Billy Pearce was born on 1 February 1951 and is an English performer, comedian, actor and entertainer.
23 Facts About Billy Pearce
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Billy Pearce particularly loves performing at the Alhambra Theatre in Bradford, where he consistently breaks box office records.
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Billy Pearce's father was a pianist and his mother Jean was a respected dance teacher, notably teaching a young Malandra Burrows to perform.
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Billy Pearce took up ballet as a child, developing a penchant for performing after appearing in amateur productions for Leeds Thespians and operatic companies.
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Billy 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.
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Billy Pearce then went solo and set his sights on becoming a club-filler.
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Billy Pearce began his career in mainstream showbusiness as a "variety entertainer".
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Billy Pearce first rose to prominence when he appeared in the televised talent show New Faces in 1986, where he reached the final.
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Billy Pearce worked with Danny La Rue and was the compere for comedy double act Cannon and Ball.
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Billy Pearce has starred in his own show entitled The Billy Pearce Laughter Show at Blackpool's Grand Theatre and at Bournemouth's BIC.
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In 1989, Billy 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.
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Billy Pearce appeared at the 1991 Royal Variety Performance and the 1993 Children's Royal Variety Performance which he played the role of Billy Jones, brother of famous archaeologist Indiana Jones.
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Billy Pearce 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.
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Billy Pearce 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.
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Billy Pearce has headlined in numerous pantomimes, topping the bill and breaking successive box office records at the Alhambra Theatre, Bradford in Aladdin, as Buttons in Cinderella, alongside Amanda Barrie in Snow White, and in Jack and the Beanstalk at the Hull New Theatre.
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Billy 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.
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In 2009 Billy toured theatres in the UK in Comedy Night Out Tour with Jimmy Cricket and Mick Miller and starred in The Billy Pearce Laughter Show at the North Pier Blackpool which broke box office records and was voted the best show in Blackpool 2009.
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In 2011 Billy Pearce moved his Laughter show from North Pier to the Grand Theatre, Blackpool bringing Neil Hurst with him and Emma Gilmour.
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Billy Pearce often uses a silly accent or voice to heighten this effect.
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Billy Pearce famously uses the word 'Chuffin' in tandem with 'Chafing'.
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On 25 February 2012, Billy Pearce became the second patron of Yorkshire Children's Trust, a Yorkshire charity offering grants to families with sick or disabled children.
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On 1 March 2014, Billy Pearce attended the 3rd Birthday of Yorkshire Children's Trust.
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Billy Pearce talked with families the charities had helped, posed for photographs and cut the official charity birthday cake in front of the media.