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Bob DeSimone is a Actor American born on 15 april 1946 at Boston (USA)
Bob DeSimone (born April 15, 1946) is an American actor who has starred in several movies. He is perhaps best known for his role as Billy, the cocaine-snorting mental health worker, in the 1985 horror movie Friday the 13th: A New Beginning. His other films were Savage Streets (1984), and Angel III: The Final Chapter. DeSimone also appeared on the hit comedy show, Make Me Laugh and was a headliner at The Comedy Store and Improv during their heyday, working with Jay Leno, David Letterman, Richard Prior and Jerry Seinfeld.
Before DeSimone turned to comedy and acting, he was, (and still is) an accomplished drummer. Almost immediately after arriving in California, he was in demand. The early 1970s found DeSimone playing with many top bands in and out of the studios. He was a fixture at the Ash Grove club in West Hollywood, noted for promoting up and coming blues and folk musicians. Teaming up with Bernie Pearl, they both backed Lightnin' Hopkins, Big Mama Thornton, The Bernie Pearl Band, Dr. John, Albert King, Luke "Long Gone" Miles, Taj Mahal and Chuck Berry.
From there he signed on with Atlantic Records with a popular Country Rock band named, "Country". With a signature sound, beautiful harmonies, strong musicianship and all original material, they were described by many as a "Rhythmic Cross Between Crosby Stills & Nash, and "The Band". Signed by Peter Asher, they opened for America, Fleetwood Mac, Linda Ronstadt, and the Bee Gees. COUNTRY featured future Grammy award winning songwriter Tom Snow, Bob DeSimone, Michael Fondiler, Steve Fondiler & Ian Espinoza. UK Fanzine FANTASTIC EXPEDITION published their full story in 2014 in conjunction with all the surviving band members.
DeSimone left acting in 1983 and began his own successful business. He still plays drums and is currently working with local R&B, blues and rock bands in Southern California. As he stated in a Friday 13th interview:"Drumming will always be in my blood"
He married his girlfriend, Lisa Stern in 1994, and together they have two daughters, Amanda and Gianna.
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Bob DeSimone (born April 15, 1946) is an American actor who has starred in several movies. He is perhaps best known for his role as Billy, the cocaine-snorting mental health worker, in the 1985 horror movie Friday the 13th: A New Beginning. His other films were Savage Streets (1984), and Angel III: The Final Chapter. DeSimone also appeared on the hit comedy show, Make Me Laugh and was a headliner at The Comedy Store and Improv during their heyday, working with Jay Leno, David Letterman, Richard Prior and Jerry Seinfeld.
Before DeSimone turned to comedy and acting, he was, (and still is) an accomplished drummer. Almost immediately after arriving in California, he was in demand. The early 1970s found DeSimone playing with many top bands in and out of the studios. He was a fixture at the Ash Grove club in West Hollywood, noted for promoting up and coming blues and folk musicians. Teaming up with Bernie Pearl, they both backed Lightnin' Hopkins, Big Mama Thornton, The Bernie Pearl Band, Dr. John, Albert King, Luke "Long Gone" Miles, Taj Mahal and Chuck Berry.
From there he signed on with Atlantic Records with a popular Country Rock band named, "Country". With a signature sound, beautiful harmonies, strong musicianship and all original material, they were described by many as a "Rhythmic Cross Between Crosby Stills & Nash, and "The Band". Signed by Peter Asher, they opened for America, Fleetwood Mac, Linda Ronstadt, and the Bee Gees. COUNTRY featured future Grammy award winning songwriter Tom Snow, Bob DeSimone, Michael Fondiler, Steve Fondiler & Ian Espinoza. UK Fanzine FANTASTIC EXPEDITION published their full story in 2014 in conjunction with all the surviving band members.
DeSimone left acting in 1983 and began his own successful business. He still plays drums and is currently working with local R&B, blues and rock bands in Southern California. As he stated in a Friday 13th interview:"Drumming will always be in my blood"
He married his girlfriend, Lisa Stern in 1994, and together they have two daughters, Amanda and Gianna.
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, 1h32Directed by Danny Steinmann
Origin USA
Genres Thriller, Comedy, Horror, Slasher
Themes Transport films, Serial killer films, Road movies
Actors Melanie Kinnaman, Shavar Ross, Todd Bryant, Richard Young, Marco St. John, Juliette Cummins
Roles Billy
Rating48%
A young Tommy Jarvis stumbles upon a graveyard while walking through the woods on a rainy night, where he witnesses two grave robbers digging up the corpse of Jason Voorhees. Jason rises from the grave and murders the grave robbers before advancing towards Tommy.
