Boris Badenov/Boris Badinoff. (Rocky and Bullwinkle) I said it before but spelled it wrong probably.
Fictional living male
American
created pre-1980
not created for a book
not created for a movie
not (Little) Boy Blue
not Blue Boy
not Boris Badenov
not Benjamin Braddock
not BooBoo Bear
not Billy Bigelow
not Bouncing Boy
not Billy Bathgate
not Buster Brown
not Buffalo Bob
15 questions to go
Fictional living male
American
created pre-1980
not created for a book
not created for a movie
not created for TV
not (Little) Boy Blue
not Blue Boy
not Billy Bigelow
not Bouncing Boy
not Buster Brown
14 questions to go
Fictional living male
American
created pre-1980
not created for a book
not created for a movie
not created for TV
not created for a play
not (Little) Boy Blue
not Blue Boy
not Billy Bigelow
not Bouncing Boy
not Buster Brown
13 questions to go
Used in advertising?
Big Boy?
Fictional living male
American
created pre-1980
He may have been used in advertising, but that's not what he was originally famous for
not created for a book
not created for a movie
not created for TV
not created for a play
not Big Boy (good guess tho!)
not (Little) Boy Blue
not Blue Boy
not Billy Bigelow
not Bouncing Boy
not Buster Brown
12 questions to go
Barnacle Bill (the sailor)
Bill Bailey (Won't you please come home)
was this character a cartoon?
Bucky Beaver (definitely used in advertising)
Fictional living male
American
He is a comic strip title character (in answer to the cartoon question)
created pre-1980
not created pre-1900
not a Muppets character
He may have been used in advertising, but that's not what he was originally famous for
not created for a book
not created for a movie
not created for TV
not created for a play
not Bill Bailey
not Bucky Beaver
not Bugs Bunny
not Barnacle Bill
not Big Boy
not (Little) Boy Blue
not Blue Boy
not Billy Bigelow
not Bouncing Boy
not Buster Brown
9 questions to go