Billy Vera

Acting

Billy Vera

Born 1944-05-28 · Riverside, California, USA

Billy Vera (born William Patrick McCord; May 28, 1944) is an American singer, songwriter, actor, author and music historian. He has been a singer and songwriter since the 1960s, his most successful record being "At This Moment", a US number 1 hit in 1987.

Acting credits

The Adventures of Buckaroo Banzai Across the 8th Dimension poster
6.0

Adventurer/surgeon/rock musician Buckaroo Banzai and his band of men, the Hong Kong Cavaliers, take on evil alien invaders from the 8th dimension.

The Adventures of Buckaroo Banzai Across the 8th Dimension

1984

The Doors poster
7.1

The story of the famous and influential 1960s rock band and its lead singer and composer, Jim Morrison.

The Doors

1991

Good Men poster
1.0

After the birth of his grandson, Bobby Roth undertakes a cinematic investigation as to what constitutes being a "good man" in today's world. This voyage of discovery leads him to interview more than fifty of his friends, both men and women who he considers to be "good people," about their views on everything from how they were parented to their thoughts on feminism, change, and regrets they might have. Their answers both surprises and enlighten both the viewers and Bobby, himself.

Good Men

2024

Rugrats: Tales from the Crib: Three Jacks & A Beanstalk poster
6.1

Aunt Moo, a kindly old cow, and her Children (The Rugrats) are given a bag of magical beans by a mysterious stranger. This stranger (Susie) turns out to be a magic fairy, and the beans they threw out the window grow into a gigantic beanstalk.

Rugrats: Tales from the Crib: Three Jacks & A Beanstalk

2006

Ragin Cajun poster
4.6

After his girlfriend is kidnapped by a vicious mobster, Cage rips into action with a vengeance. Retired from kickboxing to pursue dreams of being an entertainer, Cage is forced into a death match with the brutal doctor death. He must win, or he will die.

Ragin Cajun

1991

Intimate Stranger poster
4.8

A policeman guards a barroom singer whose phone-sex sideline has put a killer on her trail.

Intimate Stranger

1991

Baja Oklahoma poster
6.5

Juanita Hutchins works at Texas bar, but she aspires to be a country songwriter. When she's not looking after her impulsive daughter, Candy, or vouching for her promiscuous friend, Doris Steadman, she's trying to maintain some semblance of a romantic life. As Juanita prepares to make the leap to Nashville, her former boyfriend, Slick Henderson, returns to town, further complicating her situation.

Baja Oklahoma

1988

Summer Dreams: The Story of The Beach Boys poster
5.6

Dramatization looks at the tumultuous relationship that existed between rock group The Beach Boy's Brian and Dennis Wilson and their father, Murry. It also examines their struggles with drugs and alcohol.

Summer Dreams: The Story of The Beach Boys

1990

Keeper of the City poster
5.3

A vigilante killer becomes a celebrity by gunning down Chicago mobsters, but nobody except a police detective and a local journalist seems eager to catch him.

Keeper of the City

1991

Finish Line poster
5.8

In order to get better results, a young athlete starts using steroids and begins his downfall.

Finish Line

1989

Desperate for Love poster
5.6

The story of murder among a trio of teenagers after a boy breaks up with a girl and she runs into the arms of his vulnerable best friend.

Desperate for Love

1989

Harlem to Hollywood poster
NR

An insider's look at the most famous person most people have never heard of: singer-songwriter Billy Vera.

Harlem to Hollywood

2019

Father Guido Sarducci Goes to College poster
8.0

Father Guido Sarducci (played by comic Don Novello), the "gossip columnist" for the Vatican City newspaper L'Osservatore Romano, relates the goings-on at the Vatican to college audiences.

Father Guido Sarducci Goes to College

1985

James Brown & Friends: A Night of Super Soul poster
NR

Godfather of soul James Brown performs with Aretha Franklin, Wilson Pickett, Billy Vera, Joe Cocker and Robert Palmer in this live concert. Lively interviews with all the stars kick off the evening, and then it's time for the artists to hit the stage with classics such as "Papa's Got a Brand New Bag," "In the Midnight Hour," "I Feel Good" and "Out of Sight." All the guests join Brown for the rousing encore, "Living in America."

James Brown & Friends: A Night of Super Soul

1987

The Amazing Nina Simone poster
7.5

The life, legacy and musical accomplishments of singer, musician, pianist, songwriter and Civil Rights activist, Nina Simone through interviews with over 50 of the subject’s friends, family, band members, lovers and fellow activists. The film has been called the best of the three Nina Simone films by The New Yorker Magazine.

The Amazing Nina Simone

2015