http://www.circopedia.org/index.php?title=Billy_Smart_Jr&feed=atom&action=historyBilly Smart Jr - Revision history2024-03-29T11:32:09ZRevision history for this page on the wikiMediaWiki 1.24.1http://www.circopedia.org/index.php?title=Billy_Smart_Jr&diff=38885&oldid=prevDjando at 19:50, 28 September 20222022-09-28T19:50:03Z<p></p>
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<tr><td class='diff-marker'>−</td><td style="color:black; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #ffe49c; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div>Smart was actually the only one of Billy Smart's three sons to pursue a career as a performer. His taste for fast living showed early: in the [[liberty act]], which he presented a little later, his twelve Welsh ponies were each named after a liquor. He also performed in [[high-school]] acts, notably with his sister Rosie and the circus's equestrian stars, Manja and [[Josi Vinicki]]. In the early 1950s, he took over the presentation of Billy Smart's Circus's growing herd of elephants, eventually working with up to twenty performing pachyderms. He was also featured with his elephants in other winter shows: <del class="diffchange diffchange-inline">[[</del>Tom Arnold's Mammoth Christmas Circus]] at Harringay, [[Belle Vue Circus]] in Manchester, [[Kevin Hall Circus]] in Glasgow, and in a huge show produced at the Palais des Sports in Paris by [[Jérôme Medrano]] in December 1956. That same year, Smart was featured in the family circus's traditional Wild West presentation as Davy Crockett, the American frontier hero whose popularity, thanks to the Walt Disney movie ''Davy Crockett, King of the Wild Frontier'' (1955), had never been greater.</div></td><td class='diff-marker'>+</td><td style="color:black; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #a3d3ff; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div>Smart was actually the only one of Billy Smart's three sons to pursue a career as a performer. His taste for fast living showed early: in the [[liberty act]], which he presented a little later, his twelve Welsh ponies were each named after a liquor. He also performed in [[high-school]] acts, notably with his sister Rosie and the circus's equestrian stars, Manja and [[Josi Vinicki]]. In the early 1950s, he took over the presentation of Billy Smart's Circus's growing herd of elephants, eventually working with up to twenty performing pachyderms. He was also featured with his elephants in other winter shows: Tom Arnold's <ins class="diffchange diffchange-inline">[[Harringay Circus|</ins>Mammoth Christmas Circus]] at Harringay, [[Belle Vue Circus]] in Manchester, [[Kevin Hall Circus]] in Glasgow, and in a huge show produced at the Palais des Sports in Paris by [[Jérôme Medrano]] in December 1956. That same year, Smart was featured in the family circus's traditional Wild West presentation as Davy Crockett, the American frontier hero whose popularity, thanks to the Walt Disney movie ''Davy Crockett, King of the Wild Frontier'' (1955), had never been greater.</div></td></tr>
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<tr><td class='diff-marker'> </td><td style="background-color: #f9f9f9; color: #333333; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #e6e6e6; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div>Smart appeared in two Royal Command Performances and was seen in three motion pictures shot at Billy Smart's Circus, ''Circus of Horrors'' (1960), ''Berserk!'', with Joan Crawford (1967), and ''Circus of Fears'' (1967), with Christopher Lee&mdash;three B movies that used Billy Smart's Circus simply as background. His association with movies didn't stop there: he had a well-publicized liaison with Diana Dors and Sabrina, the British bombshells of the 1960s, and Jayne Mansfield, who appeared in his elephant act for a charity event. Another of his famous liaisons was with pop singer Shirley Bassey.</div></td><td class='diff-marker'> </td><td style="background-color: #f9f9f9; color: #333333; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #e6e6e6; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div>Smart appeared in two Royal Command Performances and was seen in three motion pictures shot at Billy Smart's Circus, ''Circus of Horrors'' (1960), ''Berserk!'', with Joan Crawford (1967), and ''Circus of Fears'' (1967), with Christopher Lee&mdash;three B movies that used Billy Smart's Circus simply as background. His association with movies didn't stop there: he had a well-publicized liaison with Diana Dors and Sabrina, the British bombshells of the 1960s, and Jayne Mansfield, who appeared in his elephant act for a charity event. Another of his famous liaisons was with pop singer Shirley Bassey.</div></td></tr>
