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Billy Drago

Actor

Born - 30 November 1945, Hugoton, Kansas, USA
Died - 24 June 2019

Dark-haired, deep-voiced Hollywood 'villain' actor with chiselled features and shark-like smile. Born William Burrows, he took his mother's maiden name and worked as a stuntman before beginning an acting career in his mid thirties that led to more than 100 film appearances: Windwalker (1980), Cutter's Way (1981), Pale Rider (1985), Hunter's Blood (1986), Frank Nitti in The Untouchables (1987), True Blood (1989), Prime Suspect (1989), Guncrazy (1992), Never Say Die (1994), Blood Money (1996), Monkey Business (1998), Very Mean Men (2000), Welcome to America (2002), Mysterious Skin (2004), Demon Hunter (2005), The Hills Have Eyes (2006), Zombie Hunters (2007), Dark Moon Rising (2009), Children of the Corn: Genesis (2011), Night of the Templar (2013), Low Down (2014) and Sunset at Dawn (2020), his last. He died from stroke complications; his wife Silvana died in 2012.