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Bill Kerr

Bill Kerr, South African-Australian actor (died 2014)

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Born
June 10, 1922
Died
August 28, 2014
Zodiac sign
Gemini
Birth year
1922

About Bill Kerr

William Henry Kerr was a British and Australian actor, comedian and vaudevillian. Later, after Sid James had ended his professional partnership with Hancock, Kerr briefly resumed working with him in the first season of the television comedy series Citizen James (1960). He next played the Devil disguised as Mr Applegate in the first West End production of Damn Yankees, directed by Bob Fosse and first performed in March 1957. Initially sharper than Hancock's characterisation, Kerr's portrayal eventually developed into a more dim-witted character who became the butt of Hancock's jokes.

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Bill Kerr timeline

  1. He next played the Devil disguised as Mr Applegate in the first West End production of Damn Yankees, directed by Bob Fosse and first performed in March 1957.
  2. Later, after Sid James had ended his professional partnership with Hancock, Kerr briefly resumed working with him in the first season of the television comedy series Citizen James (1960).

The world when Bill Kerr was born

Bill Kerr was born in 1922. The year snapshot below places that birthday in its cultural and historical setting: the music and films people were following, the headlines shaping public life, and the everyday prices families encountered.

Culture in 1922

  • #1 song"Chicago" – Fred Fisher
  • Top movieNosferatu
  • Best-selling bookUlysses – James Joyce

Headlines and milestones

  • Major sports momentGene Sarazen wins the U.S. Open at age 20
  • Top headlineMussolini marches on Rome and seizes power in Italy
  • Technology milestoneBBC begins radio broadcasts
  • Defining fadCrossword puzzles
  • Notable inventionWater skiing invented in Minnesota
  • World population1.90 billion

United States snapshot

  • U.S. leaderWarren G. Harding
  • Sports championNew York Giants (World Series)
  • U.S. population110.0M

1922 versus 2026

These figures put everyday life in Bill Kerr's birth year beside the site's latest United States snapshot.

Measure19222026
Gas$0.25$3.45/gal
Average home$5,600$435,000
Average income$3,270$67,500
Movie ticket$0.15$11.95
Postage stamp$0.02$0.73
Population110.0M341 million

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