Billy Drago

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AKA: Billy Eugene Burrows
Nationality: American
Birthdate: 09/18/1949
Birthplace: Hugoton, Texas, USA

biography

Lean, sharp-featured character player of film and TV usually in Westerns, crime dramas, and action flicks. Drago's pointy chin and thin lips served to enhance the cruel smile of his sadistic villains. He may be best known for his performance as Al Capone's coolly vicious enforcer, Frank Nitti, in Brian De Palma's "The Untouchables" (1987). Drago was also the arch-villain in the light-hearted Western adventure series "The Adventures of Brisco County, Jr." (Fox, 1993-94).

A Texas native of American Indian heritage, Drago was cast in Native American roles in his first TV and feature assignments. Continued

Credits

(TV Show)
2008-2008
Doc Benton
2008
Papa Jupiter
2006
Zeke
2005
(TV Show)
1999-2004
Barbas, the Demon of Fear
2004
Barbas, the Demon of Fear
2004
Barbas, the Demon of Fear
2004
Barbas, the Demon of Fear
2004
Barbas, the Demon of Fear
2002
Barbas, the Demon of Fear
2000
Barbas, the Demon of Fear
1999
+(2 More)
(TV Show)
2000-2000
Mr Peattie
2000
Frank Nitti
1987
Mickey
1985
(TV Show)
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Christopher
Dr Highwater
Snow
Black Hand Kelly
The Old Indian
Mark Langford
Crow Scout
Syszek
Asmodeus
Edward Anthony Heller
Cabalistas Leader
Spider Masters
Adrian Dunn
Captain Krantz
Actor
Actor
Danton Vachs
Ramon Cota
Actor
Scalia
Dr. Frankfurt
Danny Stein

milestones

Year
Milestone
 
Born in Hugoton, Texas
 
Raised on an Indian reservation in Kansas and Oklahoma
 
Worked as a stuntman at a western theme park in Dodge City, KS
 
Performed numerous plays at the University of Kansas
 
Worked as a disc jockey at radio stations in Winfield, Kansas and Falfurias, Texas
Continued

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