Billy Warlock

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Field	Value
image	Billy Warlock - Happy Days promotional photo.jpg
caption	Warlock in a promotional photo for Happy Days
alt	Publicity still of Billy Warlock for Happy Days, 1983
birth_name	William Alan Leming
birth_date
birth_place	Gardena, California, U.S.
occupation	Actor
years_active	1981–2011
spouse	{{Plainlist
* {{marriage	Marcy Walker
father	Dick Warlock
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| image = Billy Warlock - Happy Days promotional photo.jpg | caption = Warlock in a promotional photo for Happy Days | alt = Publicity still of Billy Warlock for Happy Days, 1983 | birth_name = William Alan Leming | birth_date = | birth_place = Gardena, California, U.S. | occupation = Actor | years_active = 1981–2011 | spouse = {{Plainlist|

| father = Dick Warlock

William Alan Warlock (né ** Leming**; born March 26, 1961) is a retired American actor known for playing Eddie Kramer, a lifeguard on the first three seasons of Baywatch and in the reunion movie in 2003, as well as for numerous daytime roles, most notably Frankie Brady on Days of Our Lives and A.J. Quartermaine on General Hospital. His last known acting credit was in 2011.

Early life

Billy Warlock was born William Alan Leming in Gardena, California, the oldest of three siblings. He has a brother, Lance, and a sister, Rhonda. Their father, Dick Warlock ( Richard Anthony Leming), was a successful Hollywood stunt man (who did stunts for Kurt Russell and was the stunt driver in the Disney picture, The Love Bug).

After graduation from Birmingham High School in Van Nuys, California in 1979, Warlock's father landed him a stunt job as Robin Williams's stunt double in a Mork & Mindy episode, one that was produced by Garry Marshall.

Career

As a young adult, Warlock had a small role in Halloween II (1981), and Lovely But Deadly (1981), directed by David Sheldon. He later appeared in Hotshot (1987), directed by Rick King, and played the lead role in the horror film Society (1989), directed by Brian Yuzna. The same year, Warlock appeared as an original cast member of Baywatch, where he played lifeguard Eddie Kramer for the first three seasons. In the early 1990s, he also was on the short-lived TV Series The Hat Squad, with Nestor Serrano and Don Michael Paul from 1992 to 1993, and portrayed Lyle Menendez in the 1994 television movie Honor Thy Father and Mother: The True Story of the Menendez Murders.

Warlock starred on soap operas such as Days of Our Lives and General Hospital. In the latter, he portrayed A. J. Quartermaine from June 13, 1997, to December 11, 2003, and for several visits in 2005 from February 4 to February 11, when his character was presumed dead. He reprised the role from March 15 until April 26 when his character was actually murdered in his hospital room by Dr. Asher Thomas (Larry Poindexter) after he kidnapped his biological son, Michael Corinthos (Dylan Cash). On Days of Our Lives, Warlock portrayed Frankie Brady from 1986 to 1988, from 1990 to 1991, and again beginning in June 2005. In 1988, he won a Daytime Emmy Award for Outstanding Younger Actor in a Drama Series at the 15th Daytime Emmy Awards for his performance on the series. He was let go from the soap and his final airdate was November 2006. In spring 2007, he joined the cast of The Young and the Restless in the role of Ben Hollander, Jack Abbott (Peter Bergman)'s campaign manager. Warlock appeared on the show from May 2007 to January 2008.

In 2003, Warlock reprised his role of Eddie Kramer in the Baywatch: Hawaiian Wedding television film. The following year, he appeared in an off-Broadway revival production of The Normal Heart at the Public Theater in New York City. Charles Isherwood of Variety praised his performance as "sincere and nicely understated." During the summer of 2010, Warlock appeared on As the World Turns as Anthony Blackthorn.

Personal life

Warlock was once engaged to his Baywatch co-star Erika Eleniak, who had played his character Eddie's love interest on the show, Shauni McClain, as well. Warlock was married to soap actress Marcy Walker but they later divorced. He married former Days of our Lives and As the World Turns co-star Julie Pinson on August 26, 2006, in Las Vegas, Nevada.

