Acker Bilk(1929-2014)

Composer
Music Department
Actor

Acker Bilk was born on 28 January 1929 in Pensford, Somerset, England, UK. He was a composer and actor, known for Red Heat (1988), There's Something About Mary (1998) and The Courier (2020). He was married to Jean Hawkins. He died on 2 November 2014 in Bath, Somerset, England, UK.

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Known for

Red Heat

6.2

Soundtrack

1988

There's Something About Mary

7.1

Soundtrack

1998

The Courier

7.2

Soundtrack

2020

The Majestic

6.9

Soundtrack

2001

Credits

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Composer

Band of Thieves
5.5
- Composer
- 1962
Stranger in the City
TV Series
- Composer (as Mr. Acker Bilk)
- 1962
Stranger on the Shore
7.0
TV Series
- Composer (as Mr. Acker Bilk)
- 1961

Music Department

Actor

Personal details

Official site
- Official Site
Alternative names
- Acker.Bilk-Combo
Height
- 5′ 7½″ (1.71 m)
Born
- January 28, 1929
- Pensford, Somerset, England, UK
Died
- November 2, 2014
- Bath, Somerset, England, UK(natural causes)
Spouse
- Jean HawkinsOctober 23, 1954 - November 2, 2014 (his death, 2 children)
Other works
Stage: Appeared in the revue, "Take to the Hills! Charity Revue," at the Scala Theatre in London, England, with Patrick Mower, Ian Hamilton, Brian Marber, Gemma Jones, Hughie Green, Michael Flanders, Donald Swann, Larry Adler, and Joan Heal in the cast. Gerald Harper was director.

Did you know

Trivia
His nickname Acker is Somerset dialect for "mate".

Quotes
On being awarded the MBE in 2001: over the moon with the Honour...I'll get a few of my friends in Somerset together, who I paint with, and we'll crack open a bottle of something, maybe cider.