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name: "Bill Shirley"
canonical: "https://film.one/person/bill-shirley"
roles: ["Actor"]
born: "6 July 1921"
died: "27 August 1989"
reviewed_on_fi1m: 1
updated: "2026-09-17T06:08:06.282336+00:00"
licence: "© Fi1m Ltd. Written by AI under a human editor; checked against sources before publication. Quote with attribution and a link to the canonical URL."
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# Bill Shirley

Actor. Born 6 July 1921 in Indianapolis, Indiana, USA. Died 27 August 1989.

## Details

- **Work:** Actor
- **Born:** 6 July 1921, Indianapolis, Indiana, USA
- **Died:** 27 August 1989
- **Also known as:** William Jesse "Bill" Shirley, William Jesse Shirley
- **Elsewhere:** https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q2903350, https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0794301/, https://www.themoviedb.org/person/67288

## Streaming the US now

- **Disney+:** [*Sleeping Beauty*](https://film.one/film/sleeping-beauty.md) (78)

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## Biography

Bill Shirley (1921–1989) was an American actor and singer. He provided the speaking and singing voice of Prince Phillip in Walt Disney's *Sleeping Beauty* (1959). He is also known for his role in *Flying Tigers* (1942) and for dubbing the singing voice of Freddy Eynsford-Hill, played by Jeremy Brett, in the film *My Fair Lady* (1964).

Born William Jesse Shirley in Indianapolis, Indiana, he began performing as a child and later studied voice in Hollywood. He appeared in several Republic Pictures films during the 1940s and early 1950s, including *I Dream of Jeanie* (1952), in which he played Stephen Foster. He later worked as a Broadway theatre producer.

*Sources: en.wikipedia.org, imdb.com.*

## On Fi1m (1)

- *Sleeping Beauty* (1959), Fi1m 78, as Prince Phillip (voice) — [page](https://film.one/film/sleeping-beauty.md)

## Also known for

- *Flying Tigers* (1942), Dale

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