It was the beginning of his life as an actor. Billing left advertising to take up the less lucrative new role, at the age of 30. “For a long time, I was stuck in accounts when I really wanted to be in creative.” Īfter hobby stints in amateur theatre and Theatre Corporate, founding director Raymond Hawthorne offered him a job with a state theatre program, Theatre in Education, working with high schools throughout the North Island. After three years he moved into advertising, joining Auckland agencies Jacka Brown and later, McCann Erickson. After a short period at university doing a science degree, he dropped out and got a job at Inland Revenue. In 1965 Billing formed a psychedelic rock band called The Ministry of Fog. He became widely known for his role as organised-crime boss “Aussie Bob” Trimbole in the TV series Underbelly. Billing spent almost three decades living and working in Australia. He was brought up in Ruawai, Northland, New Zealand. Roy Harwood Billing OAM (born 1947) is a New Zealand television actor, now based on Waiheke Island, New Zealand. Simon Billing (1975 - October 26, 1995) deceased
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