---
name: "Billy Sparks"
canonical: "https://film.one/person/billy-sparks"
fi1m_id: "billy-sparks"
imdb_id: "nm0816966"
tmdb_id: 1205357
roles: ["Actor"]
reviewed_on_fi1m: 1
average_as: "actor"
average_over: 1
updated: "2026-10-04T18:41:12.228890+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 Sparks

## Identity

Billy Sparks

- **Canonical:** https://film.one/person/billy-sparks
- **Type:** Person
- **Fi1m ID:** billy-sparks
- **IMDb ID:** nm0816966
- **TMDB ID:** 1205357
- **Same entity:** https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0816966/, https://www.themoviedb.org/person/1205357

Actor.

## Details

- **Work:** Actor
- **Elsewhere:** https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0816966/, https://www.themoviedb.org/person/1205357

## Biography

Billy Sparks is an actor and concert promoter. He is known for playing the club owner Billy in the 1984 film *Purple Rain*, a role drawn from his real-life work promoting concerts in the Minneapolis music scene and his friendship with Prince.

*Sources: imdb.com, iloveoldschoolmusic.com, eurweb.com.*

## On Fi1m (1)

- *Purple Rain* (1984), Fi1m 72, as Billy — [page](https://film.one/film/purple-rain.md)

## Complete filmography (1)

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

- *Purple Rain* (1984), as Billy — Fi1m 72, [page](https://film.one/film/purple-rain.md)

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© Fi1m Ltd. Written by AI under a human editor; checked against sources before publication. Quote with attribution and a link to the canonical URL. Canonical: https://film.one/person/billy-sparks