Billy Marsh

William (Billy) Marsh (1917 - 19 December 1995) was a British theatrical agent.^[1]

Managerial Career

He worked for Bernard Delfont's London Management company, with responsibility for stars including Morecambe and Wise, until 1987 when he formed his own company Billy Marsh Associates, which survives him.^[1]^[2]

In December 2008 Marsh was the subject of the BBC Radio 4 programme Great Lives, nominated by Michael Grade, the nephew of his long-time employer Bernard Delfont.

His ashes are interred underneath the stage at the London Palladium.

References

↑ 1.0 1.1 Green, James (22 December 1995). "Obituary: Billy Marsh". The Independent. Retrieved 5 February 2012.
↑ "Billy Marsh Associates". Retrieved 5 February 2012.

Morecambe and Wise

Eric Morecambe Ernie Wise

Associates & co-atars	Eddie Braben (writer) Barry Cryer (writer) Dick Hills & Sid Green (writer) John Junkin (writer) John Ammonds (producer) Bill Cotton (executive) Bernard Delfont (executive) Lew Grade (manager) Michael Grade (manager) Billy Marsh (agent) Ernest Maxin (choreographer/producer) Joseph McGrath (director) Anne Hamilton (co-star) Rex Rashley (co-star) Arthur Tolcher (co-star) Janet Webb (co-star) Peter Cushing (guest star) Des O'Connor (guest star) André Previn (guest star) Leonard Rossiter (guest star) Harold Wilson (guest star) Glenda Jackson (guest star) Vera Lynn (guest star) Tom Jones (guest star) Eric Porter (guest star) Alec Guinness (guest star)

Television	Running Wild (BBC, 1954–55 one series) Two of a Kind (ATV, 1961–68) The Ed Sullivan Show (ABC, 1963–68 guest appearances) Piccadilly Palace (ABC, 1967–68, guest appearances) The Morecambe & Wise Show (BBC/Thames, 1968–83 thirteen series)

Radio	Youth Must Have Its Swing (BBC, 1943 guest appearances) You're Only Young Once (BBC, 1953–54 guest appearances) The Show Goes On (BBC, 1955 guest appearances) The Morecambe & Wise Show (BBC, 1955 one series) Laughter Incorporated (BBC, 1958 guest appearances) The Morecambe & Wise Show (BBC, 1966 one series) Morecambe & Wise Sing Flanagan & Allen (BBC, 1971 one-off) Eric & Ernie Play Morecambe & Wise (BBC, 1972 one series) Eric & Ernie's Hall of Fame (BBC, 1974 one series) The Eric Morecambe & Ernie Wise Show (BBC, 1975–78 three series) Wise on the Wireless (BBC, 1987–88 two series)

Films	The Intelligence Men (Rank Organisation, 1965 The Spylarks U.S.) That Riviera Touch (Rank Organisation, 1966) The Magnificent Two (Rank Organisation, 1967) Pick of the Year (BBC, Wise only, 1968) Simon, Simon (Hemdale Films & Shillingford Associates, 1970 cameo appearances only) Morecambe & Wise: Live! (Independent, 1973 live stage show) Late Flowering Love (Moving Image Co., 1981 Morecambe Only) Invasion Exercise On The Poultry Farm (Moving Image Co., 1982 Morecambe Only) Night Train to Murder (Thames Euston Films, 1983) The Passionate Pilgrim (Moving Image Co., 1984 Morecambe only)

Songs	"Boom Oo Yatta Ta-Ta" (single) "Two of a Kind" (theme song) "Bingle Jells" (single) "The Happiest Christmas of All" (single) "We're the Guys (Who Drive Your Baby Wild" (album track) "Just Around the Corner" (theme song) "The "B" Side" (single) "Singing the Blues" (album track) "Songs of Youth" (album track) "A-Wassailing" (album track) "The Pilbroch Bla" (album track) "Bring Me Sunshine" (theme song) "Following You Around" (theme song) "Positive Thinking..." (theme song) "The Sunshine Song" (theme song) "We Get Along So Easily, Don't You Agree?" (theme song)

Books by	The Morecambe & Wise Joke Book (1968, Both) Eric & Ernie: The Autobiography of Morecambe & Wise (1973, both) The Morecambe & Wise Special (1977, Both) Eric & Ernie's Fun Book (1979, Both) Mr Lonely (1981, Morecambe) There's No Answer To That! (1981, Both) Over the Moon...Sick as a Parrot (1982, Morecambe) The Reluctant Vampire (1982, Morecambe) The Vampire's Revenge (1983, Morecambe) Eric Morecambe on Fishing (1984, Morecambe) Stella (1986, Morecambe, with Gary Morecambe) Still On My Way To Hollywood (1990, Wise)

Books about	Eric Morecambe: Funny Man (Gary Morecambe, 1982) Morecambe & Wife (1985, Joan Morecambe) Morecambe & Wise: Behind the Sunshine (1994, Gary Sterling) Eric & Ernie: The Authorised Biography (1998, William Cook) Memories of Eric (1999, Gary Morecambe) Morecambe & Wise: The Official Biography (1999, Graham McCann) Morecambe & Wise: Untold (2008, William Cook) Little Ern!: The Authorised Biography of Ernie Wise (2011, Robert Sellers) Eric & Ernie: The Morecambe & Wise Story (2013, Gary Morecambe) Who Killed Eric Morecambe? (2014, Charles Wallace)

Tribute books	Morecambe & Wise: A Celebration (1998, Eddie Braben) You Can't See The Join (1999, Jeremy Novak) Life's Not Hollywood, It's Cricklewood (2004, Gary Morecambe) Eric Morecambe: Lost Treasures (2005, Gary Morecambe) Morecambe Unseen: The Lost Diaries, Jokes & Photographs (2005, Gary Morecambe) You'll Miss Me When I'm Gone (2010, Gary Morecambe) The World of Morecambe & Wise (2011, Smiths) Lost & Found (2012, Gary Morecambe) Driving Mr. Morecambe (2013, Michael Fountain) Eddie Braben's Morecambe & Wise Book (2013, Eddie Braben)

Television tributes	Bring Me Sunshine:A Gala Evening (Thames,1984) Bring Me Sunshine: Morecambe & Wise (BBC, 1994) I Worked With Morecambe & Wise...And Look What Happened To Me! (BBC, 1995) The Unforgettable Eric Morecambe (Carlton, 2001) The Adventures of Morecambe & Wise (BBC, 1996) Morecambe & Wise: Encore! (ITV, 1995) Morecambe & Wise: Greatest Moments (Gold, 2008) Eric & Ernie: Behind the Scenes (BBC, 2010) The Unforgettable Ernie Wise (Carlton, 2011) Bring Me Morecambe & Wise (Gold, 2012)

Other appearances	List of joint appearances Fools Rush In (BBC, 1973) Parkinson (BBC, 1973) The Sweeney: Hearts & Minds (Thames, 1978) Atari Computer Advertisements (ITV, 1981) The Importance of Being Ernie (BBC Arena, 1990) The Sunshine Boys (BBC, 1998) The Heart & Soul of Eric Morecambe (BBC, 1999) The Play What I Wrote (Theatre, 2001) Morecambe & Wise : In Their Own Words (BBC, 2007) Morecambe & Wise : The Show What Paul Merton Did (BBC, 2008) Morecambe (Theatre, 2009) Eric & Ernie (BBC Films, 2010) Morecambe & Wise: Song & Dance (BBC, 2012) The Perfect Morecambe & Wise (BBC, 2013) Morecambe & Wise: In Pieces (BBC, 2014)