Billy Crystal

William Edward "Billy" Crystal (born March 14, 1948) is an American actor, writer, producer, director, comedian, and television host. He gained prominence in the 1970s for playing Jodie Dallas on the ABC sitcom Soap and became a Hollywood film star during the late 1980s and 1990s, appearing in the critical and box office successes When Harry Met Sally... (1989), City Slickers (1991), and Analyze This (1999) and providing the voice of Mike Wazowski in the Monsters, Inc. franchise.

He has hosted the Academy Awards 9 times, beginning in 1990 and most recently in 2012; second only to that of Bob Hope, who hosted 14 times.

Early life

Crystal was born at Doctors Hospital on the Upper East Side of Manhattan, and initially raised in The Bronx. As a toddler, he moved with his family to 549 East Park Avenue in Long Beach, New York, on Long Island. He and his older brothers Joel and Richard, nicknamed Rip, were the sons of Helen (née Gabler), a housewife, and Jack Crystal, who owned and operated the Commodore Music Store, founded by Helen's father, Julius Gabler. Jack Crystal was also a jazz promoter, a producer, and an executive for an affiliated jazz record label, Commodore Records, founded by Helen's brother, musician and songwriter Milt Gabler. Crystal is Jewish (his family emigrated from Austria and Russia). The three young brothers would entertain by reprising comedy routines from the likes of Bob Newhart, Rich Little and Sid Caesar records their father would bring. Jazz artists such as Arvell Shaw, Pee Wee Russell, Eddie Condon, and Billie Holiday were often guests in the home. With the decline of Dixieland jazz circa 1963, Crystal's father lost his business, and died later that year at the age of 54 after suffering a heart attack while bowling. His mother, Helen Crystal, died in 2001.

'Billy Crystal' is featured as a movie character in the following productions:

World of Magic (1982)

Actors: Billy Crystal (actor), Ann Jillian (actress), Bruce Jenner (actor), Cherish Alexander (actress),

Genres: Family, Fantasy,

Crystal, Billy Filmography

Play in Full Screen 700 Sundays

2014, role: actor , character name: Himself
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2014, role: actor , character name: Mike
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2014, role: writer
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2013, role: actor , character name: Himself
Play in Full Screen AFI Life Achievement Award: A Tribute to Mel Brooks

2013, role: actor , character name: Himself
Play in Full Screen Monsters University

2013, role: actor , character name: Mike
Play in Full Screen The 2012 Comedy Awards

2012, role: actor , character name: Himself
Play in Full Screen The Savoy King: Chick Webb & the Music That Changed America

2012, role: actor , character name: Mezz Mezzrow
Play in Full Screen Christmas in Rockefeller Center

2012, role: actor , character name: Himself
Play in Full Screen Parental Guidance

2012, role: producer
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2012, role: actor , character name: Artie Decker
Play in Full Screen The 84th Annual Academy Awards

2012, role: actor , character name: Himself - Host
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2012, role: actor , character name: Burt Walnut
Play in Full Screen The Love We Make

2011, role: actor , character name: Himself
Play in Full Screen Saturday Night Live Backstage

2011, role: actor , character name: Himself
Play in Full Screen Method to the Madness of Jerry Lewis

2011, role: actor , character name: Himself
Play in Full Screen The 83rd Annual Academy Awards

2011, role: actor , character name: Himself - Presenter
Play in Full Screen Pixar: 25 Magic Moments

2011, role: actor , character name: Himself
Play in Full Screen When Harry Met Sally 2 with Billy Crystal and Helen Mirren

2011, role: producer
Play in Full Screen The Muppets

2011, role: actor , character name: Himself
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2011, role: actor , character name: Harry Burns
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2011, role: actor , character name: Himself
Play in Full Screen Hope for Haiti Now: A Global Benefit for Earthquake Relief

2010, role: actor , character name: Himself
Play in Full Screen I'm Still Here

2010, role: actor , character name: Himself
Play in Full Screen The 8th Annual TV Land Awards

2010, role: actor , character name: Himself
Play in Full Screen Tooth Fairy

2010, role: actor , character name: Jerry
Play in Full Screen Saturday Night Live Presents: Sports All-Stars

2010, role: actor , character name: Fernando Lamas
Play in Full Screen Des McAnuff: A Life in Stages

2010, role: actor , character name: Himself
Play in Full Screen The 61st Primetime Emmy Awards

2009, role: actor , character name: Himself
Play in Full Screen Saturday Night Live Sports Extra '09

2009, role: actor , character name: Fernando
Play in Full Screen TV's 50 Funniest Catch Phrases

2009, role: actor
Play in Full Screen The 80th Annual Academy Awards

2008, role: actor , character name: Himself
Play in Full Screen Comic Relief: The Greatest... and the Latest

2008, role: actor , character name: Himself
Play in Full Screen Mike Douglas: Moments & Memories

2008, role: actor , character name: Himself
Play in Full Screen Trying to Get Good: The Jazz Odyssey of Jack Sheldon

2008, role: actor , character name: Himself
Play in Full Screen Der Geist des Geldes

2007, role: actor , character name: Himself
Play in Full Screen The Pixar Story

2007, role: actor , character name: Himself
Play in Full Screen Cómo conseguir un papel en Hollywood

2007, role: actor , character name: Himself
Play in Full Screen Mr. Warmth: The Don Rickles Project

2007, role: actor , character name: Himself
Play in Full Screen AFI's 100 Years... 100 Movies: 10th Anniversary Edition

2007, role: actor , character name: Himself
Play in Full Screen Gala Tribute AFI's 40th Anniversary

2007, role: actor , character name: Himself - Speaker
Play in Full Screen Mark Twain Prize: Billy Crystal

2007, role: actor , character name: Himself - Honoree
Play in Full Screen Sicko

2007, role: actor , character name: Himself
Play in Full Screen Comic Relief 2006

2006, role: actor , character name: Himself - Host
Play in Full Screen Tony Bennett: An American Classic

2006, role: actor , character name: Himself - Speaker
Play in Full Screen The 78th Annual Academy Awards

2006, role: actor , character name: Himself, in opening segment [pre-recorded]
Play in Full Screen Cars

2006, role: actor , character name: Mike Car
Play in Full Screen The 4th Annual TV Land Awards

2006, role: actor , character name: Himself
Play in Full Screen Who Needs Sleep?

2006, role: actor
Play in Full Screen Have a Nice Day

2006, role: actor

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published: 26 Jan 2016

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published: 08 Nov 2016

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If I Didn't Have You, Billy Crystal

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If I Didn't Have You

I thought my life was empty enough,
but when I saw you,
it changed my life,
I never thought how love could change a person so much,
though I now Know how efective it could be,
in my life,
If I couldn't have you I would never see the sun,
nor find myself in this world,
I would never Know who I really am,
If I couldn't have you,
If I couldn't have you
though life my life might be whole,
with you in it,
But without you it's like an empty world,
of darkness,
surrounding me by every corner.
Though there's nothing more I need except for you in it, I thought there was something new and frightning in my spot for a change, in my life!
If I couldn't have Youuuuuuuuuu
If I couldn't have you!
i would never know day from night
nor the happiness from the bottom of my heart
you are the lightness in my life,
you show me the way
in all different directions
you are the person in my life
that i will never ever forget.....
if you wouldn't by myside
everything bright will be dark
and dark will be light
showing me the way to the evil side of life
If i couldn't have you............
my life will be torn apart.....

photo: AP / Alex Brandon