Willy DeVille
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 folk hymns and of the electroshock guitar of Jimi Hendrix waft out of the clubs on the street. And the kid living on the roof, he takes it all in. Willy DeVille's introduction to music contains within it the true and complete character of an urban tale.
Known for
ActingBirthday
August 25, 1950Deathday
August 6, 2009Gender
MaleKnown Movie Credits
11Place of birth
Stamford, Connecticut, U.S.Cast credits
Va Banque
HustlerBorn to Lose: The Last Rock and Roll Movie
HimselfWilly DeVille: Live in the Lowlands
Beautiful Losers
The Princess Bride
The Balladeer (voice) (uncredited)Mink DeVille: Live at Montreux 1982
SelfCypress Edge
Alfred WaxmanBullet
Willy LookoutHomeboy
Moe's bodyguardWilly DeVille: The Berlin Concerts
HimselfWilly DeVille: Live at Rockpalast (1995 & 2008)
Himself