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William "Billy" Halop (February 11, 1920 – November 9, 1976) was an American actor.
He came from a Jewish theatrical family: his mother was a dancer, and his sister Florence Halop was a child actress, who later worked on radio and in television. After several years as a radio juvenile, Billy was cast as "Tommy Gordon" in the Broadway production of Sidney Kingsley's Dead End in 1935, and traveled to Hollywood with the rest of the Dead End Kids when Samuel Goldwyn produced a film version of the play in 1937.
In an interview in his later years, he claimed that he was paid more than the other 'Dead End' actors, which had contributed to bad feelings in the group, and that he hated the name 'Dead End Kids'. He also played the vicious bully Flashman in the 1940 Tom Brown's School Days opposite Cedric Hardwicke and Freddie Bartholomew.
After serving in World War II, Halop found that he had grown too old to be effective in the roles that had brought him fame. At one point, he was reduced to starring in a cheap East Side Kids imitation at PRC studios, Gas House Kids (1946). Diminishing film work, marital difficulties, and a drinking problem eventually ate away at Halop's show business career.
Billy Halop
The Phantom of Hollywood - Billy Halop
LITTLE TOUGH GUY (1939) The Dead End Kids - Huntz Hall - Billy Halop
"O'Hara, U.S. Treasury" Operation: Bandera - Billy Halop
The Racket Squad - Accidently On Purpose - Billy Halop
Blues In The Night (Scene Featuring Billy Halop)
Jack Benny Show - Billy Halop Scene
All in the Family S7 E09 Teresa Moves In
You Can't Get Away With Murder - Blooper
Leo Gorcey (Bowery Boys) Interview 1968
[Chorus:]
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Bere big chune a play people bawl out pull Up inna di daaaaance
Let in di gal dem cyaa tek one bag a bull Up inna di daaaaance
Gal dem a talk inna di video and gwaan awful Up inna di daaaaance
Yow... yuh hear thatthen
[Verse 1:]
Collateral we have a bank full
Hot gal we a roll with a van full
If a petrol we have a tank full
Not to mention we have a dozen can full
A red bull gal bawl before one pull
If a weed all we need is a hand full
If a shotta thing we have a gang full
And if a lyrics the song full... hear wha
[Chorus:]
The people them full Up inna di daaaaance
Bere big chune a play people bawl out pull Up inna di daaaaance
Let in di gal dem cyaa tek one bag a bull Up inna di daaaaance
Gal dem a talk inna di video and gwaan awful Up inna di daaaaance
Hear me nuh... don... cool face... then
[Verse 2:]
Party a keep and di whole place full
When me say the place pack, every space full
Liquor stack pile up- 30 case full
Tru we a flose them a say we waste full
But, watch yuh talk yuh better be care full
Shotta we nuh short a, whole base full
Copper we nuh short a, yuh get a face full
Mek yuh walk and drop like yuh shoes lace pull
[Chorus:]
Full Up inna di daaaaance
Bere big chune a play people bawl out pull Up inna di daaaaance
Let in di gal dem cyaa tek one bag a bull Up inna di daaaaance