Billy Beck (born Frank Billerbeck; May 26, 1920 â€" June 29, 2011) was
an American clown and character actor.Beck began his career as a clown
at the legendary Cirque Medrano in Paris, France, in the late 1950s,
and appeared in small roles beginning in the 1950s, Beck appeared in
the 1954 made for television series Sherlock Holmes, starring Ronald
Howard. He portrayed Coco the Clown in episode #24, "The Night Train
Mystery", as well as appearing in the third season of Combat! on the
episode "The Town That Went Away " (1964) as Rafe and in such films as
Irma la Douce (1963), The Patsy (1964), The Fortune Cookie (1966),
Nickelodeon (1976), House (1986), and the 1988 remake The Blob as the
first victim of the title creature. In 2000, he appeared in an episode
of the sitcom The King of Queens.Beck died in his Glendale home of
natural causes on June 29, 2011 at age 91.
an American clown and character actor.Beck began his career as a clown
at the legendary Cirque Medrano in Paris, France, in the late 1950s,
and appeared in small roles beginning in the 1950s, Beck appeared in
the 1954 made for television series Sherlock Holmes, starring Ronald
Howard. He portrayed Coco the Clown in episode #24, "The Night Train
Mystery", as well as appearing in the third season of Combat! on the
episode "The Town That Went Away " (1964) as Rafe and in such films as
Irma la Douce (1963), The Patsy (1964), The Fortune Cookie (1966),
Nickelodeon (1976), House (1986), and the 1988 remake The Blob as the
first victim of the title creature. In 2000, he appeared in an episode
of the sitcom The King of Queens.Beck died in his Glendale home of
natural causes on June 29, 2011 at age 91.
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