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Billy Wirth is an American actor, film producer, and artist, perhaps best known for his role as Dwayne in the 1987 film, The Lost Boys . Life and career. Wirth is the son of a lawyer father and an artist mother. His paternal grandparents were Russian Jewish immigrants.
YearTitleRoleNotes2019Detective KramerEpisode: "The Nitty Gritty"2019Eternal CodeMark PellegriniFilm2019Hell to PayKillianShort film2018Space Diner TalesSouldbirdEpisode: "Pilot"Billy Wirth is an American actor, producer and director who starred in The Lost Boys, MacArthur Park and Body Snatchers. He also has a background in modeling, music and art, and has worked on several independent films and TV shows.
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Oct 27, 2022 · Billy Wirth is best known for playing Dwayne, a vampire in The Lost Boys, a cult classic film from 1987. He has also appeared in American Gladiators, directed a film, and pursued his passion for painting and music.
Billy Wirth is an actor, director, and musician who was born in New York City and attended Brown University. He is known for his roles in The Lost Boys, MacArthur Park, and The Drone Virus, among other films and TV shows.
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William E. Wirth (born June 23, 1962), better known as Billy Wirth, is an American actor, film producer, and artist, perhaps best known for his role as Dwayne in the 1987 film, The Lost Boys.
Wirth is the son of a lawyer father and an artist mother. His paternal grandparents were Russian Jewish immigrants. His mother, who was born in Iowa, had Native American, English, Scottish and Irish ancestry.
He was a student at Collegiate School, where he was a classmate of musician John Hermann, and attended Brown University, where he was discovered by photographer Karen Michele, while they were both in their teens. Karen Michele went on to have a career in photography and Billy used the first headshots Karen took to begin a modeling career in New York. He moved to California in the 1980s to pursue an acting career, which began with a role in the 1985 feature, Seven Minutes in Heaven. His performance as Dwayne in The Lost Boys followed, and he landed a starring role in the 1988 film War Party.
Sundance Film FestivalTaos Talking Picture Festival1."The Fight Over 'War Party'". The Los Angeles Times. Retrieved on May 13, 2021.
2.The Dutchman (the Collegiate School yearbook), 1975 edition, page 33
Aug 21, 2022 · Billy Wirth Interview (The Lost Boys) - YouTube. Countdown City Geeks. 1.12K subscribers. Subscribed. 146. 6K views 1 year ago SAN ANTONIO. Steady caught up with Billy Wirth (Dwayne) at the...
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Billy Wirth is best known for his role as Dwayne in the vampire movie \"The Lost Boys\". He also directed and co-wrote \"MacArthur Park\", a drama about addiction and homelessness, and appeared in various TV shows and films.