Ilona Rodgers and Billy T James on the set of the 1990 sitcom version of The Billy T James Show. Rodgers played the Australian wife of Billy's character.

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A model of Billy T James in Came a Hot Friday, created for Greg Page's short film New Zealand Centenary of Cinema.

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A scene from TV series Terry and the Gunrunners: Billy T James as Spud, eloquent leader of the Gang of Forty.

Billy T James (left) as the Tainuia Kid and Peter Bland as conman Wesley Pennington in Came a Hot Friday.

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The Tainuia Kid (Billy T James) has the heavyweight Sel Bishop (Marshall Napier), the operator of an illegal casino, inadvertently covered in Came a Hot Friday.

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The James Gang (l-r): Jim Mclead, Tina Sinclair, Graham Comber, Edwin Telle, Billy T, John Findlay

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On the set of The James Gang Rides Again on Auckland's West Coast. From left: Terere Koopu and Peter Read, George Andrews, Billy T James, Dee Jamieson and sound recordist Dave Hurley.

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The cast of the 1990 sitcom version of The Billy T James Show. From left, Billy T James, Willa O'Neill, Tania Wehi, Ilona Rodgers and (back, middle) Mark Hadlow.

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