Filmography

Film

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Year	Title	Role	Notes
1981	Halloween II	Craig	last=Riggs
Lovely But Deadly	Boy on Beach	As Bill Warlock
1987	Hotshot	Vinnie Fortino
1989	Society	Bill Whitney
1995	Mr. Payback	Payton Bach	Interactive film
1997	Opposite Corners	Bryant Donatello
Steel Sharks	Bob Rogers
2004	The Thing Below	Captain Jack Griffin
2006	Fatwa	Vince
2009	Hatchet Man	Boss	Short film
2011	Discedo	Robert (voice)	Short film
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Television

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Year	Title	Role	Notes
1982–1983	Happy Days	Leopold "Flip" Phillips	13 episodes
1983	ABC Afterschool Special	Craig Foster	Episode: "But It's Not My Fault"
Lottery!	Billy	Episode: "Los Angeles: Bigger Volume"
Six Pack	Duffy Akins	Television film
1984	Capitol	Ricky Driscoll	Episode: "November 1, 1984"
1986	2 Dads	Danny Selzer	Television film
1986–2006	Days of Our Lives	Frankie Brady	Main cast (589 episodes)
1987	Rags to Riches	Tommy	Episode: "Pilot"
1989	Swimsuit	Chris	Television film
Baywatch: Panic at Malibu Pier	Eddie Kramer	Television film
21 Jump Street	Ron Green	Episode: "Come from the Shadows"
Class Cruise	Sam McBride	Television film
1989–1992	Baywatch	Eddie Kramer	Main cast (45 episodes)
1990	TV or Not TV?	Student	Television special
1992–1993	The Hat Squad	Matty Matheson	Main cast (13 episodes)
1994	Honor Thy Father and Mother: The True Story of the Menendez Murders	Lyle Menendez	Television film
1994–1996	Silk Stalkings	Brent/Jason Hemmings	2 episodes
1995	Marker	Shawn	Episode: "Snowballs in Hawaii"
NYPD Blue	Mike Barnett	Episode: "One Big Happy Family"
1996	Baywatch Nights	Eddie Kramer	Episode: "Backup"
Panic in the Skies!	Matt Eisenhauer	Television film
1997–2005	General Hospital	A. J. Quartermaine	Main cast (308 episodes)
1999	Diagnosis: Murder	Derek Shaw	2 episodes
2003	Baywatch: Hawaiian Wedding	Eddie Kramer	Television film
2007–2008	The Young and the Restless	Ben Hollander	year=2010
2009	Damages	Undercover Customer #2	title=Billy Warlock Credits
2010	As the World Turns	Anthony Blackthorn	15 episodes
One Life to Live	Ross Rayburn	18 episodes
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Stage credits

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Year	Title	Role	Notes
2004	The Normal Heart	Felix Turner	The Public Theater
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References

References

1. Brant, Marley. (2006). "Happier Days: Paramount Television's Classic Sitcoms, 1974-1984". Billboard Books.
2. Reichardt, Nancy M.. (September 23, 1990). "Better 'Days' Are in Store for Billy Warlock". [[Chicago Tribune]].
3. (December 30, 2007). "Billy Warlock's Actor's Profile". Soap Central.
4. Isherwood, Charles. (April 21, 2004). "The Normal Heart". [[Variety (magazine).
5. "Days of Our Lives Stars Get Married".
6. Ulrica, Wilhborg. (August 26, 2006). "Days of Our Lives Star Get Married". [[People (magazine).
7. Riggs, Thomas. (2007). "Contemporary Theatre, Film and Television". Cengage Gale.
8. Van Hoven, Matt. (June 10, 2009). "The Story Behind 'Hatchet Man' – a Film Inspired, Written and Produced by Ad Folk". [[Adweek]].
9. (2010). "Billy Warlock ex-Days/GH star Joins Y&R!". Soaps.com.
10. "Billy Warlock Credits". [[TV Guide]].
11. Gore, Scotty. (August 11, 2010). "In Or Out? Billy Warlock At 'One Life'". [[Soap Opera Network]].

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