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<tr><td class='diff-marker'>−</td><td style="color:black; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #ffe49c; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div>Smart appeared in two Royal Command Performances and was seen in three motion pictures shot at Billy Smart's Circus, ''Circus of Horrors'' (1960), ''Berserk!'', with Joan Crawford (1967), and ''Circus of Fears'' (1967), with Christopher Lee&mdash;three B movies that used Billy Smart's Circus simply as background. His association with movies didn't stop there: he had a well-publicized liaison with Diana Dors and Sabrina, the British bombshells of the 1960s, and Jayne Mansfield, who appeared in his elephant act for a charity event. Another of his famous liaisons was with pop singer Shirley Bassey. After a life of nightclubbing and partying, Smart eventually settled down and married Hanna Magel, an airline flight attendant, in 1973. After Billy Smart's Circus folded its tents in 1971, Billy Junior performed with his elephants on occasional episodes of Billy Smart's Circus TV, but an injury to the optical nerve during cosmetic surgery in 1978 ended his performing career. In 1969, Smart began developing with his brothers, Ronnie and [[David Smart|David]], the Royal Windsor Safari Park near Windsor. The park was sold <del class="diffchange diffchange-inline">to </del>high profit in 1977 (today it's called Legoland), and the Smart brothers sold <del class="diffchange diffchange-inline">the remaining </del>of their company's assets in 1986. Afterward, Smart developed real estate in England and Spain. He <del class="diffchange diffchange-inline">had </del>homes in both countries, as well as in the U.S. and Monaco. When his brothers revived Billy Smart's Circus in 1993, Smart declined to take part in the project. Smart died in London on May 23, 2005. His two children, Billy Jay and Baccara, do not work in show business.  </div></td><td class='diff-marker'>+</td><td style="color:black; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #a3d3ff; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div><ins class="diffchange diffchange-inline">Born Stanley Smart on October 15, 1934 in a fairground trailer, Billy Smart, Jr. (1934-2005) was the youngest son of the legendary British funfair and circus entrepreneur [[Billy Smart]]. Billy Junior made his debut in show business in 1946, at age 12, working as assistant to Equestrian Director [[Frank Foster]] in his father's newly founded [[Billy Smart's New World Circus]]. The following year, billed as "Cowboy Billy," he presented a pony, called Rajah, thus beginning a long career as an animal trainer in his family's circus.</ins></div></td></tr>
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<tr><td colspan="2"> </td><td class='diff-marker'>+</td><td style="color:black; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #a3d3ff; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div><ins class="diffchange diffchange-inline">Smart was actually the only one of Billy Smart's three sons to pursue a career as a performer. His taste for fast living showed early: in the [[liberty act]], which he presented a little later, his twelve Welsh ponies were each named after a liquor. He also performed in [[high-school]] acts, notably with his sister Rosie and the circus's equestrian stars, Manja and [[Josi Vinicki]]. In the early 1950s, he took over the presentation of Billy Smart's Circus's growing herd of elephants, eventually working with up to twenty performing pachyderms. He was also featured with his elephants in other winter shows: [[Tom Arnold's Mammoth Christmas Circus]] at Harringay, [[Belle Vue Circus]] in Manchester, [[Kevin Hall Circus]] in Glasgow, and in a huge show produced at the Palais des Sports in Paris by [[Jérôme Medrano]] in December 1956. That same year, Smart was featured in the family circus's traditional Wild West presentation as Davy Crockett, the American frontier hero whose popularity, thanks to the Walt Disney movie ''Davy Crockett, King of the Wild Frontier'' (1955), had never been greater.</ins></div></td></tr>
