Personal Info
Mickey Leroy Gilley
Mickey Gilley
Acting
Biography
Country western star Mickey Gilley was born on March 9, 1936 in Natchez, Mississippi, the cousin of future rockabilly legend Jerry Lee Lewis and disgraced televangelist Jimmy Swaggart, and raised in Ferriday, Louisiana. In their childhood, all three would play the piano when they got together and sing gospel and boogie-woogie songs. After Lewis became a chart-topper in the 1950s, Mickey turned professional himself and cut some singles before becoming a session player in the Big Easy.
First married at age 17, Gilley had a minor hit, "Call Me Shorty", in 1958, but it would be years before he ca…
Known For
Filmography
Movies
Urban Cowboy: The Rise and Fall of Gilley's
as Self
Time-Life: Country Legends Live, Vol. 1
as himself
Mickey Gilley: In Concert
as Himself
Country Anthology Classics Volume 2
as (archive footage)
It's Branson!
as Self
A Christmas Card from Branson
as Himself
Night of 100 Stars III
as Self
Jerry Lee Lewis: I Am What I Am
Off the Wall
as Buck Banner
Jerry Lee Lewis 25th anniversary concert
as Self
TV Shows
Austin City Limits: Country
5 ep.
Where Are They Now?
as Self · 2 ep.
Vicki!
as Self · 1 ep.
Hot Country Nights
as Himself · 1 ep.
Murder, She Wrote
as Conrad Booker · 1 ep.
The Nashville Palace
as Himself · 1 ep.
Solid Gold
Barbara Mandrell and the Mandrell Sisters
as Self · 1 ep.
Fantasy Island
as Billy Jo Prine · 1 ep.
CHiPs
as Himself · 1 ep.