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Tony Bill
Born: 23rd Aug 1940 San Diego, California, USA
Dept: Acting
Gerard Anthony "Tony" Bill (born August 23, 1940) is an American actor, producer, and director. He produced the 1973 movie The Sting, for which he shared the Academy Award for Best Picture with Michael Phillips and Julia Phillips.
He majored in English and art at the University of Notre Dame in South Bend, Indiana, from which he graduated in 1962. Bill began his career as an actor in the 60s, first appearing on screen as Frank Sinatra's ingenuous younger brother in Come Blow Your Horn (1963). Bill specialized in likeable but none-too-bright juveniles and young leads. His acting credits include None But the Brave (1965), You're A Big Boy Now (1966), Never a Dull Moment (1968), Ice Station Zebra (1968), Shampoo (1975), The Little Dragons (1980), Pee-wee's Big Adventure (1985), and Less Than Zero (1987).
Bill continued to act in TV-movies, miniseries, and guest spots though with decreasing frequency as he segued into directing. He appeared in the 1966 episode "Chaff In The Wind" of the long running western The Virginian. He then appeared in 1967 episode "The Predators" of NBC's western series The Road West starring Barry Sullivan.
In 1980, Bill directed his first film, My Bodyguard. From there he went on to direct Six Weeks (1982), Five Corners (1987), Crazy People (1990) A Home of Our Own (1993), and Flyboys (2006) which Bill claims was one of the first features shot entirely with digital cameras. In television Bill directed Truman Capote's One Christmas, Harlan County War, and Pictures of Hollis Woods, among others.
In 2009, Bill published the book Movie Speak: How to Talk Like You Belong on a Film Set. The book traces the etymology of the language of the movie set and is filled out with stories from the Bill's career in film.
From 1984-2000, he co-owned with Dudley Moore the celebrated 72 Market Street, a restaurant in Venice, California.
He is married to his second wife, the former Helen Buck Bartlett, his producer/partner in Barnstorm Films in Venice. The couple have two daughters, Madeline and Daphne.
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Film and Tv Credits
Total number of credits listed: 58
Film: 38 (66%)
Television: 20 (34%)
Remaining genres not in graph: Horror, Action & Adventure, War, History, Science Fiction, Soap, Sci-Fi & Fantasy, Talk
Filmography
Nov 2016 (first aired)
The gripping, decades-spanning inside story of Her Majesty Queen Elizabeth II and the Prime Ministers who shaped Britain's post-war destiny.
The Cro ... view
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Guardian Editor (1 ep.)
2013
An in-depth investigation into the private world of the American writer J. D. Salinger (1919-2010), who lived most of his life behind the impenetrable ... view
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Self - Filmmaker
2012
This essential new documentary pays tribute to the legacy of the late, legendary casting director Marion Dougherty and shines a light on one of the mo ... view
Character:
Self
Dec 2008 (first aired)
A five-person team comprised of a thief, a grifter, a hacker, and a retrieval specialist, led by former insurance investigator Nathan Ford, use their ... view
Character:
Pierson (1 ep.)
2005
Sarah Nolan is a newly divorced woman cautiously rediscovering romance with the enthusiastic but often misguided help of her well-meaning family. As s ... view
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Walter
Mar 2005 (first aired)
The inner workings of the judicial system, beginning with the arraignment, and continuing through the prosecutors' complicated process of building a c ... view
Character:
Kurt Lascher (1 ep.)
