sullivan Street production of The Fantasticks,[19] which closed in 2002.[20][21] He was also featured in Try to Remember: The Fantasticks, a documentary examining the history of the show.[22]
He created two original musical revues with performing and writing partners David Finkle and Sally Fay (as Weeden, Finkle & Fay) for the New York production company Playwrights Horizons[23][24] and a children's musical, Babar's Birthday, for Theatreworks/USA.[25] The trio also toured as major market performers for a show organized by Fortune Magazine specifically to entertain and court potential advertisers,[26] even receiving front-page coverage for the act in the Wall Street Journal.[27] The trio also wrote the musical Move It and It’s Yours, which has been performed numerous times in regional theater.[28]
The musical revue Into the Weeds: Selections from the Bill Weeden Songbook features Weeden's songs, including his various collaborations.[29][30]
Weeden has also performed in a number of off-Broadway and touring shows, including an East Village outdoor production of As You Like It, George Bataille's Bathrobe,[31] The Magnificent Ambersons,[32] an Atlantic City production of Little Shop of Horrors,[32] The Rocky Horror Show,[33] The Wizard of Oz,[34] and Damn Yankees.[35]
Weeden (with Finkle and Fay) contributed several songs to The No-Frills Revue, the 1987 off-Broadway musical conceived by Martin Charnin.[36]
Comedy
[edit]Weeden has written comedy material, often with writing partner David Finkle, for Lily Tomlin,[37] Carol Channing,[38][39] Stiller & Meara,[40] Dick Shawn,[41][42] Madeline Kahn,[43][44] and others.
Weeden, Finkle & Fay's "Part of the Problem (The Inflation Song)" was released on 7" on MCA Records in 1980.[45][46]
Weeden has often collaborated with Upright Citizens Brigade,[47][48] including the comedy video "Author Wrote a F***ing Book," a parody of James Patterson's commercials, written by Achilles Stamatelaky and directed by Ryan Hunter.[49]
Weeden played the father of correspondent/comedian Jordan Klepper on a 2015 episode of "The Daily Show."[50]
Other work
[edit]He has narrated a number of audio books, often paired with his wife Dolores McDougal.[51]
The song "One Big Team" was written and performed by Weeden for the 1988 New York Yankees' Old Timer's Day,[29] and in 2006 by Tony-winning Broadway star James Naughton on the YES Network's Yankees Magazine.[52]
Weeden joins other horror filmmakers and performers, such as Larry Fessenden and Amy Seimetz, voicing the horror "radio" series Tales from Beyond the Pale.[53]
Select filmography
[edit]- Sgt. Kabukiman N.Y.P.D. (1990) - Reginald Stuart
- Citizen Toxie: The Toxic Avenger IV (2000) - Abortion Doctor
- Never Again (2001) - Mr. Speedy
- Try to Remember: The Fantasticks (2003) - Self
- Bill W. (2012) - Financier
- The Lives of Hamilton Fish (2013) - Hamilton 'Albert' Fish
- Applesauce (2015) - Kate's Father
- The Ungovernable Force (2015) - Kevin
- Are We Not Cats (2016) - Diner Dad
- Shakespeare's Sh*tstorm (2020) - Singing Executive
- Psycho Ape (2020) - Dr. ZOOmis
- Ramekins: Ramekin II (2021) - Jared
- RedSin (2021) - Gregg Schulls/Jack Polaski
- The Once and Future Smash (2022) - William Mouth
References
[edit]- ^ a b "Weeden, Bill, 1940- - LC Linked Data Service: Authorities and Vocabularies | Library of Congress, from LC Linked Data Service: Authorities and Vocabularies (Library of Congress)". The Library of Congress. Retrieved 7 July 2022.
- ^ "Bill Weeden". TV Guide.
- ^ "Bill Weeden theatre profile". www.abouttheartists.com.
- ^ "Bill Weeden". AllMusic.
- ^ "Yale '62 - Not Home for the Holidays - Bill Weeden". yale62.org.
- ^ Holden, Stephen (22 May 1996). "FILM REVIEW;A Superhero Lethal With Chopsticks". The New York Times.
- ^ Adams, Thelma. "Received-3151941778465352". New York Post.
- ^ Gorce, Tammy La (17 January 2015). "Both Were Born Hamilton Fish, but Their Paths Differed". The New York Times.
- ^ "Tao film selection and other news". 17 September 2017.
- ^ Lanier, Hunter (17 October 2020). "Psycho Ape! | Film Threat".
- ^ "Watching Movies - Psycho Ape - Without Your Head". withoutyourhead.com.
- ^ Ortiz, Christopher. "THE WINNERS OF THE OCTOBER (2021) SESSION". Europe Film Festival U.K. Retrieved 9 November 2021.
- ^ Ortiz, Christopher. "RedSin (2021) Suspense-Drama Short Film". YouTube. Retrieved 9 November 2021.
