I became a clown when these docs came to the house in Berkeley and asked me to come cheer up kids. I'd just had my third spinal fusion and I was looking for something to take my mind off the pain I was in.

Bill Romney entered Boston University Theater Department in 1957 then attended the Neighborhood Playhouse for the Theater in New York City. His early career was managed by Lenny Bruce. John Brent Len Chandler and Hugh Romney at the Gaslight Greenwich Village Circa 1960 Musitron Records
Third Stream Humor early 1960s World Pacific (by Hugh Romney)
Old Feathers New Bird - Wavy Gravy (1988) Relix
80s are the 60s (2002) RX Records


Films
The Fat Black Pussycat (1963)
Cisco Pike (1972)
The '60s (1999)
The Holy Modal Rounders: Bound to Lose (2005)


Exhibition
Wavy Gravy Retrospective (1996)at the Firehouse Gallery of Bordentown NJ.

A major film documentary on Wavy Gravy's life Saint Misbehavin': The Wavy Gravy Story was released in late 2010 by Ripple Effect Films. "Clowns are safe" he said. He does however enjoy traditional clown activities such as jokes magic tricks and entertaining children.