Savage Streets (1984)
, 1h33Directed by Danny Steinmann
Origin USA
Genres Drama, Thriller, Action, Horror, Crime
Themes Films about sexuality, Rape in fiction, Rape and revenge films
Actors Linda Blair, Linnea Quigley, John Vernon, Sal Landi, Lisa Freeman, Bob DeSimone
Roles Mr. Meeker
Rating61%
After nearly being run down in the street by a gang known as the Scars, Brenda (Linda Blair) and her deaf-mute younger sister Heather (Linnea Quigley) and their friends trash the car of the gang leader, Jake. Jake exacts his revenge by getting his cohorts to gang-rape Heather. A fight between Brenda and her friends and the Scars at a local nightclub results in Brenda's pregnant, soon-to-be-married friend Francine being murdered by the Scars, who throw her off a viaduct. When Brenda learns who is responsible for Heather's rape, and that Francine is dead and the Scars are responsible, Brenda arms herself and sets out to avenge them. Finding them at a nearby warehouse, Brenda impales one of the gang members, Fargo, with an arrow; kills another, Red, by snapping a bear trap shut upon his neck; and then begins to torture Jake with arrows shot into his thighs and a hunting knife as he hangs by his feet from a gate. However, he then manages to free himself and attacks her. The showdown ends in a nearby paint store; as a burglar alarm blares, Brenda douses Jake in paint and then sets him on fire with a cigarette lighter that she has previously had difficulty getting to produce a flame, just before the police arrive.
Savage Streets (1984)
, 1h33Directed by Danny Steinmann
Origin USA
Genres Drama, Thriller, Action, Horror, Crime
Themes Films about sexuality, Rape in fiction, Erotic films, Rape and revenge films, Auto-justice
Actors Linda Blair, Linnea Quigley, John Vernon, Sal Landi, Lisa Freeman, Bob DeSimone
Roles Mr. Meeker
Rating61%
Un gang ultra-violent sévit à Los Angeles. Menés par Jake (Robert Dwyer), ses membres torturent et violent Heather (Linnea Quigley), une jeune sourd-muette. La sœur de celle-ci, Brenda (Linda Blair) décide de faire justice.
The Concrete Jungle (1982)
, 1h39Directed by Tom DeSimone
Origin USA
Genres Drama, Thriller, Crime
Themes Prison films, Films about sexuality, Erotic films, Sexploitation films, Women in prison films
Actors Jill St John, Tracey Elizabeth Bregman, BarBara Luna, Sean O'Kane, Sondra Currie, Peter Brown
Roles Parelli's Assistant
Rating49%
A woman's boyfriend unsuspectingly uses her to carry a stash of cocaine in her skis and she is caught by airport security. She is tried, convicted and sent to prison where she quickly learns to toughen up if she wants to survive.
Chatterbox! (1977)
, 1h12Directed by Tom DeSimone
Origin USA
Genres Comedy, Fantasy, Musical
Actors Irwin Corey, Larry Gelman, Rip Taylor, Jane Kean, Arlene Martel, Sandra Gould
Roles Cab Driver
Rating50%
Penelope, a young hairdresser, discovers her vagina can talk when it criticizes a lover's performance, who leaves in a huff. At the salon where she works, her talking vagina insults a lesbian client, which leads to her being fired. Penelope goes to a psychiatrist, Dr. Pearl, where she reveals her "problem". In the psychiatrist's office, her vagina reveals a new talent, singing. It has a propensity for singing show tunes. Dr. Pearl reveals her secret to friends of his in show business. At a meeting of the American Medical Association, Penelope and her talking vagina, now called "Virginia", are revealed to the public for the first time. Virginia regales the assembled physician with show tunes. Dr. Pearl becomes her agent, and over Penelope's objections, launches Penelope and Virginia on an entertainment career. At a show emceed by Professor Irwin Corey, Virginia sings in public for the first time, becoming a star after crooning a disco tune. Virginia increasingly becomes the tail that wags the dog, with Penelope becoming increasingly unhappy as "they" become a successful act on a cross-country tour. Despite her new success, Penelope decides to kill herself until she sees the lover from the start of the movie and discovers that he has a talking penis.