BIOGRAPHY About Billy
By Laura S.
Handsome, blue-eyed, blond, William Remington Moses was born in
Los Angeles, California on November 17, 1959 to actress Marian McCargo
and Advertising business executive Richard Cantrell Moses. When
Billy was 5, he tried out and won the lead role of a children's
television series. Just after he got the part he had mixed feelings
about being in the business. His parents were divorcing and after
a long talk with a relative, he decided he didn't want to be in
show biz. His parents supported him on the decision and they backed
out of the contract, which lead to big legal issues. Billy would
soon decide that he would prefer being an average little boy and
go play sports. In high school he played football until he dislocated
his hip, so he decided to play basketball and involve himself in
other sports activities.
From a TVGuide article back on February 16, 1984: "Having
spent what seemed like half my life in the gym, I got to Wesleyan
and all of a sudden I just didn't care. Mid-terms came around and
the school got so competitive. They found a guy who hanged himself
in a closet upstairs in my dorm. The next day, I got a call from
Oregon from a girl I was madly in love with, saying she didn't want
to see me. A girl I'd been seeing at Wesleyan called an hour later
and said the same. The next day, I woke up to learn that some girl
had gotten so depressed at the suicide that she slit her wrists.
I was lost. I walked around like a zombie. The next day my roommate
said, 'See ya at dinner.' I said "Yeah,' threw my stuff in
a bag, went to the nearest train station and headed for my brothers
place in New York, where I stayed for a couple of weeks. Then I
came back to LA."
Moses took work as a carpenter's apprentice, but nagging him was
one of his few pleasant memories of Wesleyan - A theater set design
course. Moses resumed his studies at USC, landed an agent, took
acting classes at night and started appearing in commercials. The
commercials eventually let to a role in "Choices" a 1981
film.
A week after he wrapped "Choices", Moses read for a part
in "The Vintage Years." That pilot became Falcon Crest,
and Moses found himself acting opposite a core of fine, vastly more
experienced actors - something that initially bothered him. "It
dawned on me that people like Robert Foxworth and Susan Sullivan,
and, of course Jane Wyman, have done everything. I realized that
no one was expecting me to know it all already." Still, watching
some early episodes of Falcon Crest is unsettling: "We're all
our own worst critics, but I swear I can see myself actually looking
for my mark. Now I see some progress. I sit at home every Friday
night with my can of beer and pizza, and if I don't throw up, I
figure my scenes were OK."
Billy participated in BATTLE OF THE NETWORK STARS in 1982 when
he met his future wife, actress Tracy Nelson, (Daughter of the late
rock legend Ricky Nelson), of "SQUARE PEGS" and later
known for her roles in "GLITTER" and "FATHER DOWLING
MYSTERIES." He starred in the CBS nighttime series, FALCON
CREST, from 1981-1986. He left the series, only to return as a guest
star on the series in 1987 for 2 episodes, "New Faces,"
And "Sweet Revenge." Billy and Tracy got married at a
hotel in Catalina Island in late July 1987. They had a fairytale
romance. About a month after their nuptials, Tracy became really
ill and they'd found out she had Hodgkin's disease. Luckily, she
has made a full recovery. In 1988 and 1989, Billy appeared in movies
such as ALIEN FROM LA, and MYSTIC PIZZA, and also made guest appearances
on several shows the likes of MURDER SHE WROTE and FATHER DOWLING
MYSTERIES. He also landed the role of Ken Malansky in PERRY MASON
MOVIES which he would continue to play till the series came to an
end in 1995. In this time he'd appeared in many other films such
as TRIAL BY JURY, FUN, CIRCUMSTANCES UNKNOWN, THE HAUNTING OF SEACLIFF
INN, and many others. In 1992, he appeared on MELROSE PLACE as Alison
Parker's obsessive boyfriend, Keith Gray. On August 11, 1992, Billy
and Tracy welcomed their new daughter Remington Elizabeth Moses
into the world. This happened just a few years after Tracy had been
in remission from cancer. In 1997, Billy and Tracy announced their
divorce. They'd been separated the year before but work didn't stop
as Billy moved onto more projects. He landed a starring role in
a series called FAME LA, which was a wonderfully done spin off of
the '80's series FAME. He appeared in the movies THE PRICE OF KISSING,
THE NURSE, and THE FIANCE. To get an idea of how outstanding his
talents are you must see LIVING IN FEAR and HER BEST FRIENDS HUSBAND,
HANGMAN'S CURSE, MYSTERY WOMAN, and THE CHRISTMAS CHILD. He continues
to appear on various TV shows to this day. This actor has really
come a long way and we hope he will continue to let those talents
shine and inspire so many others!
Billy is currently married to a wonderful woman named Sarah and
they have a daughter named Grace. Congratulations Billy! I hope
you will find this article to be pretty accurate.
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