Billy Connolly
- 82 years old
- Scottish
- Actor and stand-up comedian
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Review: Billy Connolly, still twisting, still jabbing
It's the voice that catches you first. That Scottish burr that conjures up literally dozens and dozens of memories.
Peter Robb, Ottawa Citizen, 24th October 2015Billy Connolly: keeping busy is the best medicine
Billy Connolly has revealed he plans to keep throwing himself into work as it takes his mind off his Parkinson's Disease.
The Scotsman, 16th October 2015Maxine Jones on doing stand-up til you drop
Along with Billy Connolly, I hope to remain involved with comedy till the end.
Maxine Jones, Beyond The Joke, 3rd October 2015Jimeoin is playing his 23rd Fringe Festival
We've been catching up with the veteran comic who admits he is a huge fan of Billy Connolly and once received an RUC badge from the Scots funnyman.
Rick Fulton, Daily Record, 21st August 2015Billy Connolly forced to give up banjo
Billy Connolly has been forced to give up playing the banjo and guitar because of Parkinson's Disease.
BBC News, 18th July 2015Comedy Greats appear on Royal Mail stamps
Spike Milligan, The Two Ronnies, Billy Connolly, Morecambe & Wise, Norman Wisdom, Lenny Henry, Peter Cook & Dudley Moore, Monty Python, French & Saunders and Victoria Wood feature on ten special Royal Mail stamps.
The Guardian, 1st April 2015Billy Connolly to be honoured for promoting Scotland
Actor/comedian Billy Connolly is to be honoured for his love of his native Scotland next month (Apr15) during the Tartan Week celebrations in New York.
Hollywood.com, 26th March 2015Prince Charles asked Eric Idle to be his jester
Not long ago, at Billy Connolly's house in Scotland, Prince Charles gave Eric Idle offer he could refuse. "He said, 'Would you be my jester?' " Idle recalled. "I said, 'Why would I want a fucking shit job like that?'"
The New Yorker, 17th December 2014Billy Connolly review
Older, frailer but Big Yin is still a maestro. The show is not the work of a man with a diminished sense of humour - it's classic Connolly, culled from a 50-year career.
Brian Logan, The Guardian, 1st October 2014Billy Connolly review - Big Yin is still a maestro
The show is not the work of a man with a diminished sense of humour - it's classic Connolly, culled from a 50-year career.
Brian Logan, The Guardian, 1st October 2014