Billy Mayo

Billy Mayo was an actor who played a police officer in the third season episode .
== Biography ==
Originally posted at the now defunct :
Born William Everett Mayo on December 31st in Washington, D.C., Billy has always explored positive interests, expressing himself through music, art, and sports. After graduating high school and receiving a football scholarship to , Billy earned a Bachelor's degree in Mechanical Engineering and also a commission in the United States Marine Corps as a lieutenant.
With three-and-a-half years of the military behind him, Billy moved to California and worked as an engineer with a major aerospace corporation until acting became a powerful interest and a career change soon followed.
For over twenty years, Billy has appeared on stage, television and film, including several voiceover assignments. Mostly seen in strong, aggressive roles such as policemen, military men and detectives, his favorite characters have been the driving, idealistic protagonists Troy Maxson in 'August Wilson's Fences', Boy Willie in 'The Piano Lesson', Shakespeare's Othello, a recurring guest role as a firebrand football coach on Disney's 'The Jersey', and Anselmo the Porter, a mysterious heavily-armed protector in ABC's short-lived suspense drama, 'Traveler'.
A fine leading man and character actor and a reliable presence, Billy is a three-time recipient for performances in 'Fences', 'A Soldier's Play', and 'Of Mice and Men'. He's performed in over 40 stage plays, including several Shakespearean dramas and comedies. His television appearances include , 'Without a Trace', , , and many other episodic shows and sitcoms. On the big screen, he has appeared in 'Air Force One', 'The Perfect Storm', '' and several independent films.
Stretching his talent potential even further, Billy is currently penning a horror screenplay where the fearful protagonists is unknowingly more powerful than those whom she fears; a poignant drama about two kids forced to run away from a system which seeks to "protect" them from themselves; and a stage play depicting the exploits of four disparate con artists striving to pull off their last major scam.
== Filmography ==
* (1994)
* (1995, with Teri Hatcher, K Callan, and Gerrit Graham)
* (1995, with Lanei Chapman)
* (1995 and 1999)
* (1996)
* 7th Heaven (1997 and 1999, starring Catherine Hicks and Stephen Collins)
* (1999, with Brent Spiner, Mark Bramhall, Tom Virtue, Raphael Sbarge, Clement von Franckenstein, Benjamin Brown, and stunt coordinated by LaFaye Baker)
* (2000)
* (2001)
* (2002)
* 24 (2002, with Timothy Carhart, Michelle Forbes, and Tracy Middendorf)
* Jonathan Frakes' Clockstoppers (2002, with Ken Jenkins, Gina Hecht, Jenette Goldstein, and Jeff Ricketts, and stunts by Brian Avery, Joni Avery, Rick Avery, Joey Box, Phil Chong, Kevin Derr, and Justin Sundquist)
* (2003)
* (2003)
* (2004, starring Daniel Dae Kim and Terry O'Quinn)
* (2005 and 2007, with William Shatner, René Auberjonois, Richard Fancy, Stephen Lee, Lawrence Pressman, and Mark L. Taylor)
* (2006)
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