Billy Pearce
- March 10, 2024
- Comedian
Quick Facts
| Date Of Birth | Feb 1, 1951(1951-02-01) |
| Age | 73 |
| Country | United Kingdom |
| Horoscope | Aquarius |
Billy Pearce Biography
| Birthday | Feb 1 |
| Birth Year | 1951 |
| Place Of Birth | England |
Billy Pearce is one of the most popular and richest Comedian who was born on February 1, 1951 in Leeds, United Kingdom. As of June 1, 2023, Billy Pearce has a net worth approximately $5 Million. Pearce has acted on television in shows such as ITV’s Heartbeat in 2001, and in 2004 he turned to musical theatre, appearing in Boogie Nights as Roddie O’Neil at Blackpool’s Grand Theatre. At the time he commented, “A musical is something I’ve always wanted to do but people said: ‘No, you’re a comic, that’s what you do. They said the same thing when I was wanting to try pantomime: ‘You’re a club comic.’ I just want the opportunity to show people what I can do.” He went on to star in the musical, the Rocky Horror Show in 2007 as the guest narrator.
Pearce was born in Leeds in 1951. His father was a pianist and his mother Jean was a respected dance teacher, notably teaching a young Malandra Burrows to perform. He took up ballet as a child, developing a penchant for performing after appearing in amateur productions for Leeds Thespians and operatic companies. Despite this, Pearce had aspirations to be an engineer originally. This changed after he had a serious motorbike accident, which altered his outlook on life. He has explained, “From then on I couldn’t settle and I did lots of different jobs. I’d never been out of Leeds and the surgeon who operated on me let me stay at his place on an island in the Adriatic. I was the only British person on the island. All those things changed my life and I couldn’t settle after that. I certainly couldn’t go back to working in an engineering factory day after day […] I didn’t know what I wanted to do. I just drifted.” He moved to Iceland for a period, worked on fish docks, was a dresser for Yorkshire Television and a stage hand at Leeds Grand. Pearce, who had always loved entertaining people, then found employment as a redcoat for the British holiday camp Butlins in 1970, with a friend who had attended his mother’s dancing school; together they formed a musical double act, known as the Stewart Brothers. Stanley Joseph of Leeds City Varieties was impressed by the act and got them a booking playing alternate nights at a cabaret club in Barnsley and the Fiesta club in Sheffield. Pearce then went solo and set his sights on becoming a club-filler.
Pearce began his career in mainstream showbusiness as a “variety entertainer”. He first rose to prominence when he appeared in the televised talent show New Faces in 1986, where he reached the final. Due to his success on the show, Pearce began to appear more regularly on stage and television throughout the 1980s and 1990s. He worked with Danny La Rue and was the compere for comedy double act Cannon and Ball. He has also starred in his own show entitled The Billy Pearce Laughter Show at Blackpool’s Grand Theatre and at Bournemouth’s BIC. In 1989, Pearce fronted his own BBC television series, You gotta be joking, and he appeared regularly as a guest on numerous game shows, entertainment and chat shows. He appeared at the 1991 Royal Variety Performance and the 1993 Children’s Royal Variety Performance which he hosted alongside sports broadcaster David Coleman. In the show, Pearce played Billy Jones. As of 2008, Pearce has performed in five children’s Royal Variety shows and three Royal Variety shows in total. Successful in the variety entertainment genre, in 1994 he won the British Comedy Award for “Top Theatre Variety Performer”, beating popular personalities of the time, such as Ken Dodd and Michael Barrymore. That same year he also received the Sir James Carreras Award for “Outstanding New Talent”. Prior to this he was voted Club Mirror’s solo comedian of the year by fellow professionals in 1988, and followed this with best television comedy newcomer at the London Palladium.
He has been a regular on stage, performing a summer season with acts such as Tommy Trinder at the Spa Pavilion, Felixstowe, and topping the bill at the Grand Theatre, Blackpool in 1993. He completed two summer seasons at the Grand Theatre Blackpool in 2000 and 2001, originally with John Inman and then with Joe Longthorne and Keith Harris, starred at the Pavilion Theatre, Weymouth in 1994, and at the Futurist Theatre, Scarborough, in 1995. He has also headlined in numerous pantomimes, topping the bill and breaking successive box office records at the Alhambra Theatre, Bradford in Aladdin (1994–1995), as Buttons in Cinderella (1997), alongside Amanda Barrie in Snow White (2002–2003), and in Jack and the Beanstalk at the Hull New Theatre (2001–2002). From 2003–2004 he appeared once again at Bradford Alhambra in the highest grossing pantomime in its history.
Billy Pearce Net Worth
| Net Worth | $5 Million |
| Source Of Income | Comedian |
| House | Living in own house. |
Billy Pearce is one of the richest Comedian from United Kingdom. According to our analysis, Wikipedia, Forbes & Business Insider, Billy Pearce 's net worth $5 Million.
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Billy Pearce
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Facts & Trivia
Ranked on the list of most popular Comedian. Also ranked in the elit list of famous people born in United Kingdom. Billy Pearce celebrates birthday on February 1 of every year.
Where does Billy Pearce live now?
Billy, who lives in Leeds , added: “I cannot thank you and all care workers and NHS everywhere enough. I really miss seeing you all – take care.
How Old Is Billy Pearce?
71 years (February 1, 1951)
How long has Billy Pearce been doing panto?
Leeds-born Billy is loved for his 20 plus years on stage at the Alhambra Theatre where he is the star of panto. At home in Tingley with his wife Kerry, son Jack and dog Freddie, the actor tells Beth Windsor just how excited he is to return to stage.
What school did Billy Pearce go to?
Billy Pearce was known as Stephen Cookson when he was a pupil at Benton Park School. Comedian Billy Pearce is hoping to organise a 60th birthday get- together of old classmates from Benton Park School.
Is Billy Pierce married?
Kerry Pearce