| Eddie Billimoria | |
| Birth Date: | 1900 |
| Birth Place: | Kirkee, Bombay Presidency, British India |
| Death Place: | Bombay, Maharashtra, India |
| Occupation: | Actor and Music director |
| Relatives: | Dinshaw Billimoria (brother) |
| Other Names: | E. Billimoria |
| Years Active: | 1929–1953 |
Eddie Billimoria (1900 – 18 February 1981) was an Indian actor and music director.[1]
Eddie Billimoria was born in 1900 at Kirkee, a cantonment area near Poona. His father worked at an ordinance factory. During his initial days, he worked as a projectionist in a cinema hall and installed projection equipments in around a thousand cinema halls all over the country. Meanwhile, his younger brother Dinshaw had already become a star at Imperial Studios owned by Ardeshir Irani. Soon enough, Eddie started playing bit-parts in a few silent films.
Eddie's first film had his brother playing the lead role. Playing a side character, Billimoria started off his journey in Hindi cinema with Punjab Mail.The coming of talkies proved to be a turning point in his career and propelled it forward. Films from Imperial had him being paired with Sulochana, Sultana and Ermeline. Chandulal Shah's Ranjit Studios saw him pairing with Miss Gohar, Bibbo and Madhuri. Some of his films at Ranjit are Baghdad Ka Badmash, Rough of Rajasthan and Toofani Taruni. Professor Vaman, a scientific mystery drama had Billimoria in a supporting role.[2] He later joined Paramount Studios of Kikubhai Desai which failed. Ultimately he was restricted to character roles which too were far–fetched.
Years later, Dev Anand invited him to join his National Party of India, which made Billimoria overwhelmed by this kind gesture. During his final years, Billimoria used to live with his wife Coomi Billimoria at Kemp's Corner area of South Bombay. He was restricted to his bed for more than five years till his death in 1981, aged 81.
Various sources indicate that Billimoria appeared in more than three hundred films, some of which are listed below