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<tr><td class='diff-marker'>−</td><td style="color:black; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #ffe49c; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div>Born Stanley Smart on October 15, 1934 in a fairground trailer, Billy Smart <del class="diffchange diffchange-inline">Junior </del>(1934-2005) was the youngest son of the legendary British funfair and circus entrepreneur<del class="diffchange diffchange-inline">, </del>[[Billy Smart]]. Billy Junior made his debut in show business in 1946, at age 12, working as assistant to Equestrian Director [[Frank Foster]] in his father's newly founded [[Billy Smart's New World Circus]]. The following year, billed as "Cowboy Billy," he presented a pony, <del class="diffchange diffchange-inline">"</del>Rajah,<del class="diffchange diffchange-inline">" and began henceforth </del>a long career as animal trainer in his family's circus<del class="diffchange diffchange-inline">; </del>Billy Smart <del class="diffchange diffchange-inline">Junior </del>was actually the only one of Billy Smart's three sons to pursue a career as a performer. His taste for fast living showed early: in the [[liberty act]] he presented a little later, his <del class="diffchange diffchange-inline">12 </del>Welsh ponies were each named after a liquor. He also performed in [[high-school]] acts, notably with his sister Rosie and the circus's equestrian stars, Manja and [[Josi Vinicki]]. In the early 1950s, he took over the presentation of Billy Smart's Circus's growing herd of elephants, eventually working <del class="diffchange diffchange-inline">on occasion </del>with up to <del class="diffchange diffchange-inline">20 </del>performing pachyderms. He was also featured with his elephants in other winter shows: [[Tom Arnold's Mammoth Christmas Circus]] at Harringay, [[Belle Vue Circus]] in Manchester, [[Kevin Hall Circus]] in Glasgow, and in a huge show produced at the Palais des Sports in Paris by [[Jérôme Medrano]] in December 1956. That same year, <del class="diffchange diffchange-inline">Billy </del>Smart <del class="diffchange diffchange-inline">Junior </del>was featured in the family circus's traditional Wild West presentation as Davy Crockett, the American <del class="diffchange diffchange-inline">Frontier </del>hero whose popularity <del class="diffchange diffchange-inline">had never be so high among young audiences</del>, thanks to Walt Disney<del class="diffchange diffchange-inline">'s </del>movie<del class="diffchange diffchange-inline">, </del>''Davy Crockett<del class="diffchange diffchange-inline">''</del>, <del class="diffchange diffchange-inline">''</del>King of the Wild Frontier'' (1955).</div></td><td class='diff-marker'>+</td><td style="color:black; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #a3d3ff; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div>Born Stanley Smart on October 15, 1934 in a fairground trailer, Billy Smart<ins class="diffchange diffchange-inline">, Jr. </ins>(1934-2005) was the youngest son of the legendary British funfair and circus entrepreneur [[Billy Smart]]. Billy Junior made his debut in show business in 1946, at age 12, working as assistant to Equestrian Director [[Frank Foster]] in his father's newly founded [[Billy Smart's New World Circus]]. The following year, billed as "Cowboy Billy," he presented a pony, <ins class="diffchange diffchange-inline">called </ins>Rajah, <ins class="diffchange diffchange-inline">thus beginning </ins>a long career as <ins class="diffchange diffchange-inline">an </ins>animal trainer in his family's circus<ins class="diffchange diffchange-inline">. </ins>Billy Smart<ins class="diffchange diffchange-inline">, Jr. </ins>was actually the only one of Billy Smart's three sons to pursue a career as a performer. His taste for fast living showed early: in the [[liberty act]]<ins class="diffchange diffchange-inline">, which </ins>he presented a little later, his <ins class="diffchange diffchange-inline">twelve </ins>Welsh ponies were each named after a liquor. He also performed in [[high-school]] acts, notably with his sister Rosie and the circus's equestrian stars, Manja and [[Josi Vinicki]]. In the early 1950s, he took over the presentation of Billy Smart's Circus's growing herd of elephants, eventually working with up to <ins class="diffchange diffchange-inline">twenty </ins>performing pachyderms. He was also featured with his elephants in other winter shows: [[Tom Arnold's Mammoth Christmas Circus]] at Harringay, [[Belle Vue Circus]] in Manchester, [[Kevin Hall Circus]] in Glasgow, and in a huge show produced at the Palais des Sports in Paris by [[Jérôme Medrano]] in December 1956. That same year, Smart was featured in the family circus's traditional Wild West presentation as Davy Crockett, the American <ins class="diffchange diffchange-inline">frontier </ins>hero whose popularity, thanks to <ins class="diffchange diffchange-inline">the </ins>Walt Disney movie ''Davy Crockett, King of the Wild Frontier'' (1955)<ins class="diffchange diffchange-inline">, had never been greater</ins>.</div></td></tr>
