---
name: "Billy Fane"
canonical: "https://film.one/person/billy-fane"
fi1m_id: "billy-fane"
imdb_id: "nm0266711"
tmdb_id: 3182293
wikidata_id: "Q30321722"
roles: ["Actor"]
born: "1 January 1946"
reviewed_on_fi1m: 1
average_as: "actor"
average_over: 1
updated: "2026-09-17T22:41:48.346084+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."
---

# Billy Fane

## Identity

Billy Fane

- **Canonical:** https://film.one/person/billy-fane
- **Type:** Person
- **Fi1m ID:** billy-fane
- **IMDb ID:** nm0266711
- **TMDB ID:** 3182293
- **Wikidata ID:** Q30321722
- **Same entity:** https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Billy_Fane, https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q30321722, https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0266711/, https://www.themoviedb.org/person/3182293

Actor. Born 1 January 1946 in Tyne and Wear, England, UK.

## Details

- **Work:** Actor
- **Born:** 1 January 1946, Tyne and Wear, England, UK
- **Elsewhere:** https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Billy_Fane, https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q30321722, https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0266711/, https://www.themoviedb.org/person/3182293

## Biography

Billy Fane is an English actor. He is known for playing Mr Braithwaite in the film *Billy Elliot* (2000) and for his long-running role as Geoff Keegan in the BBC television series *Byker Grove* (1989–2000).

Fane appeared in other films including *Purely Belter* (2000) and *Young Hearts Run Free* (2011), and in the television series *Heartbeat* (2001). He has performed in pantomimes across the North East of England.

After his acting career, Fane worked as a special-needs coordinator at New College Durham and with inmates at Castington Young Offenders Institution.

*Sources: imdb.com, en.wikipedia.org, chroniclelive.co.uk.*

## On Fi1m (1)

- *Billy Elliot* (2000), Fi1m 81, as Mr Braithwaite — [page](https://film.one/film/billy-elliot.md)

## Complete filmography (4)

Every credit, newest first. Titles without a page can be requested for review on the HTML page.

- *Young Hearts Run Free* (2011), as Friendly Miner on Bus
- *Purely Belter* (2000), as Bingo caller
- *Billy Elliot* (2000), as Mr Braithwaite — Fi1m 81, [page](https://film.one/film/billy-elliot.md)
- *Heartbeat* (1992), series, as Tramp

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