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Billy Connolly (b. 1942) is a Scottish stand up comic and actor who played Billy Bones in Muppet Treasure Island. He reprised the role in the CD-ROM game.

Making a transition from stand-up to television and films, Connolly has appeared in Lemony Snicket's A Series of Unfortunate Events (with Jim Carrey, Meryl Streep, Craig Ferguson, and Liam Aiken), White Oleander (with Michelle Pfeiffer and Noah Wyle), and has done voice-over work for Disney's Pocahontas (with Mel Gibson) and Open Season (with Jane Krakowski).

Connolly has also joked he's the only man ever to have died in a Muppet movie.^[1]

Connolly will voice King Fergus in Disney-Pixar's upcoming Brave.

SourcesEdit

1. ↑ Billy Connolly Live 2002, stage tour in Dublin

External linksEdit

• Official Site
• IMDb