# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/billy-gardell
# Generated: 2026-08-13T05:44:06.943Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/billy-gardell"
name: "Billy Gardell"
slug: "billy-gardell"
description: "William Gardell Jr. is an American actor and stand-up comedian. Gardell played Chicago police officer Mike Biggs on Mike & Molly. He also had a recurring role as Billy Colivida on Yes, Dear, and appeared in a dozen episodes of My Name Is Earl as a police officer. Gardell voiced Santa in Ice Age: A Mammoth Christmas, as well as starring on Sullivan & Son in the recurring role of Lyle Winkler. From 2019 to 2024, Gardell played Bob Wheeler in the CBS sitcom series Bob Hearts Abishola."
tagline: "American actor"
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category:
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birthDate: "1969-08-20"
livingStatus: "LIVING"
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# bio (long form, separated for readability)
bio: |
  Imported from discovery source: wikidata-dump