Billy Van was born in Toronto, Canada in 1934. He was a manic comic actor who starred in CBC-TV's Nightcap in the 1960s and the Hilarious House of Frightenstein in the '70s. The Hilarious House of Frightenstein starred Vincent Price, with Van as host and a variety of characters, including The Count, a vampire who preferred pizza to blood, and who ...
Had his own production company, "Billy Van Productions".
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Announcer for Colt45 beer commericals in the United States, 1970s
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Van was in show business from the age of 12 and back in the 1950s he and his four brothers formed a singing group that toured Canada and Europe
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After his triple bypass heart surgery in 1998, he was semi-retired but continued to do voice-over work for commercials and animated programs
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Van's picture is on the Canadian Comedy Wall of Fame at the CBC broadcast centre in Toronto, along with those of Al Waxman, Wayne & Shuster and Don Harron
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Has two daughters, Tracy and Robyn, from previous marriages.
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