Easy Riders, Raging Bulls: How the Sex 'n' Drugs 'n' Rock 'n' Roll Generation Saved Hollywood
Documentary, History
2003
The chronicle of the mind-blowing journey that was Hollywood during the seventies; the true and gripping story of the last golden age of American cine ... view
Character:
Self
2001
Young bachelor Babee is looking after his dead mother's estate when married couple Keith and Vera move in. Babee becomes attracted to them by the beau ... view
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Detective Mike
1998
A pair of taxi-driving NYC detectives take up the case of tourists who are robbed of their money and luggage by a shady limo driver. Things get dicey ... view
Character:
Mickey Calvin
1996
A sexy nightclub owner, Barb Wire moonlights as a mercenary in Steel Harbor, one of the last free zones in the now fascist United States. When scienti ... view
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Foster
1993
In 1960s Los Angeles an energetic widow and her six children try to make a dream of theirs come true: to have a home of their own. They leave L.A. and ... view
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Narrator
1991
Isobel Neiman, a former FBI agent turned cop, is assigned to catch a ballerina's murderer, but runs into resistance by fellow cops who don't think a w ... view
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Thomas Quinn
1987
A college freshman returns to Los Angeles for Christmas at his ex-girlfriend's request, but discovers that his former best friend has an out-of-contro ... view
Character:
Bradford Easton
1987
On the occasion of the 40th birthday of the almighty filmmaker Steven Allan Spielberg, inquisitive reporter Clip Maxwell attempts to uncover the truth ... view
Character:
Self - Actor
1985
The eccentric and childish Pee-wee Herman embarks on a big adventure when his beloved bicycle is stolen. Armed with information from a fortune-teller ... view
Character:
Terry Hawthorne
Mar 1985 (first aired)
After being duped and going bankrupt, model Maddie is convinced by David to become a partner in a detective agency. Together they solve various cases, ... view
Character:
Scott Huntley (2 ep.)
Sep 1984 (first aired)
An unassuming mystery writer turned sleuth uses her professional insight to help solve real-life homicide cases. ... view
Character:
Mark Lee Reynolds (1 ep.)
1983
A young woman, unable to handle the stress of raising a family, runs out on her husband and young daughter. 12 years later, she returns in hopes of re ... view
Character:
Paul Corsini
Oct 1982 (first aired)
St. Elsewhere is an American medical drama television series that originally ran on NBC from October 26, 1982 to May 25, 1988. The series starred Ed F ... view
Character:
Brian Whitehill (1 ep.)
Aug 1982 (first aired)
Hotel is an American prime time drama series which aired on ABC from September 21, 1983 to May 5, 1988 in the timeslot following Dynasty.
Based on Ar ... view
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Mike (1 ep.)
1982
Maggie Parker, a U.S. Senator's ambitious aide, falls head over heels for her boss' chief adversary, Michael Reynolds, a high-powered lobbyist who hap ... view
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Alan
1981
Talented musician and free spirit Libby chafes under the rule of her divorced journalist mother, so she seeks emancipation from her parents and hits t ... view
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Richard
1980
Jordan West is a divorcée who moonlights at a professional dating service to make ends meet. But her secret job causes gossip among her neighbors and ... view
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Beau Simpson
1980
Karate experts attempt to rescue a girl who was kidnapped by a mother and her two psycho sons. ... view
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Niles
1980
An exploration of the relationship between Beat Generation writers Jack Kerouac and Neal Cassady, and Cassady's wife, Carolyn. ... view
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Dick
1978
An average high school girl's life is turned upside down after she is attacked and savagely assaulted. When a mysterious person begins leaving her thr ... view
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Neil Osborne
1978
A romantic comedy about various engaged couples and their families who, as wedding dates rapidly approach, are caught up in a whirlwind of emotional c ... view
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Peter Turner
1978
Shy misfit Sarah Goodwin has a secret gift: the ability to control — and destroy — with her mind. When Sarah goes off to college with her more out ... view
Character:
Paul Yates
Dec 1977 (first aired)
Sam Ashley, a graduate of 1965 class of Bret Harte High School, who was now a teacher at the school, served as the narrator describing what had happen ... view
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Unknown/various (14 ep.)
1977
The story of various couples who get caught up in the personal and emotional crises of birth, adoption and hospitalization, and also of the hospital a ... view
Character:
Aaron Canfield
Sep 1977 (first aired)
CIA director Bill Martin knows that an incoming president means a new direction for the country—and another set of eyes on the top secret Primula Re ... view
Character:
Adam Gardiner (6 ep.)
