He met Andy Warhol while working as a waiter at Serendipity 3 at their original location at 234 East 58th Street.
He returned to his hometown, Poughkeepsie, New York, after hitchhiking around the U.S. After returning to Poughkeepsie, he went back to college and got a graduate degree in business administration.
In August 2002, the United States Postal Service issued a stamp featuring a photograph by him of Andy Warhol.
Is portrayed by James Lyons in I Shot Andy Warhol (1996)
Referenced in the The Velvet Underground song "That's The Story Of My Life"; "But Billy said/That both those words (wrong and right) are dead... That's the story of my life."
Typically only responded with "Name" when asked for his name; a few members of the Warhol circle knew him as Billy. Hence the sobriquet "Billy Name".