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# David Friedman

Actor. Born in Long Island, New York, USA.

## Details

- **Also known as:** David Kaye, Silly Billy
- **Elsewhere:** https://www.imdb.com/name/nm1362536/, https://www.themoviedb.org/person/23293

## Biography

David Friedman, who performs under the stage name Silly Billy and is professionally known as David Kaye, is an American children's entertainer specialising in magic and comedy. He has worked for more than twenty years as a performer at birthday parties and other events in New York.

Friedman appears as himself in the 2003 documentary *Capturing the Friedmans*, directed by Andrew Jarecki. He is the author of books including *Seriously Silly: How to Entertain Children with Magic and Comedy* (2005) and *Super Sized Silly* (2016), and has contributed columns to magic magazines.

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

## On Fi1m (1)

- *Capturing the Friedmans* (2003), Fi1m 82, as Self — [page](https://film.one/film/capturing-the-friedmans.md)

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