Willy DeVille
Birthday
1950/08/25
Day of death
2009/08/06 (58 years old)
Gender
Male
Place of Birth
Stamford, Connecticut, U.S.
Also know as
William Borsey Jr.
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 f...Read more
Acting
(1986) Va Banque
as Hustler
(2024) Heaven Stood Still: The Incarnations of Willy DeVille
as Self (archive footage)
(2001) Born to Lose: The Last Rock and Roll Movie
as Self
(2006) Willy DeVille: Live in the Lowlands
as Self
(1997) Beautiful Losers
as Self
(1987) The Princess Bride
as The Balladeer (voice) (uncredited)
(2008) Mink DeVille: Live at Montreux 1982
as Self
(1999) Cypress Edge
as Alfred Waxman
(1988) Homeboy
as Moe's bodyguard
(1996) Bullet
as Willy Lookout
(2002) Willy DeVille: The Berlin Concerts
as Self
(2008) Willy DeVille: Live at Rockpalast (1995 & 2008)
as Self
(1990) Les Nuls, l'émission
as Self - Musical Guest
(1995) Lo + plus
as Self
(1987) Le monde est à vous
as Self