Biography of Billy Van -

Billy Van Evera (1934 – 6 January, 2003) was
a Canadian comedian and actor.

Van was born in Toronto, Ontario|Toronto, Ontario.
As a youth, he and his four brothers toured North
America as a singing act. He first gained audience
notice in the 1960s as a performer on the Canadian
Broadcasting Corporation produced satire programme
Nightcap.

In 1971 Billy Van began making The Hilarious House
of Frightenstein. It is this show for which he is
most well known, and it has subsequently developed
a cult following. A total of 130 episodes were
produced, with Van playing almost every character.


Van died of lung cancer in 2003 at Toronto's
Sunnybrook Hospital.

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Biography of Billy Van -