Billy Sammeth

Billy Sammeth is an American talent manager, writer, and television producer and personality.

Billy Sammeth was born December 3, 1951 in Brooklyn, New York. At the age of twelve, he moved with his family to California, where Sammeth's father, Philip, was an executive at Walt Disney Productions, pioneering the character merchandising division (licensing the Davy Crockett Coonskin Cap to then unknown toy company, Mattell).

In 1969, only a week after beginning college in Columbus, Ohio, Sammeth sustained a brain concussion from a horseback riding injury and was sent home to his parents in California on a medical leave of absence. His father soon arranged a job for him in the mail room of a public relations firm in Hollywood that represented many celebrity personalities including The Osmond Brothers. Sammeth and the Osmond Brothers became fast friends and Sammeth continued to work with the Osmond Brothers as their public relations representative even while attending school.

Sammeth dropped out of college in 1971 and began work at MGM records for Mike Curb. Soon after, Osmondmania became a worldwide phenomena, and at the age of 21, he was credited with launching the Osmondmania craze in teenage publications throughout the world. writing weekly articles under Donny's name, making all traveling arrangements, touring with the Osmonds and overseeing the licensing of everything from Osmond lunch boxes, pillow cases, bubble gum and Halloween costumes.

In 1973, Sammeth joined the highly respected Katz-Gallin Enterprises, Personal Management Firm that not only represented the Osmonds, but many of the biggest names in Hollywood. He eventually began managing the careers of Joan Rivers, Cher, Olivia Newton-John, Lily Tomlin, Dolly Parton, and many others. He soon became the scale show booker for Katz-Gallin, booking clients on shows such as Hollywood Squares, The Merv Griffin Show, the Mike Douglas Show, Dinah!, and The Tonight Show.

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