Neil Billingsley was an American child actor during the seventies and eighties. His four siblings were also child actors, most notably Peter Billingsley

Peter Billingsley

Peter Billingsley , also known as Peter Michaelsen and Peter Billingsley-Michaelsen, is an American actor, director, and producer best known for his role as Ralphie in the 1983 movie A Christmas Story. He began his career as an infant, in television commercials.-Early life, family and...

 and Melissa Michaelsen

Melissa Michaelsen

Melissa Michaelsen was an American child actress probably best known for her role as the title character in the James Komack television show Me and Maxx.-Family:...

.

In 1975, Neil began playing Danny Walton on the daytime soap opera

Soap opera

A soap opera, sometimes called "soap" for short, is an ongoing, episodic work of dramatic fiction presented in serial format on radio or as television programming. The name soap opera stems from the original dramatic serials broadcast on radio that had soap manufacturers, such as Procter & Gamble,...

 Search for Tomorrow

Search for Tomorrow

Search for Tomorrow is an American soap opera which premiered on September 3, 1951 on CBS. The show was moved from CBS to NBC on March 29, 1982. It continued on NBC until the final episode aired on December 26, 1986, a run of thirty-five years. At the time of its final broadcast it was the...

. His role lasted several years. The role was taken over by Cain Devore and later John Loprieno

John Loprieno

John A. Loprieno is an American actor and writer.With appearances on the soap operas Search for Tomorrow and As the World Turns, he is best known for his role as Cord Roberts on the ABC soap opera, One Life to Live....

. Besides numerous roles in commercials, and guest shots on TV series like Father Murphy

Father Murphy

Father Murphy is an American television drama series that aired on the NBC network from November 3, 1981 to September 18, 1983. Michael Landon created the series, was the executive producer, and also directed the show in partnership with William F...

, Neil also starred in TV movies such as Million Dollar Infield and Shattered Innocence (which also featured sister Melissa and A Christmas Story's Melinda Dillon

Melinda Dillon

Melinda Rose Dillon is an American actress, perhaps best known for her roles in Close Encounters of the Third Kind and the holiday classic A Christmas Story.-Early life and career:...

). During the third season of The All New Mickey Mouse Club, Neil played a character named Dave on the four episode serial Just Perfect. Following his acting career, Neil graduated from Arizona State University

Arizona State University

Arizona State University is a public research university located in the Phoenix Metropolitan Area of the State of Arizona...

 and entered the world of finance. Now using the last name Michaelsen, Neil has worked for TM Capital and for APS Financial Corporation. He currently is involved with Triple Tap Ventures in Austin, Texas

Austin, Texas

Austin is the capital city of the U.S. state of :Texas and the seat of Travis County. Located in Central Texas on the eastern edge of the American Southwest, it is the fourth-largest city in Texas and the 14th most populous city in the United States. It was the third-fastest-growing large city in...

 which operates Alamo Drafthouse Theaters in Texas.