# Billy Hartman

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Scottish actor

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**Billy Hartman** (born 1957) is a Scottish actor, well known for playing the part of [Terry Woods](/source/Terry_Woods_(Emmerdale)) on [ITV](/source/ITV_(TV_network))'s *[Emmerdale](/source/Emmerdale)* from 1995 until his character was killed off in 2011.[1][2][3][4]

## Career

Together with *Emmerdale* co-stars [Steve Halliwell](/source/Steve_Halliwell) and [Alun Lewis](/source/Alun_Lewis_(actor)), Hartman was a member of UK 1990s [country rock](/source/Country_rock) trio [The Woolpackers](/source/The_Woolpackers), who had a UK hit single, "[Hillbilly Rock Hillbilly Roll](/source/Hillbilly_Rock_Hillbilly_Roll)", in November 1996.

He also played a small role, Dougal MacLeod, cousin of Connor McLeod, in the film *[Highlander](/source/Highlander_(film))*.

Under the name GBH, Hartman was the host of the rock 'n' roll revival television show *[Oh Boy!](/source/Oh_Boy!_(TV_series))* in 1979.

He also starred in the comedy series *[Russ Abbot](/source/Russ_Abbot)'s Madhouse* in the early 1980s.

Hartman played a teenager in the 1980s American horror film *[Slaughter High](/source/Slaughter_High)*.

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

Hartman played Billy in an episode, "Windows", of *[Minder](/source/Minder_(TV_series))*.

In 1993, he appeared in *[The Bill](/source/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](/source/Heartbeat_(British_TV_series))* episode "Wild Thing".

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

On 26 October 2013, Hartman played Graham O'Reilly in *[Casualty](/source/Casualty_(TV_series))*. In 2015, he was in the London revival of the musical [*Gypsy*](/source/Gypsy_(musical)).

## Filmography

Year Title Role Notes 1986 Highlander Dougal MacLeod Slaughter High Frank

## References

1. **[^](#cite_ref-1)** Mirror.co.uk (14 January 2011). ["Emmerdale's Deena Payne talks about her hurt and disappointment at her character Viv being killed off"](https://www.mirror.co.uk/3am/celebrity-news/emmerdales-deena-payne-talks-about-her-hurt-104132). *mirror*. Retrieved 13 April 2020.

1. **[^](#cite_ref-2)** Kilkelly, Daniel (13 January 2011). ["Hartman: 'Emmerdale has been wonderful'"](http://www.digitalspy.com/soaps/emmerdale/a297844/hartman-emmerdale-has-been-wonderful/). Digital Spy. Retrieved 13 April 2020.

1. **[^](#cite_ref-3)** WalesOnline (24 November 2010). ["Fatal fire set to rock Emmerdale"](http://www.walesonline.co.uk/lifestyle/showbiz/fatal-fire-set-rock-emmerdale-1887720). *walesonline*. Retrieved 13 April 2020.

1. **[^](#cite_ref-4)** ["Payne disappointed with Emmerdale exit"](https://www.rte.ie/entertainment/2011/0114/426830-emmerdale2/). 14 January 2011. {{[cite journal](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Template:Cite_journal)}}: Cite journal requires |journal= ([help](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Help:CS1_errors#missing_periodical))

## External links

- [Billy Hartman](https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0366920/) at [IMDb](/source/IMDb_(identifier))

- [Billy Hartman](https://www.discogs.com/artist/Billy+Hartman) discography at [Discogs](/source/Discogs)

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