Willy DeVille

Personal Info

Birthday

August 25, 1950

Day of Death

2009-08-06

(58 years old)

Place of Birth

Stamford, Connecticut, U.S.

Also Known As

William Borsey Jr.

Willy DeVille

Biography

Willy DeVille, born William Paul Borsey Jr., was an American singer/songwriter and actor.

During his thirty-five-year career, first with his band Mink DeVille (1974–1986) and later on his own, Deville created original songs rooted in traditional American musical styles. A fourteen year old kid has just settled in on the roof of a building on MacDougal Street. We’re in the early sixties, New York.

Known For

Bullet

Homeboy

Cypress Edge

Va Banque

Filmography

2024
Heaven Stood Still: The Incarnations of Willy DeVille
as Self (archive footage)
2008
Willy DeVille: Live at Rockpalast (1995 & 2008)
as Self
Mink DeVille: Live at Montreux 1982
as Self
2006
Willy DeVille: Live in the Lowlands
as Self
2002
Willy DeVille: The Berlin Concerts
as Self
2001
Born to Lose: The Last Rock and Roll Movie
as Self
1999
Cypress Edge
as Alfred Waxman
1997
Beautiful Losers
as Self
1996
Bullet
as Willy Lookout
1988
Homeboy
as Moe's bodyguard
1986
Va Banque
as Hustler