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<tr><td class='diff-marker'>−</td><td style="color:black; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #ffe49c; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div><del class="diffchange diffchange-inline">Billy </del>Smart <del class="diffchange diffchange-inline">Junior </del>appeared in two Royal Command Performances<del class="diffchange diffchange-inline">, </del>and was seen in three motion pictures shot at Billy Smart's Circus, ''Circus of Horrors'' (1960), ''Berserk!'' with Joan Crawford (1967), and ''Circus of <del class="diffchange diffchange-inline">Fear</del>''<del class="diffchange diffchange-inline">s </del>(1967) with Christopher Lee&mdash;<del class="diffchange diffchange-inline">unfortunately </del>three B movies that <del class="diffchange diffchange-inline">just </del>used Billy Smart's Circus as <del class="diffchange diffchange-inline">a </del>background. His association with movies didn't stop there: he had a well-publicized liaison with Diana Dors and Sabrina, the British bombshells of the 1960s, and Jayne Mansfield, who appeared in his elephant act for a charity event. Another of his famous liaisons was with pop singer Shirley Bassey. After a life of nightclubbing and partying, <del class="diffchange diffchange-inline">Billy </del>Smart <del class="diffchange diffchange-inline">Junior </del>eventually settled down and married Hanna Magel, an airline flight attendant, in 1973. After Billy Smart's Circus folded its tents in 1971, Billy Junior performed with his elephants on occasional Billy Smart's Circus TV <del class="diffchange diffchange-inline">shows</del>, but an injury <del class="diffchange diffchange-inline">on an </del>optical nerve during cosmetic surgery in 1978 ended his performing career. In 1969, <del class="diffchange diffchange-inline">Billy </del>Smart <del class="diffchange diffchange-inline">Junior had begun </del>developing with his brothers, Ronnie and [[David Smart|David]], the Royal Windsor Safari Park near Windsor. The park was sold to high profit in 1977 (<del class="diffchange diffchange-inline">it is </del>today Legoland), and the Smart brothers sold the remaining of their company's assets in 1986. Afterward, <del class="diffchange diffchange-inline">Billy </del>Smart <del class="diffchange diffchange-inline">Junior </del>developed real estate in England and Spain. He had homes in <del class="diffchange diffchange-inline">these two </del>countries, as well as in the <del class="diffchange diffchange-inline">US </del>and Monaco. When his brothers revived Billy Smart's Circus in 1993, <del class="diffchange diffchange-inline">he didn't participate </del>in the project. <del class="diffchange diffchange-inline">Billy </del>Smart <del class="diffchange diffchange-inline">Junior </del>died in London on May 23, 2005. His two children, Billy Jay and Baccara, do not work in show business.  </div></td><td class='diff-marker'>+</td><td style="color:black; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #a3d3ff; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div>Smart appeared in two Royal Command Performances and was seen in three motion pictures shot at Billy Smart's Circus, ''Circus of Horrors'' (1960), ''Berserk!''<ins class="diffchange diffchange-inline">, </ins>with Joan Crawford (1967), and ''Circus of <ins class="diffchange diffchange-inline">Fears</ins>'' (1967)<ins class="diffchange diffchange-inline">, </ins>with Christopher Lee&mdash;three B movies that used Billy Smart's Circus <ins class="diffchange diffchange-inline">simply </ins>as background. His association with movies didn't stop there: he had a well-publicized liaison with Diana Dors and Sabrina, the British bombshells of the 1960s, and Jayne Mansfield, who appeared in his elephant act for a charity event. Another of his famous liaisons was with pop singer Shirley Bassey. After a life of nightclubbing and partying, Smart eventually settled down and married Hanna Magel, an airline flight attendant, in 1973. After Billy Smart's Circus folded its tents in 1971, Billy Junior performed with his elephants on occasional <ins class="diffchange diffchange-inline">episodes of </ins>Billy Smart's Circus TV, but an injury <ins class="diffchange diffchange-inline">to the </ins>optical nerve during cosmetic surgery in 1978 ended his performing career. In 1969, Smart <ins class="diffchange diffchange-inline">began </ins>developing with his brothers, Ronnie and [[David Smart|David]], the Royal Windsor Safari Park near Windsor. The park was sold to high profit in 1977 (today <ins class="diffchange diffchange-inline">it's called </ins>Legoland), and the Smart brothers sold the remaining of their company's assets in 1986. Afterward, Smart developed real estate in England and Spain. He had homes in <ins class="diffchange diffchange-inline">both </ins>countries, as well as in the <ins class="diffchange diffchange-inline">U.S. </ins>and Monaco. When his brothers revived Billy Smart's Circus in 1993, <ins class="diffchange diffchange-inline">Smart declined to take part </ins>in the project. Smart died in London on May 23, 2005. His two children, Billy Jay and Baccara, do not work in show business.  </div></td></tr>