1975
In Las Vegas, Lucky and two of her girlfriends, Carol and Lisa, plan to steal half a million dollars from the sadistic manager of the Circus Circus Ca ... view
Character:
Bob
1975
On Election Day, 1968, irresponsible hairdresser and ladies' man George Roundy is too busy cutting hair and dealing with his girlfriends and mistress ... view
Character:
Johnny Pope
1975
A chronicle of the 1975 International Press Conclave hosted by Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer over two days in May 1975. ... view
Character:
Self
1972
A group of wealthy but secretly very troubled people travel to an island resort. After experiencing a brush with death, they find themselves wondering ... view
Character:
Lyle
1970
Comedy based on the plight of modern Native Americans living on reservations. ... view
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Eleven Snowflake
1969
Two cowboy desperados attempt to hold up a modern-day bank in this absurd western. ... view
Character:
Mute
1969
During the Battle of the Bulge, an anachronistic count shelters a ragtag squad of Americans in his isolated castle hoping they will defend it against ... view
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Lt. Amberjack
1968
Secret agent Napoleon Solo fights to stop a top-secret plot to conquer the world. ... view
Character:
Steven Garrow
1968
When practicing for a role, actor Jack is mistaken for the killer Ace. He doesn't realize this until it's too late and is carried off to gangster boss ... view
Character:
Florian
1968
A top-secret Soviet spy satellite -- using stolen Western technology -- malfunctions and then goes into a descent that lands it near an isolated Arcti ... view
Character:
Lt. Russell Walker
1966
Naive library clerk Bernard Chanticleer moves out of his parents’ home and into a chaotic city full of eccentric landlords, meddling parents, and ro ... view
Character:
Raef del Grado
1966
Willy Loman is an over-the-hill salesman who faces a personal turning point when he loses his job and attempts to make peace with his family: Willy's ... view
Character:
Biff
Oct 1965 (first aired)
A BBC television anthology series featuring productions of classic and contemporary stage plays usually broadcast on BBC1. Each production featured a ... view
Character:
Lee Harvey Oswald (1 ep.)
Biff (1 ep.)
1965
Ad-agency president Dan Edwards goes to Mexico to celebrate his nineteenth wedding anniversary and winds up getting divorced by mistake, whereupon his ... view
Character:
Jim Blake
Sep 1965 (first aired)
The Loner is an American western series that ran for less than one season on CBS from 1965 to 1966, under the alternate sponsorship of Philip Morris a ... view
Character:
Jody Merriman (1 ep.)
Sep 1965 (first aired)
Run for Your Life is an American television drama series starring Ben Gazzara as a man with only a short time to live. It ran on NBC from 1965 to 1968 ... view
Character:
Charlie Carson (1 ep.)
1965
American and Japanese soldiers, stranded on a tiny Pacific island during World War II, must make a temporary truce and cooperate to survive various tr ... view
Character:
Air Crewman Keller
Sep 1964 (first aired)
Agents Napoleon Solo and Illya Kuryakin work for a secret intelligence service working under the auspices of the U.N.
Their immediate superior is Mr. ... view
Character:
Steve Garrow (2 ep.)
May 1964 (first aired)
Theatre 625 is a British television drama anthology series, produced by the BBC and transmitted on BBC2 from 1964 to 1968. It was one of the first reg ... view
Character:
Grayson Hinks (1 ep.)
1963
Maxwell Slaughter is a kind, heavyset guy who has reached the rank of master sergeant in the army. Admired by handsome young Sgt. Eustis Clay, Slaught ... view
Character:
Jerry Meltzer
Sep 1963 (first aired)
Mr. Novak is an American dramatic series starring James Franciscus in the title role, which aired on NBC for two seasons, from 1963 to 1965. ... view
Character:
Chris Herrod (1 ep.)
1963
The story of a young man's decision to leave the home of his parents for the bachelor pad of his older brother who leads a swinging '60s lifestyle. ... view
Character:
Buddy Baker
Sep 1962 (first aired)
The Shiloh Ranch in Wyoming Territory of the 1890s is owned in sequence by Judge Henry Garth, the Grainger brothers, and Colonel Alan MacKenzie. It is ... view
Character:
Clipper Ellis (1 ep.)
Sep 1961 (first aired)
The story of a young intern in a large metropolitan hospital trying to learn his profession, deal with the problems of his patients, and win the respe ... view
Character:
Thomas Hartwood (6 ep.)
Sep 1959 (first aired)
The High-Sierra adventures of Ben Cartwright and his sons as they run and defend their ranch while helping the surrounding community. ... view
Character:
Charlie Two (1 ep.)