Bill Shirley

William Jay Bill Shirley was an American actor and tenorlyric baritone singer who later became a Broadway theatre producer. He is perhaps best known as the speaking and singing voice of Prince Phillip in Walt Disneys 1959 animated classic Sleeping Beauty.

William J. Shirley was born in Indianapolis, Indiana on July 6, 1921. His father, Luther J. Shirley, was a funeral director for Shirley Brothers Mortuaries. His mother, Inez Shirley , was a professional pianist. From the age of five, he was known as Billy J. Shirley, a boy soprano and singingacting prodigy. Billy was a very popular boy soloist with the Ogden Chorale, which sang at Christmas and Easter on the steps of the Soldiers and Sailors Monument. He performed with the Meglin Kiddies and was an active member of the Childrens Civic Theater and the Irvington Playhouse.

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