Bill Weeden Explained

Bill Weeden
Birth Place:Melbourne, Florida, U.S.
Years Active:1965–present
Alma Mater:Yale University

Bill Weeden (born August 8, 1940[1]) is an American film[2] and stage actor,[3] comedy writer, and songwriter.[4]

Early life

Weeden was born on August 8, 1940, in Melbourne, Florida[1] He graduated from Yale University in 1962.[5]

Film and television career

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

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

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

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]

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Notes and References

  1. Web site: 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 . 7 July 2022.
  2. Web site: Bill Weeden . TV Guide . en.
  3. Web site: Bill Weeden theatre profile . www.abouttheartists.com.
  4. Web site: Bill Weeden . AllMusic . en.
  5. Web site: Yale '62 - Not Home for the Holidays - Bill Weeden . yale62.org.
  6. Web site: Holden . Stephen . FILM REVIEW;A Superhero Lethal With Chopsticks . The New York Times . 22 May 1996.
  7. News: Adams . Thelma . Received-3151941778465352 . New York Post.
  8. Web site: Gorce . Tammy La . Both Were Born Hamilton Fish, but Their Paths Differed . The New York Times . 17 January 2015.
  9. Web site: Tao film selection and other news. 17 September 2017.
  10. Web site: Lanier . Hunter . Psycho Ape! Film Threat . 17 October 2020.
  11. Web site: Watching Movies - Psycho Ape - Without Your Head . withoutyourhead.com . en.
  12. Web site: Ortiz . Christopher . THE WINNERS OF THE OCTOBER (2021) SESSION . Europe Film Festival U.K. . 9 November 2021.
  13. Web site: Ortiz . Christopher . RedSin (2021) Suspense-Drama Short Film . YouTube . 9 November 2021.
  14. Web site: Ortiz . Christopher . RedSin: Suspense-Drama on Hero-Making . www.indieshortsmag.com . 28 February 2021 . Indie Shorts Mag . 9 November 2021.
  15. Web site: THE ONCE AND FUTURE SMASH + END ZONE 2 [FrightFest 2022]]. 29 August 2022 .
  16. Web site: Screamfest: The Once And Future Smash & End Zone 2.
  17. Web site: Bill Weeden . Playbill . en.
  18. Web site: I'm Solomon Broadway @ Mark Hellinger Theatre - Tickets and Discounts . Playbill . en.
  19. Web site: thefantasticks – The Fantasticks Official Website. 4 July 2019 .
  20. Web site: Fantastick Voyage to End TheaterMania . www.theatermania.com. 5 September 2001 .
  21. Web site: The Fantasticks Bids Farewell, Jan. 13, After 42 Years on Sullivan Street . Playbill . en . January 13, 2002.
  22. Web site: Try to Remember: The Fantasticks . IMDb . 14 May 2003.
  23. Web site: Wilson . John S. . Song: A Satirical Threesome . The New York Times . 15 January 1979.
  24. Web site: Holden . Stephen . REVUE: TRIO IN 'TRUST US' AT WEST BANK . The New York Times . 1 May 1983.
  25. Web site: Piano Man – Central Jersey Archives . 7 November 2021. live . https://web.archive.org/web/20211107231443/https://webcache.googleusercontent.com/search?q=cache%3Ac5orSYKWq9AJ%3Ahttps%3A%2F%2Farchive.centraljersey.com%2F2005%2F10%2F24%2Fpiano-man-3%2F+&cd=1&hl=en&ct=clnk&gl=us. 2021-11-07.
  26. Web site: Elliott . Stuart . Good Housekeeping Puts on a Show to Celebrate Women . The New York Times . 8 March 2010.
  27. News: Kwitny . Jonathan . Satirizing Companies Can Be Rewarding When They Foot Bill . The Wall Street Journal . September 22, 1986 .
  28. Web site: Cooperman . Deb . Review: 'Move It and It's Yours' . Community News . November 2005 . en.
  29. Web site: . Into the Weeds Spotlights Songs of Bill Weeden in August . Broadway World . en.
  30. Web site: Felicia Finley and Stephanie D'Abruzzo Will Go Into the Weeds TheaterMania . www.theatermania.com. 21 August 2006 .
  31. Web site: Saltz . Rachel . Language, the Terrestrial and Extraterrestrial View . The New York Times . 12 August 2009.
  32. Web site: Varley . Eddie . BWW INTERVIEWS: GEORGE BATAILLE'S BATHROBE Star Bill Weeden . Broadway World . en.
  33. Web site: Credits for The Rocky Horror Show (Non-Equity Tour, 1993) . Ovrtur . en.
  34. Web site: The Wizard of Oz (Non-Equity Tour, 1994) . Ovrtur . en.
  35. Web site: Bill Weeden . Playwrights Horizons . en.
  36. News: Stage: For Comedy 'The No-Frills Revue'. The New York Times. 18 October 1987. Holden. Stephen.
  37. News: Going Out Guide . The New York Times . 15 March 1982 . Shepard . Richard F. .
  38. Web site: The Essential Jewishness Of Carol Channing — And Lorelei Lee. January 16, 2019. The Forward.
  39. Web site: Carol Channing: Larger Than Life (2012) - Soundtrack.Net . www.soundtrack.net.
  40. News: Going Out Guide. The New York Times. 15 March 1982. Shepard. Richard F..
  41. Book: Dietz . Dan . The Complete Book of 1960s Broadway Musicals . 10 April 2014 . Rowman & Littlefield . 978-1-4422-3072-9 . en.
  42. News: Theater: 'Musical Fable'; I'm Solomon' Arrives at the Mark Hellinger . The New York Times . en.
  43. 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.
  44. Book: Dietz . Dan . Off Broadway Musicals, 1910-2007: Casts, Credits, Songs, Critical Reception and Performance Data of More Than 1,800 Shows . 10 March 2010 . McFarland . 978-0-7864-5731-1 . en.
  45. Web site: Weeden, Finkle & Fay – Part Of The Problem (The Inflation Song) (Vinyl) . . en.
  46. Web site: Weeden, Finkle And Fay - Part Of The Problem (The Inflation Song). www.45cat.com.
  47. Web site: 100% All-Natural, Organic, Pure, Simple Juice Commercial by Pocketwatch . YouTube. en.
  48. Web site: UCB Comedy Round Up ft. Brandon Gulya & Bill Weeden . YouTube. en.
  49. Web site: Author Wrote a Fucking Book: A COMMERCIAL PARODY by UCB's SCRAPS. YouTube.
  50. Web site: Melissa McCarthy. June 3, 2015. IMDb.
  51. Web site: Audiobooks narrated by Bill Weeden Audible.com . www.audible.com.
  52. Web site: Naughton Recording of Yankees Song Featured on YES.
  53. Book: Tales from Beyond the Pale, Season One, Volume 5 . en.

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