Bill Shirley

Movie Actor

Birthday July 6, 1921

Birth Sign Cancer

Birthplace Indianapolis, IN

DEATH DATE Aug 27, 1989 (68)

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About

Actor and singer who provided the voice of Sleeping Beauty's prince in the classic 1959 Disney film Sleeping Beauty, and also starred in 1964's My Fair Lady. In 1952, he appeared in Abbott and Costello Meet Captain Kidd.  

Before Fame

He attended Shortridge High School in Indianapolis, Indiana.

Trivia

He died of lung cancer at the age of sixty-eight.

Family Life

He was buried in his hometown's Crown Hill Cemetery.

Associated With

He was the voice double for the songs attributed to actor Jeremy Brett in the 1964 movie version of My Fair Lady. He also played a supporting role in the film alongside Rex Harrison and Audrey Hepburn.