Willy DeVille
Willy DeVille, born William Paul Borsey Jr., was an American singer/songwriter and actor. During his thirty-five-year career, first with his band Mink DeVille (1974–1986) and later on his own, Deville created original songs rooted in traditional American musical styles. A fourteen year old kid has just settled in on the roof of a building on MacDougal Street. We’re in the early sixties, New York. The West Village. Sounds of the raucous and throaty voice of Fred Neil, of Bob Dylan's unbridled folk hymns and of the electroshock guitar of Jimi Hendrix waft out of the clubs on the street. And the kid living on the roof, he takes it all in. Willy DeVille's introduction to music contains within it the true and complete character of an urban tale.
Known For
Credits
- 2024 · Heaven Stood Still: The Incarnations of Willy DeVille as Self (archive footage)
- 2008 · Willy DeVille: Live at Rockpalast (1995 & 2008) as Self
- 2008 · Mink DeVille: Live at Montreux 1982 as Self
- 2006 · Willy DeVille: Live in the Lowlands as Self
- 2002 · Willy DeVille: The Berlin Concerts as Self
- 2001 · Born to Lose: The Last Rock and Roll Movie as Self
- 1999 · Cypress Edge as Alfred Waxman
- 1997 · Beautiful Losers as Self
- 1996 · Bullet as Willy Lookout
- 1995 · Lo + plus as Self
- 1990 · Les Nuls, l'émission as Self - Musical Guest
- 1988 · Homeboy as Moe's bodyguard
- 1987 · The Princess Bride as The Balladeer (voice) (uncredited)
- 1987 · Le monde est à vous as Self
- 1986 · Va Banque as Hustler