Billy Hartman

{{Short description|Scottish actor}} {{BLP sources|date=April 2020}} [[File:Billy Hartman.jpg|thumb]]

'''Billy Hartman''' (born 1957) is a Scottish actor, well known for playing the part of [[Terry Woods (Emmerdale)|Terry Woods]] on [[ITV (TV network)|ITV]]'s ''[[Emmerdale]]'' from 1995 until his character was killed off in 2011.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.mirror.co.uk/3am/celebrity-news/emmerdales-deena-payne-talks-about-her-hurt-104132|title=Emmerdale's Deena Payne talks about her hurt and disappointment at her character Viv being killed off|last=Mirror.co.uk|date=2011-01-14|website=mirror|access-date=2020-04-13}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.digitalspy.com/soaps/emmerdale/a297844/hartman-emmerdale-has-been-wonderful/|title=Hartman: 'Emmerdale has been wonderful'|last=Kilkelly|first=Daniel|date=2011-01-13|publisher=Digital Spy|language=en-GB|access-date=2020-04-13}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.walesonline.co.uk/lifestyle/showbiz/fatal-fire-set-rock-emmerdale-1887720|title=Fatal fire set to rock Emmerdale|last=WalesOnline|date=2010-11-24|website=walesonline|access-date=2020-04-13}}</ref><ref>{{Cite journal|date=2011-01-14|title=Payne disappointed with Emmerdale exit|url=https://www.rte.ie/entertainment/2011/0114/426830-emmerdale2/|language=en}}</ref>

==Career== Together with ''Emmerdale'' co-stars [[Steve Halliwell]] and [[Alun Lewis (actor)|Alun Lewis]], Hartman was a member of UK 1990s [[country rock]] trio [[The Woolpackers]], who had a UK hit single, "[[Hillbilly Rock Hillbilly Roll]]", in November 1996.

He also played a small role, Dougal MacLeod, cousin of Connor McLeod, in the film ''[[Highlander (film)|Highlander]]''.

Under the name GBH, Hartman was the host of the rock 'n' roll revival television show ''[[Oh Boy! (TV series)|Oh Boy!]]'' in 1979.

He also starred in the comedy series ''[[Russ Abbot]]'s Madhouse'' in the early 1980s.

Hartman played a teenager in the 1980s American horror film ''[[Slaughter High]]''.

He appeared as Isaac Talentire in the original West End production of [[Howard Goodall]]'s musical ''[[The Hired Man (musical)|The Hired Man]]''.

Hartman played Billy in an episode, "Windows", of ''[[Minder (TV series)|Minder]]''.

In 1993, he appeared in ''[[The Bill]]'', playing Superintendent Greenall of the area major incident pool.

Hartman appeared as Dave Slade, whose dog was attacking sheep, in the 1994 ''[[Heartbeat (British TV series)|Heartbeat]]'' episode "Wild Thing".

In 1994, he played probation officer Dave Cowden in the ''[[A Touch of Frost]]'' episode "Minority" and appeared as Caiaphas on the studio cast album of ''[[Jesus Christ Superstar]]''.

On 26 October 2013, Hartman played Graham O'Reilly in ''[[Casualty (TV series)|Casualty]]''. In 2015, he was in the London revival of the musical [[Gypsy (musical)|''Gypsy'']].

==Filmography== {| class="wikitable" |- ! Year ! Title ! Role ! Notes |- | rowspan=2|1986 || ''[[Highlander (film)|Highlander]]'' || Dougal MacLeod || |- | ''[[Slaughter High]]'' || Frank || |}

==References== {{Reflist}}

==External links== *{{IMDb name|0366920}} *{{discogs artist|Billy Hartman}}

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