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</table>Cforceyhttp://www.circopedia.org/index.php?title=Billy_Smart_Jr&diff=683&oldid=prevCforcey: New page: ==Circus Director and Animal Trainer== ''By Dominique Jando'' Born Stanley Smart on October 15, 1934 in a fairground trailer, Billy Smart Junior (1934-2005) was the youngest son of the l...2008-10-08T20:37:32Z<p>New page: ==Circus Director and Animal Trainer== ''By Dominique Jando'' Born Stanley Smart on October 15, 1934 in a fairground trailer, Billy Smart Junior (1934-2005) was the youngest son of the l...</p>
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Born Stanley Smart on October 15, 1934 in a fairground trailer, Billy Smart Junior (1934-2005) was the youngest son of the legendary British funfair and circus entrepreneur, [[Billy Smart]]. Billy Junior made his debut in show business in 1946, at age 12, working as assistant to Equestrian Director [[Frank Foster]] in his father's newly founded [[Billy Smart's New World Circus]]. The following year, billed as "Cowboy Billy," he presented a pony, "Rajah," and began henceforth a long career as animal trainer in his family's circus; Billy Smart Junior was actually the only one of Billy Smart's three sons to pursue a career as a performer. His taste for fast living showed early: in the [[liberty act]] he presented a little later, his 12 Welsh ponies were each named after a liquor. He also performed in [[high-school]] acts, notably with his sister Rosie and the circus's equestrian stars, Manja and [[Josi Vinicki]]. In the early 1950s, he took over the presentation of Billy Smart's Circus's growing herd of elephants, eventually working on occasion with up to 20 performing pachyderms. He was also featured with his elephants in other winter shows: [[Tom Arnold's Mammoth Christmas Circus]] at Harringay, [[Belle Vue Circus]] in Manchester, [[Kevin Hall Circus]] in Glasgow, and in a huge show produced at the Palais des Sports in Paris by [[Jérôme Medrano]] in December 1956. That same year, Billy Smart Junior was featured in the family circus's traditional Wild West presentation as Davy Crockett, the American Frontier hero whose popularity had never be so high among young audiences, thanks to Walt Disney's movie, ''Davy Crockett'', ''King of the Wild Frontier'' (1955).<br />
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Billy Smart Junior appeared in two Royal Command Performances, and was seen in three motion pictures shot at Billy Smart's Circus, ''Circus of Horrors'' (1960), ''Berserk!'' with Joan Crawford (1967), and ''Circus of Fear''s (1967) with Christopher Lee&mdash;unfortunately three B movies that just used Billy Smart's Circus as a background. His association with movies didn't stop there: he had a well-publicized liaison with Diana Dors and Sabrina, the British bombshells of the 1960s, and Jayne Mansfield, who appeared in his elephant act for a charity event. Another of his famous liaisons was with pop singer Shirley Bassey. After a life of nightclubbing and partying, Billy Smart Junior eventually settled down and married Hanna Magel, an airline flight attendant, in 1973. After Billy Smart's Circus folded its tents in 1971, Billy Junior performed with his elephants on occasional Billy Smart's Circus TV shows, but an injury on an optical nerve during cosmetic surgery in 1978 ended his performing career. In 1969, Billy Smart Junior had begun developing with his brothers, Ronnie and [[David Smart|David]], the Royal Windsor Safari Park near Windsor. The park was sold to high profit in 1977 (it is today Legoland), and the Smart brothers sold the remaining of their company's assets in 1986. Afterward, Billy Smart Junior developed real estate in England and Spain. He had homes in these two countries, as well as in the US and Monaco. When his brothers revived Billy Smart's Circus in 1993, he didn't participate in the project. Billy Smart Junior died in London on May 23, 2005. His two children, Billy Jay and Baccara, do not work in show business. <br />
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