- ^ Ortiz, Christopher (28 February 2021). "RedSin: Suspense-Drama on Hero-Making". www.indieshortsmag.com. Indie Shorts Mag. Retrieved 9 November 2021.
- ^ "THE ONCE AND FUTURE SMASH + END ZONE 2 [FrightFest 2022]". 29 August 2022.
- ^ "Screamfest: The Once And Future Smash & End Zone 2".
- ^ "Bill Weeden". Playbill.
- ^ "I'm Solomon Broadway @ Mark Hellinger Theatre - Tickets and Discounts". Playbill.
- ^ "thefantasticks – The Fantasticks Official Website". 4 July 2019.
- ^ "Fantastick Voyage to End | TheaterMania". www.theatermania.com. 5 September 2001.
- ^ "The Fantasticks Bids Farewell, Jan. 13, After 42 Years on Sullivan Street". Playbill. January 13, 2002.
- ^ "Try to Remember: The Fantasticks". IMDb. 14 May 2003.
- ^ Wilson, John S. (15 January 1979). "Song: A Satirical Threesome". The New York Times.
- ^ Holden, Stephen (1 May 1983). "REVUE: TRIO IN 'TRUST US' AT WEST BANK". The New York Times.
- ^ "Piano Man – Central Jersey Archives". 7 November 2021. Archived from the original on 2021-11-07.
- ^ Elliott, Stuart (8 March 2010). "Good Housekeeping Puts on a Show to Celebrate Women". The New York Times.
- ^ Kwitny, Jonathan (September 22, 1986). "Satirizing Companies Can Be Rewarding When They Foot Bill". The Wall Street Journal.
- ^ Cooperman, Deb (November 2005). "Review: 'Move It and It's Yours'". Community News.
- ^ a b "Into the Weeds Spotlights Songs of Bill Weeden in August". Broadway World.
- ^ "Felicia Finley and Stephanie D'Abruzzo Will Go Into the Weeds | TheaterMania". www.theatermania.com. 21 August 2006.
- ^ Saltz, Rachel (12 August 2009). "Language, the Terrestrial and Extraterrestrial View". The New York Times.
- ^ a b Varley, Eddie. "BWW INTERVIEWS: GEORGE BATAILLE'S BATHROBE Star Bill Weeden". Broadway World.
- ^ "Credits for The Rocky Horror Show (Non-Equity Tour, 1993)". Ovrtur.
- ^ "The Wizard of Oz (Non-Equity Tour, 1994)". Ovrtur.
- ^ "Bill Weeden". Playwrights Horizons.
- ^ Holden, Stephen (18 October 1987). "Stage: For Comedy 'The No-Frills Revue'". The New York Times.
- ^ Shepard, Richard F. (15 March 1982). "Going Out Guide". The New York Times.
- ^ "The Essential Jewishness Of Carol Channing — And Lorelei Lee". The Forward. January 16, 2019.
- ^ "Carol Channing: Larger Than Life (2012) - Soundtrack.Net". www.soundtrack.net.
- ^ Shepard, Richard F. (15 March 1982). "Going Out Guide". The New York Times.
- ^ Dietz, Dan (10 April 2014). The Complete Book of 1960s Broadway Musicals. Rowman & Littlefield. ISBN 978-1-4422-3072-9.
- ^ "Theater: 'Musical Fable'; I'm Solomon' Arrives at the Mark Hellinger". The New York Times.
- ^ Warren, Rod; Audy, Robert; Cohen, Michael; Morris, Edward; Graubaut, Judy (1966). Upstairs at the Downstairs presents Mxide duobels = (Mixed doubles) : a new musical revue. Playbill.
- ^ Dietz, Dan (10 March 2010). Off Broadway Musicals, 1910-2007: Casts, Credits, Songs, Critical Reception and Performance Data of More Than 1,800 Shows. McFarland. ISBN 978-0-7864-5731-1.
- ^ "Weeden, Finkle & Fay – Part Of The Problem (The Inflation Song) (Vinyl)". Discogs.
- ^ "Weeden, Finkle And Fay - Part Of The Problem (The Inflation Song)" – via www.45cat.com.
- ^ "100% All-Natural, Organic, Pure, Simple Juice Commercial | by Pocketwatch". YouTube.
- ^ "UCB Comedy Round Up ft. Brandon Gulya & Bill Weeden". YouTube.
- ^ "Author Wrote a Fucking Book: A COMMERCIAL PARODY by UCB's SCRAPS". YouTube.
- ^ "Melissa McCarthy". June 3, 2015 – via IMDb.
- ^ "Audiobooks narrated by Bill Weeden | Audible.com". www.audible.com.
- ^ "Naughton Recording of Yankees Song Featured on YES".
- ^ Tales from Beyond the Pale, Season One, Volume 5.
External links
[edit]- Bill Weeden at IMDb