- Born
- Died
- Nickname
- "The Bomba"
- Height6′ 3″ (1.91 m)
- Bombardier Billy Wells was born on August 31, 1887 in London, England, UK. He was an actor, known for The Great Game (1918), The Game Chicken (1926) and Kent, the Fighting Man (1916). He died on June 11, 1967 in London, England, UK.
- He was a former heavyweight boxer who admitted that he couldn't hit an opponent "whose jaw was sagging and whose eyes were blank".
- Owned a pub at the Piccadilly end of Park Lane
- Gong striker for J. Arthur Rank Films from 1935-1948. Replaced the original man seen banging the gong at the start of all their films, Carl Dane. He was succeeded by movie extra Phil Nieman then Ken Richmond.
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